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 5 weeks, 2 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
14. 21
15. 20
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19. 16
20. 15
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22. 13
23. 12
24. 11
25. 10
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27. 8
28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	274	462–582	44.3	6	69
Mono Black Control	1	0–5	0.0
Esper Control	33	76–69	52.4	4	11
Demonic Rising	1	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2	1–4	20.0
Dimir Control	8	8–21	27.6	0	1
Azorius Control	48	80–95	45.7	0	15
Turbo Fog	5	6–10	37.5
Mardu Control	2	5–5	50.0	0	1
Mill	8	8–17	32.0
Cloudpost Control	30	68–58	54.0	1	12
Azorius Cloudpost Control	7	14–14	50.0	0	2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9	17–17	50.0	1	3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3	8–7	53.3	0	1
Grixis Control	11	11–25	30.6
Cruel Control	6	6–13	31.6
Stax	3	4–7	36.4	0	1
Chandra Nalaar	2	2–5	28.6
Jeskai Control	5	8–9	47.1	0	1
Dragon Control	18	27–33	45.0	1	2
Izzet Dragons	18	27–33	45.0	1	2
Galleon Control	3	9–7	56.3	0	2
Runeflare	11	16–21	43.2	0	2
Ponza	6	6–14	30.0	0	1
Mono White Control	20	34–43	44.2	0	6
Cycling Control	1	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	5	1–12	7.7
Sultai Ultimatum	3	1–8	11.1
Guildgate Control	3	4–7	36.4
Bant Control	13	26–27	49.1	0	5
Pox	25	44–58	43.1	0	6
Four Color Counter Ghazi	8	15–20	42.9	0	3
Orzhov Control	2	2–5	28.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	114–186	38.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–6	25.0
Heroic	7–10	41.2
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Boros Heroic	3–6	33.3
Red Deck Wins	33–58	36.3
Goblins	0–4	0.0
Tokens	5–10	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–8	11.1
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Elves	6–11	35.3
Selesnya Little Kid	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	6–8	42.9
8 Whack	6–8	42.9
Artifact Aggro	11–8	57.9
Affinity	6–2	75.0
Tempered Steel	3–5	37.5
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	13–46	22.0
Cats	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Cats	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–3	40.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	87–113	43.5
Storm	4–6	40.0
Dragonstorm	4–4	50.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Swath Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	20–14	58.8
Traditional Reanimator	20–14	58.8
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	19–13	59.4
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–7	22.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–6	14.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–27	25.0
Anvil Colossus	8–25	24.2
Upheaval Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	0–3	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–3	25.0
Soulflayer	14–9	60.9
Reanim8 Rack	9–8	52.9
Breakfast	27–39	40.9
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	7–6	53.8
Neoform Hermit	20–31	39.2
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	61–61	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	9–12	42.9
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	10–11	47.6
Turbo Fog	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–9	35.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–6	0.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Dragons	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	5–4	55.6
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	7–6	53.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	35–48	42.2
Aristocrats	8–11	42.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	3–3	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–3	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	16–28	36.4
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	34–48	41.5
Izzet Tempo	9–8	52.9
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–19	32.1
Dimir Tempo	12–12	50.0
Sultai Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Midrange	118–104	53.2
The Rock	6–6	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	10–4	71.4
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	8–12	40.0
Wave Blink	8–12	40.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	6–11	35.3
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	6–3	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Legends	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	32–23	58.2
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	10–6	62.5
Hero of Precinct One	14–19	42.4
Abzan Hero	4–4	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Esper Hero	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Hero	5–10	33.3
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–19	36.7
Cloudpost Ramp	11–17	39.3
Golgari Post	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	9–14	39.1
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0