Bant 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 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
Bant Control	71	107–164	39.5	0	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–37	39.3
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	4–6	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–9	35.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–4	50.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	8–9	47.1
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	13–18	41.9
Storm	4–8	33.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	4–5	44.4
Swath Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Oops All Spells	1–5	16.7
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	16–16	50.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	7–5	58.3
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–25	24.2
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–9	18.2
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–10	16.7
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–9	10.0
Hushnought	0–3	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–9	30.8
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–11	52.2
Curses	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–10	47.4
Jokulhaups Control	9–10	47.4
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Midrange	27–30	47.4
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–4	20.0
Blink	3–2	60.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–4	20.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–10	23.1
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–18	14.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–15	6.3
Greenpost	1–15	6.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0