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 1 week, 1 day.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Dimir Cycling Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37227	62255–63468–18	49.5	428	2776	1685
Reanimator	5478	10401–9078–4	53.4	57	466	274
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	59	128–99	56.4	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–19	59.6
Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono White Heroic	3–6	33.3
Red Deck Wins	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	27–24	52.9
Storm	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	4–3	57.1
Hyperwave	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Cat Wave	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	13–21	38.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–3	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–2	0.0
WUBR Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–5	54.5
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–7	41.7
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–3	76.9
Curses	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–0	100.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–1	83.3
Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	34–19	64.2
Temur Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	5–2	71.4
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–5	16.7
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–1	83.3
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0