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 | 194 | 373–385 | 49.2 | 6 | 97 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 23 | 35–48 | 42.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Prophet Ascendancy | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jund | 57 | 139–105 | 57.0 | 3 | 36 | |
| Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Allies | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Allies | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 1 | 8 | |
| White Jund | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 16 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 12 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 16 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 15 | 42–32 | 56.8 | 2 | 12 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Prophet Glare | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 |