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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Sultai Control

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
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
Control	1122	1804–2055	46.7	7	71	46
Sultai Control	44	77–91	45.8	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	16–22	42.1
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	1–10	9.1
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Elves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–8	63.6
Storm	3–2	60.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Umbral Mantle	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Control	16–16	50.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–2	66.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–1	90.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	6–1	85.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	6–6	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	12–31	27.9
Selesnya Midrange	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–4	0.0
Blink	0–7	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	3–4	42.9
Mardu Allies	1–3	25.0
Mono White Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–5	16.7
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	1–1	50.0