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. -
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? 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 -
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 Cardhoarder. -
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. -
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 4 weeks.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 86 | 161–182 | 46.9 | 3 | 42 | |
Esper Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Control | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Azorius Control | 12 | 30–26 | 53.6 | 1 | 6 | |
Cawblade | 4 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Izzet Control | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Mardu Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mill | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Control | 13 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Grixis Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Control | 9 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 0 | 6 | |
Cycling Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Astral Slide | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 12 | 24–26 | 48.0 | 1 | 4 | |
Prison | 15 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 1 | 9 | |
Enchantress | 14 | 38–31 | 55.1 | 1 | 9 |