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 7 weeks, 6 days.

Hardened Scales Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1465	2704–2429	52.7	24	233	72
Artifact Aggro	224	388–396	49.5	4	33	7
Affinity	193	337–339	49.9	4	28	5
Hardened Scales Affinity	186	327–329	49.8	4	28	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	106–83	56.1
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	23–10	69.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	14–12	53.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	7–8	46.7
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	23–20	53.5
Affinity	19–19	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	19–19	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–4	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	2–3	40.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	16–13	55.2
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Humans	9–8	52.9
Legends Aggro	7–6	53.8
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	5–3	62.5
Permanent Vacation	3–3	50.0
Pirates	0–5	0.0
Rats	3–4	42.9
Combo	59–60	49.6
Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–5	44.4
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	19–28	40.4
Temur Glimpse	6–7	46.2
Boros Glimpse	13–20	39.4
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–5	0.0
Oops All Lands	6–10	37.5
Dredge	12–4	75.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	12–4	75.0
Storm Herald	3–1	75.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Control	32–43	42.7
Esper Control	4–7	36.4
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	11–23	32.4
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	6–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–3	40.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	14–11	56.0
Aristocrats	13–8	61.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	11–8	57.9
Burn	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–13	48.0
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–10	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	3–8	27.3
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	18–22	45.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Sunforger	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	9–14	39.1
Esper Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	4–10	28.6
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–4	0.0
Midrange	68–80	45.9
The Rock	7–19	26.9
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	10–21	32.3
Orzhov Blink	7–19	26.9
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	14–8	63.6
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	1–4	20.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	1–2	33.3
Ramp	18–17	51.4
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	12–16	42.9