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 28▾
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	1155	2043–1918–2	51.6	18	176	51
Artifact Aggro	233	380–405	48.4	5	44	3
Tempered Steel	94	185–158	53.9	3	16	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–35	62.4
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–9	50.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	14–8	63.6
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–2	71.4
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	13–6	68.4
Affinity	11–5	68.8
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–43	50.0
Storm	18–19	48.6
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	18–18	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–4	42.9
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–3	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Unctus	0–2	0.0
Dredge	9–9	50.0
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	3–2	60.0
Control	15–30	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–7	12.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–6	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–5	0.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Control	4–3	57.1
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–5	54.5
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–11	56.0
Izzet Tempo	7–4	63.6
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	10–11	47.6
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Thopter-Sword	3–8	27.3
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–4	20.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	2–3	40.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	34–20	63.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–3	66.7
Martyr's Grace	6–3	66.7
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–4	63.6
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0