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

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
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30. 8
31. 7
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	375	663–568	53.9	8	51	20
Mono Black Control	5	3–9	25.0
Esper Control	21	36–33	52.2
Dimir Control	10	15–11	57.7			1
Azorius Control	69	124–105	54.1	1	4	7
Turbo Fog	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	70	129–98	56.8	3	10	3
Mardu Control	2	4–3	57.1
Mill	1	0–4	0.0
Boros Control	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	9	5–16	23.8
Cruel Control	3	1–3	25.0
Stax	19	26–37	41.3	0	4
Chandra Nalaar	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Dragon Control	2	2–5	28.6
Runeflare	3	4–5	44.4
Ponza	3	3–7	30.0
Mono White Control	5	2–6	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	14	25–24	51.0
Cycling Control	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Astral Slide	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Five Color Control	4	1–7	12.5
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2	1–4	20.0
Last Stand Control	1	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1	0–5	0.0
Bant Control	1	0–4	0.0
Enchantments Control	4	3–9	25.0
Orzhov Control	99	228–132	63.3	4	29	6
Prison	26	49–38	56.3	0	2	3
Enchantress	26	49–38	56.3	0	2	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	157–153	50.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	35–34	50.7
Mono White Heroic	7–5	58.3
Azorius Heroic	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Heroic	20–23	46.5
Red Deck Wins	18–20	47.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–3	25.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	24–30	44.4
Mono White Humans	23–29	44.2
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Little Kid	15–11	57.7
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	6–1	85.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–4	75.0
Affinity	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–2	66.7
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	5–2	71.4
Humans	13–21	38.2
Boros Humans	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Humans	7–11	38.9
Azorius Humans	4–8	33.3
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	7–13	35.0
Boros Legends Aggro	5–9	35.7
Bard Class	2–1	66.7
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	99–82	54.7
Storm	36–40	47.4
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	30–39	43.5
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	9–4	69.2
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–6	53.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–5	54.5
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Anvil Colossus	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–2	66.7
Taking Turns	5–5	50.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	7–2	77.8
Polymorph	5–1	83.3
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	3–7	30.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Primal Prayers Combo	4–3	57.1
Control	128–128	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	5–9	35.7
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	19–27	41.3
Izzet Control	15–30	33.3
Mardu Control	0–3	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	9–5	64.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	7–1	87.5
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	41–37	52.6
Prison	10–8	55.6
Enchantress	10–8	55.6
Aggro-Combo	70–41	63.1
Aristocrats	61–32	65.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–6	60.0
Golgari Aristocrats	32–10	76.2
Rakdos Aristocrats	19–16	54.3
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–8	42.9
Aggro-Control	35–47	42.7
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	8–20	28.6
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Spirits	11–15	42.3
Azorius Spirits	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Spirits	8–9	47.1
Combo-Control	12–4	75.0
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	8–3	72.7
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–0	100.0
Midrange	142–103	58.0
The Rock	16–9	64.0
Abzan Midrange	1–6	14.3
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	6–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–3	66.7
Enchantments Matter	5–4	55.6
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–6	66.7
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	19–7	73.1
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Angels	4–3	57.1
Mono White Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	4–1	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	8–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–6	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	7–5	58.3
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	21–32	39.6
Boros Engineers	9–9	50.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	1–3	25.0
Laelia Cascade	2–0	100.0
Ramp	20–8	71.4
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–1	80.0
Applejacks	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	0–2	0.0