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.

Current League

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
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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
Control	137	260–257–1	50.3	11	68
Mono Black Control	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Esper Control	13	38–25	60.3	2	7
Demonic Rising	53	109–85–1	56.2	4	29
Mono Blue Control	3	0–10	0.0
Dimir Control	3	1–6	14.3
Azorius Control	15	35–30	53.8	1	8
Izzet Control	7	8–12	40.0	0	3
Mardu Control	3	8–6	57.1	1	2
Mill	2	1–3	25.0	0	1
Grixis Control	15	18–31	36.7	1	5
Cruel Control	9	8–18	30.8	1	2
Galleon Control	1	1–3	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	6	18–10	64.3	1	5
Cycling Control	2	2–7	22.2	0	1
Astral Slide	2	2–7	22.2	0	1
Sultai Control	1	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	4	9–8	52.9	1	3
Enchantments Control	3	6–7	46.2	0	2
Orzhov Control	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	101–98–1	50.8
Mono Black Aggro	4–4–1	50.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	25–43	36.8
Mono Red Devotion	9–7	56.3
Goblins	5–14	26.3
Tokens	13–9	59.1
Selesnya Tokens	12–8	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Odric Keywords	3–2	60.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	7–6	53.8
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	7–12	36.8
Voltron	7–0	100.0
Boros Auras	4–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	19–14	57.6
Storm	5–6	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–6	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	8–6	57.1
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Control	34–34	50.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	13–14	48.1
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–6	33.3
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–6	64.7
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Pummeler	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	9–7	56.3
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	4–1	80.0
Tetsukotog	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	16–19	45.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	12–13	48.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	58–58	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Prophet Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–4	42.9
Jund	18–24	42.9
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–2	33.3
White Jund	3–1	75.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	4–2	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–11	21.4
Sultai Emerge	3–11	21.4
Prophet Glare	3–0	100.0
Ramp	12–21	36.4
Cloudpost Ramp	0–3	0.0
Gruul Post	0–3	0.0
Domain	4–4	50.0