About Penny Dreadful – pennydreadfulmagic.com

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.
Which cards are legal?

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.
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
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 Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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 week, 6 days.

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A Magic Online format featuring cards like Brain Freeze • Frantic Search • Cruel Ultimatum and over 15,000 more.

The cheapest format ever played. Play for a fraction of the cost of other formats.

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 last season's tournaments include: Mono Blue Librarians, Rakdos Aristocrats, Heartless Summoning Stompy, Blink, AggroSlide, Coveted Falcon Combo, Orzhov Greasefang, Red Deck Wins, Nissa Company, Dwarf Combo, Mono White Humans, The Rock, Pirates, Restore Balance, Clerics, Azorius Tempo, Orzhov Midrange, Necrotic Ooze Combo, Esper Greasefang, Azorius Control, Esper Control, Insidious Roots Dredge, Rakdos Midrange, Heartless Summoning Combo, Izzet Control, Temur Glimpse, Hardened Scales Affinity, Boros Glimpse, Soldiers, Oops All Lands, Jeskai Control, Boros Humans, Orzhov Humans, Boros Heroic, White Weenie, Mono Blue Tempo, Hateful Auras and Orzhov Blink

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

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