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.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Control | 425 | 890–834 | 51.6 | 22 | 167 | |
Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Esper Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Control | 67 | 135–130 | 50.9 | 5 | 29 | |
Azorius Control | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Turbo Fog | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Izzet Control | 18 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 2 | 4 | |
Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 18 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 1 | 8 | |
Jeskai Control | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Ponza | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Cycling Control | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 | |
Astral Slide | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 | |
Sultai Control | 11 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 1 | 7 | |
Guildgate Control | 211 | 466–407 | 53.4 | 10 | 90 | |
Bant Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Temur Reclamation | 38 | 71–82 | 46.4 | 2 | 11 | |
Orzhov Control | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 |