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 | 867 | 1238–1474 | 45.6 | 3 | 48 | 33 |
| Azorius Control | 131 | 199–193 | 50.8 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Cawblade | 10 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3–4 | 42.9 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Elves | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Zombies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Artifact Aggro | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Tempered Steel | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Combo | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Storm | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Citadel Storm | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Izzet Storm | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Reanimator | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Control | 5–3 | 62.5 |
| Izzet Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mill | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Boros Control | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Cloudpost Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Five Color Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Pox | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Prison | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Enchantress | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–2 | 33.3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo Goblins | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Goblin Persist | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Wizards | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Midrange | 2–2 | 50.0 |
| Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Wave Blink | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Wave | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Allies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Azorius Allies | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Artifact Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |