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 | 178 | 358–379 | 48.6 | 14 | 85 | |
| The Rock | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 30–44 | 40.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Angels | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 23 | 39–53 | 42.4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 9 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeskai Hero | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 67 | 184–130 | 58.6 | 12 | 42 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |