Recurring Nightmare

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?

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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1086	1680–1978	45.9	7	74	55
Reanimator	126	206–215	48.9	0	9	4
Recurring Nightmare	122	204–205	49.9	0	9	4
Dragon Nightmare	40	61–73	45.5	0	5
Jund Nightmare	9	12–16	42.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–19	66.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–3	70.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Elves	2–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–3	57.1
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	35–42	45.5
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	4–16	20.0
Oops All Spells	4–16	20.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	34–14	70.8
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	7–1	87.5
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	19–42	31.1
Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	5–1	83.3
Infect	3–11	21.4
Simic Infect	2–9	18.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–20	16.7
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–19	9.5
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–8	11.1
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	0–8	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–17	39.3
Izzet Tempo	1–8	11.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	5–3	62.5
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	10–23	30.3
Battle of Wits	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–19	24.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–19	20.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–10	23.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–7	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	45–25	64.3
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	14–11	56.0
Wave Blink	14–11	56.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Wave	10–7	58.8
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–2	71.4
Martyr's Grace	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–23	36.1
Rofellos Ramp	3–14	17.6
Cloudpost Ramp	6–8	42.9
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–6	40.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0