League May 2022

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.

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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 2 days, 20 hours.

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Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

Decks

Leaderboard

Archetypes

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	5–0s
Red Deck Wins	112	227–157	59.1	8
Tempered Steel	67	163–91	64.2	8
Midrange	60	69–109	38.8
Jund	111	167–214	43.8	2
Blink	67	104–102	50.5	8
Orzhov Midrange	44	65–83	43.9
Mono Black Midrange	43	77–81	48.7	3
Mono Black Devotion	31	58–53	52.3	3
Artifact Midrange	30	41–51	44.6	1
Rakdos Midrange	26	30–37	44.8
Death Cloud	23	37–35	51.4	1
Mardu Midrange	22	42–33	56.0	3
Hero of Precinct One	19	30–37	44.8
Naya Hero	32	48–56	46.2	2
Mardu Hero	17	28–30	48.3
Boros Hero	11	18–26	40.9
Esper Hero	7	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	16	17–28	37.8
Selesnya Value Town	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	15	21–37	36.2
Abzan Midrange	13	10–18	35.7
Dimir Midrange	12	12–22	35.3
Enchantments Matter	11	31–16	66.0
Sultai Midrange	11	17–19	47.2
The Rock	8	3–16	15.8
Graveyard Value	7	7–19	26.9
Séance	3	9–4	69.2	1
Varolz Dreadnought	3	4–8	33.3
Big Red	6	5–13	27.8
Naya Midrange	6	7–15	31.8
Party	6	6–8	42.9
Simic Snow	6	2–9	18.2
Vampires	6	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	7	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Vampires	6	13–7	65.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5	7–6	53.8
Allies	3	4–6	40.0
Mono White Allies	4	8–9	47.1
Mardu Allies	3	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Allies	1	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3	2–6	25.0
Illness in the Ranks	2	0–6	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1	1–4	20.0
Hellion Whip	1	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	41	104–54	65.8	4
Prophet Glare	1	2–1	66.7
Ponza	58	88–111	44.2	2
Merfolk	52	108–73	59.7	5
Azorius Control	49	68–91	42.8	3
Cawblade	1	4–1	80.0
Affinity	48	96–75	56.1	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	46	99–60	62.3	6
Elves	37	74–54	57.8	3
Dimir Control	32	44–44	50.0	2
AggroSlide	31	33–47	41.3
Mono Blue Control	29	61–31	66.3	4
White Weenie	21	37–42	46.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	13	22–14	61.1	1
Soldiers	1	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aggro	20	36–41	46.8	2
Pox	20	26–38	40.6
Stax	20	26–39	40.0	2
Combo	19	20–43	31.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	47	91–44	67.4	6
Restore Balance	41	86–64	57.3	6
Taking Turns	32	32–46	41.0	1
Hypergenesis	23	43–41	51.2	2
Intruder Alarm	15	30–30	50.0
Ad Nauseam	9	7–13	35.0
Izzet Ascension	9	12–17	41.4
Polymorph	9	11–18	37.9
Storm Herald	9	20–18	52.6
Oops All Lands	7	5–10	33.3
Soulflayer	6	4–14	22.2
Reanim8 Rack	5	6–7	46.2
Eggs	5	8–6	57.1	1
Oriss Genesis	5	5–7	41.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	3	6–6	50.0
Storm	3	3–4	42.9
Izzet Storm	165	276–281	49.6	12
Swath Storm	1	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	8	11–16	40.7
Dimir Tendrils	7	12–15	44.4
Simic Storm	5	12–9	57.1
Song Storm	2	0–3	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1	1–4	20.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1	0–3	0.0
Dredge	1	1–4	20.0
Enduring Ideal	1	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1	0–5	0.0
Warp World	1	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	30	46–53	46.5	2
Oops All Spells	18	44–19	69.8	2
Hateful Auras	17	45–29	60.8
Worldgorger Dragon	17	23–26	46.9	3
Double Dragon	11	29–15	65.9	1
Burn	15	22–22	50.0	1
Mill	14	10–25	28.6
Simic Madness	14	33–22	60.0	2
Ramp	12	17–22	43.6	1
Carth Superfriends	3	1–4	20.0
Villainous Wealth	3	0–6	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2	0–3	0.0
Greenpost	11	16–22	42.1
Applejacks	1	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1	1–2	33.3
Historic Bloom	1	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	11	10–20	33.3
Turbo Fog	11	12–28	30.0
Hushnought	10	20–13	60.6
Zombies	10	22–15	59.5	1
Grixis Control	8	17–13	56.7	1
Cruel Control	3	2–4	33.3
Mono White Control	8	16–11	59.3
Life is Ez	1	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	7	7–11	38.9
Izzet Control	7	9–14	39.1
Rakdos Madness	7	10–8	55.6	1
Boros Aggro	6	8–14	36.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6	9–8	52.9
Gruul Aggro	6	8–10	44.4
Tokens	6	2–21	8.7
Mono White Tokens	5	10–5	66.7
Goblin Persist	5	15–7	68.2
Liquimetal Fishing	5	6–15	28.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	5	11–8	57.9	1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	99	235–114	67.3	13
Goblins	4	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Control	4	9–8	52.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Control	4	5–5	50.0
Temur Madness	4	5–8	38.5
Aggro-Control	3	4–7	36.4
Izzet Spells	43	95–48	66.4	8
Ninjas	40	75–66	53.2	1
Mono Blue Tempo	8	6–15	28.6
Mono Blue Faeries	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	6	7–18	28.0
Dimir Tempo	5	10–11	47.6
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5	11–9	55.0
Azorius Tempo	1	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1	1–4	20.0
Boros Heroic	3	4–6	40.0
Grixis Dragons	3	2–6	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	3	0–6	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	17	30–37	44.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	14	22–27	44.9
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6	16–11	59.3	1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1	1–1	50.0
Knights	3	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	3	4–4	50.0
Runeflare	3	1–6	14.3
Salvage Titan	3	1–4	20.0
Seasons Past Control	3	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Heroic	3	10–5	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	3	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Reanimator	4	1–6	14.3
Dimir Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Aristocrats	2	4–3	57.1
Boros Bombardment	9	21–14	60.0	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	5	8–8	50.0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	5	8–9	47.1
Golgari Aristocrats	2	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Food	1	0–2	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2	4–6	40.0
Five Color Control	2	4–2	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2	5–3	62.5
Rogues	2	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2	3–7	30.0
Werewolves	2	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	1	0–2	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	1	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	1	4–1	80.0
Curses	25	44–39	53.0	1
Battle of Wits	18	19–69	21.6
Resurgent Belief	13	17–21	44.7	1
Hive Mind	9	8–20	28.6
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2	1–5	16.7
Solar Flare	2	3–3	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	1	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	1	4–1	80.0
Enchantress	1	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Humans	1	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Humans	1	0–1	0.0
Infect	1	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	16	9–19	32.1
Simic Infect	2	6–4	60.0
Jeskai Control	1	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	1	1–4	20.0
Naya Zoo	1	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	1	3–0	100.0
Shamans	1
Sultai Control	1	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	1	1–1	50.0

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