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, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 36323 | 58113–63941–43 | 47.6 | 270 | 2510 | 1337 |
| Dimir Control | 2385 | 3725–3905–10 | 48.8 | 15 | 167 | 96 |
| Watery Oath | 9 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 0 | 5 |
Decks
Cards
Meta Share By Season
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4–11 | 26.7 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1–5 | 16.7 |
| Goblins | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Tokens | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Warriors | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Zombies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Madness | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Gruul Madness | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 4–2 | 66.7 |
| Reanimator | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Starlit Graves | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Dubious Challenge | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Dimir Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Boros Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Grixis Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cruel Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Infect | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 6–5 | 54.5 |
| Burning Vengeance | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Approach Necro | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Shared Fate | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Swarm Intelligence | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Wildfire | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 0–5 | 0.0 |
| Blink | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Anti-Persecution | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Necro Midrange | 0–3 | 0.0 |