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, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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| Midrange | 142 | 286–276–1 | 50.9 | 12 | 68 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Séance | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Allies | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 17 | 17–37 | 31.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 12 | 8–26 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 25 | 74–41–1 | 64.3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 25 | 74–41–1 | 64.3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 56 | 139–101 | 57.9 | 5 | 32 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 11 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 |