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 7 weeks, 2 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 10▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
14. 21
15. 20
16. 19
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18. 17
19. 16
20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
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25. 10
26. 9
27. 8
28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1205	1875–2229	45.7	10	110	31
Mono Black Control	32	34–69	33.0
Esper Control	21	34–38	47.2	0	2
Demonic Rising	101	206–155	57.1	0	12	5
Paradox Haze Lock	9	12–16	42.9	0	1
Mono Blue Control	62	79–96	45.1	0	1	2
Dimir Control	58	92–99	48.2			2
Dreadful Inspiration	1
Azorius Control	45	59–80	42.4
Cawblade	7	10–19	34.5
Turbo Fog	23	27–42	39.1	0	2	1
Izzet Control	24	24–49	32.9	0	1
Mardu Control	33	76–61	55.5	1	5	4
Mill	27	19–62	23.5	0	1
Boros Control	2	3–3	50.0
Grixis Control	107	174–220	44.2	1	5	1
Stax	91	90–162	35.7	0	3
Birthday Stax	18	12–31	27.9
Stagnant Control	35	24–66	26.7
Jeskai Control	51	110–89	55.3	1	3	3
Dragon Control	12	12–23	34.3
Grixis Dragons	9	11–16	40.7
Galleon Control	23	35–39	47.3	1	5	1
Runeflare	40	87–89	49.4			1
Ponza	3	2–6	25.0
Mono White Control	32	61–70	46.6			3
Life is Ez	21	53–42	55.8			3
Dynavolt Tower	18	20–30	40.0	0	3
Cycling Control	38	38–77	33.0	0	1
Astral Slide	32	32–69	31.7	0	1
Five Color Control	6	6–11	35.3	0	1
Shrines	1	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	220	439–420	51.1	4	51	6
Guildgate Control	7	13–10	56.5	1	2
Bant Control	2	1–4	20.0
Enchantments Control	3	2–8	20.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	40	55–70	44.0	1	11	1
Orzhov Control	11	9–12	42.9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	539–713	43.1
Mono Black Aggro	57–54	51.4
Heroic	21–15	58.3
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	13–10	56.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	5–1	83.3
Red Deck Wins	71–100	41.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	24–29	45.3
Tokens	15–13	53.6
Selesnya Tokens	11–8	57.9
Mono Green Stompy	2–5	28.6
White Weenie	80–79	50.3
Odric Keywords	14–10	58.3
Soldiers	5–5	50.0
Kithkin	0–2	0.0
Chroma White	30–31	49.2
Elves	11–5	68.8
Werewolves	3–1	75.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	12–5	70.6
Zombies	5–8	38.5
Gruul Aggro	9–16	36.0
Merfolk	12–2	85.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	130–283	31.5
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	1–2	33.3
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	125–279	30.9
Devoid Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	8–6	57.1
Illusions	6–4	60.0
Madness	5–2	71.4
Golgari Madness	5–2	71.4
Voltron	37–34	52.1
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	31–33	48.4
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	20–31	39.2
Rakdos Hellbent	20–31	39.2
Boros Aggro	1–5	16.7
Shamans	1–4	20.0
Combo	238–337	41.4
Storm	18–7	72.0
Reanimator	10–8	55.6
Grozoth	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–5	58.3
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	53–78	40.5
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	28–55	33.7
Mardu Life	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	40–50	44.4
Eye of the Storm	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	68–128	34.7
Cephalid Breakfast	68–128	34.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	50–97	34.0
Grixis Breakfast	13–27	32.5
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Control	439–439	50.0
Mono Black Control	20–6	76.9
Esper Control	9–6	60.0
Demonic Rising	40–45	47.1
Paradox Haze Lock	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Control	14–16	46.7
Dimir Control	15–17	46.9
Azorius Control	19–17	52.8
Cawblade	4–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	9–5	64.3
Izzet Control	11–8	57.9
Mardu Control	14–19	42.4
Mill	13–12	52.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	52–30	63.4
Stax	19–32	37.3
Birthday Stax	3–5	37.5
Stagnant Control	13–6	68.4
Jeskai Control	17–31	35.4
Dragon Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Dragons	1–6	14.3
Galleon Control	6–9	40.0
Runeflare	17–16	51.5
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	17–12	58.6
Life is Ez	8–9	47.1
Dynavolt Tower	6–4	60.0
Cycling Control	13–13	50.0
Astral Slide	12–12	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	77–92	45.6
Guildgate Control	2–3	40.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	9–19	32.1
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	70–161	30.3
Aristocrats	52–149	25.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	30–118	20.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–7	36.4
Golgari Aristocrats	12–18	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Infect	16–7	69.6
Mono Black Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Control	58–43	57.4
Simic Flash	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	12–17	41.4
Azorius Skies	14–8	63.6
Blue Madness	8–9	47.1
Simic Madness	3–5	37.5
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	110–130	45.8
Curses	46–74	38.3
Battle of Wits	4–4	50.0
Pickles	1–7	12.5
Lich's Mastery	19–11	63.3
Liliana's Contract	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	34–30	53.1
Wildfire	34–30	53.1
Midrange	403–394	50.6
Temur Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
The Rock	20–18	52.6
Grenzo	4–8	33.3
Abzan Midrange	19–32	37.3
Jund	43–31	58.1
Blink	25–26	49.0
Acid Trip	14–12	53.8
Graveyard Value	5–7	41.7
Enchantments Matter	8–3	72.7
Allies	20–42	32.3
Orzhov Allies	9–9	50.0
Mardu Allies	5–11	31.3
Boros Allies	4–16	20.0
Mono White Allies	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	16–16	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	8–12	40.0
Mardu Midrange	3–6	33.3
White Jund	20–24	45.5
Vampires	23–28	45.1
Mono Black Vampires	20–25	44.4
Rakdos Vampires	3–3	50.0
Legends Midrange	53–44	54.6
Boros Legends Midrange	6–3	66.7
Mardu Legends	19–16	54.3
Orzhov Legends	24–19	55.8
Elementals	9–14	39.1
Rakdos Midrange	26–22	54.2
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	4–13	23.5
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–3	72.7
Clerics	5–1	83.3
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Ramp	18–12	60.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0