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 21▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1927	3545–3285–2	51.9	16	148	97
Artifact Aggro	258	534–402	57.1	4	35	18
Tempered Steel	155	359–242	59.7	4	29	13

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–52	60.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	9–8	52.9
Mono White Heroic	9–8	52.9
Red Deck Wins	14–13	51.9
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	4–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–8	55.6
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	8–5	61.5
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	8–4	66.7
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–2	71.4
Boros Aggro	5–0	100.0
Combo	75–49	60.5
Storm	28–13	68.3
Dimir Tendrils	12–2	85.7
Dragonstorm	5–9	35.7
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	7–1	87.5
Reanimator	21–16	56.8
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	20–16	55.6
Rakdos Reanimator	15–12	55.6
Mono Black Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–8	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–8	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Oops All Spells	4–2	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	2–4	33.3
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Control	53–30	63.9
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	5–5	50.0
Azorius Control	8–3	72.7
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	7–2	77.8
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	28–18	60.9
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Boros Bombardment	2–0	100.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	8–9	47.1
Simic Infect	3–5	37.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–4	33.3
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	6–3	66.7
Goblin Persist	3–2	60.0
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	23–14	62.2
Simic Flash	4–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tempo	7–5	58.3
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	21–11	65.6
Curses	4–1	80.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–10	56.5
Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Jokulhaups Control	8–7	53.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–6	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	70–67	51.1
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	10–8	55.6
Blink	11–23	32.4
Wave Blink	11–23	32.4
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	5–20	20.0
Abzan Wave	6–1	85.7
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	18–7	72.0
Mono Black Devotion	15–5	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	12–10	54.5
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ramp	9–1	90.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–0	100.0
Greenpost	7–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0