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.

Current League

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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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Recurring Nightmare

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	365	754–723	51.0	15	124
Reanimator	188	446–350	56.0	9	76
Recurring Nightmare	101	250–180	58.1	7	42
Dragon Nightmare	96	243–168	59.1	7	41

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	98–83	54.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	36–29	55.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	11–11	50.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–6	45.5
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	7–9	43.8
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Tempered Steel	4–1	80.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	16–21	43.2
Combo	55–59	48.2
Storm	14–16	46.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	8–10	44.4
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	29–34	46.0
Recurring Nightmare	14–14	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	14–14	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–20	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–11	42.1
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	31–15	67.4
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	5–3	62.5
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–2	71.4
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–3	75.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	7–7	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–3	40.0
Yosei Vat	3–2	60.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	32–9	78.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Blink	4–3	57.1
Wave Blink	4–3	57.1
Esper Wave	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	5–2	71.4
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	13–2	86.7
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–1	50.0