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.

Azorius Control

Tournaments Only
Season 26▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
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12. 26
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34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	883	1259–1510	45.5	3	49	33
Azorius Control	131	199–193	50.8	0	7	9
Cawblade	10	15–12	55.6	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–22	56.9
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–10	41.2
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	2–5	28.6
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	44–39	53.0
Storm	10–4	71.4
Dragonstorm	3–4	42.9
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	3–6	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–3	50.0
Izzet Ascension	3–3	50.0
Breakfast	12–7	63.2
Oops All Spells	12–7	63.2
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–3	40.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Control	38–33	53.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–3	25.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	5–3	62.5
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	22–30	42.3
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	6–6	50.0
Simic Infect	4–4	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–9	43.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–8	46.7
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–10	28.6
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	4–9	30.8
Aggro-Control	14–10	58.3
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	11–14	44.0
Battle of Wits	4–3	57.1
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–9	40.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–7	46.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–31	42.6
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Blink	7–13	35.0
Wave Blink	7–11	38.9
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Wave	4–6	40.0
Abzan Wave	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Martyr's Grace	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–4	20.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	18–14	56.3
Rofellos Ramp	11–7	61.1
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Greenpost	5–4	55.6
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0