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 |
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| Midrange | 151 | 268–299 | 47.3 | 9 | 59 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 9 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| The Rock | 10 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Blink | 35 | 96–61 | 61.1 | 7 | 19 | |
| Wave Blink | 34 | 92–59 | 60.9 | 7 | 18 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Wave | 29 | 82–49 | 62.6 | 6 | 15 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Allies | 16 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 7 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 33 | 63–67 | 48.5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 25 | 48–49 | 49.5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |