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 11 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 217 | 314–344–19 | 47.7 | 5 | 51 | 4 |
| Mono Black Control | 31 | 54–46–4 | 54.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Esper Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 22 | 38–30–1 | 55.9 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 11 | 19–25–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 12 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Xerox | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 36 | 51–47–8 | 52.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 16 | 26–21–3 | 55.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Azorius Control | 10 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 6–11–1 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 18 | 29–28–2 | 50.9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | |||||
| Mill | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 23 | 53–41–2 | 56.4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 20 | 45–34–2 | 57.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Dragons | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 1 | |||||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cycling Control | 10 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Astral Slide | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |