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 | 898 | 1269–1556 | 44.9 | 4 | 40 | 26 |
Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
The Rock | 29 | 36–53 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Golgari Citadel | 12 | 17–24 | 41.5 | 1 | ||
Grenzo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 16 | 15–36 | 29.4 | |||
Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Blink | 147 | 227–235 | 49.1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 54 | 96–82 | 53.9 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Séance | 17 | 36–23 | 61.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Varolz Dreadnought | 27 | 55–31 | 64.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Enchantments Matter | 16 | 23–22 | 51.1 | |||
Allies | 33 | 31–59 | 34.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Allies | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Boros Allies | 13 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono White Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Esper Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Allies | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 12 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |||
Vampires | 19 | 15–42 | 26.3 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 8 | 4–22 | 15.4 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 48 | 60–76 | 44.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Naya Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Big Red | 20 | 25–40 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Black Midrange | 31 | 27–54 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 27 | 24–45 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Midrange | 45 | 57–73 | 43.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Dimir Vat | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Angels | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Toughness Matters | 5 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 20 | 36–41 | 46.8 | |||
Martyr's Grace | 15 | 28–30 | 48.3 | |||
Adventures | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Energy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 34 | 67–53 | 55.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Jeskai Midrange | 23 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 2 | ||
Ordealbreak | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 9 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
Fires of Invention | 39 | 61–79 | 43.6 | 1 | ||
Hero of Precinct One | 98 | 180–158 | 53.3 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
Mardu Hero | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
Esper Hero | 10 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
Orzhov Hero | 70 | 144–112 | 56.3 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
Boros Hero | 8 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
Clerics | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Simic Snow | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Coinflips | 18 | 11–48 | 18.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Death Cloud | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
Game Objects | 57 | 92–105 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |