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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 35654 | 57063–62842–43 | 47.6 | 268 | 2458 | 1301 |
Mono Black Control | 730 | 1009–1369–5 | 42.4 | 5 | 36 | 11 |
Esper Control | 2462 | 4407–4153 | 51.5 | 19 | 168 | 133 |
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 | 661 | 865–1130 | 43.4 | 6 | 46 | 21 |
Turbo Xerox | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Dimir Control | 2340 | 3653–3847–10 | 48.7 | 15 | 166 | 91 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 24 | 35–31–3 | 53.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Watery Oath | 9 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Control | 5735 | 10431–8962–3 | 53.8 | 70 | 452 | 341 |
Adam's Ale | 31 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Cawblade | 429 | 811–668 | 54.8 | 9 | 47 | 20 |
Turbo Fog | 753 | 902–1406–1 | 39.1 | 3 | 44 | 5 |
Izzet Control | 707 | 1171–1224–2 | 48.9 | 7 | 56 | 24 |
Mardu Control | 423 | 657–773–1 | 45.9 | 2 | 21 | 16 |
Mill | 899 | 923–1880 | 32.9 | 2 | 15 | 12 |
Boros Control | 216 | 295–378 | 43.8 | 3 | 19 | 7 |
Cloudpost Control | 2612 | 4576–4514–5 | 50.3 | 18 | 192 | 122 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 480 | 910–774–5 | 54.0 | 4 | 31 | 26 |
Blackpost | 210 | 361–424 | 46.0 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 812 | 1389–1412 | 49.6 | 5 | 42 | 34 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 102 | 191–180 | 51.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
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 | 146 | 303–219 | 58.0 | 3 | 19 | 12 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 442 | 801–729 | 52.4 | 3 | 53 | 24 |
Grixis Control | 1644 | 2572–3090–2 | 45.4 | 10 | 96 | 38 |
Cruel Control | 690 | 1079–1298–2 | 45.4 | 7 | 51 | 17 |
Stax | 1505 | 2287–2829–1 | 44.7 | 4 | 85 | 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 | 113 | 178–221 | 44.6 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
Stagnant Control | 65 | 70–127 | 35.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeskai Control | 1053 | 1883–1886 | 50.0 | 11 | 95 | 42 |
Jeskai Approach | 85 | 159–151 | 51.3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Dragon Control | 499 | 729–1031 | 41.4 | 6 | 51 | 6 |
Izzet Dragons | 177 | 256–387 | 39.8 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Esper Dragons | 54 | 82–94 | 46.6 | 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 | 518 | 556–1135 | 32.9 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
Ponza | 2065 | 3149–3767–1 | 45.5 | 2 | 64 | 58 |
Mono White Control | 971 | 1542–1487 | 50.9 | 3 | 36 | 58 |
Life is Ez | 439 | 712–596 | 54.4 | 1 | 4 | 41 |
Dynavolt Tower | 266 | 397–503 | 44.1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Cycling Control | 1310 | 1925–2353–2 | 45.0 | 21 | 137 | 34 |
Astral Slide | 1162 | 1740–2080–1 | 45.5 | 21 | 136 | 30 |
Five Color Control | 645 | 768–1299 | 37.2 | 2 | 41 | 9 |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 145 | 140–333 | 29.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shrines | 120 | 98–273 | 26.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last Stand Control | 135 | 193–240 | 44.6 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Sultai Control | 811 | 1322–1503 | 46.8 | 5 | 68 | 23 |
Sultai Ultimatum | 102 | 155–208 | 42.7 | 5 | ||
Guildgate Control | 1008 | 1811–1743 | 51.0 | 12 | 109 | 44 |
Bant Control | 498 | 756–958 | 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 | 140 | 213–219 | 49.3 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 236 | 388–462 | 45.6 | 1 | 51 | 3 |
Seasons Past Control | 428 | 707–838 | 45.8 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
Orzhov Control | 713 | 1292–1238 | 51.1 | 12 | 97 | 23 |
Prison | 727 | 1106–1240 | 47.1 | 4 | 47 | 30 |
Enchantress | 576 | 924–977 | 48.6 | 3 | 33 | 26 |