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.
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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.
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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
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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.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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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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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, 6 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1430 | 2539–2377 | 51.6 | 12 | 122 | 73 |
Mono Black Aggro | 15 | 20–31 | 39.2 | |||
Heroic | 72 | 97–130 | 42.7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Mono White Heroic | 32 | 55–50 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 26 | 24–49 | 32.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Boros Heroic | 12 | 16–27 | 37.2 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 261 | 607–410 | 59.7 | 5 | 46 | 21 |
Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Proliferate Red | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Goblins | 68 | 102–116 | 46.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Tokens | 63 | 103–94 | 52.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Selesnya Tokens | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 34 | 59–46 | 56.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Orzhov Tokens | 18 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
Mono Green Stompy | 50 | 66–101 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 | |
White Weenie | 39 | 70–64 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 21 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 2 | ||
Soldiers | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Elves | 49 | 96–88 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Minotaurs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Warriors | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 | ||
Rogues | 20 | 29–38 | 43.3 | |||
Zombies | 18 | 21–41 | 33.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Gruul Aggro | 44 | 55–75 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gruul Landfall | 15 | 7–29 | 19.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 30 | 44–51 | 46.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono Red Swarm | 13 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 1 | ||
8 Whack | 11 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 265 | 434–421 | 50.8 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
Affinity | 139 | 218–202 | 51.9 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
Hush-finity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Salvage Titan | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
Tempered Steel | 57 | 88–102 | 46.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mono Blue Architect | 60 | 123–96 | 56.2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Madness | 34 | 52–62 | 45.6 | |||
Gruul Madness | 10 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |||
Golgari Madness | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 18 | 25–27 | 48.1 | |||
Voltron | 64 | 117–111 | 51.3 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Hexproof | 10 | 5–25 | 16.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
Hateful Auras | 50 | 112–76 | 59.6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Slivers | 14 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Knights | 66 | 125–124 | 50.2 | 1 | 13 | |
AggroSlide | 109 | 244–147 | 62.4 | 2 | 18 | 12 |
Cats | 17 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Cats | 17 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 1 | ||
Rakdos Aggro | 14 | 19–28 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Aggro | 13 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Humans | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Humans | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
Shamans | 44 | 89–65 | 57.8 | 2 | 6 | |
Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Pirates | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Rats | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 1258 | 1983–2142 | 48.1 | 12 | 93 | 41 |
Storm | 128 | 118–249 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Dimir Tendrils | 13 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
Dragonstorm | 38 | 51–82 | 38.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Hazoret Storm | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
Simic Storm | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 8 | 1–17 | 5.6 | |||
High Tide | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Grixis Tendrils | 8 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 12 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |||
Swath Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Song Storm | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Reanimator | 20 | 16–41 | 28.1 | |||
Grozoth | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 12–34 | 26.1 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 31 | 46–76 | 37.7 | |||
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Warp World | 33 | 31–73 | 29.8 | |||
Temur Glimpse | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Four Color Glimpse | 28 | 31–67 | 31.6 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Maniac Combo | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Hypergenesis | 139 | 248–214 | 53.7 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
New Perspectives | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Umbral Mantle | 34 | 52–52 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Fake-Twin | 19 | 37–41 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Naya Fake-Twin | 18 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metalwork Colossus | 33 | 39–51 | 43.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Upheaval Colossus | 17 | 23–31 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 29 | 44–62 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 71 | 119–132 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Ascension | 112 | 188–157 | 54.5 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
Ominous Good | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Breakfast | 194 | 461–265 | 63.5 | 8 | 27 | 13 |
Oops All Spells | 194 | 461–265 | 63.5 | 8 | 27 | 13 |
Oops All Lands | 8 | 6–19 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dredge | 22 | 10–40 | 20.0 | |||
Polymorph | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
Dice Factory | 23 | 42–49 | 46.2 | |||
Storm Herald | 8 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 24 | 49–51 | 49.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ad Nauseam | 56 | 69–90 | 43.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Ad Swanseam | 34 | 44–51 | 46.3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
GreenTwin | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tibalt's Trickery | 36 | 34–82 | 29.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Intruder Alarm | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Restore Balance | 114 | 239–164 | 59.3 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Gyruda | 31 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Control | 1031 | 1570–1794 | 46.7 | 8 | 68 | 37 |
Mono Black Control | 15 | 9–31 | 22.5 | |||
Esper Control | 75 | 153–125 | 55.0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Demonic Rising | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 10 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Control | 25 | 32–42 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Azorius Control | 288 | 515–458 | 52.9 | 3 | 18 | 19 |
Cawblade | 64 | 114–109 | 51.1 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
Turbo Fog | 21 | 12–45 | 21.1 | |||
Izzet Control | 33 | 76–69 | 52.4 | 2 | 7 | |
Mill | 22 | 19–53 | 26.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Cloudpost Control | 110 | 208–176 | 54.2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 68 | 139–110 | 55.8 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 24 | 45–34 | 57.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Grixis Control | 23 | 20–44 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 12 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 72 | 80–166 | 32.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Chandra Nalaar | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
Dragon Control | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
