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.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
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25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
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30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	335	668–567	54.1	5	36	21
Curses	44	71–88	44.7	1	1	1
Burning Vengeance	15	22–32	40.7
Cruel Combo-Control	43	74–77	49.0	1	7	1
Battle of Wits	18	18–39	31.6	0	1
Shared Fate	6	9–9	50.0
Pickles	27	72–35	67.3			5
Mindcrank	105	271–137	66.4	3	22	13
Hedron Alignment	2	2–4	33.3
Lich's Mastery	3	3–3	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	10	23–16	59.0	0	1
Plasma Swans	22	50–35	58.8	0	2	1
Mass Land Destruction	32	39–70	35.8
Wildfire	32	39–70	35.8
Borderpost Wildfire	8	12–18	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	149–171	46.6
Mono Black Aggro	3–6	33.3
Heroic	7–7	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–4	42.9
Red Deck Wins	40–59	40.4
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Prisoner	3–1	75.0
Proliferate Red	3–3	50.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	5–2	71.4
Mono Green Stompy	2–11	15.4
White Weenie	21–15	58.3
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	27–32	45.8
Gruul Aggro	5–2	71.4
Merfolk	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	8–13	38.1
Affinity	2–5	28.6
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–3	25.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	4–4	50.0
Hexproof	4–4	50.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Cats	3–3	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–2	33.3
Combo	65–43	60.2
Storm	21–17	55.3
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	7–5	58.3
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	5–4	55.6
Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Traditional Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–6	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Fake-Twin	3–4	42.9
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	5–2	71.4
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	4–0	100.0
Control	147–105	58.3
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	7–2	77.8
Demonic Rising	4–6	40.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	2–6	25.0
Azorius Control	37–23	61.7
Turbo Fog	7–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	6–1	85.7
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	21–16	56.8
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–12	25.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	18–11	62.1
Astral Slide	18–11	62.1
Five Color Control	5–0	100.0
Sultai Control	6–6	50.0
Guildgate Control	5–2	71.4
Bant Control	3–3	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	35–26	57.4
Aristocrats	19–14	57.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	11–12	47.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	10–10	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	37–34	52.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Azorius Skies	8–8	50.0
Blue Madness	6–13	31.6
Simic Madness	2–8	20.0
Temur Madness	3–4	42.9
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	7–4	63.6
Spirits	5–0	100.0
Azorius Spirits	5–0	100.0
Combo-Control	44–44	50.0
Curses	6–4	60.0
Burning Vengeance	3–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Pickles	5–2	71.4
Mindcrank	11–26	29.7
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–3	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–3	62.5
Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Midrange	173–135	56.2
Temur Ascendancy	7–2	77.8
The Rock	7–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	11–5	68.8
Selesnya Value Town	9–4	69.2
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	36–46	43.9
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	10–7	58.8
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Allies	18–24	42.9
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	12–21	36.4
Mono White Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–5	50.0
Naya Midrange	8–7	53.3
Big Red	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	11–9	55.0
Davriel Braids	2–3	40.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	6–3	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Sultai Emerge	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	18–9	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Domain	3–1	75.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	5–7	41.7