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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
Decks
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Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperwave | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | ||
| Devoid Cruelty | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | ||
| Odric Keywords | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cat Wave | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Temur Clues | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 |