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!

Cloudpost Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1073	1703–1705	50.0	11	87	50
Cloudpost Control	243	436–401	52.1	3	30	15
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	3	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	47	91–76	54.5	0	2	2
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	35	29–70	29.3	0	6
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	105	236–153	60.7	3	16	12
Mono White Cloudpost Control	23	27–43	38.6	0	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	79–92	46.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	7–6	53.8
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	15–14	51.7
Goblins	3–5	37.5
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Elves	12–10	54.5
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	6–9	40.0
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–7	22.2
Madness	3–2	60.0
Golgari Madness	3–1	75.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–5	37.5
Rakdos Aggro	0–4	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	19–27	41.3
Boros Legends Aggro	14–21	40.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–3	40.0
Combo	52–57	47.7
Storm	17–17	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–2	50.0
High Tide	15–15	50.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–5	16.7
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–3	50.0
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	7–4	63.6
Tameshi Bloom	6–12	33.3
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	95–59	61.7
Esper Control	19–8	70.4
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	12–3	80.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	24–24	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	10–16	38.5
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	6–4	60.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Seasons Past Control	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	18–30	37.5
Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Burn	4–0	100.0
Infect	8–21	27.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	7–20	25.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	22–17	56.4
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	6–5	54.5
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–3	57.1
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Dimir Faeries	5–2	71.4
Combo-Control	27–27	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–5	58.3
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	2–7	22.2
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	10–10	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	127–91	58.3
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–4	50.0
Blink	30–30	50.0
Wave Blink	30–30	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	8–10	44.4
Azorius Wave	13–15	46.4
Orzhov Wave	9–5	64.3
Graveyard Value	10–3	76.9
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–2	66.7
Legends Midrange	12–10	54.5
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Big Red	1–8	11.1
Mono Black Midrange	11–3	78.6
Mono Black Devotion	6–3	66.7
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–2	75.0
Fires of Invention	15–8	65.2
Hero of Precinct One	8–4	66.7
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	7–3	70.0
Death Cloud	7–2	77.8
Ramp	16–28	36.4
Cloudpost Ramp	10–19	34.5
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–4	0.0
Gruul Post	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	6–11	35.3
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4