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 | 36615 | 58634–64396–43 | 47.7 | 277 | 2555 | 1349 |
Mono Black Control | 737 | 1016–1383–5 | 42.4 | 5 | 36 | 11 |
Esper Control | 2510 | 4478–4225 | 51.5 | 19 | 169 | 136 |
Demonic Rising | 836 | 1541–1396–8 | 52.5 | 12 | 98 | 33 |
Paradox Haze Lock | 49 | 46–93–1 | 33.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Mono Blue Control | 676 | 876–1154 | 43.2 | 6 | 47 | 21 |
Turbo Xerox | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Dimir Control | 2392 | 3732–3913–10 | 48.8 | 15 | 167 | 96 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 24 | 35–31–3 | 53.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Watery Oath | 9 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Control | 5938 | 10807–9226–3 | 53.9 | 71 | 464 | 360 |
Adam's Ale | 31 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Cawblade | 439 | 830–687 | 54.7 | 9 | 47 | 20 |
Turbo Fog | 759 | 904–1416–1 | 39.0 | 3 | 44 | 5 |
Izzet Control | 822 | 1380–1392–2 | 49.8 | 10 | 67 | 32 |
Mardu Control | 431 | 672–787–1 | 46.1 | 2 | 21 | 16 |
Mill | 912 | 935–1907 | 32.9 | 2 | 15 | 12 |
Boros Control | 215 | 288–374 | 43.5 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
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 |
Grixis Control | 1693 | 2646–3171–2 | 45.5 | 11 | 99 | 40 |
Cruel Control | 714 | 1114–1337–2 | 45.5 | 8 | 52 | 18 |
Stax | 1578 | 2378–2983–1 | 44.4 | 4 | 96 | 31 |
Necro Stax | 9 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pollute the Planet | 175 | 395–289–1 | 57.7 | 4 | 31 | 8 |
Birthday Stax | 116 | 144–163 | 46.9 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Chandra Nalaar | 115 | 180–225 | 44.4 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
Stagnant Control | 65 | 70–127 | 35.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeskai Control | 1064 | 1900–1896 | 50.1 | 11 | 96 | 42 |
Jeskai Approach | 85 | 159–151 | 51.3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Dragon Control | 505 | 739–1044 | 41.4 | 6 | 52 | 6 |
Izzet Dragons | 178 | 260–389 | 40.1 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
Esper Dragons | 55 | 82–96 | 46.1 | 0 | 6 | |
WUBR Dragons | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
Grixis Dragons | 44 | 63–89 | 41.4 | 1 | 4 | |
Dimir Dragons | 14 | 13–28 | 31.7 | 0 | 2 | |
UBRG Dragons | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 2 | 2 | |
Galleon Control | 116 | 211–212 | 49.9 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Runeflare | 521 | 560–1140 | 32.9 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Ponza | 2090 | 3172–3822–1 | 45.4 | 2 | 64 | 58 |
Mono White Control | 994 | 1578–1517 | 51.0 | 3 | 37 | 59 |
Life is Ez | 440 | 714–598 | 54.4 | 1 | 5 | 41 |
Dynavolt Tower | 281 | 422–528 | 44.4 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Cycling Control | 1313 | 1927–2357–2 | 45.0 | 21 | 138 | 34 |
Astral Slide | 1165 | 1742–2084–1 | 45.5 | 21 | 137 | 30 |
Five Color Control | 651 | 770–1312 | 37.0 | 2 | 41 | 9 |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 148 | 142–340 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shrines | 120 | 98–273 | 26.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last Stand Control | 137 | 193–244 | 44.2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Sultai Control | 814 | 1325–1509 | 46.8 | 5 | 68 | 23 |
Sultai Ultimatum | 102 | 155–208 | 42.7 | 5 | ||
Guildgate Control | 1010 | 1811–1750 | 50.9 | 12 | 109 | 44 |
Bant Control | 504 | 764–970 | 44.1 | 3 | 16 | 13 |
Temur Reclamation | 153 | 264–260 | 50.4 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
Pox | 1165 | 1816–2221 | 45.0 | 0 | 38 | 29 |
Enchantments Control | 147 | 217–234 | 48.1 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 236 | 388–462 | 45.6 | 1 | 51 | 3 |
Seasons Past Control | 446 | 738–879 | 45.6 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
Orzhov Control | 852 | 1604–1453 | 52.5 | 16 | 135 | 30 |
Prison | 767 | 1176–1305 | 47.4 | 4 | 52 | 33 |
Enchantress | 611 | 987–1036 | 48.8 | 3 | 37 | 29 |