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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 2032 | 3830–3391 | 53.0 | 22 | 197 | 110 |
Mono Black Aggro | 35 | 63–61 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Heroic | 285 | 572–444 | 56.3 | 5 | 33 | 18 |
Mono White Heroic | 65 | 126–113 | 52.7 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
Azorius Heroic | 15 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 200 | 416–295 | 58.5 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
Boros Heroic | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 296 | 635–450 | 58.5 | 5 | 46 | 24 |
Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Goblins | 34 | 50–62 | 44.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Tokens | 39 | 63–82 | 43.4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 29 | 55–57 | 49.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Mono Green Stompy | 30 | 29–58 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
White Weenie | 137 | 292–196 | 59.8 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 26 | 44–45 | 49.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Kithkin | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
Chroma White | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
Elves | 245 | 522–435 | 54.5 | 5 | 30 | 13 |
Warriors | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 16 | 17–32 | 34.7 | 1 | ||
Rogues | 21 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |||
Zombies | 40 | 51–81 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Gruul Aggro | 8 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Gruul Landfall | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Merfolk | 46 | 78–80 | 49.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 3–15 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
8 Whack | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 299 | 565–482 | 54.0 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
Affinity | 108 | 168–178 | 48.6 | 7 | ||
Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Salvage Titan | 34 | 67–64 | 51.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Tempered Steel | 87 | 199–131 | 60.3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Mono Blue Architect | 50 | 87–81 | 51.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Illusions | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Madness | 42 | 51–84 | 37.8 | |||
Gruul Madness | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 37 | 47–71 | 39.8 | |||
Voltron | 18 | 33–36 | 47.8 | |||
Hexproof | 13 | 26–23 | 53.1 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
Slivers | 35 | 43–75 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Naya Zoo | 9 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |||
Knights | 52 | 102–101 | 50.2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
AggroSlide | 62 | 85–84 | 50.3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Cats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Boros Aggro | 36 | 73–68 | 51.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Humans | 196 | 407–326 | 55.5 | 4 | 23 | 14 |
Selesnya Humans | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Bant Humans | 47 | 92–69 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jeskai Humans | 62 | 134–130 | 50.8 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
Boros Humans | 12 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Humans | 63 | 145–93 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Shamans | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
Brushwaggs | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |