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.

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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.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 32▾
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
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26. 12
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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	181	296–304	49.3	1	10	9
Curses	6	8–8	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	41	82–82	50.0	0	2	1
Shared Fate	1	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	5	2–12	14.3
Pickles	2	0–3	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1	2–3	40.0
Lich's Mastery	2	0–3	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2	3–4	42.9	0	2
Hive Mind	39	75–55	57.7	0	1	4
Zur's Weirding	7	2–7	22.2	0	1
Solar Flare	35	66–57	53.7	1	2	3
Plasma Swans	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Liliana's Contract	2	3–5	37.5
Mass Land Destruction	26	38–46	45.2	0	1	1
Wildfire	26	38–46	45.2	0	1	1
Borderpost Wildfire	10	21–21	50.0	0	1
Resurgent Belief	7	7–10	41.2
Coveted Falcon Combo	1	1–0	100.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	63–79	44.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	13–23	36.1
Soldiers	5–14	26.3
Mono White Humans	7–9	43.8
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	8–8	50.0
Merfolk	2–5	28.6
Mono Red Swarm	3–5	37.5
Artifact Aggro	6–9	40.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	6–6	50.0
Madness	7–2	77.8
Golgari Madness	7–2	77.8
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	5–8	38.5
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Bard Class	1–4	20.0
Combo	51–59	46.4
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–2	60.0
Warp World	11–13	45.8
Boros Glimpse	7–11	38.9
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–3	40.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Dredge	4–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–3	25.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	4–3	57.1
Phoenix Altar	3–4	42.9
Actual Twin	10–18	35.7
Izzet Twin	9–17	34.6
Boros Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	61–63	49.2
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Dimir Control	3–7	30.0
Azorius Control	12–9	57.1
Cawblade	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	7–10	41.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–3	0.0
Pox	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Control	6–4	60.0
Prison	8–14	36.4
Enchantress	7–14	33.3
Aggro-Combo	9–13	40.9
Aristocrats	4–9	30.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–9	30.8
Infect	3–3	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	3–1	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–28	33.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–3	40.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Librarians	4–5	44.4
Izzet Spells	2–5	28.6
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	1–5	16.7
Combo-Control	14–14	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	4–4	50.0
Solar Flare	2–4	33.3
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	50–35	58.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Fight Rigging	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	5–8	38.5
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	3–3	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	34–13	72.3
Rofellos Ramp	7–3	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	21–9	70.0
Greenpost	9–3	75.0
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	8–4	66.7
Temurpost	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	3–1	75.0