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

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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 11 weeks, 2 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33 ▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	398	647–634	50.5	5	37	12
Esper Control	54	115–79	59.3	0	2	5
Mono Blue Control	3	2–5	28.6
Dimir Control	10	8–26	23.5
Azorius Control	78	134–113	54.3	2	12	2
Turbo Fog	45	46–50	47.9	0	2
Izzet Control	14	26–27	49.1	1	2
Mardu Control	2	1–5	16.7
Mill	9	9–17	34.6
Boros Control	19	23–33	41.1	0	1
Grixis Control	17	20–26	43.5	0	2
Cruel Control	7	8–10	44.4	0	1
Stax	10	8–19	29.6
Jeskai Control	6	12–10	54.5	1	1
Dragon Control	4	9–7	56.3	0	1
Mono White Control	34	59–59	50.0	0	3	1
Cycling Control	5	3–12	20.0
Astral Slide	5	3–12	20.0
Five Color Control	2	4–2	66.7
Bant Control	1	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	9	18–17	51.4
Orzhov Control	49	114–76	60.0	1	8	3
Prison	20	27–38	41.5	0	3	1
Enchantress	7	6–10	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	180–146	55.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	23–33	41.1
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	26–15	63.4
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	6–7	46.2
Mono White Humans	16–7	69.6
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	28–18	60.9
Affinity	20–17	54.1
Hardened Scales Affinity	19–15	55.9
Tempered Steel	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	11–6	64.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	7–5	58.3
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Aggro	3–4	42.9
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	38–30	55.9
Boros Humans	17–11	60.7
Orzhov Humans	20–19	51.3
Legends Aggro	5–7	41.7
Boros Legends Aggro	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	0–3	0.0
Permanent Vacation	11–2	84.6
Combo	110–125	46.8
Storm	9–6	60.0
Citadel Storm	5–6	45.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–4	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	11–45	19.6
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	17–10	63.0
Oops All Spells	16–10	61.5
Oops All Lands	11–25	30.6
Dredge	21–18	53.8
Insidious Roots Dredge	13–15	46.4
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	3–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	4–5	44.4
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Control	96–96	50.0
Esper Control	10–15	40.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	20–22	47.6
Turbo Fog	8–7	53.3
Izzet Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	3–1	75.0
Boros Control	8–3	72.7
Grixis Control	3–4	42.9
Cruel Control	1–4	20.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	11–11	50.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Control	14–19	42.4
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	33–61	35.1
Aristocrats	27–60	31.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	23–56	29.1
Burn	3–1	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	38–36	51.4
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	10–8	55.6
Mono Blue Tempo	18–15	54.5
Mono Blue Librarians	8–12	40.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	6–3	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	27–40	40.3
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	4–4	50.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	17–30	36.2
Midrange	127–91	58.3
The Rock	18–14	56.3
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	5–3	62.5
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	6–11	35.3
Graveyard Value	6–2	75.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–2	60.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Angel Tribal	6–3	66.7
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–5	37.5
Fight Rigging	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–6	45.5
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	14–6	70.0
Fires of Invention	4–3	57.1
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	6–5	54.5
Ramp	34–39	46.6
Carth Superfriends	5–3	62.5
Field Ramp	19–29	39.6
Superfriends	2–1	66.7