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 11 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 47826 | 89428–80165–65 | 52.7 | 691 | 5399 | 2234 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1386 | 2455–2434–4 | 50.2 | 18 | 167 | 35 |
Heroic | 3646 | 7287–6043–25 | 54.7 | 69 | 475 | 209 |
Mono White Heroic | 2081 | 4639–3357–25 | 58.0 | 59 | 373 | 132 |
Azorius Heroic | 232 | 348–492 | 41.4 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 817 | 1578–1277 | 55.3 | 7 | 59 | 52 |
Boros Heroic | 353 | 500–611 | 45.0 | 2 | 16 | 17 |
Selesnya Heroic | 98 | 162–183 | 47.0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Red Deck Wins | 8877 | 19741–13981–29 | 58.5 | 203 | 1501 | 597 |
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 | 1612 | 2718–2759 | 49.6 | 24 | 128 | 67 |
Tokens | 1793 | 2717–3171–1 | 46.1 | 8 | 125 | 53 |
Selesnya Tokens | 679 | 980–1247–1 | 44.0 | 3 | 57 | 13 |
Mardu Tokens | 48 | 92–74 | 55.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Mono White Tokens | 608 | 1073–1023 | 51.2 | 5 | 46 | 26 |
Mono Green Stompy | 1562 | 2890–2650–1 | 52.2 | 15 | 146 | 64 |
White Weenie | 4225 | 7996–6874–2 | 53.8 | 60 | 491 | 207 |
Odric Keywords | 204 | 357–370–1 | 49.1 | 7 | 33 | 4 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 536 | 928–806 | 53.5 | 3 | 22 | 32 |
Soldiers | 651 | 1155–1100 | 51.2 | 16 | 92 | 15 |
Kithkin | 104 | 149–191 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chroma White | 102 | 209–183 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 136 | 223–221 | 50.2 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
Elves | 2903 | 5166–5133–1 | 50.2 | 29 | 214 | 104 |
Werewolves | 196 | 235–351 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Minotaurs | 72 | 68–122 | 35.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Warriors | 82 | 93–124 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 803 | 1297–1458 | 47.1 | 3 | 35 | 28 |
Selesnya Counters | 184 | 318–341 | 48.3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Rogues | 348 | 495–641 | 43.6 | 2 | 25 | 6 |
Zombies | 1961 | 4084–3218 | 55.9 | 39 | 271 | 107 |
Gruul Aggro | 997 | 1627–1755 | 48.1 | 0 | 61 | 35 |
Gruul Landfall | 62 | 50–118 | 29.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 1101 | 1828–1916 | 48.8 | 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 | 6039 | 11303–9977 | 53.1 | 95 | 647 | 281 |
Affinity | 2925 | 5387–4920 | 52.3 | 46 | 306 | 129 |
Hush-finity | 46 | 93–76 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 77 | 145–151 | 49.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Boros Vehicles | 93 | 126–186 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Salvage Titan | 322 | 357–626 | 36.3 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Tempered Steel | 2083 | 4336–3262 | 57.1 | 46 | 304 | 111 |
Mono Blue Architect | 441 | 816–680 | 54.5 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
Devoid Aggro | 65 | 68–112 | 37.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 247 | 313–427 | 42.3 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
Illusions | 73 | 87–126 | 40.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Devastating Dreams | 91 | 224–153 | 59.4 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
Madness | 880 | 1453–1602 | 47.6 | 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 | 40 | 47–64 | 42.3 | 1 | ||
Voltron | 1327 | 1800–2455–2 | 42.3 | 4 | 92 | 28 |
Hexproof | 516 | 639–961–2 | 39.9 | 2 | 36 | 3 |
Boros Auras | 37 | 48–79 | 37.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 415 | 560–765 | 42.3 | 2 | 39 | 13 |
Hateful Auras | 218 | 398–355 | 52.9 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Slivers | 268 | 250–533 | 31.9 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Naya Zoo | 152 | 196–295 | 39.9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Knights | 899 | 1710–1492 | 53.4 | 5 | 52 | 52 |
AggroSlide | 2051 | 4418–3194 | 58.0 | 70 | 425 | 100 |
Cats | 392 | 685–656 | 51.1 | 1 | 22 | 21 |
Mono White Cats | 62 | 87–90 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Selesnya Cats | 308 | 559–522 | 51.7 | 1 | 19 | 17 |
Rakdos Aggro | 496 | 803–882 | 47.7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
Rakdos Hellbent | 61 | 146–118 | 55.3 | 5 | ||
Boros Aggro | 291 | 417–543 | 43.4 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
Humans | 568 | 1021–945 | 51.9 | 8 | 62 | 26 |
Gruul Humans | 37 | 92–57 | 61.7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Selesnya Humans | 91 | 124–164 | 43.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Bant Humans | 53 | 100–78 | 56.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jeskai Humans | 80 | 173–158 | 52.3 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
Boros Humans | 115 | 216–180 | 54.5 | 4 | 24 | 5 |
Orzhov Humans | 76 | 155–109 | 58.7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
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 | 645 | 1295–1055 | 55.1 | 15 | 132 | 34 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 539 | 1120–869 | 56.3 | 15 | 131 | 32 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 30 | 51–63 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bard Class | 30 | 64–46 | 58.2 | |||
Permanent Vacation | 38 | 52–54 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |