Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, seven 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. -
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. -
How do I find or brew a decklist? 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 -
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. -
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 MTGO Traders. When you complete a five match league run for the first time ever you will get 1 tik credit with MTGO Traders (at the end of the month). -
We have seven 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. -
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 5 weeks, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 397 | 518–711 | 42.1 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 19 | 11–27 | 28.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 20 | 27–34 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 71 | 112–119 | 48.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 11 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 12 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 16 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 11 | 6–30 | 16.7 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 40 | 66–90 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 13 | 23–28 | 45.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 19 | 28–40 | 41.2 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 24 | 32–43 | 42.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stax | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ponza | 83 | 140–158 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 42 | 70–81 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 34 | 29–48 | 37.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Life is Ez | 21 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Astral Slide | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Sigil Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Sigil Prison | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 |