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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Midrange | 6612 | 12842–13348–34 | 49.0 | 350 | 3061 | |
Temur Ascendancy | 155 | 311–301–4 | 50.8 | 8 | 71 | |
Prophet Ascendancy | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
The Rock | 152 | 262–317 | 45.3 | 1 | 70 | |
Golgari Citadel | 12 | 15–21 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Angels and Taxes | 20 | 32–38–1 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 | |
Grenzo | 43 | 91–86–3 | 51.4 | 3 | 26 | |
Abzan Midrange | 196 | 339–409–2 | 45.3 | 6 | 73 | |
Selesnya Midrange | 53 | 84–112–2 | 42.9 | 0 | 21 | |
Selesnya Value Town | 29 | 46–64 | 41.8 | 0 | 12 | |
Jund | 281 | 428–573–1 | 42.8 | 4 | 105 | |
Blink | 925 | 2387–1707 | 58.3 | 119 | 554 | |
Wave Blink | 388 | 1059–694 | 60.4 | 54 | 243 | |
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 32 | 65–67 | 49.2 | 1 | 21 | |
Esper Wave | 22 | 58–46 | 55.8 | 2 | 10 | |
Azorius Wave | 219 | 629–389 | 61.8 | 37 | 131 | |
Orzhov Wave | 85 | 229–142 | 61.7 | 11 | 63 | |
Abzan Wave | 13 | 36–23 | 61.0 | 2 | 8 | |
Bant Wave | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 | |
Acid Trip | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Blink | 298 | 755–547 | 58.0 | 39 | 191 | |
Anti-Persecution | 11 | 14–23 | 37.8 | 0 | 6 | |
Graveyard Value | 178 | 268–371–1 | 41.9 | 4 | 48 | |
Séance | 14 | 27–32 | 45.8 | 1 | 3 | |
Dimir Graves | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Varolz Dreadnought | 53 | 103–103 | 50.0 | 2 | 21 | |
Indestructible | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 53 | 75–111 | 40.3 | 1 | 16 | |
Orzhov Enchantress | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
Constellation | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | 4 | |
Allies | 295 | 553–588–2 | 48.5 | 15 | 140 | |
Orzhov Allies | 61 | 76–129–2 | 37.1 | 0 | 17 | |
Mardu Allies | 71 | 176–138 | 56.1 | 8 | 47 | |
Boros Allies | 27 | 40–48 | 45.5 | 2 | 8 | |
Mono White Allies | 22 | 63–40 | 61.2 | 2 | 16 | |
Esper Allies | 49 | 71–106 | 40.1 | 2 | 20 | |
BRGW Allies | 9 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Allies | 17 | 33–36 | 47.8 | 1 | 6 | |
Treefolk | 45 | 71–101 | 41.3 | 0 | 19 | |
-1/-1 Counters | 21 | 22–53 | 29.3 | 0 | 5 | |
Fake-Rack | 106 | 143–234 | 37.9 | 1 | 32 | |
Selvala Morningstar | 19 | 63–36 | 63.6 | 2 | 14 | |
Mardu Midrange | 111 | 212–218 | 49.3 | 2 | 49 | |
Yisan-Prophet | 12 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 1 | 9 | |
White Jund | 13 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 0 | 8 | |
Vampires | 198 | 345–392–7 | 46.8 | 10 | 94 | |
Mono Black Vampires | 138 | 261–274–7 | 48.8 | 10 | 73 | |
Rakdos Vampires | 34 | 51–63 | 44.7 | 0 | 13 | |
Orzhov Vampires | 12 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 4 | |
Legends Midrange | 104 | 186–216 | 46.3 | 3 | 50 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 12 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 6 | |
Mardu Legends | 17 | 31–32 | 49.2 | 0 | 10 | |
Orzhov Legends | 34 | 56–69 | 44.8 | 1 | 17 | |
Selesnya Legends | 22 | 57–45 | 55.9 | 1 | 10 | |
Elementals | 15 | 25–35 | 41.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Rakdos Midrange | 356 | 727–780 | 48.2 | 12 | 144 | |
Naya Midrange | 37 | 46–80 | 36.5 | 0 | 14 | |
Stoic Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Card Advantage White | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Big Red | 98 | 185–202 | 47.8 | 5 | 37 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 833 | 1704–1639–6 | 51.0 | 41 | 397 | |
Necro Midrange | 101 | 260–168–1 | 60.7 | 14 | 65 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 386 | 744–778 | 48.9 | 11 | 152 | |
Davriel Braids | 8 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Heart of Darkness | 27 | 81–52 | 60.9 | 2 | 12 | |
Hellion Whip | 28 | 49–59 | 45.4 | 1 | 11 | |
Dimir Midrange | 162 | 315–339 | 48.2 | 8 | 83 | |
Dimir Vat | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | |
Temur Energy | 8 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Angels | 147 | 287–300 | 48.9 | 9 | 78 | |
Mono White Angels | 32 | 78–56 | 58.2 | 6 | 22 | |
Azorius Angels | 11 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | 6 | |
Orzhov Angels | 89 | 158–188 | 45.7 | 2 | 44 | |
Toughness Matters | 36 | 43–81 | 34.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Lifegain Midrange | 148 | 328–293–1 | 52.8 | 14 | 81 | |
Martyr's Grace | 96 | 246–180–1 | 57.7 | 13 | 63 | |
Adventures | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Mutate | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Sultai Midrange | 91 | 173–181 | 48.9 | 6 | 39 | |
Sultai Emerge | 27 | 63–54 | 53.8 | 2 | 17 | |
Sultai Energy | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 374 | 800–731 | 52.3 | 28 | 192 | |
Orzhov Capenna | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 2 | 8 | |
Jeskai Midrange | 21 | 29–38 | 43.3 | 1 | 6 | |
Prophet Glare | 13 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 0 | 7 | |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 69 | 139–128 | 52.1 | 4 | 48 | |
Zur the Enchanter | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Ordealbreak | 20 | 29–37 | 43.9 | 0 | 8 | |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 15 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 6 | |
Mythic Colossification | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Neoform | 12 | 13–28 | 31.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Temur Neoform | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Sultai Neoform | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
UBRG Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Party | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Fires of Invention | 102 | 208–214 | 49.3 | 5 | 45 | |
Hero of Precinct One | 213 | 433–453–1 | 48.9 | 9 | 93 | |
Abzan Hero | 14 | 30–28 | 51.7 | 0 | 5 | |
Mardu Hero | 27 | 56–56 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 | |
Esper Hero | 12 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Hero | 42 | 103–89 | 53.6 | 3 | 18 | |
Five Color Hero | 65 | 124–140 | 47.0 | 0 | 33 | |
Naya Hero | 31 | 68–67 | 50.4 | 3 | 13 | |
Boros Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Hero | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Gruul Obosh | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Clerics | 72 | 139–156 | 47.1 | 3 | 33 | |
Simic Snow | 99 | 261–195 | 57.2 | 14 | 55 | |
Artifact Midrange | 135 | 239–294 | 44.8 | 4 | 78 | |
Coinflips | 13 | 6–30 | 16.7 | 0 | 5 | |
Death Cloud | 40 | 63–89 | 41.4 | 0 | 11 | |
Nissa Company | 14 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 1 | 10 | |
Illness in the Ranks | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Game Objects | 11 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Laelia Cascade | 9 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Wight Midrange | 18 | 51–31 | 62.2 | 2 | 15 | |
Golgari Wight | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Jund Wight | 12 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 | 9 |