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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Last Stand 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
Five Color Control	648	769–1307	37.0	2	41	9
Last Stand Control	136	193–243	44.3	0	10	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–62	34.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	0–5	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	7–10	41.2
Goblins	6–1	85.7
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–3	0.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–4	0.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–9	35.7
Affinity	4–5	44.4
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–3	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	2–6	25.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–5	28.6
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Combo	33–36	47.8
Storm	6–8	42.9
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	2–2	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Temur Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	5–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	1–7	12.5
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	23–31	42.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–6	25.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–11	26.7
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	17–21	44.7
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	2–0	100.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	1–4	20.0
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–12	20.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–11	15.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–13	43.5
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	19–25	43.2
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	8–2	80.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–4	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–10	37.5
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	4–9	30.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–5	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	42–40	51.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	5–4	55.6
Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–4	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Necro Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Capenna	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–10	9.1
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–6	14.3
Naya Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	0–1	0.0
Wight Midrange	0–1	0.0
Golgari Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	17–15	53.1
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–10	47.4
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	6–9	40.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0