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.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 11479 | 23374–22371–65 | 51.1 | 702 | 5494 | |
Mono Black Aggro | 328 | 600–619–4 | 49.2 | 18 | 172 | |
Heroic | 951 | 2002–1783–25 | 52.9 | 69 | 475 | |
Mono White Heroic | 688 | 1585–1253–25 | 55.8 | 59 | 373 | |
Azorius Heroic | 47 | 85–95 | 47.2 | 0 | 16 | |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 124 | 224–243 | 48.0 | 7 | 59 | |
Boros Heroic | 57 | 71–125 | 36.2 | 2 | 16 | |
Selesnya Heroic | 22 | 25–40 | 38.5 | 1 | 7 | |
Red Deck Wins | 2943 | 6494–5591–29 | 53.7 | 204 | 1518 | |
Mono Red Devotion | 82 | 191–150–5 | 56.0 | 4 | 37 | |
Prisoner | 12 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Proliferate Red | 37 | 76–65 | 53.9 | 3 | 15 | |
Goblins | 304 | 599–603 | 49.8 | 24 | 128 | |
Tokens | 349 | 557–736–1 | 43.1 | 8 | 125 | |
Selesnya Tokens | 149 | 238–313–1 | 43.2 | 3 | 57 | |
Mardu Tokens | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 5 | |
Mono White Tokens | 132 | 234–267 | 46.7 | 5 | 46 | |
Mono Green Stompy | 315 | 579–646–1 | 47.3 | 15 | 147 | |
White Weenie | 995 | 2041–1980–2 | 50.8 | 65 | 508 | |
Odric Keywords | 77 | 160–164–1 | 49.4 | 7 | 33 | |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 54 | 85–110 | 43.6 | 3 | 22 | |
Soldiers | 196 | 452–385 | 54.0 | 20 | 107 | |
Kithkin | 15 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Chroma White | 10 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Mono White Humans | 30 | 46–60 | 43.4 | 1 | 13 | |
Elves | 525 | 927–1067–1 | 46.5 | 29 | 214 | |
Werewolves | 21 | 17–46 | 27.0 | 0 | 4 | |
Minotaurs | 12 | 17–24 | 41.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Warriors | 11 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Selesnya Little Kid | 105 | 171–209 | 45.0 | 3 | 35 | |
Selesnya Counters | 10 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Rogues | 52 | 88–118 | 42.7 | 2 | 25 | |
Zombies | 547 | 1256–1004 | 55.6 | 39 | 271 | |
Gruul Aggro | 139 | 226–297 | 43.2 | 0 | 61 | |
Gruul Landfall | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 186 | 351–395 | 47.1 | 6 | 67 | |
Mono Red Swarm | 158 | 291–311 | 48.3 | 4 | 74 | |
8 Whack | 33 | 58–78 | 42.6 | 0 | 10 | |
Artifact Aggro | 1278 | 2661–2421 | 52.4 | 98 | 664 | |
Affinity | 627 | 1403–1220 | 53.5 | 49 | 320 | |
Hush-finity | 10 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 1 | 4 | |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 30 | 64–60 | 51.6 | 3 | 16 | |
Boros Vehicles | 11 | 6–24 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Salvage Titan | 36 | 40–75 | 34.8 | 0 | 11 | |
Tempered Steel | 544 | 1095–979 | 52.8 | 46 | 304 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 45 | 89–88 | 50.3 | 3 | 24 | |
Devoid Aggro | 9 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 | 4 | |
Mono Blue Aggro | 40 | 65–83 | 43.9 | 0 | 17 | |
Illusions | 9 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Devastating Dreams | 33 | 72–53 | 57.6 | 2 | 20 | |
Madness | 114 | 192–246 | 43.8 | 4 | 32 | |
Gruul Madness | 22 | 33–47 | 41.3 | 1 | 6 | |
Golgari Madness | 17 | 28–42 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Rakdos Madness | 68 | 120–140 | 46.2 | 3 | 23 | |
Jund Madness | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Voltron | 256 | 369–561–2 | 39.7 | 5 | 97 | |
Hexproof | 96 | 150–210–2 | 41.7 | 2 | 36 | |
Boros Auras | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 96 | 116–204 | 36.3 | 2 | 39 | |
Hateful Auras | 30 | 58–67 | 46.4 | 1 | 16 | |
Slivers | 36 | 31–90 | 25.6 | 0 | 7 | |
Naya Zoo | 17 | 26–41 | 38.8 | 0 | 9 | |
Knights | 164 | 291–341 | 46.0 | 5 | 52 | |
AggroSlide | 899 | 2192–1635 | 57.3 | 70 | 433 | |
Cats | 75 | 123–153 | 44.6 | 1 | 23 | |
Mono White Cats | 18 | 25–36 | 41.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Selesnya Cats | 55 | 97–116 | 45.5 | 1 | 20 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 52 | 74–117 | 38.7 | 1 | 20 | |
Rakdos Hellbent | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 42 | 51–82 | 38.3 | 1 | 19 | |
Humans | 146 | 286–299 | 48.9 | 9 | 75 | |
Gruul Humans | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Selesnya Humans | 11 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Bant Humans | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Jeskai Humans | 38 | 84–83 | 50.3 | 4 | 17 | |
Boros Humans | 51 | 102–92 | 52.6 | 5 | 32 | |
Orzhov Humans | 25 | 48–57 | 45.7 | 0 | 12 | |
Shamans | 15 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 2 | 9 | |
Brushwaggs | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Red Eldrazi | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 7 | |
Legends Aggro | 220 | 475–442 | 51.8 | 15 | 138 | |
Boros Legends Aggro | 208 | 452–416 | 52.1 | 15 | 132 | |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Bard Class | 9 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Permanent Vacation | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Pirates | 17 | 29–37 | 43.9 | 0 | 7 |