Cycling 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?

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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.

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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, 1 day.

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The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	249	484–476	50.4	19	133
Cycling Control	91	227–162	58.4	13	60
Astral Slide	91	227–162	58.4	13	60

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–33	54.8
Mono Black Aggro	5–4	55.6
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	5–7	41.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–3	66.7
White Weenie	3–5	37.5
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	10–4	71.4
Affinity	7–2	77.8
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Combo	59–44	57.3
Storm	9–11	45.0
Dimir Tendrils	9–9	50.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	40–23	63.5
Oops All Spells	40–23	63.5
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Belcher	0–3	0.0
Control	22–20	52.4
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	12–6	66.7
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	4–4	50.0
Astral Slide	4–4	50.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	44–20	68.8
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	9–5	64.3
Infect	11–3	78.6
Simic Infect	9–3	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	16–11	59.3
Izzet Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	15–7	68.2
Hushnought	4–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–11	47.6
Izzet Tempo	3–9	25.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Librarians	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	13–13	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–11	47.6
Jokulhaups Control	10–11	47.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Midrange	37–19	66.1
Jund	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–2	71.4
Martyr's Grace	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Midrange	10–6	62.5
Orzhov Capenna	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–2	77.8
Mardu Hero	7–1	87.5
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	9–7	56.3
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0