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 13 weeks, 3 days.
Play a league or tournament match.
Play in an official Penny Dreadful tournament on gatherling.com
| Person | Tournaments | |
|---|---|---|
| jh6301 | 48 | |
| j_meka | 45 | |
| catacuio | 42 | |
| honorbound84 | 35 | |
| briar_moss | 33 |
Play the whole season without retiring an unfinished league run.
Have someone else register an exact copy of a deck you registered first.
| Person | Decks | |
|---|---|---|
| placebo | 17 | |
| j_meka | 13 | |
| carmandor | 13 | |
| jenkin5630 | 12 | |
| duckoforegon | 12 |
Finish five-match league runs with three or more different archetypes in a single season.
Complete a 5–0 run in the league.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 29 | |
| placebo | 29 | |
| illevate | 10 | |
| darkpantsu | 8 | |
| flac0 | 6 |
Beat a player that's 4–0 in the league.
| Person | Crushes | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 12 | |
| placebo | 6 | |
| illevate | 5 | |
| darkpantsu | 5 | |
| murpady | 4 |
Win a tournament.
| Person | Victories | |
|---|---|---|
| duckoforegon | 6 | |
| j_meka | 5 | |
| briar_moss | 5 | |
| honorbound84 | 4 | |
| byvci | 4 | |
| frameperfect | 4 | |
| jh6301 | 4 |
Beat a player in the knockout rounds of a tournament after losing to them in the Swiss.
| Person | defeats avenged | |
|---|---|---|
| briar_moss | 3 | |
| j_meka | 2 | |
| honorbound84 | 2 | |
| byvci | 2 | |
| robbie2540 | 2 | |
| jh6301 | 2 | |
| darkpantsu | 2 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in a single season.
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in a single season.
Complete a 5–0 run in the league without losing a game.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| darkpantsu | 3 | |
| xinlisupreme | 2 | |
| carmandor | 2 | |
| smokage | 2 | |
| bakert99 | 1 | |
| masterofphysics | 1 | |
| mamp | 1 | |
| flac0 | 1 | |
| seven47 | 1 | |
| placebo | 1 | |
| lorcec | 1 | |
| ethanolo | 1 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 5 | |
| briar_moss | 4 | |
| honorbound84 | 3 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 3 | |
| duckoforegon | 3 |
Have one of your decks recognised as the first of a new archetype.
| Person | Kategori Dek | |
|---|---|---|
| wappla | 1 | |
| j_meka | 1 | |
| jenkin5630 | 1 | |
| greenty | 1 | |
| murpady | 1 | |
| carpepacem | 1 | |
| byvci | 1 | |
| archangal | 1 | |
| duckoforegon | 1 | |
| zubekanov | 1 | |
| daviusminimus | 1 |
Run a tournament for the Penny Dreadful community.
Top 8 the Penny Dreadful 500.
Win the Penny Dreadful 500.
Key
- 🏆 = earned