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 | 95 | 181–209–1 | 46.4 | 2 | 45 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 20–35 | 36.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Watery Oath | 6 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Azorius Control | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 11 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mardu Control | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mill | 8 | 4–21 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 16 | 45–31–1 | 59.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Necro Stax | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pollute the Planet | 13 | 41–22–1 | 65.1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Dragons | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |