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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Recurring Nightmare

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5712	12016–11086–18	52.0	427	2764
Reanimator	1000	2219–1920–4	53.6	57	463
Recurring Nightmare	199	424–379	52.8	8	86
Dragon Nightmare	143	342–261	56.7	8	65
Jund Nightmare	7	11–14	44.0	0	1
Four Color Powerful Magic	6	12–10	54.5	0	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	142–137	50.9
Mono Black Aggro	6–3	66.7
Heroic	4–6	40.0
Mono White Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	50–50	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	11–12	47.8
Tokens	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	6–1	85.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Elves	8–14	36.4
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	8–9	47.1
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	9–5	64.3
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	7–2	77.8
Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	18–22	45.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	4–4	50.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	3–4	42.9
Combo	73–89	45.1
Storm	24–26	48.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	9–12	42.9
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	5–2	71.4
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Channel Storm	3–6	33.3
Reanimator	30–38	44.1
Recurring Nightmare	15–15	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	15–15	50.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–21	41.7
Rakdos Reanimator	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–11	42.1
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	3–9	25.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–9	18.2
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	62–39	61.4
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	12–11	52.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–0	100.0
Ponza	5–3	62.5
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	27–34	44.3
Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	6–3	66.7
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–17	10.5
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–15	6.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	19–18	51.4
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–3	57.1
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	10–19	34.5
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–3	40.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	3–2	60.0
Hive Mind	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–4	42.9
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–4	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	72–37	66.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Blink	10–11	47.6
Wave Blink	9–11	45.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Esper Wave	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	3–3	50.0
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–1	88.9
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–2	83.3
Mono Black Devotion	9–2	81.8
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Mono White Angels	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	7–4	63.6
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	19–6	76.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–3	66.7
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–1	88.9
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–1	80.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0