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.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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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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.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 48356 | 90428–81042–65 | 52.7 | 702 | 5487 | 2259 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1402 | 2474–2464–4 | 50.1 | 18 | 172 | 35 |
Heroic | 3650 | 7290–6058–25 | 54.6 | 69 | 475 | 209 |
Mono White Heroic | 2082 | 4639–3362–25 | 58.0 | 59 | 373 | 132 |
Azorius Heroic | 233 | 348–496 | 41.2 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 818 | 1580–1280 | 55.2 | 7 | 59 | 52 |
Boros Heroic | 354 | 501–614 | 44.9 | 2 | 16 | 17 |
Selesnya Heroic | 98 | 162–183 | 47.0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Red Deck Wins | 8983 | 19975–14144–29 | 58.5 | 204 | 1516 | 607 |
Mono Red Devotion | 295 | 617–484–5 | 56.0 | 4 | 37 | 16 |
Prisoner | 50 | 111–91 | 55.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Proliferate Red | 114 | 276–187 | 59.6 | 3 | 15 | 9 |
Goblins | 1619 | 2726–2775 | 49.6 | 24 | 128 | 67 |
Tokens | 1802 | 2732–3188–1 | 46.1 | 8 | 125 | 53 |
Selesnya Tokens | 684 | 989–1253–1 | 44.1 | 3 | 57 | 13 |
Mardu Tokens | 48 | 92–74 | 55.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Mono White Tokens | 609 | 1074–1027 | 51.1 | 5 | 46 | 26 |
Mono Green Stompy | 1584 | 2922–2690–1 | 52.1 | 15 | 147 | 64 |
White Weenie | 4276 | 8102–6953–2 | 53.8 | 65 | 505 | 209 |
Odric Keywords | 204 | 357–370–1 | 49.1 | 7 | 33 | 4 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 543 | 932–820 | 53.2 | 3 | 22 | 32 |
Soldiers | 684 | 1244–1150 | 52.0 | 20 | 104 | 17 |
Kithkin | 104 | 149–191 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chroma White | 102 | 209–183 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 143 | 231–231 | 50.0 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
Elves | 2906 | 5169–5141–1 | 50.1 | 29 | 214 | 104 |
Werewolves | 197 | 236–352 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Minotaurs | 72 | 68–122 | 35.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Warriors | 82 | 93–124 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 808 | 1308–1465 | 47.2 | 3 | 35 | 28 |
Selesnya Counters | 184 | 318–341 | 48.3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Rogues | 348 | 495–641 | 43.6 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
Zombies | 1968 | 4089–3232 | 55.9 | 39 | 271 | 107 |
Gruul Aggro | 1002 | 1632–1761 | 48.1 | 0 | 61 | 35 |
Gruul Landfall | 62 | 50–118 | 29.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 1104 | 1829–1924 | 48.7 | 6 | 67 | 41 |
Mono Red Swarm | 715 | 1255–1149 | 52.2 | 4 | 74 | 39 |
8 Whack | 163 | 351–291 | 54.7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
Artifact Aggro | 6114 | 11436–10105 | 53.1 | 98 | 663 | 282 |
Affinity | 2989 | 5500–5022 | 52.3 | 49 | 319 | 130 |
Hush-finity | 46 | 93–76 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 140 | 258–250 | 50.8 | 3 | 15 | 5 |
Boros Vehicles | 93 | 126–186 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Salvage Titan | 322 | 357–626 | 36.3 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Tempered Steel | 2083 | 4336–3263 | 57.1 | 46 | 304 | 111 |
Mono Blue Architect | 451 | 834–703 | 54.3 | 3 | 24 | 26 |
Devoid Aggro | 65 | 68–112 | 37.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 250 | 313–432 | 42.0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
Illusions | 76 | 87–131 | 39.9 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Devastating Dreams | 91 | 224–153 | 59.4 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
Madness | 881 | 1454–1606 | 47.5 | 4 | 32 | 34 |
Gruul Madness | 131 | 212–249 | 46.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Golgari Madness | 157 | 321–303 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Rakdos Madness | 456 | 739–820 | 47.4 | 3 | 23 | 20 |
Jund Madness | 41 | 48–68 | 41.4 | 1 | ||
Voltron | 1348 | 1841–2482–2 | 42.6 | 5 | 95 | 30 |
Hexproof | 516 | 639–961–2 | 39.9 | 2 | 36 | 3 |
Boros Auras | 37 | 48–79 | 37.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 420 | 565–774 | 42.2 | 2 | 39 | 13 |
Hateful Auras | 234 | 434–373 | 53.8 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
Slivers | 269 | 253–535 | 32.1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Naya Zoo | 155 | 196–300 | 39.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Knights | 899 | 1710–1492 | 53.4 | 5 | 52 | 52 |
AggroSlide | 2071 | 4444–3229 | 57.9 | 70 | 433 | 100 |
Cats | 394 | 692–660 | 51.2 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
Mono White Cats | 62 | 87–90 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Selesnya Cats | 310 | 566–526 | 51.8 | 1 | 20 | 17 |
Rakdos Aggro | 486 | 785–865 | 47.6 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
Rakdos Hellbent | 61 | 146–118 | 55.3 | 5 | ||
Boros Aggro | 291 | 418–543 | 43.5 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
Humans | 631 | 1155–1035 | 52.7 | 9 | 75 | 31 |
Gruul Humans | 37 | 92–57 | 61.7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Selesnya Humans | 92 | 124–165 | 42.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Bant Humans | 53 | 100–78 | 56.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jeskai Humans | 79 | 169–157 | 51.8 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
Boros Humans | 153 | 308–229 | 57.4 | 5 | 32 | 9 |
Orzhov Humans | 101 | 200–149 | 57.3 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
Shamans | 116 | 228–193 | 54.2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Brushwaggs | 38 | 37–59 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Mono Red Eldrazi | 33 | 71–50 | 58.7 | 0 | 7 | |
Legends Aggro | 688 | 1389–1123 | 55.3 | 15 | 138 | 38 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 546 | 1138–882 | 56.3 | 15 | 132 | 33 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 30 | 51–63 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bard Class | 63 | 134–95 | 58.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Permanent Vacation | 40 | 56–55 | 50.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Pirates | 111 | 194–199 | 49.4 | 0 | 7 | 3 |