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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

Mardu Control

Tournaments Only
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1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	5959	10977–12079–43	47.6	277	2555
Mardu Control	55	98–119–1	45.2	2	21

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–28–1	52.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–6–1	53.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–0–1	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–6	45.5
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	4–4	50.0
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Combo	18–25	41.9
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	1–1	50.0
Faith Necro	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–3	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–8	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	3–7	30.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Grixis Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Control	19–24	44.2
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Pollute the Planet	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	2–4	33.3
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–8	38.5
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	4–5	44.4
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	4–5	44.4
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	15–20	42.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	0–4	0.0
Necro Midrange	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	0–2	0.0