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.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 15▾
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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20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
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
Control	1386	2627–2246	53.9	22	167	74
Mono Black Control	4	3–4	42.9
Esper Control	7	7–15	31.8	0	1
Mono Blue Control	4	0–4	0.0
Dimir Control	195	357–321	52.7	5	29	10
Azorius Control	43	57–65	46.7	0	3	1
Turbo Fog	19	25–36	41.0
Izzet Control	108	256–138	65.0	2	4	10
Mill	9	3–13	18.8
Cloudpost Control	3	3–7	30.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	49	97–85	53.3	1	8
Stax	3	3–7	30.0
Jeskai Control	15	16–18	47.1	0	5
Ponza	8	15–17	46.9
Cycling Control	169	238–302	44.1	1	9	6
Astral Slide	167	235–300	43.9	1	9	6
Sultai Control	44	54–73	42.5	1	7
Guildgate Control	590	1274–932	57.8	10	90	40
Bant Control	6	5–14	26.3
Temur Reclamation	97	206–162	56.0	2	11	7
Orzhov Control	5	5–16	23.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	577–486	54.3
Mono Black Aggro	15–8	65.2
Heroic	12–3	80.0
Azorius Heroic	10–3	76.9
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	137–166	45.2
Goblins	6–3	66.7
Tokens	63–39	61.8
Selesnya Tokens	8–1	88.9
Mono White Tokens	47–36	56.6
Mono Green Stompy	66–74	47.1
White Weenie	41–30	57.7
Soldiers	13–15	46.4
Warriors	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	21–9	70.0
Selesnya Counters	12–7	63.2
Gruul Aggro	13–7	65.0
Merfolk	11–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	63–66	48.8
Artifact Aggro	8–3	72.7
Affinity	8–3	72.7
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Voltron	58–27	68.2
Hexproof	17–5	77.3
Boros Auras	7–8	46.7
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Hateful Auras	12–5	70.6
Knights	39–36	52.0
Cats	5–4	55.6
Mono White Cats	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	122–107	53.3
Storm	14–23	37.8
Simic Storm	13–23	36.1
Reclamation Storm	13–23	36.1
Reanimator	61–65	48.4
Traditional Reanimator	61–65	48.4
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	48–55	46.6
Grixis Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Oriss Genesis	9–1	90.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	21–14	60.0
Retraction Helix Combo	9–3	75.0
Control	713–713	50.0
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	88–98	47.3
Azorius Control	19–18	51.4
Turbo Fog	7–9	43.8
Izzet Control	52–47	52.5
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	33–26	55.9
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Ponza	7–6	53.8
Cycling Control	92–72	56.1
Astral Slide	90–71	55.9
Sultai Control	20–19	51.3
Guildgate Control	305–356	46.1
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Temur Reclamation	56–51	52.3
Orzhov Control	8–1	88.9
Aggro-Combo	231–168	57.9
Aristocrats	203–153	57.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	17–5	77.3
Golgari Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Food	155–133	53.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–7	58.8
Burn	17–9	65.4
Infect	10–5	66.7
Aggro-Control	373–321	53.7
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	124–106	53.9
Azorius Skies	21–26	44.7
Blue Madness	27–14	65.9
Simic Madness	25–12	67.6
Temur Madness	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	75–79	48.7
Izzet Spells	77–51	60.2
Dimir Tempo	19–30	38.8
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Burning Vengeance	3–1	75.0
Midrange	562–415	57.5
The Rock	13–8	61.9
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	4–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	48–14	77.4
Séance	4–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	14–5	73.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	28–6	82.4
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	199–259	43.4
Mono Black Devotion	182–247	42.4
Dimir Midrange	50–46	52.1
Toughness Matters	56–19	74.7
Lifegain Midrange	43–19	69.4
Adventures	20–7	74.1
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Neoform	18–6	75.0
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	3–1	75.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	6–4	60.0
Ramp	42–33	56.0
Applejacks	23–22	51.1