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 | 574 | 778–1021 | 43.2 | 6 | 40 | 18 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 12 | 5–29 | 14.7 | |||
| Prophet Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| The Rock | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 22 | 31–39 | 44.3 | |||
| Blink | 116 | 239–169 | 58.6 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Wave Blink | 101 | 235–148 | 61.4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 9 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 87 | 219–130 | 62.8 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Acid Trip | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 44 | 55–77 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 42 | 69–83 | 45.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Allies | 27 | 34–54 | 38.6 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| BRGW Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 12 | 20–17 | 54.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Jund | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Vampires | 13 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 80 | 135–140 | 49.1 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | |||||
| Dimir Midrange | 19 | 28–34 | 45.2 | 2 | ||
| Temur Energy | 10 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 61 | 29–107 | 21.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 11 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 15–28 | 34.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | |||||
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 |