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 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

Tournaments Only
Season 34▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	914	1586–1497	51.4	12	84	44
Mono Black Control	36	74–66	52.9	1	4	1
Esper Control	14	19–19	50.0	0	2	1
Mono Blue Control	8	10–13	43.5	0	1
Dimir Control	100	194–132	59.5	1	7	10
Azorius Control	113	217–160	57.6	0	6	9
Turbo Fog	14	3–18	14.3
Izzet Control	4	2–7	22.2
Mardu Control	2	3–3	50.0
Mill	22	14–35	28.6
Boros Control	14	21–24	46.7			1
Cloudpost Control	220	404–355	53.2	2	26	13
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5	6–9	40.0
Blackpost	13	16–27	37.2	0	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	80	141–116	54.9	0	4	4
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	4	4–7	36.4
Mono White Cloudpost Control	110	228–182	55.6	2	21	9
Grixis Control	11	12–22	35.3
Cruel Control	2	1–8	11.1
Stax	38	53–95	35.8	0	1
Jeskai Control	10	15–17	46.9
Dragon Control	8	8–15	34.8
Runeflare	5	8–15	34.8
Ponza	5	3–8	27.3
Mono White Control	5	8–11	42.1
Life is Ez	3	4–9	30.8
Dynavolt Tower	1	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	6	5–11	31.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	4	4–10	28.6
Sultai Control	2	4–3	57.1
Guildgate Control	6	1–10	9.1
Bant Control	2	2–3	40.0
Pox	25	34–44	43.6	0	1
Enchantments Control	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Seasons Past Control	11	15–26	36.6
Orzhov Control	185	390–306	56.0	7	34	9
Prison	39	53–65	44.9	1	1
Enchantress	36	50–56	47.2	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	307–349	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	25–12	67.6
Heroic	25–25	50.0
Azorius Heroic	6–5	54.5
Boros Heroic	18–19	48.6
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	69–156	30.7
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	6–7	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	23–15	60.5
White Weenie	11–9	55.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–4	55.6
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	10–3	76.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	4–2	66.7
Gruul Aggro	12–10	54.5
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	36–34	51.4
Affinity	36–34	51.4
Hardened Scales Affinity	31–33	48.4
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–4	55.6
Golgari Madness	3–4	42.9
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	10–6	62.5
Equipment Aggro	8–5	61.5
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–4	20.0
Knights	16–12	57.1
AggroSlide	18–27	40.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	8–9	47.1
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	6–7	46.2
Bard Class	6–7	46.2
Rats	7–1	87.5
Combo	334–310	51.9
Storm	40–79	33.6
Dimir Tendrils	14–18	43.8
Citadel Storm	24–59	28.9
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	33–35	48.5
Warp World	3–2	60.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	58–38	60.4
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–16	38.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–15	31.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–4	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	6–6	50.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	13–9	59.1
Reanim8 Rack	7–5	58.3
Breakfast	4–5	44.4
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	18–14	56.3
Dredge	11–2	84.6
Polymorph	24–5	82.8
Storm Herald	3–3	50.0
Enduring Ideal	13–26	33.3
Ad Nauseam	2–3	40.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	4–3	57.1
Gyruda	3–2	60.0
Belcher	8–12	40.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	3–1	75.0
Actual Twin	23–23	50.0
Izzet Twin	20–21	48.8
Boros Twin	2–1	66.7
Primal Prayers Combo	9–6	60.0
Control	329–329	50.0
Mono Black Control	23–15	60.5
Esper Control	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	28–51	35.4
Azorius Control	34–33	50.7
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–4	60.0
Boros Control	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Control	64–93	40.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–31	31.1
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	37–57	39.4
Grixis Control	7–2	77.8
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	23–10	69.7
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	8–2	80.0
Runeflare	2–3	40.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	11–4	73.3
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	86–79	52.1
Prison	10–7	58.8
Enchantress	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Combo	72–107	40.2
Aristocrats	50–86	36.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–9	47.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	31–67	31.6
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	20–20	50.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	60–74	44.8
Simic Flash	2–2	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	6–9	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	18–20	47.4
Mono Blue Librarians	13–12	52.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	21–30	41.2
Dimir Faeries	3–10	23.1
Dimir Librarians	9–11	45.0
Azorius Tempo	2–7	22.2
Combo-Control	65–53	55.1
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–5	70.6
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	26–27	49.1
Archfiend Alteration	18–13	58.1
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Greasefang	0–5	0.0
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–4	0.0
Midrange	320–212	60.2
The Rock	14–5	73.7
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	19–9	67.9
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	12–8	60.0
Blink	3–6	33.3
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–3	25.0
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	0–9	0.0
Legends Midrange	4–0	100.0
Elementals	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	21–15	58.3
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angels	65–46	58.6
Mono White Angels	39–32	54.9
Azorius Angels	11–7	61.1
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	16–4	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	21–12	63.6
Sultai Midrange	12–5	70.6
Fight Rigging	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Midrange	16–10	61.5
Jeskai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–3	40.0
Fires of Invention	6–7	46.2
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	15–15	50.0
Death Cloud	11–2	84.6
Nissa Company	14–15	48.3
Game Objects	13–4	76.5
Ramp	96–63	60.4
Rofellos Ramp	31–27	53.4
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	16–12	57.1
Eldrazipost	5–1	83.3
Golgari Post	1–6	14.3
Greenpost	7–5	58.3
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	10–6	62.5
Applejacks	12–2	85.7
Unclassified	3–0	100.0