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.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	210	403–423–2	48.8	5	55
Mono Black Control	2	4–4	50.0
Esper Control	8	9–16	36.0	0	3
Demonic Rising	3	4–5	44.4	0	1
Mono Blue Control	1	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	8	17–13	56.7	0	3
Azorius Control	30	64–55–1	53.8	0	12
Turbo Fog	13	21–27	43.8	0	3
Izzet Control	5	15–12	55.6	0	2
Mardu Control	2	5–4	55.6
Mill	2	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Control	21	40–44	47.6	1	3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	15	31–33	48.4	1	3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2	2–4	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	17	29–32	47.5	1	2
Cruel Control	13	15–27	35.7
Dragon Control	1	1–2	33.3
Ponza	35	70–74	48.6	1	10
Mono White Control	17	42–35	54.5	2	8
Cycling Control	5	3–12–1	20.0	0	1
Astral Slide	3	0–8	0.0
Sultai Control	1	0–3	0.0
Guildgate Control	24	42–50	45.7	0	3
Bant Control	5	12–9	57.1	0	2
Temur Reclamation	4	13–7	65.0	0	2
Orzhov Control	4	7–9	43.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	162–179	47.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	60–66	47.6
Goblins	12–24	33.3
Tokens	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	3–5	37.5
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	6–2	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–1	75.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	16–4	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	22–18	55.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Tempered Steel	4–2	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Knights	2–4	33.3
AggroSlide	19–45	29.7
Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	76–84	47.5
Storm	17–20	45.9
Dimir Tendrils	12–16	42.9
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–2	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	36–50	41.9
Recurring Nightmare	15–31	32.6
Dragon Nightmare	14–31	31.1
Traditional Reanimator	21–19	52.5
Rakdos Reanimator	12–3	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	9–15	37.5
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–4	20.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Combo	2–4	33.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Control	48–48–2	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	6–7–1	46.2
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–1	83.3
Cruel Control	4–0	100.0
Ponza	8–8	50.0
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	3–0–1	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	8–6	57.1
Bant Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Reclamation	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–6	64.7
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–3	70.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–18	41.9
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	7–8	46.7
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	15–23	39.5
Cruel Combo-Control	1–5	16.7
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Yosei Vat	2–3	40.0
Hive Mind	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	8–8	50.0
Wildfire	8–8	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	6–7	46.2
Midrange	56–46	54.9
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	9–10	47.4
Wave Blink	9–10	47.4
Esper Wave	9–8	52.9
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–5	16.7
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Big Red	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	12–7	63.2
Mono Black Devotion	9–5	64.3
Davriel Braids	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–2	33.3
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mythic Colossification	0–4	0.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	22–19	53.7
Rofellos Ramp	11–9	55.0
Wild Pair	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	7–7	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	0–2	0.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–1	50.0