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 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Artifact Aggro	299	565–482	54.0	1	10	17
Tempered Steel	87	199–131	60.3	0	7	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–40	48.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	7–9	43.8
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–8	42.9
Red Deck Wins	5–6	45.5
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	6–8	42.9
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–5	44.4
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	7–1	87.5
Bant Humans	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	4–1	80.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–27	59.1
Storm	18–17	51.4
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–3	0.0
High Tide	12–6	66.7
Channel Storm	5–8	38.5
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	4–1	80.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	4–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	4–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Control	43–18	70.5
Esper Control	8–3	72.7
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–5	64.3
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–2	66.7
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–6	64.7
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	15–15	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–4	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–2	71.4
Curses	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	41–21	66.1
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–2	80.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Hero	2–1	66.7
Simic Snow	4–8	33.3
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–2	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0