Hypergenesis

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 2 days.

Don't show me this again

Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1804	2804–3150	47.1	15	105	80
Hypergenesis	120	206–194	51.5	0	5	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–43	55.7
Heroic	8–6	57.1
Mono White Heroic	8–5	61.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–2	75.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	11–7	61.1
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	13–16	44.8
Affinity	11–15	42.3
Hush-finity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	37–32	53.6
Storm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–3	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Eggs	6–5	54.5
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	4–2	66.7
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–4	20.0
Ad Nauseam	6–8	42.9
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Control	29–30	49.2
Esper Control	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–7	22.2
Mill	4–1	80.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	4–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	5–2	71.4
Life is Ez	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–4	33.3
Sultai Ultimatum	0–4	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	26–26	50.0
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	4–3	57.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–3	57.1
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6–2	75.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–6	0.0
Combo Goblins	7–8	46.7
Goblin Persist	7–8	46.7
Aggro-Control	13–8	61.9
Izzet Tempo	6–1	85.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–18	35.7
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	4–5	44.4
Lich's Mastery	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–4	20.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	2–4	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–4	0.0
Midrange	30–27	52.6
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	5–6	45.5
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Séance	1–3	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Legends	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Ramp	7–10	41.2
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–8	27.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–7	22.2
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0