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 1 week, 6 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
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23. 12
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30. 5
31. 4
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	973	1591–1559	50.5	18	106	40
Mono Black Control	1	0–3	0.0
Esper Control	111	203–164	55.3	1	6	9
Demonic Rising	2	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	9	6–16	27.3
Dimir Control	31	37–66	35.9	0	1	2
Azorius Control	323	633–459	58.0	13	61	15
Turbo Fog	57	55–65	45.8	0	2
Izzet Control	50	102–83	55.1	1	6	4
Mardu Control	2	1–6	14.3
Mill	22	14–48	22.6
Boros Control	28	37–41	47.4	0	1	2
Cloudpost Control	1	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	39	38–71	34.9	0	2
Cruel Control	22	23–43	34.8	0	1
Stax	30	39–54	41.9	0	1
Birthday Stax	2	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Jeskai Control	15	20–25	44.4	1	1
Dragon Control	7	12–16	42.9	0	2
Runeflare	13	15–31	32.6	0	1
Mono White Control	55	89–100	47.1	0	4	1
Cycling Control	4	2–10	16.7
Astral Slide	4	2–10	16.7
Five Color Control	9	17–15	53.1	0	1
Bant Control	1	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	23	36–45	44.4
Orzhov Control	101	187–156	54.5	2	12	6
Prison	22	24–44	35.3	0	3	1
Enchantress	6	3–8	27.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	377–377	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–9	52.6
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	46–93	33.1
Goblins	6–3	66.7
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	15–10	60.0
White Weenie	37–43	46.3
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	14–26	35.0
Mono White Humans	18–14	56.3
Elves	4–1	80.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	74–43	63.2
Affinity	60–38	61.2
Hardened Scales Affinity	55–33	62.5
Tempered Steel	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Architect	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	20–12	62.5
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	4–1	80.0
Hateful Auras	13–9	59.1
Slivers	2–2	50.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	13–8	61.9
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–5	28.6
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	58–66	46.8
Boros Humans	28–38	42.4
Orzhov Humans	28–28	50.0
Legends Aggro	20–24	45.5
Boros Legends Aggro	1–8	11.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	14–15	48.3
Permanent Vacation	12–4	75.0
Pirates	23–31	42.6
Combo	277–282	49.6
Storm	15–9	62.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	8–9	47.1
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–20	20.0
Dubious Challenge	3–2	60.0
Warp World	58–103	36.0
Temur Glimpse	15–29	34.1
Boros Glimpse	41–72	36.3
Hypergenesis	5–3	62.5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
"Twin"	5–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	6–2	75.0
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	21–15	58.3
Oops All Spells	20–15	57.1
Oops All Lands	21–30	41.2
Dredge	38–38	50.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	28–31	47.5
Polymorph	5–4	55.6
Storm Herald	4–4	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	11–7	61.1
Intruder Alarm	3–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	5–6	45.5
Restore Balance	13–14	48.1
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	10–2	83.3
Midnight Mass	4–5	44.4
Control	242–242	50.0
Esper Control	22–28	44.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	76–102	42.7
Turbo Fog	10–9	52.6
Izzet Control	12–14	46.2
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Boros Control	8–7	53.3
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	10–5	66.7
Cruel Control	5–5	50.0
Stax	14–9	60.9
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	7–2	77.8
Mono White Control	22–17	56.4
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	5–8	38.5
Orzhov Control	25–28	47.2
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	95–120	44.2
Aristocrats	71–114	38.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Food	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	63–110	36.4
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	15–5	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	72–77	48.3
Simic Flash	2–7	22.2
Izzet Tempo	14–13	51.9
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	36–42	46.2
Mono Blue Librarians	28–37	43.1
Izzet Spells	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tempo	7–3	70.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	53–63	45.7
Battle of Wits	11–7	61.1
Sunforger	3–5	37.5
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	6–8	42.9
Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	30–42	41.7
Esper Greasefang	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Greasefang	23–32	41.8
Midrange	390–290	57.4
The Rock	51–45	53.1
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	20–13	60.6
Selesnya Midrange	25–12	67.6
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	19–21	47.5
Graveyard Value	10–2	83.3
Enchantments Matter	5–3	62.5
Allies	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	9–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	8–3	72.7
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–3	40.0
Elementals	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Midrange	11–6	64.7
Naya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–6	40.0
Angel Tribal	11–3	78.6
Toughness Matters	6–1	85.7
Lifegain Midrange	0–4	0.0
Adventures	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	13–10	56.5
Fight Rigging	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Midrange	40–43	48.2
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	59–40	59.6
Fires of Invention	10–12	45.5
Hero of Precinct One	12–3	80.0
Five Color Hero	5–1	83.3
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	3–1	75.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	12–19	38.7
Death Cloud	13–15	46.4
Ramp	84–108	43.8
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	3–1	75.0
Carth Superfriends	9–11	45.0
Applejacks	0–2	0.0
Field Ramp	47–76	38.2
Superfriends	5–3	62.5