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 | 356 | 776–666–1 | 53.8 | 31 | 223 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 27 | 43–59 | 42.2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blink | 182 | 449–328 | 57.8 | 22 | 120 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 170 | 430–301 | 58.8 | 22 | 113 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Allies | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Big Red | 10 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 51 | 112–80–1 | 58.3 | 7 | 34 | |
| Necro Midrange | 51 | 112–80–1 | 58.3 | 7 | 34 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 9 | 11–25 | 30.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Fires of Invention | 9 | 26–15 | 63.4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Clerics | 13 | 35–24 | 59.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 |