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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 13 weeks, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 47603 | 89021–79765–65 | 52.7 | 689 | 5370 | 2226 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1383 | 2452–2427–4 | 50.3 | 18 | 167 | 35 |
Heroic | 3641 | 7281–6035–25 | 54.7 | 69 | 475 | 209 |
Mono White Heroic | 2080 | 4637–3354–25 | 58.0 | 59 | 373 | 132 |
Azorius Heroic | 231 | 348–490 | 41.5 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 817 | 1578–1277 | 55.3 | 7 | 59 | 52 |
Boros Heroic | 350 | 496–608 | 44.9 | 2 | 16 | 17 |
Selesnya Heroic | 98 | 162–183 | 47.0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Red Deck Wins | 8839 | 19670–13915–29 | 58.6 | 203 | 1496 | 595 |
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 | 1610 | 2716–2753 | 49.7 | 24 | 128 | 67 |
Tokens | 1787 | 2709–3158–1 | 46.2 | 8 | 124 | 53 |
Selesnya Tokens | 677 | 979–1242–1 | 44.1 | 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 | 1557 | 2876–2641–1 | 52.1 | 15 | 146 | 64 |
White Weenie | 4190 | 7935–6801–2 | 53.8 | 60 | 483 | 206 |
Odric Keywords | 202 | 355–365–1 | 49.3 | 7 | 33 | 4 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 529 | 922–796 | 53.7 | 3 | 22 | 32 |
Soldiers | 641 | 1133–1074 | 51.3 | 16 | 88 | 15 |
Kithkin | 104 | 149–191 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chroma White | 102 | 209–183 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 113 | 184–181 | 50.4 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
Elves | 2902 | 5163–5131–1 | 50.2 | 29 | 214 | 104 |
Werewolves | 196 | 235–351 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Minotaurs | 73 | 69–123 | 35.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Warriors | 82 | 93–124 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 801 | 1292–1453 | 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 | 996 | 1626–1750 | 48.2 | 0 | 61 | 35 |
Gruul Landfall | 62 | 50–118 | 29.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 1096 | 1818–1909 | 48.8 | 6 | 67 | 40 |
Mono Red Swarm | 716 | 1259–1150 | 52.3 | 4 | 74 | 39 |
8 Whack | 163 | 351–291 | 54.7 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
Artifact Aggro | 6018 | 11267–9936 | 53.1 | 95 | 646 | 280 |
Affinity | 2912 | 5367–4887 | 52.3 | 46 | 306 | 129 |
Hush-finity | 46 | 93–76 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Boros Vehicles | 93 | 126–186 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Salvage Titan | 322 | 357–626 | 36.3 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Tempered Steel | 2077 | 4325–3255 | 57.1 | 46 | 303 | 111 |
Mono Blue Architect | 439 | 811–679 | 54.4 | 3 | 21 | 25 |
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 | 878 | 1453–1596 | 47.7 | 4 | 32 | 34 |
Gruul Madness | 131 | 212–249 | 46.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Golgari Madness | 156 | 321–301 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Rakdos Madness | 455 | 739–816 | 47.5 | 3 | 23 | 20 |
Jund Madness | 40 | 47–64 | 42.3 | 1 | ||
Voltron | 1310 | 1774–2419–2 | 42.3 | 4 | 92 | 28 |
Hexproof | 513 | 634–951–2 | 40.0 | 2 | 36 | 3 |
Boros Auras | 37 | 48–79 | 37.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 414 | 558–763 | 42.2 | 2 | 39 | 13 |
Hateful Auras | 207 | 382–335 | 53.3 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Slivers | 268 | 250–533 | 31.9 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Naya Zoo | 152 | 196–295 | 39.9 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Knights | 894 | 1705–1482 | 53.5 | 5 | 52 | 52 |
AggroSlide | 2040 | 4391–3179 | 58.0 | 69 | 420 | 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 | 492 | 799–875 | 47.7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
Rakdos Hellbent | 60 | 145–117 | 55.3 | 5 | ||
Boros Aggro | 290 | 416–540 | 43.5 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
Humans | 521 | 938–878 | 51.7 | 7 | 56 | 24 |
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 | 81 | 173–159 | 52.1 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
Boros Humans | 87 | 165–148 | 52.7 | 3 | 19 | 3 |
Orzhov Humans | 59 | 124–76 | 62.0 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 642 | 1291–1048 | 55.2 | 15 | 132 | 34 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 539 | 1120–869 | 56.3 | 15 | 131 | 32 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 28 | 46–58 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bard Class | 29 | 64–45 | 58.7 | |||
Permanent Vacation | 34 | 43–45 | 48.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |