Izzet 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

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 13 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1386	2627–2246	53.9	22	167	74
Izzet Control	108	256–138	65.0	2	4	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–26	71.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–11	47.6
Tokens	11–4	73.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	9–3	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–5	54.5
White Weenie	7–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	8–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–2	60.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–7	72.0
Storm	4–2	66.7
Simic Storm	3–2	60.0
Reclamation Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	4–1	80.0
Control	47–52	47.5
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–11	38.9
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	9–9	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–3	57.1
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	15–24	38.5
Temur Reclamation	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	23–13	63.9
Aristocrats	20–12	62.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	13–10	56.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	37–10	78.7
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Izzet Spells	15–1	93.8
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Midrange	66–27	71.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	9–0	100.0
Séance	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	21–22	48.8
Mono Black Devotion	19–22	46.3
Dimir Midrange	5–1	83.3
Toughness Matters	5–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	9–2	81.8
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Neoform	4–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	1–3	25.0
Applejacks	1–3	25.0