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

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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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1231	1902–2152–2	46.9	5	55	25
Mono Black Control	25	32–55	36.8			1
Esper Control	39	62–59	51.2	0	3
Demonic Rising	41	68–84	44.7	0	1
Mono Blue Control	11	10–21	32.3
Dimir Control	122	220–197	52.8	0	3	3
Azorius Control	226	373–378–1	49.7	0	12	10
Adam's Ale	2	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	45	73–81	47.4	0	3
Izzet Control	13	29–28	50.9	0	2
Mardu Control	8	15–18	45.5
Mill	28	19–64	22.9
Boros Control	1	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	111	179–166	51.9	1	3	5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	52	102–79	56.4	1	3	3
Blackpost	14	22–27	44.9			1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	33	41–43	48.8			1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3	3–5	37.5
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	6	6–8	42.9
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	84	136–153	47.1	1	2
Cruel Control	63	97–114	46.0
Stax	1	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	9	10–19	34.5
Dragon Control	1	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	21	28–35	44.4
Ponza	196	335–338	49.8	1	10	5
Mono White Control	54	89–101	46.8	2	8
Life is Ez	14	17–17	50.0
Cycling Control	47	40–73–1	35.4	0	1
Astral Slide	42	30–65	31.6
Five Color Control	1	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	16	16–28	36.4
Guildgate Control	40	56–68	45.2	0	3
Bant Control	24	37–37	50.0	0	2	1
Temur Reclamation	14	24–30	44.4	0	2
Orzhov Control	37	30–85	26.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	554–713	43.7
Mono Black Aggro	16–26	38.1
Heroic	16–7	69.6
Mono White Heroic	9–3	75.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	127–180	41.4
Mono Red Devotion	3–8	27.3
Goblins	43–69	38.4
Tokens	43–31	58.1
Selesnya Tokens	11–8	57.9
Mono White Tokens	21–16	56.8
Orzhov Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono Green Stompy	6–9	40.0
White Weenie	27–32	45.8
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	12–19	38.7
Soldiers	4–2	66.7
Kithkin	2–3	40.0
Elves	56–41	57.7
Werewolves	0–2	0.0
Minotaurs	0–2	0.0
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	57–84	40.4
Gruul Aggro	7–6	53.8
Merfolk	9–11	45.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	33–32	50.8
Affinity	8–3	72.7
Salvage Titan	6–2	75.0
Tempered Steel	18–26	40.9
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	9–2	81.8
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	6–2	75.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	18–26	40.9
AggroSlide	51–125	29.0
Cats	12–12	50.0
Mono White Cats	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	1–3	25.0
Rats	0–1	0.0
Combo	401–417	49.0
Storm	112–99	53.1
Sultai Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tendrils	64–70	47.8
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	8–14	36.4
Citadel Storm	21–10	67.7
Grixis Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	109–169	39.2
Recurring Nightmare	37–81	31.4
Dragon Nightmare	32–74	30.2
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	72–87	45.3
Rakdos Reanimator	26–23	53.1
Dimir Reanimator	12–5	70.6
Mono Black Reanimator	27–56	32.5
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–7	30.0
Dubious Challenge	8–4	66.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Actual Warp World	1–1	50.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	26–14	65.0
New Perspectives	2–1	66.7
Myr Incubator	3–2	60.0
Fake-Twin	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	18–22	45.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–8	20.0
Seismic Swans	4–4	50.0
Cruel Combo	1–0	100.0
Eggs	6–4	60.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–4	50.0
Taking Turns	7–6	53.8
Izzet Ascension	24–11	68.6
Ominous Good	9–14	39.1
Jokulhaups Combo	8–16	33.3
Soulflayer	3–6	33.3
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	14–2	87.5
Polymorph	2–9	18.2
Enduring Ideal	6–0	100.0
Control	270–270–2	50.0
Mono Black Control	10–4	71.4
Esper Control	12–12	50.0
Demonic Rising	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Control	3–4	42.9
Dimir Control	20–33	37.7
Azorius Control	49–40–1	55.1
Turbo Fog	8–6	57.1
Izzet Control	1–5	16.7
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	4–8	33.3
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	30–19	61.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	18–10	64.3
Blackpost	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–6	45.5
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	17–16	51.5
Cruel Control	13–9	59.1
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Runeflare	1–6	14.3
Ponza	42–56	42.9
Mono White Control	13–7	65.0
Life is Ez	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	11–11–1	50.0
Astral Slide	11–7	61.1
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Guildgate Control	10–7	58.8
Bant Control	4–11	26.7
Temur Reclamation	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	13–4	76.5
Aggro-Combo	49–55	47.1
Aristocrats	21–37	36.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–21	22.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Abzan Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	7–5	58.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Burn	13–4	76.5
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–9	57.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–8	55.6
Combo Goblins	0–4	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	77–113	40.5
Simic Flash	4–10	28.6
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	13–14	48.1
Azorius Skies	2–4	33.3
Blue Madness	3–5	37.5
Simic Madness	3–4	42.9
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	10–17	37.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–8	33.3
Izzet Spells	30–32	48.4
Dimir Tempo	4–14	22.2
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	80–98	44.9
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Battle of Wits	6–14	30.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	4–4	50.0
Lich's Mastery	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	8–19	29.6
Plasma Swans	4–3	57.1
Liliana's Contract	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	41–44	48.2
Wildfire	41–44	48.2
Thryx-Wildfire	32–35	47.8
Borderpost Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Midrange	363–345	51.3
Temur Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
The Rock	4–7	36.4
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Midrange	9–17	34.6
Selesnya Value Town	3–7	30.0
Jund	17–9	65.4
Blink	34–27	55.7
Wave Blink	34–27	55.7
Esper Wave	14–15	48.3
Azorius Wave	11–5	68.8
Orzhov Wave	9–6	60.0
Graveyard Value	31–54	36.5
Séance	7–18	28.0
Varolz Dreadnought	13–21	38.2
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	7–8	46.7
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	11–6	64.7
Mardu Midrange	4–4	50.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	12–18	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	12–17	41.4
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	13–5	72.2
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	3–0	100.0
Elementals	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Midrange	20–30	40.0
Naya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	11–15	42.3
Mono Black Midrange	52–45	53.6
Mono Black Devotion	29–23	55.8
Davriel Braids	8–12	40.0
Dimir Midrange	14–12	53.8
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	15–8	65.2
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mutate	19–11	63.3
Sultai Midrange	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–1	83.3
Zur the Enchanter	5–6	45.5
Mythic Colossification	1–8	11.1
Neoform	11–1	91.7
Temur Neoform	9–1	90.0
Coinflips	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	12–11	52.2
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	108–141	43.4
Rofellos Ramp	25–35	41.7
Wild Pair	7–7	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	55–68	44.7
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–5	16.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	10–17	37.0
Greenpost	11–18	37.9
Gruul Post	5–4	55.6
Simic Post	10–9	52.6
Domain	2–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	5–22	18.5
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	8–4	66.7
Applejacks	1–0	100.0