Prison

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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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	5592	10346–11304–43	47.8	260	2382
Prison	89	162–180	47.4	3	43
Enchantress	67	129–142	47.6	2	32

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	45–37	54.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–11	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	10–9	52.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–4	42.9
Elves	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Combo	35–45	43.8
Storm	9–11	45.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–6	14.3
Izzet Storm	7–2	77.8
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Warp World	1–5	16.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	4–5	44.4
Actual Twin	7–7	50.0
Izzet Twin	6–7	46.2
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	22–34	39.3
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–10	37.5
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–7	22.2
Prison	5–5	50.0
Enchantress	5–5	50.0
Aggro-Combo	16–11	59.3
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–3	57.1
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–14	41.7
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Librarians	3–3	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	6–8	42.9
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–2	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–3	62.5
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–24	48.9
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–7	22.2
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–4	20.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–6	33.3
Greenpost	0–4	0.0
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0