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 6 days, 23 hours.

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

Jund Nightmare

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37235	62270–63485–18	49.5	428	2776	1687
Reanimator	5483	10409–9086–4	53.4	57	466	275
Recurring Nightmare	1010	1923–1640	54.0	8	86	51
Jund Nightmare	46	77–96	44.5	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	14–19	42.4
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–5	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–4	0.0
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Combo	11–20	35.5
Storm	1–3	25.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–1	66.7
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Control	17–23	42.5
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	9–10	47.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–7	50.0
Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–8	38.5
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Simic Vat	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–9	35.7
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–7	30.0
Wildfire	2–6	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	14–7	66.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0