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 1 week, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 211 | 335–421 | 44.3 | 5 | 70 | |
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 28 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 54 | 132–99 | 57.1 | 3 | 27 | |
| Cawblade | 37 | 110–62 | 64.0 | 3 | 21 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 18 | 21–36 | 36.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cruel Control | 13 | 13–28 | 31.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Stax | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 10 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Ponza | 10 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Life is Ez | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 6 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 11 | 16–26 | 38.1 | 0 | 5 |