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 | 425 | 890–834 | 51.6 | 22 | 167 | |
| Cycling Control | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 | |
| Astral Slide | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18–15 | 54.5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1–8 | 11.1 |
| Tokens | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Tokens | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6–3 | 66.7 |
| White Weenie | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Soldiers | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Gruul Aggro | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Voltron | 3–0 | 100.0 |
| Hexproof | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Hateful Auras | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Cats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 22–30 | 42.3 |
| Dimir Control | 5–5 | 50.0 |
| Turbo Fog | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Izzet Control | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Grixis Control | 1–6 | 14.3 |
| Guildgate Control | 7–17 | 29.2 |
| Bant Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Temur Reclamation | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Orzhov Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 4–5 | 44.4 |
| Aristocrats | 3–5 | 37.5 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Food | 2–4 | 33.3 |
| Infect | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 9–6 | 60.0 |
| Izzet Tempo | 3–3 | 50.0 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Izzet Spells | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Midrange | 11–9 | 55.0 |
| The Rock | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Graveyard Value | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Fake-Rack | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 7–5 | 58.3 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 7–5 | 58.3 |
| Toughness Matters | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Adventures | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Ramp | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Applejacks | 1–3 | 25.0 |