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, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Midrange | 1001 | 1665–1706 | 49.4 | 24 | 115 | 46 |
The Rock | 27 | 35–56 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Golgari Citadel | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 52 | 83–117 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Jund | 9 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
Blink | 340 | 736–490 | 60.0 | 18 | 70 | 28 |
Wave Blink | 321 | 697–456 | 60.5 | 18 | 70 | 28 |
Esper Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Wave | 46 | 96–65 | 59.6 | 6 | 17 | 1 |
Orzhov Wave | 203 | 466–288 | 61.8 | 11 | 46 | 20 |
Abzan Wave | 39 | 88–52 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Bant Wave | 7 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |||
Acid Trip | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Orzhov Blink | 11 | 27–20 | 57.4 | |||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 38 | 44–82 | 34.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Séance | 7 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 9 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Allies | 32 | 72–44 | 62.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Azorius Allies | 28 | 64–35 | 64.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Fake-Rack | 9 | 1–20 | 4.8 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 11 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |||
Vampires | 20 | 32–38 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Vampires | 14 | 25–24 | 51.0 | 1 | ||
Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Elementals | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 52 | 53–95 | 35.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Naya Midrange | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Big Red | 20 | 15–42 | 26.3 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 24 | 22–39 | 36.1 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 9 | 14–19 | 42.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Hellion Whip | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 12 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |||
Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Toughness Matters | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 74 | 152–114 | 57.1 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
Martyr's Grace | 59 | 128–85 | 60.1 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
Mutate | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 16 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 72 | 140–116 | 54.7 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Clerics | 22 | 38–39 | 49.4 | 1 | ||
Artifact Midrange | 21 | 14–49 | 22.2 | |||
Coinflips | 5 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 7 | 10–19 | 34.5 | |||
Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |