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, 6 days.

Mono Black Control

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
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
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1623	2703–2876	48.4	5	77	89
Mono Black Control	62	90–122	42.5			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–23	51.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	1–3	25.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–2	0.0
Knights	3–2	60.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	15–22	40.5
Storm	5–10	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–6	25.0
Channel Storm	2–4	33.3
Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Recurring Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Dragon Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–3	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Control	25–25	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	6–8	42.9
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	3–10	23.1
Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–13	27.8
Izzet Tempo	1–6	14.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	0–6	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–4	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	16–21	43.2
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–6	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–3	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	3–4	42.9
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0