Mono Black Midrange

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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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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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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 14 weeks, 1 day.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	271	529–551	49.0	14	115
Mono Black Midrange	178	404–349	53.7	11	84
Mono Black Devotion	174	397–340	53.9	11	81

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	87–65	57.2
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	25–28	47.2
Tokens	19–16	54.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	14–16	46.7
Mono Green Stompy	8–2	80.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	11–7	61.1
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Voltron	11–6	64.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	4–2	66.7
Knights	3–1	75.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Combo	18–8	69.2
Storm	2–3	40.0
Simic Storm	2–3	40.0
Reclamation Storm	2–3	40.0
Reanimator	14–4	77.8
Traditional Reanimator	14–4	77.8
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–1	66.7
Control	138–103	57.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	23–15	60.5
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	11–5	68.8
Grixis Control	9–12	42.9
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–7	41.7
Astral Slide	5–7	41.7
Sultai Control	4–4	50.0
Guildgate Control	67–48	58.3
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	25–29	46.3
Aristocrats	21–26	44.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	17–26	39.5
Burn	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Control	41–65	38.7
Izzet Tempo	16–22	42.1
Azorius Skies	1–7	12.5
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	15–23	39.5
Izzet Spells	4–11	26.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Midrange	92–77	54.4
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	65–65	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	65–65	50.0
Dimir Midrange	5–7	41.7
Toughness Matters	5–1	83.3
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Adventures	3–0	100.0
Ramp	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	1–2	33.3