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 | 239 | 508–476 | 51.6 | 21 | 150 | |
| The Rock | 23 | 49–47 | 51.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 90 | 232–174 | 57.1 | 13 | 59 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 79 | 214–151 | 58.6 | 12 | 55 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Big Red | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 50 | 109–97 | 52.9 | 3 | 41 | |
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Clerics | 4 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Nissa Company | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Game Objects | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 |