Mardu Hero

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.

Current League
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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
Midrange	1759	2819–3097	47.7	15	160	74
Hero of Precinct One	171	302–258	53.9	0	12	9
Mardu Hero	82	166–110	60.1	0	9	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–14	74.5
Mono Black Aggro	5–0	100.0
Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono White Heroic	6–3	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	8–1	88.9
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–6	45.5
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	24–19	55.8
Storm	7–4	63.6
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–1	80.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	7–7	50.0
Oops All Spells	7–7	50.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Control	24–25	49.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–8	38.5
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–7	22.2
Astral Slide	2–7	22.2
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	21–19	52.5
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	4–2	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–8	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–8	20.0
Hushnought	4–4	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	11–3	78.6
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–6	72.7
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–3	76.9
Jokulhaups Control	10–3	76.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Midrange	22–18	55.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	5–4	55.6
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–6	53.8
Cloudpost Ramp	4–5	44.4
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0