Combo-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.

Learn more

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.

Current League
More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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, 6 days.

Don't show me this again

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	362	634–634	50.0	3	22	18
Curses	5	2–13	13.3
Cruel Combo-Control	16	29–29	50.0	0	3
Battle of Wits	41	64–67	48.9			2
Shared Fate	2	2–7	22.2
Swarm Intelligence	6	12–12	50.0	0	1
Hedron Alignment	1	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	14	28–28	50.0	0	3
Lich's Mastery	5	3–11	21.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3	3–8	27.3	0	1
Hive Mind	78	168–121	58.1	2	9	8
Zur's Weirding	3	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	18	31–32	49.2			1
Liliana's Contract	11	14–21	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	124	244–216	53.0	1	4	7
Wildfire	124	244–216	53.0	1	4	7
Thryx-Wildfire	89	196–160	55.1	1	4	7
Borderpost Wildfire	9	16–16	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	171–206	45.4
Mono Black Aggro	6–4	60.0
Heroic	2–6	25.0
Mono White Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	45–64	41.3
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Goblins	12–16	42.9
Tokens	9–5	64.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	13–10	56.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–5	54.5
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	3–2	60.0
Elves	24–9	72.7
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	15–25	37.5
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	5–5	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–9	35.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–8	33.3
AggroSlide	16–33	32.7
Cats	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	126–141	47.2
Storm	33–35	48.5
Sultai Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	21–29	42.0
Simic Storm	5–3	62.5
Citadel Storm	3–2	60.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	39–58	40.2
Recurring Nightmare	14–20	41.2
Dragon Nightmare	12–18	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	25–38	39.7
Rakdos Reanimator	11–16	40.7
Dimir Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	10–19	34.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–10	37.5
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	3–0	100.0
"Twin"	3–1	75.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–7	41.7
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	3–0	100.0
Eggs	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	8–6	57.1
Ominous Good	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–6	33.3
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	3–2	60.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	95–80	54.3
Mono Black Control	5–1	83.3
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–11	38.9
Azorius Control	17–23	42.5
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–7	22.2
Cruel Control	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	20–11	64.5
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Guildgate Control	4–3	57.1
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	17–12	58.6
Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	20–26	43.5
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	5–8	38.5
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	27–27	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–3	25.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	6–11	35.3
Plasma Swans	0–3	0.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–6	62.5
Wildfire	10–6	62.5
Thryx-Wildfire	8–6	57.1
Midrange	138–99	58.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Value Town	3–1	75.0
Jund	7–3	70.0
Blink	16–8	66.7
Wave Blink	16–8	66.7
Esper Wave	4–4	50.0
Azorius Wave	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	6–4	60.0
Graveyard Value	7–14	33.3
Séance	3–6	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Enchantments Matter	3–1	75.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Vampires	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Midrange	11–14	44.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Midrange	21–16	56.8
Mono Black Devotion	9–8	52.9
Davriel Braids	4–4	50.0
Dimir Midrange	4–4	50.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–4	42.9
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mutate	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–1	87.5
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–2	71.4
Ramp	40–43	48.2
Rofellos Ramp	8–8	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	21–18	53.8
Locus Awakening	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	4–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	5–7	41.7
Greenpost	5–1	83.3
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–3	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	6–8	42.9
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	2–5	28.6
Applejacks	2–0	100.0