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 5 weeks.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 274 | 419–445 | 48.5 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Grixis Control | 18 | 32–25 | 56.1 | 2 | ||
| Cruel Control | 11 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 1 |
Decks
Cards
Matchups
| Archetype | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3–1 | 75.0 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Knights | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Combo | 4–3 | 57.1 |
| Storm | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| High Tide | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Reanimator | 2–1 | 66.7 |
| Living Death | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Excruciator Combo | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Anvil Colossus | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Breakfast | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Unctus | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Nadu Combo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Control | 5–1 | 83.3 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Control | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Mono White Control | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Orzhov Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aristocrats | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Aggro-Control | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Azorius Tempo | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Midrange | 8–5 | 61.5 |
| The Rock | 0–1 | 0.0 |
| Blink | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Orzhov Blink | 1–1 | 50.0 |
| Graveyard Value | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Séance | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 2–0 | 100.0 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Five Color Hero | 1–0 | 100.0 |
| Laelia Cascade | 1–3 | 25.0 |
| Ramp | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 0–2 | 0.0 |
| Simic Post | 0–2 | 0.0 |