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.

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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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Reanimator

Tournaments Only
Season 6▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	597	1168–1060–2	52.4	16	83	19
Reanimator	186	380–344	52.5	3	26	4
Starlit Graves	8	15–15	50.0	0	1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	16	41–29	58.6	0	1
Grozoth	1	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	161	322–297	52.0	3	24	4
Dimir Reanimator	81	180–137	56.8	1	14	2
Mono Black Reanimator	2	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	121–143	45.8
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	31–47	39.7
Mono White Heroic	26–35	42.6
Azorius Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–10	16.7
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	34–39	46.6
Mono Red Devotion	5–3	62.5
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	8–7	53.3
Selesnya Tokens	6–7	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	12–9	57.1
Odric Keywords	6–2	75.0
Soldiers	4–5	44.4
Elves	4–1	80.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	4–1	80.0
Zombies	7–5	58.3
Gruul Aggro	3–12	20.0
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–6	0.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Gruul Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Combo	59–64	48.0
Storm	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	19–19	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	19–17	52.8
Dimir Reanimator	9–11	45.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	14–22	38.9
Hyperwave	8–7	53.3
New Perspectives	3–3	50.0
Cat Wave	6–11	35.3
Acid Wave	0–2	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Control	73–42	63.5
Mono Black Control	4–7	36.4
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	15–10	60.0
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–8	52.9
Adam's Ale	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	8–3	72.7
Cruel Control	8–3	72.7
Stagnant Control	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	6–5	54.5
Esper Dragons	0–2	0.0
WUBR Dragons	0–1	0.0
Grixis Dragons	4–1	80.0
Galleon Control	6–3	66.7
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	26–41	38.8
Aristocrats	19–29	39.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–10	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Abzan Aristocrats	2–6	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–11	26.7
Infect	1–1	50.0
Turbo Myth	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	26–6	81.3
Izzet Tempo	5–1	83.3
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	9–2	81.8
Temur Clues	7–1	87.5
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	9–5	64.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Midrange	55–32	63.2
Temur Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	4–2	66.7
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	7–3	70.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	2–1	66.7
Indestructible	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Matter	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–3	40.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	11–11	50.0
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	6–5	54.5
Applejacks	0–2	0.0
Orcish Aids	0–2	0.0