Bard Class

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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	47288	88448–79236–65	52.7	688	5346	2209
Legends Aggro	627	1262–1019	55.3	15	132	34
Bard Class	27	58–41	58.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	12–9	57.1
Goblins	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Bard Class	1–1	50.0
Combo	10–10	50.0
Storm	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	3–0	100.0
Actual Twin	3–2	60.0
Izzet Twin	3–2	60.0
Control	14–7	66.7
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	3–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	6–8	42.9
Jund	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	4–1	80.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–5	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	0–2	0.0