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, 5 days.

Tempered Steel

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1324	2147–2252	48.8	19	158	43
Artifact Aggro	258	351–478	42.3	3	30	7
Tempered Steel	92	174–146	54.4	3	15	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–30	55.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–12	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	9–5	64.3
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	35–39	47.3
Storm	8–10	44.4
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	6–8	42.9
Reanimator	10–21	32.3
Recurring Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Starlit Graves	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–17	32.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–17	32.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–2	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	14–22	38.9
Esper Control	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	4–10	28.6
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–19	48.6
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	2–2	50.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–4	20.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–4	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	9–7	56.3
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Ninjas	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	17–4	81.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Mindcrank	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–2	81.8
Jokulhaups Control	9–2	81.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–1	83.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	25–19	56.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	18–6	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	15–3	83.3
Greenpost	15–2	88.2
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0