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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

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.
How do I enter the league?

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.

Current League

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How do I enter a tournament?

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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Tempered Steel

Tournaments Only
Season 10▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	417	808–778	50.9	33	230
Artifact Aggro	196	466–338	58.0	26	128
Tempered Steel	194	466–334	58.3	26	128

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	166–144	53.5
Mono Black Aggro	25–22	53.2
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–11	54.2
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	7–12	36.8
Odric Keywords	2–8	20.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	4–1	80.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	87–87	50.0
Tempered Steel	87–87	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	18–3	85.7
Equipment Aggro	18–3	85.7
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Hellbent	2–0	100.0
Combo	54–63	46.2
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–13	45.8
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	31–49	38.8
Cephalid Breakfast	31–49	38.8
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	13–17	43.3
Grixis Breakfast	15–27	35.7
Control	97–57	63.0
Demonic Rising	14–4	77.8
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	2–0	100.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	4–2	66.7
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Stax	7–1	87.5
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	33–36	47.8
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	11–3	78.6
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	19–7	73.1
Aristocrats	18–7	72.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–6	73.9
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	16–5	76.2
Izzet Tempo	7–5	58.3
Azorius Skies	5–0	100.0
Combo-Control	34–13	72.3
Curses	23–5	82.1
Lich's Mastery	7–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–6	40.0
Wildfire	4–6	40.0
Midrange	77–45	63.1
Temur Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	7–3	70.0
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–3	0.0
Allies	9–10	47.4
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	3–7	30.0
Boros Allies	3–1	75.0
Treefolk	3–2	60.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
White Jund	1–3	25.0
Vampires	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Vampires	5–7	41.7
Legends Midrange	14–5	73.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Legends	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	7–3	70.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	5–2	71.4
Ramp	3–0	100.0