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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Golgari Infect | 6 | 28–13 | 68.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Solar Flare | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | ||
| High Tide | 4 | 13–12 | 52.0 | ||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 8–10 | 44.4 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | ||
| Simic Post | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | ||
| Tameshi Bloom | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 |