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, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 141 | 302–279 | 52.0 | 14 | 81 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 48 | 125–91 | 57.9 | 8 | 29 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 48 | 125–91 | 57.9 | 8 | 29 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Five Color Hero | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Laelia Cascade | 10 | 11–23 | 32.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wight Midrange | 30 | 76–56 | 57.6 | 4 | 22 | |
| Golgari Wight | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jund Wight | 19 | 49–34 | 59.0 | 4 | 13 |