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?

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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!

Galleon Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36323	58113–63941–43	47.6	270	2510	1337
Galleon Control	116	211–212	49.9	1	12	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	69–70	49.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–5	28.6
Heroic	9–14	39.1
Mono White Heroic	7–12	36.8
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	12–19	38.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	6–2	75.0
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–2	66.7
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	3–5	37.5
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–5	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	27–28	49.1
Storm	4–3	57.1
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Actual Warp World	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	4–4	50.0
Hyperwave	3–2	60.0
New Perspectives	3–2	60.0
Cat Wave	2–3	40.0
Acid Wave	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Saffi Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Grixis Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Control	47–41	53.4
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–1	90.0
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–5	44.4
Cruel Control	3–5	37.5
Stax	1–3	25.0
Birthday Stax	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	5–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	8–17	32.0
Aristocrats	4–11	26.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–11	21.4
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–7	61.1
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Peregrine Drake	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–1	83.3
Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Midrange	40–31	56.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Dimir Graves	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–7	46.2
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–2	0.0