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, 4 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 137 | 260–257–1 | 50.3 | 11 | 68 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 13 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 53 | 109–85–1 | 56.2 | 4 | 29 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mardu Control | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mill | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 15 | 18–31 | 36.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cruel Control | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Galleon Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |