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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1792	2757–3159	46.6	17	128	71
Ponza	212	360–387	48.2	0	7	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	72–81	47.1
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	10–9	52.6
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–8	46.7
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	6–11	35.3
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–6	40.0
Artifact Aggro	17–21	44.7
Affinity	3–7	30.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	13–13	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–2	60.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	4–10	28.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	69–66	51.1
Storm	26–15	63.4
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	23–12	65.7
Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Worldgorger Dragon	3–2	60.0
Double Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Warp World	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–4	55.6
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–4	0.0
Soulflayer	2–7	22.2
Reanim8 Rack	1–4	20.0
Breakfast	5–8	38.5
Oops All Spells	5–8	38.5
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	1–3	25.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	61–44	58.1
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	13–17	43.3
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	5–1	83.3
Ponza	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	8–6	57.1
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Prison	4–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	26–49	34.7
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	2–6	25.0
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	3–3	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–32	22.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9–29	23.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	20–24	45.5
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Blue Madness	3–3	50.0
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–8	20.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–18	47.1
Curses	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–9	52.6
Jokulhaups Control	10–9	52.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–2	33.3
Midrange	76–96	44.2
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund	5–7	41.7
Blink	10–9	52.6
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	0–3	0.0
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–3	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	22–22	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Toughness Matters	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–11	38.9
Martyr's Grace	7–11	38.9
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–9	40.0
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	3–3	50.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–2	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–9	69.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	9–4	69.2
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	8–4	66.7
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0