Guildgate Control

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

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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 14 weeks, 1 day.

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The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	425	890–834	51.6	22	167
Guildgate Control	211	466–407	53.4	10	90

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	106–82	56.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	38–28	57.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	7–7	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–9	50.0
White Weenie	7–4	63.6
Soldiers	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	18–18	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–7	36.4
Hexproof	1–3	25.0
Boros Auras	0–2	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
Cats	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cats	2–2	50.0
Combo	11–16	40.7
Storm	0–4	0.0
Simic Storm	0–4	0.0
Reclamation Storm	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	6–11	35.3
Traditional Reanimator	6–11	35.3
Mono Black Reanimator	5–10	33.3
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	4–1	80.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	165–145	53.2
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	19–21	47.5
Azorius Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	6–7	46.2
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	17–7	70.8
Astral Slide	17–7	70.8
Sultai Control	2–4	33.3
Guildgate Control	89–89	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Reclamation	20–6	76.9
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	31–17	64.6
Aristocrats	28–15	65.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	25–14	64.1
Burn	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	60–57	51.3
Izzet Tempo	27–22	55.1
Azorius Skies	1–6	14.3
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–17	41.4
Izzet Spells	14–8	63.6
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Midrange	85–87	49.4
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	48–67	41.7
Mono Black Devotion	45–66	40.5
Dimir Midrange	11–15	42.3
Toughness Matters	4–3	57.1
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Adventures	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Applejacks	2–1	66.7