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, 6 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
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12. 26
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30. 8
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	948	1739–1729–1	50.1	11	68	39
Mono Black Control	13	11–24	31.4	0	2
Esper Control	105	215–204	51.3	2	7	5
Demonic Rising	181	388–296–1	56.7	4	29	7
Mono Blue Control	26	21–59	26.3
Dimir Control	32	33–68	32.7
Azorius Control	75	158–130	54.9	1	8	4
Turbo Fog	4	1–8	11.1
Izzet Control	55	86–93	48.0	0	3	1
Mardu Control	41	65–79	45.1	1	2	3
Mill	18	7–35	16.7	0	1
Boros Control	3	1–9	10.0
Cloudpost Control	12	16–19	45.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6	13–9	59.1
Blackpost	1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	123	260–207	55.7	1	5	11
Cruel Control	52	94–92	50.5	1	2	4
Chandra Nalaar	2	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Control	7	6–13	31.6
Galleon Control	8	19–8	70.4			1
Ponza	6	10–16	38.5
Mono White Control	2	3–5	37.5
Dynavolt Tower	47	84–65	56.4	1	5	3
Cycling Control	26	34–58	37.0	0	1
Astral Slide	24	32–56	36.4	0	1
Five Color Control	3	2–7	22.2
Sultai Control	9	22–10	68.8			1
Guildgate Control	1	1–4	20.0
Bant Control	64	168–134	55.6	1	3	3
Enchantments Control	12	21–32	39.6	0	2
Orzhov Control	14	18–30	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	493–514–1	49.0
Mono Black Aggro	22–31–1	41.5
Heroic	15–6	71.4
Mono White Heroic	12–4	75.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	66–159	29.3
Mono Red Devotion	23–38	37.7
Goblins	28–31	47.5
Tokens	44–33	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	37–26	58.7
Mono Green Stompy	13–14	48.1
White Weenie	51–51	50.0
Odric Keywords	22–22	50.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	6–8	42.9
Werewolves	2–4	33.3
Minotaurs	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Little Kid	9–4	69.2
Rogues	4–2	66.7
Zombies	18–17	51.4
Gruul Aggro	11–12	47.8
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	44–33	57.1
Artifact Aggro	35–33	51.5
Affinity	8–11	42.1
Boros Vehicles	8–12	40.0
Salvage Titan	12–8	60.0
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	7–5	58.3
Devastating Dreams	15–27	35.7
Madness	15–16	48.4
Gruul Madness	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Jund Madness	5–4	55.6
Voltron	27–8	77.1
Boros Auras	14–2	87.5
Equipment Aggro	7–1	87.5
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Hellbent	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Combo	169–137	55.2
Storm	54–47	53.5
Sultai Tendrils	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	31–29	51.7
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Reanimator	33–19	63.5
Traditional Reanimator	33–19	63.5
Grixis Reanimator	11–2	84.6
Dubious Challenge	6–0	100.0
Warp World	4–1	80.0
Actual Warp World	4–1	80.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	3–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	26–34	43.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	14–12	53.8
Cruel Combo	8–7	53.3
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	339–339	50.0
Mono Black Control	5–1	83.3
Esper Control	29–34	46.0
Demonic Rising	61–63	49.2
Mono Blue Control	8–3	72.7
Dimir Control	11–10	52.4
Azorius Control	26–43	37.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	23–21	52.3
Mardu Control	17–13	56.7
Mill	6–3	66.7
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	44–52	45.8
Cruel Control	27–19	58.7
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Galleon Control	3–3	50.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Dynavolt Tower	17–17	50.0
Cycling Control	8–7	53.3
Astral Slide	7–7	50.0
Sultai Control	6–4	60.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	24–37	39.3
Enchantments Control	9–2	81.8
Orzhov Control	7–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	69–84	45.1
Aristocrats	32–43	42.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Golgari Aristocrats	13–15	46.4
Abzan Aristocrats	12–17	41.4
Mardu Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	5–8	38.5
Infect	10–4	71.4
Pummeler	20–20	50.0
Aggro-Control	101–79	56.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	31–35	47.0
Azorius Skies	4–0	100.0
Blue Madness	8–8	50.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	5–5	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Wizards	20–12	62.5
Tetsukotog	9–8	52.9
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	107–71	60.1
Curses	7–2	77.8
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	26–20	56.5
Battle of Wits	23–14	62.2
Shared Fate	4–1	80.0
Sunforger	7–3	70.0
Pickles	4–12	25.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	18–11	62.1
Wildfire	18–11	62.1
Midrange	367–396	48.1
Temur Ascendancy	34–63	35.1
Prophet Ascendancy	5–11	31.3
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	3–7	30.0
Abzan Midrange	23–33	41.1
Knights of Windgrace	5–5	50.0
Jund	70–72	49.3
Blink	9–14	39.1
Graveyard Value	5–9	35.7
Enchantments Matter	7–1	87.5
Orzhov Enchantress	7–1	87.5
Allies	8–16	33.3
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	2–4	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	11–6	64.7
Mardu Midrange	2–6	25.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–3	25.0
Yisan-Prophet	13–14	48.1
White Jund	16–11	59.3
Vampires	13–12	52.0
Rakdos Vampires	13–12	52.0
Legends Midrange	14–12	53.8
Boros Legends Midrange	14–11	56.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	7–7	50.0
Naya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Verdant Succession	0–2	0.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	24–49	32.9
Sultai Emerge	19–46	29.2
Orzhov Midrange	13–10	56.5
Prophet Glare	3–0	100.0
Ramp	94–109	46.3
Villainous Wealth	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Ramp	3–7	30.0
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–6	14.3
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	16–16	50.0
Temur Bombardment	3–4	42.9