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, 6 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 178 | 286–237–8 | 54.7 | 6 | 36 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 13 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 11 | 28–20 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 53 | 110–81–2 | 57.6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Azorius Control | 10 | 11–18–1 | 37.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 2 | |||||
| Boros Control | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 45 | 93–52–5 | 64.1 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 36 | 88–51–5 | 63.3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 2 | |||||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |