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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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| Midrange | 173 | 305–354 | 46.3 | 5 | 85 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 25–33 | 43.1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 19 | 51–43 | 54.3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 19 | 51–43 | 54.3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 20 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 28 | 57–59 | 49.1 | 1 | 12 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 24 | 49–50 | 49.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Clerics | 35 | 63–72 | 46.7 | 2 | 16 | |
| Coinflips | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |