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 1 week, 6 days.

Combo-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
13. 22
14. 21
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18. 17
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20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
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27. 8
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29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	246	445–437	50.5	1	17	12
Curses	1	0–3	0.0
Burning Vengeance	2	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	37	61–100	37.9	0	5	1
Shared Fate	1	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	14	24–37	39.3
Displace Loop	1	0–1	0.0
Familiars	1	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	5	9–13	40.9			1
Plasma Swans	1	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	22	34–38	47.2	0	1	1
Wildfire	22	34–38	47.2	0	1	1
Borderpost Wildfire	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Resurgent Belief	9	12–19	38.7
Greasefang	149	300–216	58.1	1	11	9
Esper Greasefang	35	72–54	57.1	0	2	2
Orzhov Greasefang	107	220–152	59.1	1	9	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	92–123	42.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	14–22	38.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	8–15	34.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–5	28.6
Mono White Humans	5–8	38.5
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	23–20	53.5
Affinity	20–18	52.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	18–18	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Voltron	6–5	54.5
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	4–2	66.7
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	11–23	32.4
Boros Humans	4–11	26.7
Orzhov Humans	7–12	36.8
Legends Aggro	4–6	40.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	2–1	66.7
Permanent Vacation	2–6	25.0
Pirates	3–8	27.3
Combo	79–73	52.0
Storm	4–2	66.7
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–1	75.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	26–35	42.6
Temur Glimpse	4–5	44.4
Boros Glimpse	21–30	41.2
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Oops All Lands	12–5	70.6
Dredge	13–11	54.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	13–9	59.1
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–2	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	2–5	28.6
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	63–53	54.3
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	13–23	36.1
Turbo Fog	4–3	57.1
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	4–2	66.7
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	13–8	61.9
Prison	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	20–34	37.0
Aristocrats	16–34	32.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	13–31	29.5
Burn	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–25	34.2
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–13	27.8
Mono Blue Librarians	5–10	33.3
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	28–28	50.0
Battle of Wits	6–4	60.0
Sunforger	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	0–3	0.0
Wildfire	0–3	0.0
Resurgent Belief	2–1	66.7
Greasefang	16–17	48.5
Esper Greasefang	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Greasefang	10–12	45.5
Midrange	119–83	58.9
The Rock	15–8	65.2
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	13–10	56.5
Selesnya Midrange	5–5	50.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–4	50.0
Angel Tribal	5–3	62.5
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	10–11	47.6
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–14	48.1
Fires of Invention	2–3	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Naya Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	6–3	66.7
Death Cloud	6–1	85.7
Ramp	30–18	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	20–13	60.6
Superfriends	2–1	66.7