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, 2 days.
Play a league or tournament match.
Play in the league.
Person | Entries | |
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swamp_thing | 133 | |
_onecurlyboy | 122 | |
laherparepvec | 115 | |
jonsnow214 | 109 | |
coupoutous | 100 |
Play the whole season without retiring an unfinished league run.
Play in an official Penny Dreadful tournament on gatherling.com
Person | Tournaments | |
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theshadowmaker | 55 | |
thewatchwander | 48 | |
coupoutous | 47 | |
rakura | 45 | |
roboton | 40 |
Have someone else register an exact copy of a deck you registered first.
Person | Decks | |
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coupoutous | 26 | |
glendaloc | 15 | |
sacritor | 15 | |
thewatchwander | 13 | |
violetteavi | 11 |
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 | |
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coupoutous | 19 | |
glendaloc | 14 | |
placebo | 13 | |
jonsnow214 | 12 | |
_onecurlyboy | 8 | |
thatonegamer4202 | 8 |
Beat a player that's 4–0 in the league.
Person | Crushes | |
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_onecurlyboy | 8 | |
kwww | 5 | |
jonsnow214 | 5 | |
oustrin | 4 | |
cippdogg | 4 | |
thatonegamer4202 | 4 | |
spacesquiggle | 4 |
Win a tournament.
Person | Victories | |
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thewatchwander | 15 | |
mdog | 6 | |
coupoutous | 6 | |
sacritor | 5 | |
theshadowmaker | 5 |
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 | 5 | |
honorbound84 | 3 | |
mdog | 2 | |
thyshuffler | 2 | |
coupoutous | 2 | |
sacritor | 2 | |
grte | 2 | |
elibot1 | 2 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league without losing a game.
Person | Runs | |
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honorbound84 | 3 | |
erikadrien | 3 | |
glendaloc | 2 | |
chickeninthebrain | 2 | |
bobthebalder | 1 | |
gaiametris | 1 | |
thecherezci | 1 | |
placebo | 1 | |
wizzerinus | 1 | |
piruvato | 1 | |
drinkwater | 1 | |
lotusbloom1 | 1 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in a single season.
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in a single season.
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 | |
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coupoutous | 9 | |
thewatchwander | 4 | |
roboton | 3 | |
theshadowmaker | 3 | |
rakura | 1 | |
jonsnow214 | 1 | |
sacritor | 1 | |
quiritim | 1 | |
nduck | 1 | |
pota55iumlover | 1 | |
spacesquiggle | 1 |
Have one of your decks recognised as the first of a new archetype.
Person | Archetypes | |
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chickeninthebrain | 2 | |
bakert99 | 1 | |
briar_moss | 1 | |
jenkin5630 | 1 | |
4423 | 1 | |
frygid | 1 | |
laherparepvec | 1 | |
tygrak | 1 | |
ravaenmtg | 1 | |
cathwithguac | 1 |
Top 8 the Penny Dreadful 500.
Person | Top 8s | |
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bakert99 | 1 | |
restokiki | 1 | |
eternalparadox38 | 1 | |
akamatsu | 1 | |
tygrak | 1 | |
c001357 | 1 | |
theshadowmaker | 1 | |
fredhawk | 1 |
Win the Penny Dreadful 500.
Person | Victories | |
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restokiki | 1 |
Run a tournament for the Penny Dreadful community.
Key
- 🏅 = earned