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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 36544 | 58504–64266–43 | 47.7 | 275 | 2541 | 1347 |
Cloudpost Control | 2675 | 4657–4656–5 | 50.0 | 18 | 195 | 123 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 489 | 920–801–5 | 53.5 | 4 | 32 | 26 |
Blackpost | 229 | 378–463 | 44.9 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 825 | 1405–1449 | 49.2 | 5 | 42 | 34 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 113 | 207–198 | 51.1 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 94 | 110–202 | 35.3 | 0 | 11 | |
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 92 | 224–145 | 60.7 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 148 | 307–225 | 57.7 | 3 | 19 | 12 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 451 | 819–744 | 52.4 | 3 | 54 | 24 |