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 | 33448 | 53962–58868–43 | 47.8 | 258 | 2361 | 1250 |
Mono Black Control | 697 | 943–1307–5 | 41.9 | 4 | 32 | 10 |
Esper Control | 2330 | 4163–3961 | 51.2 | 18 | 159 | 123 |
Demonic Rising | 835 | 1539–1393–8 | 52.5 | 12 | 98 | 33 |
Paradox Haze Lock | 49 | 46–93–1 | 33.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Mono Blue Control | 645 | 849–1097 | 43.6 | 6 | 44 | 21 |
Turbo Xerox | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Dimir Control | 2169 | 3354–3585–10 | 48.3 | 13 | 153 | 80 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 24 | 35–31–3 | 53.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Watery Oath | 9 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Azorius Control | 5231 | 9457–8221–3 | 53.5 | 56 | 381 | 315 |
Adam's Ale | 31 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Cawblade | 411 | 791–637 | 55.4 | 9 | 46 | 19 |
Turbo Fog | 679 | 843–1314–1 | 39.1 | 3 | 42 | 5 |
Izzet Control | 662 | 1078–1162–2 | 48.1 | 6 | 52 | 20 |
Mardu Control | 416 | 652–763–1 | 46.1 | 2 | 21 | 16 |
Mill | 842 | 882–1773 | 33.2 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
Boros Control | 175 | 239–316 | 43.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 |
Cloudpost Control | 2029 | 3541–3561–5 | 49.9 | 15 | 134 | 92 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 449 | 849–722–5 | 54.0 | 4 | 31 | 24 |
Blackpost | 197 | 345–397 | 46.5 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 729 | 1245–1291 | 49.1 | 5 | 37 | 30 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 94 | 181–164 | 52.5 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
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 | 139 | 297–206 | 59.0 | 3 | 19 | 12 |
Grixis Control | 1579 | 2493–2968–2 | 45.7 | 9 | 92 | 38 |
Cruel Control | 656 | 1031–1227–2 | 45.7 | 6 | 48 | 17 |
Stax | 1437 | 2189–2677–1 | 45.0 | 4 | 84 | 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 | 114 | 144–161 | 47.2 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Chandra Nalaar | 112 | 177–218 | 44.8 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
Stagnant Control | 65 | 70–127 | 35.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeskai Control | 1033 | 1851–1857 | 49.9 | 10 | 94 | 42 |
Jeskai Approach | 85 | 159–151 | 51.3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Dragon Control | 482 | 707–992 | 41.6 | 6 | 48 | 6 |
Izzet Dragons | 176 | 254–384 | 39.8 | 3 | 9 | 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 |
Ponza | 2065 | 3152–3766–1 | 45.6 | 2 | 64 | 58 |
Mono White Control | 1220 | 1986–1876 | 51.4 | 4 | 62 | 72 |
Life is Ez | 434 | 706–580 | 54.9 | 1 | 4 | 41 |
Dynavolt Tower | 265 | 397–501 | 44.2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
Cycling Control | 1299 | 1920–2332–2 | 45.2 | 21 | 137 | 34 |
Astral Slide | 1156 | 1737–2068–1 | 45.7 | 21 | 136 | 30 |
Five Color Control | 600 | 715–1215 | 37.0 | 2 | 40 | 9 |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 143 | 137–330 | 29.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shrines | 120 | 98–273 | 26.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sultai Control | 808 | 1318–1499 | 46.8 | 5 | 68 | 23 |
Sultai Ultimatum | 102 | 155–208 | 42.7 | 5 | ||
Guildgate Control | 1002 | 1810–1733 | 51.1 | 12 | 109 | 44 |
Bant Control | 494 | 751–949 | 44.2 | 3 | 16 | 13 |
Temur Reclamation | 153 | 264–260 | 50.4 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
Pox | 1135 | 1776–2174 | 45.0 | 0 | 37 | 29 |
Enchantments Control | 138 | 211–215 | 49.5 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 236 | 388–462 | 45.6 | 1 | 51 | 3 |
Seasons Past Control | 397 | 657–776 | 45.8 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
Orzhov Control | 888 | 1817–1426 | 56.0 | 26 | 171 | 52 |
Prison | 605 | 902–1029 | 46.7 | 3 | 39 | 24 |
Enchantress | 475 | 747–815 | 47.8 | 2 | 28 | 21 |