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!

Mardu Control

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
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
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30. 8
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32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2648	4026–4951	44.8	6	78	89
Mardu Control	59	112–103	52.1			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	20–29	40.8
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	2–5	28.6
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–11	35.3
Affinity	2–10	16.7
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	26–34	43.3
Storm	9–10	47.4
Dimir Tendrils	8–8	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–3	0.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	5–7	41.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	23–10	69.7
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–9	50.0
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–9	57.1
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–3	57.1
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	12–7	63.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–2	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0