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 9 weeks, 1 day.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 50604 | 94529–84648–65 | 52.8 | 744 | 5814 | 2381 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1405 | 2511–2446–4 | 50.7 | 18 | 168 | 38 |
Heroic | 3878 | 7779–6401–25 | 54.9 | 76 | 520 | 230 |
Mono White Heroic | 2120 | 4718–3423–25 | 58.0 | 59 | 383 | 132 |
Azorius Heroic | 268 | 407–557 | 42.2 | 2 | 26 | 3 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 819 | 1578–1283 | 55.2 | 7 | 59 | 52 |
Boros Heroic | 441 | 717–720 | 49.9 | 5 | 29 | 31 |
Selesnya Heroic | 158 | 292–279 | 51.1 | 3 | 19 | 12 |
Red Deck Wins | 9424 | 20908–14760–29 | 58.6 | 214 | 1601 | 643 |
Mono Red Devotion | 301 | 628–494–5 | 56.0 | 4 | 37 | 16 |
Prisoner | 52 | 114–94 | 54.8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Proliferate Red | 114 | 276–187 | 59.6 | 3 | 15 | 9 |
Goblins | 1633 | 2743–2804 | 49.5 | 24 | 129 | 67 |
Tokens | 1867 | 2827–3294–1 | 46.2 | 8 | 128 | 56 |
Selesnya Tokens | 696 | 997–1275–1 | 43.9 | 3 | 57 | 13 |
Mardu Tokens | 48 | 92–74 | 55.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Mono White Tokens | 609 | 1068–1016 | 51.2 | 5 | 47 | 28 |
Orzhov Tokens | 126 | 218–219 | 49.9 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Mono Green Stompy | 1777 | 3261–3040–1 | 51.8 | 17 | 177 | 71 |
White Weenie | 4466 | 8505–7258–2 | 54.0 | 75 | 560 | 214 |
Odric Keywords | 204 | 357–370–1 | 49.1 | 7 | 33 | 4 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 563 | 958–858 | 52.8 | 3 | 22 | 33 |
Soldiers | 725 | 1336–1226 | 52.1 | 22 | 128 | 17 |
Kithkin | 104 | 149–191 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chroma White | 103 | 210–186 | 53.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 298 | 617–458 | 57.4 | 9 | 45 | 17 |
Elves | 2960 | 5247–5252–1 | 50.0 | 29 | 216 | 104 |
Werewolves | 215 | 261–384 | 40.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Minotaurs | 72 | 68–122 | 35.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Warriors | 82 | 93–124 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 863 | 1391–1576 | 46.9 | 3 | 37 | 29 |
Selesnya Counters | 191 | 327–352 | 48.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Rogues | 369 | 539–672 | 44.5 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
Zombies | 1977 | 4100–3249 | 55.8 | 39 | 271 | 107 |
Gruul Aggro | 1049 | 1704–1867 | 47.7 | 1 | 63 | 37 |
Gruul Landfall | 93 | 88–184 | 32.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Merfolk | 1128 | 1859–1970 | 48.6 | 6 | 69 | 41 |
Mono Red Swarm | 718 | 1256–1159 | 52.0 | 4 | 74 | 39 |
8 Whack | 163 | 351–291 | 54.7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
Artifact Aggro | 6320 | 11756–10411 | 53.0 | 99 | 682 | 289 |
Affinity | 3161 | 5781–5275 | 52.3 | 50 | 337 | 136 |
Hush-finity | 46 | 93–76 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 282 | 510–460 | 52.6 | 4 | 32 | 11 |
Boros Vehicles | 93 | 126–186 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Salvage Titan | 325 | 361–629 | 36.5 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Tempered Steel | 2087 | 4337–3270 | 57.0 | 46 | 304 | 111 |
Mono Blue Architect | 473 | 865–737 | 54.0 | 3 | 25 | 27 |
Devoid Aggro | 65 | 68–112 | 37.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 255 | 314–440 | 41.6 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
Illusions | 79 | 88–136 | 39.3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Devastating Dreams | 99 | 234–169 | 58.1 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
Madness | 889 | 1471–1623 | 47.5 | 4 | 32 | 35 |
Gruul Madness | 131 | 212–249 | 46.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Golgari Madness | 162 | 335–314 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Rakdos Madness | 457 | 739–821 | 47.4 | 3 | 23 | 20 |
Jund Madness | 43 | 51–73 | 41.1 | 1 | ||
Voltron | 1397 | 1899–2563–2 | 42.6 | 5 | 101 | 31 |
Hexproof | 520 | 644–971–2 | 39.9 | 2 | 36 | 3 |
Boros Auras | 37 | 48–79 | 37.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 441 | 590–809 | 42.2 | 2 | 41 | 13 |
Hateful Auras | 254 | 459–405 | 53.1 | 1 | 18 | 14 |
Slivers | 271 | 254–541 | 31.9 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Naya Zoo | 161 | 208–313 | 39.9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Knights | 933 | 1762–1548 | 53.2 | 5 | 54 | 55 |
AggroSlide | 2115 | 4535–3305 | 57.8 | 72 | 443 | 100 |
Cats | 396 | 693–665 | 51.0 | 1 | 23 | 21 |
Mono White Cats | 62 | 87–90 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Selesnya Cats | 312 | 567–531 | 51.6 | 1 | 20 | 17 |
Rakdos Aggro | 529 | 847–941 | 47.4 | 1 | 23 | 24 |
Rakdos Hellbent | 61 | 146–118 | 55.3 | 5 | ||
Boros Aggro | 310 | 437–571 | 43.4 | 1 | 19 | 10 |
Humans | 814 | 1559–1319 | 54.2 | 14 | 107 | 45 |
Gruul Humans | 37 | 92–57 | 61.7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Selesnya Humans | 117 | 172–220 | 43.9 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Bant Humans | 53 | 100–78 | 56.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jeskai Humans | 79 | 169–157 | 51.8 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
Boros Humans | 205 | 428–305 | 58.4 | 8 | 50 | 11 |
Orzhov Humans | 135 | 274–210 | 56.6 | 1 | 18 | 8 |
Azorius Humans | 86 | 185–129 | 58.9 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Shamans | 116 | 228–193 | 54.2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Brushwaggs | 40 | 38–64 | 37.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Mono Red Eldrazi | 35 | 75–53 | 58.6 | 0 | 8 | |
Legends Aggro | 813 | 1619–1313 | 55.2 | 18 | 152 | 47 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 632 | 1300–996 | 56.6 | 17 | 143 | 41 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 35 | 58–71 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bard Class | 91 | 185–147 | 55.7 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Permanent Vacation | 57 | 77–79 | 49.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Pirates | 132 | 244–237 | 50.7 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Rats | 113 | 100–197 | 33.7 | 0 | 12 |