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, 5 days.

Mono Black Control

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

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1432	2486–2682	48.1	10	130	49
Mono Black Control	115	179–226	44.2	1	8	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	61–59	50.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	16–11	59.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–6	25.0
Tokens	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–4	55.6
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–3	40.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	12–16	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	5–2	71.4
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Combo	14–16	46.7
Storm	1–4	20.0
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Worldgorger Dragon	2–4	33.3
8 Goyf	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	3–2	60.0
Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Control	33–73	31.1
Mono Black Control	4–4	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	6–4	60.0
Azorius Control	2–16	11.1
Turbo Fog	1–7	12.5
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	0–4	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	7–11	38.9
Pollute the Planet	5–5	50.0
Birthday Stax	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	0–4	0.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–5	28.6
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–8	42.9
Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	10–8	55.6
Izzet Tempo	6–6	50.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–0	100.0
Midrange	42–50	45.7
Temur Ascendancy	11–12	47.8
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	2–11	15.4
Graveyard Value	7–2	77.8
Indestructible	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	9–7	56.3
Rofellos Ramp	4–6	40.0
Wild Pair	2–1	66.7
Unclassified	1–0	100.0