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 | 145 | 286–277 | 50.8 | 11 | 87 | |
| Esper Control | 21 | 41–36 | 53.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Dimir Control | 10 | 12–20 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 25 | 59–45 | 56.7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 36 | 63–76 | 45.3 | 3 | 25 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 23 | 42–44 | 48.8 | 3 | 16 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dragon Control | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Five Color Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 10 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Prison | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Enchantress | 2 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 2 |