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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 140 | 198–226–10 | 46.7 | 4 | 33 | |
| Mono Black Control | 7 | 15–7–1 | 68.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 22 | 43–39–6 | 52.4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Dimir Control | 22 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 2 | |||||
| Azorius Control | 31 | 27–56–1 | 32.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | |||||
| Izzet Control | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 4–2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | |||||
| Stax | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 11 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragon Control | 9 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Esper Dragons | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| UBRG Dragons | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | |||||
| Cycling Control | 12 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Astral Slide | 12 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |