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.
-
How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 | 94 | 150–200 | 42.9 | 3 | 49 | |
| Esper Control | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Azorius Control | 12 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Cawblade | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 7 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 8 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cycling Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 12 | 13–30 | 30.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |