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 | 169 | 328–357 | 47.9 | 9 | 96 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jund | 13 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Blink | 47 | 100–98 | 50.5 | 4 | 30 | |
| Wave Blink | 45 | 100–91 | 52.4 | 4 | 30 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Azorius Wave | 26 | 65–53 | 55.1 | 4 | 17 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Vampires | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 25 | 57–53 | 51.8 | 2 | 16 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 16 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 14 | 20–33 | 37.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Clerics | 5 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 |