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 3 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

Mono Black Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	173	353–327–2	51.9	17	98
Reanimator	85	181–160–1	53.1	7	46
Traditional Reanimator	73	161–139–1	53.7	7	42
Mono Black Reanimator	73	161–139–1	53.7	7	42

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–32	62.8
Heroic	2–7	22.2
Mono White Heroic	1–6	14.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	30–9	76.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	10–10	50.0
Artifact Aggro	7–4	63.6
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	6–3	66.7
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Combo	31–17–1	64.6
Storm	4–2	66.7
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–3–1	78.6
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–2	60.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	25–30	45.5
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	11–16	40.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–3	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–11	56.0
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–5	44.4
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–3	40.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	9–11	45.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–8	46.7
Jokulhaups Control	7–8	46.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	20–25	44.4
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Angels	1–7	12.5
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–3	70.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	5–2	71.4
Clerics	4–6	40.0
Coinflips	0–2	0.0
Ramp	4–8	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–8	27.3
Greenpost	3–7	30.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0