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, 17 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
Decks
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Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Zombies | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |