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!

Guildgate Control

Tournaments Only
Season 15▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1386	2627–2246	53.9	22	167	74
Guildgate Control	590	1274–932	57.8	10	90	40

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	294–195	60.1
Mono Black Aggro	9–6	60.0
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	79–59	57.2
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	25–13	65.8
Selesnya Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono White Tokens	17–12	58.6
Mono Green Stompy	32–19	62.7
White Weenie	22–10	68.8
Soldiers	9–4	69.2
Warriors	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	15–5	75.0
Selesnya Counters	8–4	66.7
Gruul Aggro	7–3	70.0
Merfolk	6–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	33–34	49.3
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	21–17	55.3
Hexproof	7–5	58.3
Boros Auras	2–4	33.3
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–4	42.9
Knights	25–19	56.8
Cats	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cats	2–2	50.0
Combo	60–50	54.5
Storm	4–11	26.7
Simic Storm	4–11	26.7
Reclamation Storm	4–11	26.7
Reanimator	29–32	47.5
Traditional Reanimator	29–32	47.5
Mono Black Reanimator	22–30	42.3
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	6–1	85.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	10–6	62.5
Retraction Helix Combo	7–0	100.0
Control	356–305	53.9
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	47–44	51.6
Azorius Control	2–10	16.7
Turbo Fog	1–4	20.0
Izzet Control	24–15	61.5
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	19–11	63.3
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	38–24	61.3
Astral Slide	37–23	61.7
Sultai Control	9–9	50.0
Guildgate Control	170–170	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Reclamation	28–9	75.7
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	109–65	62.6
Aristocrats	97–62	61.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	81–56	59.1
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Burn	7–2	77.8
Infect	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	171–132	56.4
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	59–40	59.6
Azorius Skies	5–12	29.4
Blue Madness	16–5	76.2
Simic Madness	14–5	73.7
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	33–40	45.2
Izzet Spells	39–20	66.1
Dimir Tempo	8–8	50.0
Combo-Control	6–3	66.7
Burning Vengeance	2–1	66.7
Midrange	258–172	60.0
The Rock	3–5	37.5
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	20–5	80.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	9–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	14–3	82.4
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	85–113	42.9
Mono Black Devotion	74–109	40.4
Dimir Midrange	25–21	54.3
Toughness Matters	25–7	78.1
Lifegain Midrange	22–4	84.6
Adventures	12–2	85.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Neoform	5–1	83.3
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	2–1	66.7
Ramp	20–10	66.7
Applejacks	12–7	63.2