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 6 days, 19 hours.

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

Orzhov Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37244	62285–63506–18	49.5	429	2779	1687
Reanimator	5485	10414–9088–4	53.4	58	467	275
Traditional Reanimator	2959	5379–5033–4	51.7	32	255	125
Orzhov Reanimator	120	217–179	54.8	2	14	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–35	58.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	4–5	44.4
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	3–2	60.0
Elves	6–4	60.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Devastating Dreams	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	5–9	35.7
Boros Legends Aggro	4–9	30.8
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Combo	44–39	53.0
Storm	3–6	33.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	2–4	33.3
Reanimator	16–13	55.2
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Living Death	8–5	61.5
Excruciator Combo	7–5	58.3
Traditional Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Orzhov Reanimator	6–6	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–4	0.0
Unctus	0–4	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Tameshi Bloom	3–3	50.0
Actual Twin	2–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	2–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	5–3	62.5
Control	30–32	48.4
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	6–11	35.3
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–5	54.5
Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	16–15	51.6
Izzet Tempo	5–4	55.6
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	4–4	50.0
Dimir Faeries	3–3	50.0
Azorius Tempo	3–7	30.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	56–40	58.3
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	6–4	60.0
Blink	7–11	38.9
Wave Blink	1–9	10.0
Azorius Wave	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Blink	6–2	75.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	7–6	53.8
Hero of Precinct One	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	3–3	50.0
Wight Midrange	10–1	90.9
Golgari Wight	1–0	100.0
Jund Wight	4–1	80.0
Ramp	10–8	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	7–6	53.8
Eldrazipost	0–3	0.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	2–2	50.0