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 12 weeks, 5 days.

Reanimator

Tournaments Only
Season 7▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	542	805–976	45.2	7	56	11
Reanimator	206	370–332	52.7	4	32	5
Worldgorger Dragon	95	188–138	57.7	0	15	4
8 Goyf	37	59–78	43.1	0	7
Grozoth	1	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	73	121–116	51.1	4	10	1
Dimir Reanimator	6	4–9	30.8
Mono Black Reanimator	24	42–40	51.2	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	107–117	47.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	5–10	33.3
Mono White Heroic	4–8	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	20–33	37.7
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	11–10	52.4
Tokens	9–7	56.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mardu Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	7–6	53.8
Odric Keywords	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	22–24	47.8
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–6	14.3
Artifact Aggro	7–1	87.5
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–3	40.0
Madness	5–4	55.6
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	3–4	42.9
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	33–32	50.8
Storm	2–3	40.0
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	17–17	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–12	33.3
8 Goyf	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Actual Warp World	1–1	50.0
Monumental Ignus	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–3	25.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	3–0	100.0
Control	87–69	55.8
Mono Black Control	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	8–8	50.0
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	14–10	58.3
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	26–7	78.8
Pollute the Planet	11–4	73.3
Birthday Stax	11–1	91.7
Jeskai Control	3–12	20.0
Dragon Control	4–2	66.7
Ponza	5–3	62.5
Dynavolt Tower	6–2	75.0
Cycling Control	0–8	0.0
Astral Slide	0–8	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–8	50.0
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Golgari Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	17–12	58.6
Izzet Tempo	11–6	64.7
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	4–3	57.1
Simic Madness	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	12–10	54.5
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–5	28.6
Displace Loop	5–4	55.6
Peregrine Drake	5–4	55.6
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	90–76	54.2
Temur Ascendancy	23–20	53.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–4	33.3
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	17–18	48.6
Graveyard Value	5–5	50.0
Enchantments Matter	3–2	60.0
Constellation	3–2	60.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–2	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	5–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	7–3	70.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–2	0.0
Elementals	2–4	33.3
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	16–8	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	8–8	50.0
Wild Pair	0–3	0.0