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 1 day.
Congratulations to restokiki, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 33)
Tournament Organizer
🏅 Tournament Run
Player
🏅 Played in 31 different seasons
Tournament Player
🏅 453 tournaments entered
Tournament Winner
🏅 40 victories
League Player
🏅 697 league entries
Perfect League Run
🏅 91 perfect runs
Flawless League Run
🏅 3 flawless runs
Perfect Run Crusher
🏅 34 perfect run crushes
Ancient Grudge
🏅 24 grudges repaid
Burning Vengeance
🏅 14 defeats avenged
Deck Builder
🏅 267 decks played by others
Pioneer
🏅 9 archetypes pioneered
Variety Player
🏅 Finished five-match league runs with three or more different archetypes in 22 different seasons
Specialist
🏅 Reached the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in 15 different seasons
Generalist
🏅 Reached the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in 19 different seasons
Completionist
🏅 Played in 8 different seasons without retiring a league run
Penny Dreadful 500 Top 8
🏅 1 Top 8