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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 145 | 276–305–1 | 47.5 | 2 | 56 | |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 15 | 26–36 | 41.9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 27 | 55–59 | 48.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Cawblade | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 18 | 46–37 | 55.4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 17 | 44–35 | 55.7 | 2 | 8 | |
| Grixis Control | 9 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 12 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 8 | 14–19 | 42.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 16 | 23–32 | 41.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 |