Tempered Steel

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.

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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1755	3155–3004	51.2	15	170	68
Artifact Aggro	248	403–436	48.0	3	30	2
Tempered Steel	54	102–100	50.5	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	18–14	56.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono White Heroic	1–5	16.7
Red Deck Wins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–16	55.6
Storm	8–1	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	5–1	83.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–12	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–12	0.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	12–21	36.4
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–8	20.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	5–3	62.5
Astral Slide	5–3	62.5
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–14	33.3
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	0–4	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–5	44.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	3–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–9	57.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Mass Land Destruction	6–8	42.9
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–8	38.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	19–15	55.9
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Martyr's Grace	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–6	53.8
Orzhov Capenna	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Mardu Hero	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0