Ponza

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 2 days, 22 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1495	2232–2692	45.3	5	70	50
Ponza	68	94–111	45.9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	11–32	25.6
Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–4	0.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–3	25.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–8	33.3
Affinity	4–7	36.4
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–6	14.3
Combo	18–10	64.3
Storm	6–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Eggs	4–3	57.1
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Control	18–14	56.3
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Cawblade	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–15	25.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	2–4	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–4	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–4	20.0
Goblin Persist	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Control	5–7	41.7
Izzet Tempo	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–10	54.5
Mindcrank	4–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–4	20.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–5	50.0
Wildfire	5–5	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Midrange	18–19	48.6
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–3	40.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–4	63.6
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–3	62.5
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	5–2	71.4