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 5 weeks, 5 days.

Hardened Scales Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1083	1988–1793	52.6	12	131	52
Artifact Aggro	170	303–304	49.9	2	19	6
Affinity	144	261–258	50.3	2	14	5
Hardened Scales Affinity	138	252–249	50.3	2	14	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	74–64	53.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–8	66.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	7–7	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–4	20.0
Mono White Humans	4–3	57.1
Elves	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	18–15	54.5
Affinity	15–15	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	15–15	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	14–11	56.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Humans	8–8	50.0
Legends Aggro	5–6	45.5
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	3–3	50.0
Permanent Vacation	3–4	42.9
Pirates	0–2	0.0
Combo	47–47	50.0
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
Warp World	14–13	51.9
Temur Glimpse	5–2	71.4
Boros Glimpse	9–10	47.4
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–4	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–4	0.0
Oops All Lands	6–9	40.0
Dredge	10–4	71.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	10–4	71.4
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	27–32	45.8
Esper Control	3–6	33.3
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–14	36.4
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	6–0	100.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Control	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–11	50.0
Aristocrats	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	7–7	50.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–10	52.4
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Librarians	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	17–16	51.5
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Sunforger	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	8–13	38.1
Esper Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	3–9	25.0
Midrange	53–56	48.6
The Rock	7–20	25.9
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
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
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Fight Rigging	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	5–7	41.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	10–7	58.8
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–4	20.0
Ramp	12–11	52.2
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	8–10	44.4