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 14 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 210 | 403–423–2 | 48.8 | 5 | 55 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 30 | 64–55–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Turbo Fog | 13 | 21–27 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 21 | 40–44 | 47.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 15 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 17 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 13 | 15–27 | 35.7 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 35 | 70–74 | 48.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mono White Control | 17 | 42–35 | 54.5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Cycling Control | 5 | 3–12–1 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 24 | 42–50 | 45.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bant Control | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 |