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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 228 | 407–461–1 | 46.9 | 11 | 79 | |
| The Rock | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 52 | 128–96 | 57.1 | 6 | 25 | |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Séance | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Allies | 31 | 63–65 | 49.2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Esper Allies | 25 | 50–53 | 48.5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 13 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 22 | 33–50 | 39.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 27 | 50–57 | 46.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 21 | 36–47 | 43.4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Angels | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 4–9–1 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |