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 |
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Control | 586 | 911–942–1 | 49.2 | 2 | 36 | 28 |
Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Esper Control | 128 | 217–182 | 54.4 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
Mono Blue Control | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Dimir Control | 63 | 104–99 | 51.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Azorius Control | 48 | 89–75 | 54.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Turbo Fog | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Izzet Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Mardu Control | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Mill | 12 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 21 | 12–51 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 8 | 5–25 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 24 | 37–38 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 34 | 59–62 | 48.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Ponza | 46 | 71–75–1 | 48.6 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Mono White Control | 11 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Life is Ez | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Cycling Control | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Astral Slide | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Five Color Control | 14 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
Last Stand Control | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Sultai Control | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
Bant Control | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Enchantments Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 66 | 141–115 | 55.1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Orzhov Control | 10 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Prison | 62 | 98–84 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Enchantress | 57 | 95–80 | 54.3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |