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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Reanimator

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	823	1563–1463	51.7	7	52	33
Reanimator	377	789–635	55.4	3	25	14
Recurring Nightmare	227	463–372	55.4	0	11	11
Dragon Nightmare	106	228–151	60.2	0	6	7
Jund Nightmare	33	61–72	45.9			1
Four Color Powerful Magic	39	88–72	55.0	0	3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1
Living Death	132	317–231	57.8	3	13	3
Traditional Reanimator	17	9–32	22.0	0	1
Grixis Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	201–180	52.8
Mono Black Aggro	8–4	66.7
Heroic	13–4	76.5
Mono White Heroic	7–2	77.8
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	75–107	41.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–4	20.0
Prisoner	3–7	30.0
Proliferate Red	1–5	16.7
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–5	64.3
White Weenie	4–8	33.3
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Elves	7–6	53.8
Werewolves	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Little Kid	14–6	70.0
Rogues	3–2	60.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–4	55.6
Merfolk	5–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	10–7	58.8
Affinity	7–7	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	10–8	55.6
Hexproof	4–3	57.1
Boros Auras	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	98–99	49.7
Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	45–45	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	29–28	50.9
Dragon Nightmare	10–12	45.5
Jund Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	6–4	60.0
Living Death	12–17	41.4
Traditional Reanimator	4–0	100.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Actual Warp World	3–1	75.0
New Perspectives	4–5	44.4
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–11	38.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	9–12	42.9
Fake-Twin	4–1	80.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	2–9	18.2
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Cephalid Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Stuffy Doll	8–1	88.9
Control	154–133	53.7
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	10–3	76.9
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–2	77.8
Azorius Control	10–10	50.0
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	5–1	83.3
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	50–59	45.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–18	18.2
Blackpost	9–7	56.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–6	57.1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	8–6	57.1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–7	30.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	7–11	38.9
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Control	22–19	53.7
Jeskai Approach	10–7	58.8
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–2	77.8
Dynavolt Tower	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	3–6	33.3
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	9–7	56.3
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–10	37.5
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	61–40	60.4
Aristocrats	36–27	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	25–12	67.6
Golgari Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	4–1	80.0
Pummeler	12–10	54.5
Aggro-Control	24–21	53.3
Simic Flash	3–10	23.1
Simic Vat	3–10	23.1
Izzet Tempo	10–4	71.4
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	2–2	50.0
12 Pest	5–5	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	44–48	47.8
Curses	2–1	66.7
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	9–4	69.2
Shared Fate	3–0	100.0
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	6–5	54.5
Hedron Alignment	1–6	14.3
Yosei Vat	4–5	44.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	14–24	36.8
Wildfire	14–24	36.8
Midrange	152–89	63.1
Temur Ascendancy	22–15	59.5
The Rock	6–3	66.7
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	11–16	40.7
Wave Blink	11–16	40.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	6–5	54.5
Azorius Wave	5–10	33.3
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	12–9	57.1
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	5–4	55.6
Boros Allies	4–3	57.1
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	22–14	61.1
Mono Black Vampires	15–11	57.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	4–1	80.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	9–10	47.4
Sultai Emerge	9–10	47.4
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Ramp	55–25	68.8
Rofellos Ramp	24–13	64.9
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	25–10	71.4
Eldrazipost	7–3	70.0
Locus Awakening	4–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Temur Bombardment	1–1	50.0