Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 216 | 420–421 | 49.9 | 13 | 106 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 18 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 16 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jund | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 61 | 151–119 | 55.9 | 7 | 33 | |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 42 | 105–77 | 57.7 | 5 | 23 | |
| Mardu Allies | 35 | 94–63 | 59.9 | 5 | 22 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| BRGW Allies | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Naya Midrange | 9 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Davriel Braids | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 |