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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 5959 | 10977–12079–43 | 47.6 | 277 | 2555 | |
Mono Black Control | 130 | 215–277–5 | 43.7 | 5 | 36 | |
Esper Control | 376 | 712–750 | 48.7 | 19 | 169 | |
Demonic Rising | 199 | 388–370–8 | 51.2 | 12 | 98 | |
Paradox Haze Lock | 8 | 12–16–1 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Mono Blue Control | 105 | 185–219 | 45.8 | 6 | 47 | |
Dimir Control | 417 | 725–854–10 | 45.9 | 15 | 167 | |
Dreadful Inspiration | 12 | 27–21–3 | 56.3 | 1 | 8 | |
Watery Oath | 7 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Control | 998 | 2029–1910–3 | 51.5 | 71 | 464 | |
Adam's Ale | 15 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 1 | 7 | |
Cawblade | 97 | 249–185 | 57.4 | 9 | 47 | |
Turbo Fog | 135 | 208–278–1 | 42.8 | 3 | 44 | |
Izzet Control | 163 | 297–342–2 | 46.5 | 10 | 67 | |
Mardu Control | 55 | 98–119–1 | 45.2 | 2 | 21 | |
Mill | 80 | 72–181 | 28.5 | 2 | 15 | |
Boros Control | 45 | 74–84 | 46.8 | 3 | 19 | |
Cloudpost Control | 415 | 831–833–5 | 49.9 | 18 | 195 | |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 78 | 173–144–5 | 54.6 | 4 | 32 | |
Blackpost | 18 | 39–37 | 51.3 | 1 | 9 | |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 103 | 198–213 | 48.2 | 5 | 42 | |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 28 | 46–58 | 44.2 | 0 | 13 | |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 22 | 31–49 | 38.8 | 0 | 11 | |
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 11 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 | 6 | |
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 30 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 3 | 19 | |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 96 | 206–192 | 51.8 | 3 | 54 | |
Grixis Control | 292 | 488–604–2 | 44.7 | 11 | 99 | |
Cruel Control | 153 | 234–309–2 | 43.1 | 8 | 52 | |
Stax | 212 | 379–448–1 | 45.8 | 4 | 96 | |
Necro Stax | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Pollute the Planet | 53 | 135–93–1 | 59.2 | 4 | 31 | |
Birthday Stax | 17 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 0 | 8 | |
Chandra Nalaar | 48 | 53–100 | 34.6 | 0 | 13 | |
Stagnant Control | 10 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeskai Control | 208 | 415–423 | 49.5 | 11 | 96 | |
Jeskai Approach | 11 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 4 | |
Dragon Control | 157 | 251–326 | 43.5 | 6 | 52 | |
Izzet Dragons | 54 | 81–111 | 42.2 | 3 | 11 | |
Esper Dragons | 21 | 32–43 | 42.7 | 0 | 6 | |
Grixis Dragons | 12 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 1 | 4 | |
Dimir Dragons | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
UBRG Dragons | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | 2 | |
Galleon Control | 22 | 35–47 | 42.7 | 1 | 12 | |
Runeflare | 53 | 44–115 | 27.7 | 0 | 11 | |
Ponza | 196 | 300–421–1 | 41.6 | 2 | 64 | |
Mono White Control | 82 | 147–175 | 45.7 | 3 | 37 | |
Life is Ez | 15 | 21–34 | 38.2 | 1 | 5 | |
Dynavolt Tower | 30 | 42–64 | 39.6 | 1 | 11 | |
Cycling Control | 278 | 590–539–2 | 52.3 | 21 | 138 | |
Astral Slide | 260 | 577–495–1 | 53.8 | 21 | 137 | |
Five Color Control | 76 | 121–151 | 44.5 | 2 | 41 | |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Shrines | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Last Stand Control | 18 | 30–31 | 49.2 | 0 | 10 | |
Sultai Control | 149 | 290–297 | 49.4 | 5 | 68 | |
Sultai Ultimatum | 8 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |||
Guildgate Control | 265 | 564–520 | 52.0 | 12 | 109 | |
Bant Control | 49 | 87–103 | 45.8 | 3 | 16 | |
Temur Reclamation | 45 | 86–98 | 46.7 | 2 | 13 | |
Pox | 108 | 151–240 | 38.6 | 0 | 38 | |
Enchantments Control | 28 | 64–58 | 52.5 | 5 | 15 | |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 84 | 153–188 | 44.9 | 1 | 51 | |
Seasons Past Control | 40 | 59–83 | 41.5 | 0 | 16 | |
Orzhov Control | 204 | 503–415 | 54.8 | 16 | 135 | |
Prison | 105 | 194–212 | 47.8 | 4 | 52 | |
Enchantress | 79 | 154–165 | 48.3 | 3 | 37 |