Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, five free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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 1¢ 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?

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 MTGO Traders.

When you complete a five match league run for the first time ever you will get 1 tik credit with MTGO Traders (at the end of the month).

Current League
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How do I enter a tournament?

We have five 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 1¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined at the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 1c or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Cards from the just-released set are added (nothing removed) a couple of weeks later via a supplemental rotation after prices have settled a little.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 3 weeks, 4 days.

Penny Dreadful

A Magic Online format featuring cards like Mana Leak, Brain Freeze, Dark Ritual, and over 10,000 more.

The cheapest format ever played. Every deck in the format costs less than a dollar.

A brewer's paradise. A card pool sometimes as big as Modern with gems (and jank) waiting to be discovered.

A diverse format with countless different archetypes. Winners of past tournaments include Reanimator, Red Deck Wins, Heroic, Aristocrats, Demonic Rising, Abzan Midrange, Elves, Grenzo Combo, Dragon Control and Vampires in one season alone.

Tons of organized play. Five weekly tournaments and an ongoing league competition.

A friendly online community with its own lively Discord and subreddit. Join us!