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 weeks, 3 days.

Recurring Nightmare

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
1. All
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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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	109–108	50.2
Mono Black Aggro	6–2	75.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	38–60	38.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Prisoner	2–4	33.3
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–4	42.9
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Werewolves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–5	50.0
Rogues	2–2	50.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	5–4	55.6
Affinity	2–4	33.3
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	7–5	58.3
Hexproof	3–3	50.0
Boros Auras	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	57–58	49.6
Reanimator	28–29	49.1
Recurring Nightmare	18–18	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	6–5	54.5
Jund Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	5–2	71.4
Living Death	7–11	38.9
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–8	27.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	5–7	41.7
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–3	25.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Stuffy Doll	6–1	85.7
Control	97–77	55.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	4–7	36.4
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	31–33	48.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–11	26.7
Blackpost	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–6	33.3
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Control	12–13	48.0
Jeskai Approach	4–4	50.0
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	6–3	66.7
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	41–29	58.6
Aristocrats	23–21	52.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	14–9	60.9
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	4–0	100.0
Pummeler	10–8	55.6
Aggro-Control	16–13	55.2
Simic Flash	1–4	20.0
Simic Vat	1–4	20.0
Izzet Tempo	8–3	72.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–2	33.3
12 Pest	4–4	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	25–31	44.6
Curses	2–1	66.7
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	4–2	66.7
Shared Fate	3–0	100.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	4–4	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–3	25.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–16	33.3
Wildfire	8–16	33.3
Midrange	82–46	64.1
Temur Ascendancy	9–8	52.9
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	10–8	55.6
Wave Blink	4–4	50.0
Azorius Wave	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	6–4	60.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–3	25.0
Boros Allies	3–3	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Vampires	12–10	54.5
Mono Black Vampires	8–7	53.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	8–3	72.7
Sultai Emerge	8–3	72.7
Ramp	36–10	78.3
Rofellos Ramp	12–5	70.6
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	19–4	82.6
Eldrazipost	7–2	77.8
Locus Awakening	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temur Bombardment	1–0	100.0