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 |
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Midrange | 1831 | 3258–3166–1 | 50.7 | 15 | 132 | 89 |
The Rock | 52 | 76–98 | 43.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Golgari Citadel | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
Grenzo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Jund | 222 | 363–389–1 | 48.3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Blink | 264 | 612–412 | 59.8 | 10 | 46 | 18 |
Wave Blink | 262 | 609–408 | 59.9 | 10 | 46 | 18 |
Esper Wave | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Azorius Wave | 135 | 341–224 | 60.4 | 9 | 42 | 3 |
Orzhov Wave | 11 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
Abzan Wave | 66 | 142–99 | 58.9 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Bant Wave | 39 | 95–52 | 64.6 | 6 | ||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 132 | 229–208 | 52.4 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Séance | 7 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Varolz Dreadnought | 97 | 191–143 | 57.2 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Allies | 26 | 50–53 | 48.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Esper Allies | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
BRGW Allies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Treefolk | 12 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Fake-Rack | 54 | 94–120 | 43.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Mardu Midrange | 23 | 46–33 | 58.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White Jund | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Vampires | 21 | 14–50 | 21.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Vampires | 10 | 8–23 | 25.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Rakdos Vampires | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 7 | 2–18 | 10.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Elementals | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 53 | 101–98 | 50.8 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Naya Midrange | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Big Red | 23 | 40–38 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Black Midrange | 363 | 681–587 | 53.7 | 0 | 19 | 18 |
Mono Black Devotion | 276 | 481–439 | 52.3 | 0 | 16 | 10 |
Dimir Midrange | 89 | 128–164 | 43.8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Angels | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Toughness Matters | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 29 | 32–68 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sultai Midrange | 33 | 58–49 | 54.2 | 2 | ||
Orzhov Midrange | 47 | 77–79 | 49.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 13 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Ordealbreak | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Fires of Invention | 35 | 36–67 | 35.0 | 1 | ||
Clerics | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
Simic Snow | 183 | 441–279 | 61.3 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
Artifact Midrange | 22 | 32–48 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
Coinflips | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 9 | 15–18 | 45.5 |