Mardu Allies

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.
Which cards are legal?

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.
How do I enter the league?

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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How do I enter a tournament?

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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6022	11504–12207–34	48.5	294	2696
Allies	293	553–584–2	48.6	15	139
Mardu Allies	71	176–138	56.1	8	47

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–44	56.9
Heroic	8–6	57.1
Mono White Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–13	45.8
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Zombies	11–15	42.3
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–7	53.3
Affinity	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	8–4	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–10	58.3
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Living Death	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Grixis Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Control	30–18	62.5
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	6–1	85.7
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	6–8	42.9
Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–11	45.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	14–12	53.8
Curses	2–3	40.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Mindcrank	7–5	58.3
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–1	66.7
Midrange	43–33	56.6
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	11–9	55.0
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–5	50.0
Mardu Allies	5–5	50.0
Treefolk	3–3	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–4	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–2	33.3