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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 30▾
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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
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20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	265	475–441	51.9	7	29	8
Burning Vengeance	1	1–3	25.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3	4–4	50.0
Battle of Wits	51	102–122	45.5	0	1	1
Shared Fate	2	2–1	66.7
Pickles	9	15–16	48.4
Displace Loop	9	13–11	54.2	1	1
Familiars	9	13–11	54.2	1	1
Yosei Vat	19	43–33	56.6	0	2	2
Hive Mind	37	56–52	51.9			1
Zur's Weirding	20	31–18	63.3	0	1	1
Solar Flare	97	194–146	57.1	6	24	3
Mass Land Destruction	15	14–27	34.1
Wildfire	15	14–27	34.1
Borderpost Wildfire	6	5–9	35.7
Resurgent Belief	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	108–104	50.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–25	43.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	4–8	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Chroma White	1–1	50.0
Elves	15–5	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Counters	4–1	80.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–7	22.2
Artifact Aggro	8–7	53.3
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Equipment Aggro	2–3	40.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–4	0.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	39–29	57.4
Boros Legends Aggro	31–28	52.5
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	83–56	59.7
Storm	35–9	79.5
Dragonstorm	5–1	83.3
Hazoret Storm	6–0	100.0
High Tide	24–8	75.0
Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–1	75.0
Starlit Graves	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–6	25.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	3–2	60.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	11–7	61.1
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	7–17	29.2
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	106–84	55.8
Esper Control	10–13	43.5
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Control	7–4	63.6
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	27–27	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	13–17	43.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	6–4	60.0
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Dragon Control	6–1	85.7
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Esper Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	8–7	53.3
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	5–4	55.6
Last Stand Control	5–4	55.6
Bant Control	5–4	55.6
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Control	5–2	71.4
Prison	8–0	100.0
Enchantress	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	19–20	48.7
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	11–14	44.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–3	0.0
Golgari Infect	11–10	52.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Goblin Persist	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	10–15	40.0
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	2–5	28.6
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	20–20	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–5	28.6
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	0–2	0.0
Familiars	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	4–2	66.7
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	8–7	53.3
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	113–109	50.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	5–5	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	11–4	73.3
Blink	22–22	50.0
Wave Blink	20–20	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–8	27.3
Azorius Wave	15–8	65.2
Orzhov Wave	2–4	33.3
Graveyard Value	7–3	70.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–6	40.0
Legends Midrange	4–11	26.7
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	4–9	30.8
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Midrange	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–3	70.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	7–11	38.9
Hero of Precinct One	6–6	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	4–5	44.4
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–5	16.7
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	5–4	55.6
Ramp	16–33	32.7
Cloudpost Ramp	7–24	22.6
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–3	25.0
Gruul Post	2–4	33.3
Simic Post	2–15	11.8
Defenders	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	4–5	44.4