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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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, 3 days.

Mono Black Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1332	2451–2356	51.0	13	106	75
Mono Black Midrange	95	174–189	47.9	0	6	6
Davriel Braids	11	23–14	62.2	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–41	43.8
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–10	50.0
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	4–9	30.8
Merfolk	0–5	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Combo	27–22	55.1
Storm	8–9	47.1
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	44–38	53.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–10	37.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	4–5	44.4
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–6	45.5
Astral Slide	5–6	45.5
Sultai Control	5–1	83.3
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–8	65.2
Aristocrats	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–16	38.5
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	1–4	20.0
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	4–3	57.1
Izzet Spells	2–5	28.6
Combo-Control	9–11	45.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	3–4	42.9
Mindcrank	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	32–51	38.6
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	6–19	24.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–12	14.3
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–6	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–2	71.4
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0