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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Tempered Steel

Tournaments Only
Season 24▾
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	1430	2539–2377	51.6	12	122	73
Artifact Aggro	265	434–421	50.8	1	14	14
Tempered Steel	57	88–102	46.3	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–21	44.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–3	57.1
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–4	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–21	43.2
Storm	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–6	40.0
Oops All Spells	4–6	40.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–4	33.3
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	14–11	56.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–3	57.1
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–14	33.3
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	6–11	35.3
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–4	42.9
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	18–15	54.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–4	20.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–3	25.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–6	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Defenders	1–0	100.0