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.

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	287	489–469	51.0	1	14	24
Curses	12	10–27	27.0
Burning Vengeance	1	1–2	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	8	6–14	30.0	0	1
Pickles	5	11–12	47.8
Displace Loop	1	0–2	0.0
Familiars	1	0–2	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	2	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	17	22–37	37.3	0	1	1
Zur's Weirding	22	33–46	41.8	0	1	1
Solar Flare	12	13–22	37.1			1
Plasma Swans	3	6–6	50.0	0	1
Mass Land Destruction	192	366–277	56.9	1	10	20
Wildfire	17	32–27	54.2			1
Borderpost Wildfire	15	30–23	56.6			1
Jokulhaups Control	175	334–250	57.2	1	10	19
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	9	9–16	36.0	0	2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	88	189–118	61.6	0	2	13
Temur Jokulhaups Control	61	110–81	57.6	1	5	6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5	6–15	28.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	10	17–16	51.5	0	1
Resurgent Belief	5	9–10	47.4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	79–116	40.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	12–17	41.4
Mono White Heroic	7–6	53.8
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–10	33.3
Red Deck Wins	8–21	27.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–4	20.0
White Weenie	4–13	23.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–6	14.3
Elves	16–14	53.3
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–19	34.5
Affinity	3–6	33.3
Salvage Titan	4–3	57.1
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Architect	0–4	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	4–4	50.0
Hexproof	2–4	33.3
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Humans	9–10	47.4
Bant Humans	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Humans	5–1	83.3
Azorius Humans	3–6	33.3
Combo	98–80	55.1
Storm	39–49	44.3
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	26–24	52.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	8–23	25.8
Reanimator	20–10	66.7
Recurring Nightmare	17–7	70.8
Dragon Nightmare	13–4	76.5
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Warp World	9–1	90.0
Temur Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	7–1	87.5
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–3	40.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–3	40.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Control	113–77	59.5
Mono Black Control	6–0	100.0
Esper Control	7–9	43.8
Demonic Rising	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Control	4–5	44.4
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	22–22	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	3–2	60.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	9–1	90.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	3–4	42.9
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–5	44.4
Mono White Control	7–4	63.6
Life is Ez	4–4	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–1	80.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	4–2	66.7
Pox	7–3	70.0
Seasons Past Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	30–34	46.9
Aristocrats	8–11	42.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	7–9	43.8
Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–3	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	6–5	54.5
Goblin Persist	1–3	25.0
Dirty Kitty	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	39–58	40.2
Izzet Tempo	13–16	44.8
Blue Madness	4–2	66.7
Simic Madness	4–2	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–11	42.1
Mono Blue Faeries	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–14	17.6
Dimir Tempo	5–7	41.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	17–17	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–14	44.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	10–13	43.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	7–11	38.9
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	98–72	57.6
The Rock	7–3	70.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	6–1	85.7
Blink	3–1	75.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	7–4	63.6
Varolz Dreadnought	6–3	66.7
Allies	2–2	50.0
Azorius Allies	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–3	0.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–3	25.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–1	87.5
Big Red	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	9–7	56.3
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	10–6	62.5
Hero of Precinct One	7–8	46.7
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Hero	1–2	33.3
Simic Snow	11–14	44.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	15–15	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	10–9	52.6
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	4–2	66.7
Greenpost	3–6	33.3
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	1–2	33.3