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 | 201 | 324–424 | 43.3 | 5 | 47 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| The Rock | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 26 | 62–54 | 53.4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Wave Blink | 26 | 62–54 | 53.4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Esper Wave | 18 | 50–39 | 56.2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Graveyard Value | 10 | 29–20 | 59.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Séance | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 7 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 26 | 40–57 | 41.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Big Red | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 39 | 55–74 | 42.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 29 | 45–54 | 45.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Davriel Braids | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mutate | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Neoform | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 2 |