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, 5 days.

Don't show me this again

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	400	670–679	49.7	2	14	24
Curses	9	8–23	25.8
Burning Vengeance	1	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	73	119–180	39.8			1
Shared Fate	6	9–6	60.0			1
Sunforger	9	12–14	46.2
Displace Loop	17	27–17	61.4	0	2
Familiars	4	5–4	55.6
Hedron Alignment	1	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	16	22–28	44.0	0	1
Solar Flare	3	1–5	16.7
Plasma Swans	34	44–50	46.8	2	4	1
Mass Land Destruction	215	410–332	55.3	0	6	20
Wildfire	12	18–25	41.9
Jokulhaups Control	203	392–307	56.1	0	6	20
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	101	211–152	58.1	0	2	11
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	20	28–28	50.0			2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	13	32–19	62.7	0	1	2
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	51	102–78	56.7	0	3	4
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	13	17–22	43.6			1
Resurgent Belief	11	11–13	45.8			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	86–105	45.0
Mono Black Aggro	5–5	50.0
Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	17–27	38.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–9	47.1
White Weenie	4–6	40.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	6–5	54.5
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–8	27.3
Gruul Aggro	5–3	62.5
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–27	30.8
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–22	21.4
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	5–4	55.6
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	2–2	50.0
Combo	120–109	52.4
Storm	17–11	60.7
Dragonstorm	7–4	63.6
Citadel Storm	0–4	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	26–10	72.2
Recurring Nightmare	23–10	69.7
Dragon Nightmare	8–3	72.7
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–6	14.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–15	28.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–15	28.6
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–4	0.0
Izzet Ascension	10–15	40.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	16–33	32.7
Oops All Spells	16–33	32.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–3	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	7–1	87.5
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	6–1	85.7
Calibrated Blast	3–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	4–1	80.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	116–83	58.3
Mono Black Control	8–1	88.9
Esper Control	5–6	45.5
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	12–9	57.1
Azorius Control	14–11	56.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	8–6	57.1
Mill	2–5	28.6
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	7–5	58.3
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	10–15	40.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–5	44.4
Cycling Control	0–4	0.0
Astral Slide	0–4	0.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	6–4	60.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	9–2	81.8
Enchantress	8–2	80.0
Aggro-Combo	78–142	35.5
Aristocrats	9–10	47.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	21–43	32.8
Simic Infect	20–38	34.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–5	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	24–55	30.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–8	11.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	21–45	31.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–2	60.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	15–27	35.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	13–26	33.3
Aggro-Control	33–43	43.4
Izzet Tempo	12–17	41.4
Blue Madness	1–5	16.7
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–11	31.3
Mono Blue Librarians	3–6	33.3
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	39–39	50.0
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	10–4	71.4
Displace Loop	5–2	71.4
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–3	25.0
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–29	34.1
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	14–29	32.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–18	28.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–10	9.1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	136–92	59.6
The Rock	2–4	33.3
Abzan Midrange	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	33–38	46.5
Wave Blink	31–36	46.3
Azorius Wave	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Wave	18–21	46.2
Abzan Wave	3–9	25.0
Bant Wave	5–2	71.4
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	5–4	55.6
Séance	1–3	25.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Azorius Allies	4–3	57.1
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	4–1	80.0
Vampires	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	6–1	85.7
Dimir Midrange	4–4	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	16–4	80.0
Martyr's Grace	15–2	88.2
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	10–6	62.5
Owling Mine	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	62–66	48.4
Rofellos Ramp	25–47	34.7
Cloudpost Ramp	26–15	63.4
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	19–12	61.3
Simic Post	4–2	66.7
Carth Superfriends	6–1	85.7
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0