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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

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.
How do I enter the league?

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.

Current League

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How do I enter a tournament?

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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 10▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	358	596–599	49.9	4	39	17
Curses	168	355–259	57.8	3	26	12
Burning Vengeance	2	0–4	0.0
Battle of Wits	10	9–22	29.0	0	1	1
Shared Fate	1	0–1	0.0
Pickles	12	26–17	60.5			1
Displace Loop	3	3–7	30.0
Familiars	1	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	51	70–81	46.4	0	4	2
Liliana's Contract	4	4–10	28.6
Mass Land Destruction	98	119–186	39.0	1	7	1
Wildfire	98	119–186	39.0	1	7	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	153–220	41.0
Mono Black Aggro	17–20	45.9
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	4–1	80.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	24–28	46.2
Goblins	2–5	28.6
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	24–24	50.0
Odric Keywords	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Chroma White	5–8	38.5
Elves	5–2	71.4
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–1	83.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	3–10	23.1
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	32–88	26.7
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	30–87	25.6
Mono Blue Aggro	2–2	50.0
Illusions	2–2	50.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	3–1	75.0
Voltron	6–7	46.2
Equipment Aggro	6–6	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	10–18	35.7
Rakdos Hellbent	10–18	35.7
Combo	88–70	55.7
Storm	3–4	42.9
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–10	52.4
New Perspectives	13–12	52.0
Mardu Life	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–6	60.0
Breakfast	39–36	52.0
Cephalid Breakfast	39–36	52.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	24–28	46.2
Grixis Breakfast	13–7	65.0
Control	130–110	54.2
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	7–8	46.7
Paradox Haze Lock	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	10–7	58.8
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	5–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	4–5	44.4
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	10–12	45.5
Stax	17–6	73.9
Birthday Stax	2–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	5–9	35.7
Galleon Control	1–4	20.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	3–7	30.0
Life is Ez	1–5	16.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	3–3	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	29–25	53.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	46–36	56.1
Aristocrats	36–33	52.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	28–28	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	16–16	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–8	20.0
Azorius Skies	9–4	69.2
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	35–35	50.0
Curses	22–22	50.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	5–7	41.7
Mass Land Destruction	6–4	60.0
Wildfire	6–4	60.0
Midrange	114–109	51.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	7–9	43.8
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	6–6	50.0
Jund	11–14	44.0
Blink	4–10	28.6
Acid Trip	2–5	28.6
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	9–12	42.9
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	5–8	38.5
Boros Allies	3–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–5	37.5
-1/-1 Counters	5–1	83.3
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
White Jund	11–5	68.8
Vampires	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Vampires	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	7–7	50.0
Mardu Legends	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Legends	3–2	60.0
Elementals	3–5	37.5
Rakdos Midrange	10–5	66.7
Stoic Midrange	0–2	0.0
Card Advantage White	5–4	55.6
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–3	82.4
Domain	1–0	100.0