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, 6 days.

Tempered Steel

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4106	8143–7094	53.4	58	393	203
Artifact Aggro	901	1972–1458	57.5	20	94	58
Tempered Steel	94	181–160	53.1	0	2	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–37	49.3
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–4	33.3
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–6	50.0
Artifact Aggro	10–6	62.5
Affinity	9–4	69.2
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Cats	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	34–26	56.7
Storm	9–8	52.9
Dimir Tendrils	7–8	46.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	3–6	33.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	37–24	60.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	8–7	53.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	11–17	39.3
Aristocrats	4–7	36.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	0–5	0.0
Simic Infect	0–5	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	15–17	46.9
Izzet Tempo	4–7	36.4
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–3	70.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	5–11	31.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	34–21	61.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–3	25.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–7	56.3
Cloudpost Ramp	4–5	44.4
Greenpost	3–4	42.9
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0