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 11 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 152 | 203–259 | 43.9 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| The Rock | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 28 | 35–40 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Big Red | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 16 | 19–34 | 35.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Angels | 4 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 29 | 56–45 | 55.4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Boros Engineers | 7 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Game Objects | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 |