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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 586 | 911–942–1 | 49.2 | 2 | 36 | 28 |
| Grixis Control | 21 | 12–51 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 8 | 5–25 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1–11 | 8.3 |
| Heroic | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Boros Heroic | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Soldiers | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Knights | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Humans | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Boros Humans | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Legends Aggro | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 3–7 | 30.0 |
| Hypergenesis | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Anvil Colossus | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Izzet Ascension | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Gyruda | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Midnight Mass | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Dimir Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mardu Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Food | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Ninjas | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Sultai Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hive Mind | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Midrange | 4–27 | 12.9 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| The Rock | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Abzan Midrange | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Blink | 2–15 | 11.8 |
| Orzhov Blink | 2–12 | 14.3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Necro Midrange | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Adventures | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Fires of Invention | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Artifact Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |