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, 5 days.

Mono Black Control

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
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20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
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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	2122	3233–3787	46.1	3	60	61
Mono Black Control	78	105–116	47.5	0	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	25–32	43.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	1–6	14.3
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	5–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Combo	25–19	56.8
Storm	7–4	63.6
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	6–4	60.0
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–4	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	4–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–3	50.0
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Control	13–22	37.1
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–7	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	3–1	75.0
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–5	54.5
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	9–14	39.1
Curses	0–2	0.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–7	36.4
Wildfire	4–7	36.4
Thryx-Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Midrange	18–18	50.0
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	4–5	44.4
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Wave	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Ramp	4–2	66.7
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Eureka!	2–2	50.0