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.

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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.

Cruel Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 11▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	305	601–543	52.5	5	49	11
Cruel Combo-Control	166	406–282	59.0	3	27	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	103–105	49.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	22–37	37.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	12–2	85.7
Selesnya Tokens	9–1	90.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	19–26	42.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Elves	8–3	72.7
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Illusions	3–0	100.0
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–5	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–3	25.0
Gruul Humans	1–3	25.0
Combo	50–35	58.8
Storm	25–19	56.8
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	18–13	58.1
Grixis Tendrils	5–4	55.6
Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Grozoth	4–2	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	4–1	80.0
Eye of the Storm	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–1	50.0
Control	89–39	69.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	9–3	75.0
Azorius Control	7–3	70.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	7–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	13–6	68.4
Cruel Control	13–6	68.4
Jeskai Control	18–8	69.2
Galleon Control	0–3	0.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	21–13	61.8
Aristocrats	10–5	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–3	66.7
Infect	3–1	75.0
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	24–16	60.0
Simic Flash	4–1	80.0
Simic Vat	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	7–11	38.9
Simic Madness	4–5	44.4
Temur Madness	2–6	25.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	6–2	75.0
Combo-Control	13–8	61.9
Cruel Combo-Control	5–5	50.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	3–1	75.0
Peregrine Drake	3–1	75.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	99–61	61.9
Temur Ascendancy	6–3	66.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	9–2	81.8
Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	4–4	50.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	1–3	25.0
Treefolk	4–4	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Vampires	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–6	62.5
Hellion Whip	8–4	66.7
Dimir Midrange	6–6	50.0
Dimir Vat	1–4	20.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0