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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Necro Combo

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37595	62849–64131–18	49.5	433	2820	1694
Necro Combo	84	155–119–2	56.6	4	15	3
Faith Necro	17	30–21–2	58.8	0	4
Deathmantle Necro	20	41–31	56.9	1	2	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	48–41–1	53.9
Mono Black Aggro	7–5	58.3
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	6–15–1	28.6
Goblins	6–1	85.7
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	7–9	43.8
Boros Legends Aggro	7–9	43.8
Combo	32–16	66.7
Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–0	100.0
Starlit Graves	4–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	5–5	50.0
Faith Necro	2–2	50.0
Deathmantle Necro	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	2–2	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–3	40.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	5–2	71.4
Control	21–26	44.7
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–4	20.0
Necro Stax	1–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	0–4	0.0
Stagnant Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	1–2	33.3
Burn	1–1	50.0
Necro Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–7	36.4
Blue Madness	1–3	25.0
Temur Madness	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–6	57.1
Curses	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	37–21–1	63.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	14–8	63.6
Orzhov Blink	10–7	58.8
Anti-Persecution	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–0	100.0
Necro Midrange	6–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–0	100.0