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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 14 weeks, 1 day.
Play a league or tournament match.
Play in the league.
| Person | Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| ravaenmtg | 19 | |
| supergirl-type00 | 19 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 16 | |
| chickeninthebrain | 16 | |
| poposin_hyde | 13 |
Play the whole season without retiring an unfinished league run.
Play in an official Penny Dreadful tournament on gatherling.com
| Person | Tournaments | |
|---|---|---|
| rakura | 5 | |
| coupoutous | 5 | |
| chaosblackdoom | 3 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 3 | |
| pokemonych | 3 | |
| thewatchwander | 3 | |
| ravaenmtg | 3 | |
| toodlesdc | 3 | |
| roboton | 3 | |
| dgf | 3 | |
| theshadowmaker | 3 |
Have someone else register an exact copy of a deck you registered first.
| Person | Decks | |
|---|---|---|
| coupoutous | 4 | |
| ravaenmtg | 3 | |
| chickeninthebrain | 3 | |
| rakura | 2 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 2 | |
| kwww | 2 | |
| sacritor | 2 | |
| tygrak | 2 | |
| cathwithguac | 2 | |
| tomsoniq | 2 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| coupoutous | 3 | |
| chickeninthebrain | 3 | |
| ravaenmtg | 2 | |
| youraverageidiot | 2 | |
| bakert99 | 1 | |
| brainlesss96 | 1 | |
| honorbound84 | 1 | |
| 4423 | 1 | |
| kwww | 1 | |
| bot_chris | 1 | |
| placebo | 1 | |
| kalibak | 1 |
Finish five-match league runs with three or more different archetypes in a single season.
Beat a player that's 4–0 in the league.
| Person | Crushes | |
|---|---|---|
| brainlesss96 | 1 | |
| kernelpopcorn | 1 | |
| ruiheel | 1 | |
| quiritim | 1 | |
| simpin4saffron | 1 | |
| c001357 | 1 | |
| cippdogg | 1 | |
| swamp_thing | 1 | |
| supergirl-type00 | 1 |
Have one of your decks recognised as the first of a new archetype.
| Person | Archetypes | |
|---|---|---|
| chickeninthebrain | 2 | |
| bakert99 | 1 | |
| frygid | 1 | |
| tygrak | 1 | |
| ravaenmtg | 1 | |
| swamp_thing | 1 | |
| schuwwey | 1 |
Win a tournament.
| Person | Victories | |
|---|---|---|
| chaosblackdoom | 1 | |
| honorbound84 | 1 | |
| akamatsu | 1 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 1 | |
| thewatchwander | 1 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league without losing a game.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| erikadrien | 1 | |
| youraverageidiot | 1 | |
| chickeninthebrain | 1 |
Beat a player in the knockout rounds of a tournament after losing to them in the Swiss.
| Person | defeats avenged | |
|---|---|---|
| honorbound84 | 1 | |
| ravaenmtg | 1 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in a single season.
Run a tournament for the Penny Dreadful community.
Beat a player in the knockout rounds of a tournament after losing to them in the knockout rounds of an earlier tournament in the same season.
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in a single season.
Top 8 the Penny Dreadful 500.
Win the Penny Dreadful 500.
Key
- 🏆 = earned