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 10 weeks, 4 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
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30. 5
31. 4
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	442	717–720	49.9	6	41	14
Esper Control	63	134–101	57.0	1	4	5
Mono Blue Control	5	2–9	18.2
Dimir Control	10	8–26	23.5
Azorius Control	89	156–132	54.2	2	14	3
Turbo Fog	48	49–52	48.5	0	2
Izzet Control	14	26–27	49.1	1	2
Mardu Control	1	1–3	25.0
Mill	10	10–20	33.3
Boros Control	19	23–33	41.1	0	1
Grixis Control	25	32–45	41.6	0	2
Cruel Control	13	20–25	44.4	0	1
Stax	14	10–23	30.3
Jeskai Control	8	12–13	48.0	1	1
Dragon Control	4	9–7	56.3	0	1
Mono White Control	36	65–63	50.8	0	3	1
Cycling Control	5	3–12	20.0
Astral Slide	5	3–12	20.0
Five Color Control	2	4–2	66.7
Bant Control	1	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	9	18–17	51.4
Orzhov Control	50	119–78	60.4	1	8	4
Prison	21	27–43	38.6	0	3	1
Enchantress	7	6–10	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	196–177	52.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	24–41	36.9
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–1	88.9
White Weenie	26–20	56.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	6–12	33.3
Mono White Humans	16–7	69.6
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	30–21	58.8
Affinity	21–20	51.2
Hardened Scales Affinity	20–18	52.6
Tempered Steel	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	11–6	64.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	7–5	58.3
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	5–6	45.5
Rakdos Aggro	2–4	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	39–32	54.9
Boros Humans	14–11	56.0
Orzhov Humans	24–21	53.3
Legends Aggro	8–11	42.1
Boros Legends Aggro	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	3–7	30.0
Permanent Vacation	11–2	84.6
Pirates	8–17	32.0
Combo	120–142	45.8
Storm	9–6	60.0
Citadel Storm	5–6	45.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–4	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	12–51	19.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	19–12	61.3
Oops All Spells	18–12	60.0
Oops All Lands	13–26	33.3
Dredge	24–22	52.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	16–19	45.7
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	3–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	4–5	44.4
Restore Balance	2–3	40.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–4	20.0
Control	105–105	50.0
Esper Control	13–17	43.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	21–22	48.8
Turbo Fog	8–8	50.0
Izzet Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	3–1	75.0
Boros Control	8–3	72.7
Grixis Control	3–6	33.3
Cruel Control	1–6	14.3
Stax	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	12–14	46.2
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Control	14–19	42.4
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	42–64	39.6
Aristocrats	31–62	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	26–58	31.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–2	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	47–45	51.1
Simic Flash	0–4	0.0
Izzet Tempo	12–9	57.1
Mono Blue Tempo	21–21	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	11–18	37.9
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	6–3	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	28–43	39.4
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Sunforger	4–4	50.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–5	16.7
Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	18–31	36.7
Midrange	143–103	58.1
The Rock	21–15	58.3
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	10–6	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	7–3	70.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	9–12	42.9
Graveyard Value	5–2	71.4
Enchantments Matter	3–2	60.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Angel Tribal	7–3	70.0
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–4	0.0
Sultai Midrange	5–7	41.7
Fight Rigging	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–9	43.8
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	17–8	68.0
Fires of Invention	4–5	44.4
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	6–5	54.5
Ramp	36–41	46.8
Carth Superfriends	5–3	62.5
Field Ramp	21–31	40.4
Superfriends	2–1	66.7