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?

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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 5 weeks, 5 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
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10. 25
11. 24
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31. 4
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	782	1292–1253	50.8	13	75	32
Esper Control	95	196–142	58.0	1	5	9
Mono Blue Control	8	5–16	23.8
Dimir Control	26	31–57	35.2	0	2	1
Azorius Control	231	455–323	58.5	9	37	9
Turbo Fog	55	54–64	45.8	0	2
Izzet Control	39	89–62	58.9	1	5	4
Mardu Control	2	1–6	14.3
Mill	18	14–44	24.1
Boros Control	25	32–42	43.2	0	1	1
Grixis Control	37	37–70	34.6	0	2
Cruel Control	23	25–47	34.7	0	1
Stax	23	26–43	37.7	0	1
Birthday Stax	2	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	15	20–25	44.4	1	1
Dragon Control	6	11–12	47.8	0	2
Runeflare	9	13–20	39.4
Mono White Control	53	87–95	47.8	0	4	1
Cycling Control	4	2–10	16.7
Astral Slide	4	2–10	16.7
Five Color Control	7	14–11	56.0	0	1
Bant Control	1	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	11	21–22	48.8
Orzhov Control	79	140–116	54.7	1	8	6
Prison	23	25–45	35.7	0	3	1
Enchantress	7	4–9	30.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	288–301	48.9
Mono Black Aggro	8–8	50.0
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	38–76	33.3
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	13–10	56.5
White Weenie	27–29	48.2
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	6–17	26.1
Mono White Humans	17–9	65.4
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–4	20.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	47–34	58.0
Affinity	35–29	54.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	32–27	54.2
Tempered Steel	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Architect	4–3	57.1
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	15–12	55.6
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	10–9	52.6
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	12–7	63.2
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–5	16.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	47–50	48.5
Boros Humans	20–26	43.5
Orzhov Humans	25–24	51.0
Legends Aggro	17–21	44.7
Boros Legends Aggro	1–6	14.3
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	11–14	44.0
Permanent Vacation	10–3	76.9
Pirates	16–23	41.0
Combo	224–232	49.1
Storm	15–9	62.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	9–9	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–20	16.7
Dubious Challenge	2–2	50.0
Warp World	40–77	34.2
Temur Glimpse	11–22	33.3
Boros Glimpse	28–52	35.0
Hypergenesis	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
"Twin"	5–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	20–13	60.6
Oops All Spells	19–13	59.4
Oops All Lands	19–28	40.4
Dredge	32–33	49.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	23–29	44.2
Polymorph	5–1	83.3
Storm Herald	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	5–3	62.5
Intruder Alarm	3–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	4–5	44.4
Restore Balance	7–10	41.2
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	10–2	83.3
Midnight Mass	4–5	44.4
Control	189–189	50.0
Esper Control	18–25	41.9
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	55–67	45.1
Turbo Fog	10–9	52.6
Izzet Control	10–13	43.5
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Boros Control	9–6	60.0
Grixis Control	10–5	66.7
Cruel Control	7–5	58.3
Stax	13–6	68.4
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	19–17	52.8
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–6	0.0
Orzhov Control	17–20	45.9
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	76–94	44.7
Aristocrats	53–90	37.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	47–86	35.3
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	14–4	77.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	66–70	48.5
Simic Flash	1–6	14.3
Izzet Tempo	13–11	54.2
Mono Blue Tempo	35–41	46.1
Mono Blue Librarians	27–38	41.5
Izzet Spells	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tempo	7–3	70.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	43–55	43.9
Battle of Wits	7–5	58.3
Sunforger	4–5	44.4
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	6–7	46.2
Wildfire	6–7	46.2
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	24–37	39.3
Esper Greasefang	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Greasefang	17–27	38.6
Midrange	326–227	59.0
The Rock	41–39	51.3
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	13–7	65.0
Selesnya Midrange	25–10	71.4
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	17–19	47.2
Graveyard Value	8–2	80.0
Enchantments Matter	5–3	62.5
Allies	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	4–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–6	62.5
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–6	40.0
Angel Tribal	11–3	78.6
Toughness Matters	7–1	87.5
Lifegain Midrange	0–4	0.0
Adventures	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	7–6	53.8
Fight Rigging	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Midrange	32–27	54.2
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	48–23	67.6
Fires of Invention	10–12	45.5
Hero of Precinct One	12–4	75.0
Five Color Hero	4–1	80.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	4–2	66.7
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	12–16	42.9
Death Cloud	13–14	48.1
Ramp	79–83	48.8
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	2–1	66.7
Carth Superfriends	7–9	43.8
Field Ramp	46–58	44.2
Superfriends	5–3	62.5