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 12 weeks, 2 days.

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

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 14▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	432	624–764	45.0	4	49	14
Mono Black Control	3	1–6	14.3
Esper Control	78	119–150	44.2	2	11	2
Demonic Rising	30	57–52	52.3	0	4	3
Mono Blue Control	11	2–18	10.0
Dimir Control	25	39–32	54.9	1	3	1
Azorius Control	30	46–33	58.2	0	3
Turbo Fog	28	43–53	44.8	0	5	1
Izzet Control	7	14–12	53.8			1
Mardu Control	1	0–2	0.0
Mill	9	5–19	20.8
Boros Control	4	8–10	44.4
Cloudpost Control	50	86–88	49.4	0	3	3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	15	26–18	59.1	0	2	1
Blackpost	2	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	26	49–47	51.0	0	1	2
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4	8–8	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2	0–6	0.0
Grixis Control	8	3–11	21.4
Cruel Control	7	3–10	23.1
Stax	50	82–112	42.3	0	3	1
Pollute the Planet	7	25–11	69.4	0	1	1
Jeskai Control	23	34–38	47.2	0	5
Dragon Control	2	2–3	40.0
Runeflare	7	2–10	16.7
Ponza	3	2–8	20.0
Mono White Control	16	34–29	54.0			1
Life is Ez	12	28–23	54.9			1
Cycling Control	12	6–21	22.2
Astral Slide	10	5–19	20.8
Five Color Control	23	35–35	50.0	1	10	1
Sultai Control	2	0–4	0.0
Guildgate Control	1	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1	1–2	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	3	0–4	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	198–229	46.4
Mono Black Aggro	14–27	34.1
Heroic	11–12	47.8
Mono White Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–8	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	41–78	34.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	6–5	54.5
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	35–34	50.7
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	7–3	70.0
Elves	20–16	55.6
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Zombies	8–6	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	32–37	46.4
Affinity	9–6	60.0
Tempered Steel	23–31	42.6
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Cats	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Cats	6–1	85.7
Humans	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Humans	1–3	25.0
Combo	73–70	51.0
Storm	5–4	55.6
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	17–8	68.0
Myr Incubator	0–3	0.0
Combo Post	2–1	66.7
Eggs	13–22	37.1
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–3	25.0
Breakfast	21–21	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	21–21	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	21–21	50.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Control	67–67	50.0
Esper Control	18–13	58.1
Demonic Rising	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	1–5	16.7
Turbo Fog	7–6	53.8
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–11	47.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	10–8	55.6
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–4	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	4–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Life is Ez	0–3	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	24–24	50.0
Aristocrats	9–16	36.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	7–5	58.3
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	76–68	52.8
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	15–19	44.1
Simic Madness	14–19	42.4
Wizards	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	9–5	64.3
Mono Blue Gush	15–25	37.5
Izzet Spells	23–13	63.9
Combo-Control	5–4	55.6
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	100–76	56.8
Temur Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Prophet Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	18–23	43.9
Wave Blink	15–23	39.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	13–22	37.1
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Allies	10–6	62.5
Orzhov Allies	7–3	70.0
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–6	14.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	18–10	64.3
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Temur Energy	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	13–2	86.7
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	76–222	25.5
Rofellos Ramp	68–216	23.9
Channel-Rofellos	67–212	24.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–6	50.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Unclassified	5–4	55.6