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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Cawblade

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	5959	10977–12079–43	47.6	277	2555
Azorius Control	998	2029–1910–3	51.5	71	464
Cawblade	97	249–185	57.4	9	47

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	93–53	63.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	19–8	70.4
Mono White Heroic	16–8	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–11	50.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	5–2	71.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Rogues	3–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	18–16	52.9
Affinity	17–11	60.7
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	13–10	56.5
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	2–0	100.0
Combo	32–43	42.7
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Worldgorger Dragon	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–4	20.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–7	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Umbral Mantle	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	6–4	60.0
Izzet Ascension	2–3	40.0
Breakfast	5–5	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–2	33.3
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–2	33.3
Phoenix Altar	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	4–3	57.1
Izzet Twin	4–3	57.1
Control	29–21	58.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	7–4	63.6
Cawblade	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	19–14	57.6
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	4–1	80.0
Simic Infect	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–4	42.9
Goblin Persist	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Control	23–10	69.7
Izzet Tempo	8–1	88.9
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–3	62.5
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–14	54.8
Curses	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–3	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	4–2	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	9–8	52.9
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	7–6	53.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–4	60.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–24	55.6
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–6	14.3
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–2	33.3
Allies	3–2	60.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Heart of Darkness	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	2–1	66.7
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Wight Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–6	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–5	44.4
Greenpost	1–4	20.0