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 5 days, 13 hours.

Recurring Nightmare

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
11. 26
12. 25
13. 24
14. 23
15. 22
16. 21
17. 20
18. 19
19. 18
20. 17
21. 16
22. 15
23. 14
24. 13
25. 12
26. 11
27. 10
28. 9
29. 8
30. 7
31. 6
32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1898	3415–3151	52.0	42	242	82
Reanimator	136	183–227	44.6	0	7	3
Recurring Nightmare	118	177–204	46.5	0	6	3
Dragon Nightmare	9	4–17	19.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–39	36.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–4	33.3
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–11	21.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–5	28.6
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–8	11.1
Affinity	0–5	0.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–3	25.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–2	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Combo	17–44	27.9
Storm	6–16	27.3
Dimir Tendrils	2–9	18.2
Simic Storm	0–2	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–18	14.3
Oops All Spells	2–18	10.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–2	0.0
Control	35–33	51.5
Esper Control	0–5	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	16–8	66.7
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–3	25.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	18–25	41.9
Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	2–10	16.7
Simic Infect	2–7	22.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–8	38.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–9	59.1
Izzet Tempo	2–5	28.6
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	17–27	38.6
Curses	1–4	20.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Mindcrank	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	7–15	31.8
Jokulhaups Control	7–15	31.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–5	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	47–25	65.3
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	6–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–1	85.7
Martyr's Grace	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Midrange	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Capenna	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	1–4	20.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–6	14.3
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–2	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0