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, 6 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
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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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	365	601–717	45.6	5	36	12
Curses	13	19–25	43.2	0	2
Burning Vengeance	3	4–8	33.3
Battle of Wits	59	74–152	32.7	0	4
Shared Fate	6	4–9	30.8
Sunforger	5	6–12	33.3
Pickles	10	28–15	65.1	0	1	2
Displace Loop	44	74–87	46.0	0	6	2
Familiars	3	3–8	27.3	0	1
Hedron Alignment	25	37–50	42.5	0	2	1
Yosei Vat	31	66–61	52.0	4	7
Lich's Mastery	1	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	6	5–9	35.7	0	1
Mass Land Destruction	150	273–266	50.6	1	12	7
Wildfire	150	273–266	50.6	1	12	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	134–242	35.6
Mono Black Aggro	7–7	50.0
Heroic	6–12	33.3
Mono White Heroic	5–8	38.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	47–134	26.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–2	50.0
Prisoner	2–9	18.2
Proliferate Red	2–15	11.8
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–6	60.0
White Weenie	11–14	44.0
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	3–6	33.3
Werewolves	2–6	25.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	8–11	42.1
Rogues	4–1	80.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–4	20.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	11–13	45.8
Affinity	8–9	47.1
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Madness	3–1	75.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–10	23.1
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	3–7	30.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	98–100	49.5
Reanimator	48–44	52.2
Recurring Nightmare	31–25	55.4
Dragon Nightmare	15–14	51.7
Jund Nightmare	8–4	66.7
Four Color Powerful Magic	3–5	37.5
Living Death	15–18	45.5
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Actual Warp World	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	2–12	14.3
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–12	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Umbral Mantle	8–14	36.4
Fake-Twin	7–4	63.6
Murderous Mastery	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	4–5	44.4
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	3–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	4–4	50.0
Control	147–131	52.9
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–4	63.6
Azorius Control	6–8	42.9
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	58–45	56.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6–11	35.3
Blackpost	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	16–7	69.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	9–11	45.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	5–6	45.5
Jeskai Control	22–27	44.9
Jeskai Approach	4–10	28.6
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	6–8	42.9
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	6–9	40.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	30–48	38.5
Aristocrats	20–35	36.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	10–22	31.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Pummeler	3–8	27.3
Aggro-Control	24–19	55.8
Simic Flash	4–7	36.4
Simic Vat	3–6	33.3
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	3–0	100.0
12 Pest	10–7	58.8
Combo-Control	26–26	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	8–3	72.7
Pickles	0–3	0.0
Displace Loop	3–2	60.0
Hedron Alignment	2–2	50.0
Yosei Vat	4–3	57.1
Mass Land Destruction	7–12	36.8
Wildfire	7–12	36.8
Midrange	103–98	51.2
Temur Ascendancy	14–21	40.0
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	4–2	66.7
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	15–14	51.7
Wave Blink	14–13	51.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	4–4	50.0
Azorius Wave	10–9	52.6
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–7	46.2
Allies	7–5	58.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Vampires	21–7	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	12–6	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	6–1	85.7
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	0–5	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–9	25.0
Sultai Emerge	3–8	27.3
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	39–53	42.4
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	14–33	29.8
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	23–20	53.5
Eldrazipost	6–5	54.5
Locus Awakening	6–4	60.0
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–2	33.3