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, 6 days.

Hardened Scales Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 34▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	861	1596–1332	54.5	14	93	59
Artifact Aggro	124	206–172	54.5	0	5	6
Affinity	113	195–157	55.4	0	5	6
Hardened Scales Affinity	96	183–131	58.3	0	4	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	33–28	54.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Boros Heroic	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	5–11	31.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–3	62.5
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	3–3	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Combo	38–24	61.3
Storm	10–8	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Citadel Storm	5–6	45.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–4	42.9
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–2	0.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Calibrated Blast	2–1	66.7
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	10–2	83.3
Izzet Twin	9–2	81.8
Control	33–31	51.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	4–10	28.6
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	7–7	50.0
Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Burn	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	15–8	65.2
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	4–4	50.0
Dimir Faeries	4–2	66.7
Dimir Librarians	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–6	64.7
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	6–1	85.7
Archfiend Alteration	1–3	25.0
Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Midrange	37–21	63.8
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	5–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–5	61.5
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	0–4	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–3	0.0
Azorius Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	9–6	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0