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.

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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.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 28▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	617	933–1008	48.1	10	60	19
Mono Black Control	2	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	18	20–24	45.5	0	1
Demonic Rising	8	8–18	30.8
Mono Blue Control	11	21–17	55.3	1	2
Dimir Control	20	23–34	40.4
Azorius Control	57	75–94	44.4	2	7
Turbo Fog	6	3–9	25.0
Izzet Control	15	32–18	64.0	0	2
Mardu Control	4	7–8	46.7
Mill	25	20–45	30.8	0	1
Boros Control	1	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Control	72	126–115	52.3	0	4	6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	2–4	33.3
Blackpost	3	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4	4–11	26.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	56	112–83	57.4	0	4	6
Grixis Control	12	18–26	40.9	0	2
Cruel Control	1	2–0	100.0
Stax	21	33–35	48.5
Chandra Nalaar	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Dragon Control	8	7–19	26.9
Izzet Dragons	1	0–3	0.0
Runeflare	15	10–28	26.3	0	1
Ponza	22	28–47	37.3	0	1
Mono White Control	27	36–29	55.4			2
Life is Ez	17	24–18	57.1			2
Cycling Control	15	26–24	52.0	0	1	1
Astral Slide	15	26–24	52.0	0	1	1
Five Color Control	8	9–19	32.1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	7	9–16	36.0
Shrines	1	0–3	0.0
Sultai Control	1	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	12	11–26	29.7
Pox	46	47–83	36.2			1
Enchantments Control	59	130–66	66.3	5	10	5
Orzhov Control	72	142–130	52.2	2	24	1
Prison	57	98–81	54.7	0	3	3
Enchantress	48	79–71	52.7	0	3	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	243–232	51.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	11–8	57.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Boros Heroic	9–3	75.0
Red Deck Wins	15–36	29.4
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	5–11	31.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	6–19	24.0
White Weenie	67–53	55.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Elves	26–20	56.5
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	7–3	70.0
Gruul Aggro	5–1	83.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–7	12.5
Artifact Aggro	68–38	64.2
Affinity	34–20	63.0
Tempered Steel	30–15	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	4–3	57.1
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–4	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	10–13	43.5
Hexproof	6–4	60.0
Equipment Aggro	3–6	33.3
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–5	16.7
Boros Aggro	2–4	33.3
Humans	1–2	33.3
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Rats	7–3	70.0
Combo	207–222	48.3
Storm	70–105	40.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	7–5	58.3
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	55–99	35.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	4–2	66.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–1	75.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	12–10	54.5
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–5	44.4
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	5–8	38.5
Oops All Spells	3–6	33.3
Unctus	2–2	50.0
Dredge	48–54	47.1
Polymorph	4–5	44.4
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–2	60.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–5	44.4
Restore Balance	5–1	83.3
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Belcher	27–16	62.8
Control	99–99	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	10–9	52.6
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	7–1	87.5
Cloudpost Control	11–8	57.9
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	6–7	46.2
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	5–7	41.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Life is Ez	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	3–4	42.9
Astral Slide	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–1	66.7
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Pox	8–9	47.1
Enchantments Control	6–11	35.3
Orzhov Control	15–19	44.1
Prison	8–5	61.5
Enchantress	6–4	60.0
Aggro-Combo	68–79	46.3
Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	15–3	83.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	31–55	36.0
Izzet Dreadnought	2–10	16.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	26–42	38.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Hushnought	10–7	58.8
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	50–71	41.3
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	17–21	44.7
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Wizards	7–10	41.2
Mono Blue Tempo	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	10–10	50.0
Azorius Tempo	4–12	25.0
Combo-Control	72–94	43.4
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	10–7	58.8
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	5–3	62.5
Mass Land Destruction	14–23	37.8
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	14–22	38.9
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Thopter-Sword	39–58	40.2
Azorius Thopter-Sword	12–31	27.9
Dimir Thopter-Sword	15–13	53.6
Esper Thopter-Sword	10–12	45.5
Resurgent Belief	2–1	66.7
Midrange	171–179	48.9
The Rock	2–10	16.7
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	9–13	40.9
Acid Trip	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	5–12	29.4
Graveyard Value	10–11	47.6
Séance	5–4	55.6
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	8–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	7–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Devotion	15–11	57.7
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	13–14	48.1
Martyr's Grace	12–14	46.2
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–4	33.3
Fight Rigging	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	35–53	39.8
Hero of Precinct One	1–3	25.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	4–3	57.1
Artifact Midrange	13–3	81.3
Coinflips	5–5	50.0
Ramp	23–32	41.8
Cloudpost Ramp	10–14	41.7
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	3–8	27.3
Gruul Post	2–4	33.3
Simic Post	2–1	66.7
Domain	2–1	66.7
Defenders	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	2–7	22.2
Jund Carth	1–4	20.0