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.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 210 | 403–423–2 | 48.8 | 5 | 55 | |
| Grixis Control | 17 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 13 | 15–27 | 35.7 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3–10 | 23.1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1–4 | 20.0 |
| Goblins | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Tokens | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Mono White Tokens | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Merfolk | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| AggroSlide | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 7–4 | 63.6 |
| Storm | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 0–3 | 0.0 |
| Reanimator | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Ominous Good | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Oops All Lands | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 0–4 | 0.0 |
| Mono Black Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Esper Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Izzet Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Cloudpost Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Burn | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Izzet Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Blue Madness | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Izzet Spells | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Combo-Control | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Wildfire | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Midrange | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Toughness Matters | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Ramp | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Wild Pair | 1–1 | 50.0 |