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 11 weeks, 1 day.
Play a league or tournament match.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 32 | |
| briar_moss | 32 | |
| crazybaloth | 31 | |
| bakert99 | 31 | |
| silasary | 31 |
Play in the league.
| Person | Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 3919 | |
| wizzardofoz | 2481 | |
| jenkin5630 | 1760 | |
| 2for1for2 | 1303 | |
| bakert99 | 1225 |
Play the whole season without retiring an unfinished league run.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| silasary | 17 | |
| dracorj | 14 | |
| brainlesss96 | 13 | |
| back_alley_g | 13 | |
| zuukrifkodaav | 13 |
Play in an official Penny Dreadful tournament on gatherling.com
| Person | Tournaments | |
|---|---|---|
| jaycearveduin | 627 | |
| j_meka | 607 | |
| rakura | 558 | |
| thewatchwander | 513 | |
| briar_moss | 509 |
Have someone else register an exact copy of a deck you registered first.
| Person | Decks | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 324 | |
| carmandor | 270 | |
| crazybaloth | 267 | |
| thewatchwander | 249 | |
| bakert99 | 212 | |
| murpady | 212 |
Finish five-match league runs with three or more different archetypes in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
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| j_meka | 27 | |
| bakert99 | 25 | |
| hairyfroglegs | 23 | |
| carmandor | 23 | |
| crazybaloth | 22 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 520 | |
| 2for1for2 | 254 | |
| wizzardofoz | 182 | |
| earterms123 | 163 | |
| placebo | 160 |
Beat a player that's 4–0 in the league.
| Person | Crushes | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 128 | |
| wizzardofoz | 67 | |
| jenkin5630 | 56 | |
| 2for1for2 | 46 | |
| bakert99 | 44 |
Win a tournament.
| Person | Victories | |
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| thewatchwander | 101 | |
| briar_moss | 68 | |
| j_meka | 62 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 58 | |
| ribbonsofnight | 55 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
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| j_meka | 19 | |
| briar_moss | 19 | |
| rakura | 16 | |
| honorbound84 | 16 | |
| crazybaloth | 15 | |
| bakert99 | 15 |
Beat a player in the knockout rounds of a tournament after losing to them in the Swiss.
| Person | defeats avenged | |
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| thewatchwander | 43 | |
| j_meka | 38 | |
| briar_moss | 35 | |
| thyshuffler | 33 | |
| honorbound84 | 27 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
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| j_meka | 26 | |
| crazybaloth | 19 | |
| briar_moss | 15 | |
| bakert99 | 14 | |
| thyshuffler | 14 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league without losing a game.
| Person | Runs | |
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| carmandor | 33 | |
| wizzardofoz | 24 | |
| 2for1for2 | 23 | |
| bakert99 | 21 | |
| earterms123 | 21 | |
| datrobino | 21 |
Have one of your decks recognised as the first of a new archetype.
| Person | Archetypes | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 15 | |
| bakert99 | 14 | |
| crazybaloth | 9 | |
| dragonas77 | 9 | |
| briar_moss | 9 |
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.
| Person | grudges repaid | |
|---|---|---|
| thewatchwander | 51 | |
| briar_moss | 36 | |
| honorbound84 | 31 | |
| thyshuffler | 30 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 26 |
Top 8 the Penny Dreadful 500.
| Person | Top 8s | |
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| honorbound84 | 6 | |
| thewatchwander | 6 | |
| tygrak | 5 | |
| j_meka | 4 | |
| briar_moss | 4 |
Win the Penny Dreadful 500.
| Person | Victories | |
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| j_meka | 2 | |
| thewatchwander | 2 | |
| rakura | 1 | |
| hairyfroglegs | 1 | |
| honorbound84 | 1 | |
| shadowater0 | 1 | |
| fartak | 1 | |
| notgood | 1 | |
| cdnewlon | 1 | |
| datrobino | 1 | |
| viticius | 1 | |
| mtgfan1996 | 1 |
Run a tournament for the Penny Dreadful community.
Key
- 🏅 = earned