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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 209 | 373–424 | 46.8 | 10 | 110 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Demonic Rising | 22 | 34–41 | 45.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 2–12 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Cawblade | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 9 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mill | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 10 | 20–21 | 48.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Stax | 11 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Birthday Stax | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Galleon Control | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cycling Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 75 | 185–141 | 56.7 | 4 | 51 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 14 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |