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 13 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 425 | 890–834 | 51.6 | 22 | 167 | |
| Grixis Control | 18 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 1 | 8 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12–7 | 63.2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 3–4 | 42.9 |
| Tokens | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Mono White Tokens | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| White Weenie | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Voltron | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Reanimator | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 15–13 | 53.6 |
| Dimir Control | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Azorius Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Cycling Control | 6–1 | 85.7 |
| Astral Slide | 6–1 | 85.7 |
| Guildgate Control | 7–6 | 53.8 |
| Temur Reclamation | 1–4 | 20.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 6–1 | 85.7 |
| Aristocrats | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Food | 4–1 | 80.0 |
| Infect | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 10–4 | 71.4 |
| Izzet Tempo | 5–2 | 71.4 |
| Azorius Skies | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Blue Madness | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Simic Madness | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Izzet Spells | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Midrange | 14–10 | 58.3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 12–9 | 57.1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 12–9 | 57.1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Ramp | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Applejacks | 2–1 | 66.7 |