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 6 days, 9 hours.
Play a league or tournament match.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 32 | |
| crazybaloth | 31 | |
| silasary | 31 | |
| briar_moss | 31 | |
| bakert99 | 30 |
Play in the league.
| Person | Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 3904 | |
| wizzardofoz | 2481 | |
| jenkin5630 | 1710 | |
| 2for1for2 | 1303 | |
| bakert99 | 1211 |
Play the whole season without retiring an unfinished league run.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| silasary | 17 | |
| back_alley_g | 13 | |
| zuukrifkodaav | 13 | |
| dracorj | 13 | |
| brainlesss96 | 12 | |
| lanewbie | 12 | |
| jmanjohan | 12 |
Play in an official Penny Dreadful tournament on gatherling.com
| Person | Tournaments | |
|---|---|---|
| jaycearveduin | 623 | |
| j_meka | 606 | |
| rakura | 540 | |
| briar_moss | 509 | |
| thewatchwander | 497 |
Have someone else register an exact copy of a deck you registered first.
| Person | Decks | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 324 | |
| carmandor | 269 | |
| crazybaloth | 267 | |
| thewatchwander | 244 | |
| murpady | 212 |
Finish five-match league runs with three or more different archetypes in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 27 | |
| bakert99 | 24 | |
| hairyfroglegs | 23 | |
| carmandor | 23 | |
| crazybaloth | 22 |
Complete a 5–0 run in the league.
| Person | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| carmandor | 518 | |
| 2for1for2 | 254 | |
| wizzardofoz | 182 | |
| earterms123 | 163 | |
| placebo | 152 | |
| datrobino | 152 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| thewatchwander | 98 | |
| briar_moss | 68 | |
| j_meka | 62 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 57 | |
| ribbonsofnight | 55 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing the same archetype three or more times in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 19 | |
| briar_moss | 19 | |
| honorbound84 | 16 | |
| crazybaloth | 15 | |
| bakert99 | 15 | |
| rakura | 15 |
Beat a player in the knockout rounds of a tournament after losing to them in the Swiss.
| Person | defeats avenged | |
|---|---|---|
| thewatchwander | 42 | |
| j_meka | 38 | |
| briar_moss | 35 | |
| thyshuffler | 33 | |
| ribbonsofnight | 25 |
Reach the elimination rounds of a tournament playing three or more different archetypes in a single season.
| Person | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Kategori Dek | |
|---|---|---|
| j_meka | 15 | |
| bakert99 | 13 | |
| 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 | 50 | |
| briar_moss | 36 | |
| honorbound84 | 31 | |
| thyshuffler | 30 | |
| swiftwarkite2 | 26 |
Top 8 the Penny Dreadful 500.
| Person | Top 8s | |
|---|---|---|
| honorbound84 | 5 | |
| thewatchwander | 5 | |
| j_meka | 4 | |
| briar_moss | 4 | |
| tygrak | 4 |
Win the Penny Dreadful 500.
| Person | Victories | |
|---|---|---|
| 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