Izzet Dragons | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Runeflare | 14 | 8–22 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Ponza | 75 | 117–131 | 47.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mono White Control | 19 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Life is Ez | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dynavolt Tower | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Cycling Control | 48 | 83–78 | 51.6 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Astral Slide | 47 | 83–77 | 51.9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Five Color Control | 12 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |||
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Shrines | 7 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |||
Sultai Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 72 | 87–136 | 39.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Pox | 27 | 34–38 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Orzhov Control | 14 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
Prison | 17 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Enchantress | 11 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 372 | 576–630 | 47.8 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
Aristocrats | 146 | 242–230 | 51.3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 68 | 99–93 | 51.6 | 3 | ||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 20 | 37–33 | 52.9 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 27 | 51–52 | 49.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 8 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Food | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
Boros Bombardment | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Burn | 37 | 66–70 | 48.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Infect | 53 | 52–90 | 36.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Simic Infect | 27 | 26–46 | 36.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Golgari Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 58 | 85–104 | 45.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 37 | 61–66 | 48.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 62 | 117–113 | 50.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Hushnought | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
Liquimetal Fishing | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 895 | 1689–1378 | 55.1 | 12 | 81 | 55 |
Izzet Tempo | 310 | 635–495 | 56.2 | 5 | 26 | 23 |
Azorius Skies | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
Blue Madness | 16 | 20–27 | 42.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Simic Madness | 10 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Temur Madness | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Lich Aggro-Control | 22 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 2 | ||
Wizards | 150 | 241–234 | 50.7 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
Ninjas | 25 | 64–43 | 59.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Mono Blue Gush | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 166 | 330–245 | 57.4 | 3 | 18 | 15 |
Mono Blue Faeries | 16 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
Izzet Spells | 9 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Tempo | 50 | 52–66 | 44.1 | |||
Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ensoul Aggro-Control | 119 | 253–179 | 58.6 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
Azorius Tempo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Combo-Control | 582 | 1076–943 | 53.3 | 7 | 49 | 33 |
Curses | 12 | 6–27 | 18.2 | |||
Battle of Wits | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Shared Fate | 7 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Pickles | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Mindcrank | 138 | 294–190 | 60.7 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
Hedron Alignment | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Yosei Vat | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | |||||
Hive Mind | 11 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |||
Zur's Weirding | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Plasma Swans | 96 | 132–141 | 48.4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Liliana's Contract | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 286 | 589–489 | 54.6 | 5 | 27 | 13 |
Wildfire | 23 | 37–53 | 41.1 | 1 | ||
Borderpost Wildfire | 21 | 36–48 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Jokulhaups Control | 263 | 552–436 | 55.9 | 5 | 27 | 12 |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 146 | 313–239 | 56.7 | 4 | 23 | 7 |
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 49 | 92–80 | 53.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 26–25 | 51.0 | |||
WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 39 | 90–77 | 53.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Resurgent Belief | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Midrange | 1215 | 1912–2086 | 47.8 | 12 | 76 | 49 |
Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
The Rock | 13 | 6–29 | 17.1 | |||
Golgari Citadel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 18 | 20–30 | 40.0 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 14 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |||
Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jund | 5 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Blink | 56 | 60–97 | 38.2 | 3 | ||
Wave Blink | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Orzhov Blink | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
Anti-Persecution | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 34 | 59–65 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 8 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Allies | 64 | 104–87 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Allies | 11 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 1 | ||
Esper Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Allies | 40 | 62–48 | 56.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Treefolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 17 | 15–32 | 31.9 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 23 | 26–51 | 33.8 | |||
Vampires | 35 | 49–60 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 28 | 41–45 | 47.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Legends Midrange | 7 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Elementals | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 43 | 65–77 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Naya Midrange | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Big Red | 27 | 37–43 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Black Midrange | 90 | 124–137 | 47.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Mono Black Devotion | 39 | 49–54 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hellion Whip | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 36 | 33–55 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Angels | 22 | 38–49 | 43.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Orzhov Angels | 22 | 38–49 | 43.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Toughness Matters | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 66 | 119–120 | 49.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Martyr's Grace | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Mutate | 5 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 314 | 707–492 | 59.0 | 10 | 47 | 25 |
Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
Prophet Glare | 6 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 17 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 | 2 | |
Ordealbreak | 18 | 37–29 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 18 | 37–29 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
Party | 15 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
Gruul Obosh | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Clerics | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 71 | 86–133 | 39.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Coinflips | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Death Cloud | 7 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |||
Game Objects | 18 | 10–29 | 25.6 | |||
Ramp | 427 | 748–742 | 50.2 | 3 | 22 | 21 |
Rofellos Ramp | 171 | 349–278 | 55.7 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
Wild Pair | 9 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 186 | 327–323 | 50.3 | 3 | 15 | 8 |
Eldrazipost | 8 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |||
Golgari Post | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Greenpost | 153 | 282–252 | 52.8 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
Gruul Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Simic Post | 11 | 30–19 | 61.2 | 2 | ||
Domain | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Summer Bloom Ramp | 10 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
Historic Bloom | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Defenders | 8 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 17 | 10–35 | 22.2 | |||
Applejacks | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Unclassified | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |