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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Control

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Season 33▾
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3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	925	1488–1517	49.5	17	96	33
Esper Control	114	213–169	55.8	1	6	9
Demonic Rising	2	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	10	6–18	25.0
Dimir Control	34	38–72	34.5	0	1	2
Azorius Control	333	650–489	57.1	14	62	14
Turbo Fog	58	56–66	45.9	0	2
Izzet Control	48	98–77	56.0	1	5	4
Mardu Control	2	1–6	14.3
Mill	22	14–48	22.6
Boros Control	28	37–41	47.4	0	1	2
Cloudpost Control	4	4–12	25.0	0	1
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1	0–4	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3	4–8	33.3	0	1
Grixis Control	44	45–81	35.7	0	2
Cruel Control	26	30–52	36.6	0	1
Stax	31	46–59	43.8	0	1
Birthday Stax	2	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Jeskai Control	16	23–26	46.9	1	1
Dragon Control	9	15–23	39.5	0	2
Runeflare	13	15–31	32.6	0	1
Mono White Control	54	90–97	48.1	0	3	1
Cycling Control	9	4–19	17.4
Astral Slide	4	2–10	16.7
Five Color Control	11	19–16	54.3	0	1
Last Stand Control	7	8–11	42.1	0	1
Bant Control	2	3–6	33.3
Enchantments Control	1	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	26	49–50	49.5	0	1
Orzhov Control	15	16–30	34.8	0	1
Prison	23	24–46	34.3	0	3	1
Enchantress	6	3–8	27.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	328–377	46.5
Heroic	9–15	37.5
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	7–15	31.8
Red Deck Wins	34–89	27.6
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	12–8	60.0
White Weenie	31–46	40.3
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	9–28	24.3
Mono White Humans	17–16	51.5
Elves	4–1	80.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	3–4	42.9
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	60–40	60.0
Affinity	46–34	57.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	43–32	57.3
Tempered Steel	6–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	19–10	65.5
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Hateful Auras	13–7	65.0
Slivers	2–2	50.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	11–6	64.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–5	37.5
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	50–61	45.0
Boros Humans	24–39	38.1
Orzhov Humans	24–22	52.2
Legends Aggro	17–24	41.5
Boros Legends Aggro	2–8	20.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Bard Class	11–15	42.3
Permanent Vacation	11–6	64.7
Pirates	16–30	34.8
Rats	10–7	58.8
Combo	272–260	51.1
Storm	15–9	62.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	8–9	47.1
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–19	24.0
Dubious Challenge	3–2	60.0
Warp World	62–90	40.8
Temur Glimpse	17–27	38.6
Boros Glimpse	43–62	41.0
Hypergenesis	5–2	71.4
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	5–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–2	66.7
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	20–14	58.8
Oops All Spells	19–14	57.6
Oops All Lands	20–27	42.6
Dredge	33–40	45.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	24–33	42.1
Polymorph	5–1	83.3
Storm Herald	4–4	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	10–5	66.7
Intruder Alarm	3–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	6–5	54.5
Restore Balance	15–16	48.4
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	11–2	84.6
Midnight Mass	4–5	44.4
Control	201–201	50.0
Esper Control	19–26	42.2
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	65–86	43.0
Turbo Fog	8–9	47.1
Izzet Control	12–12	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	7–1	87.5
Boros Control	7–8	46.7
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	9–6	60.0
Cruel Control	3–6	33.3
Stax	14–9	60.9
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	17–18	48.6
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	83–120	40.9
Aristocrats	60–114	34.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	55–110	33.3
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	14–5	73.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	72–93	43.6
Simic Flash	2–5	28.6
Izzet Tempo	12–12	50.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	36–39	48.0
Mono Blue Librarians	28–34	45.2
Izzet Spells	3–6	33.3
Dimir Tempo	6–3	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	6–24	20.0
Combo-Control	55–67	45.1
Battle of Wits	11–5	68.8
Sunforger	3–5	37.5
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–5	50.0
Wildfire	5–5	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	29–41	41.4
Esper Greasefang	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Greasefang	23–31	42.6
Coveted Falcon Combo	5–10	33.3
Midrange	401–297	57.4
The Rock	35–39	47.3
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	17–10	63.0
Selesnya Midrange	22–12	64.7
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	73–78	48.3
Orzhov Blink	54–60	47.4
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	8–1	88.9
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	6–4	60.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–3	25.0
Elementals	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–4	73.3
Naya Midrange	5–2	71.4
Big Red	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	5–6	45.5
Angels	11–3	78.6
Mono White Angels	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Angels	3–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	6–1	85.7
Lifegain Midrange	0–4	0.0
Adventures	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	9–7	56.3
Fight Rigging	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	11–9	55.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	59–30	66.3
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	8–8	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	12–2	85.7
Five Color Hero	4–1	80.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	10–17	37.0
Death Cloud	15–17	46.9
Nissa Company	4–3	57.1
Illness in the Ranks	9–3	75.0
Game Objects	10–6	62.5
Ramp	76–102	42.7
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	10–12	45.5
Applejacks	0–2	0.0
Field Ramp	41–68	37.6
Superfriends	4–3	57.1