League August 2023

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 12 weeks, 6 days.

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Decks

Leaderboard

Archetypes

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	5–0s
Oops All Spells	47	105–64	62.1	5
Greenpost	46	87–103	45.8	2
Martyr's Grace	25	46–33	58.2	1
Affinity	23	38–35	52.1
Hushnought	22	64–32	66.7	3
Astral Slide	20	36–35	50.7	1
Burn	20	33–33	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	15	19–19	50.0
Midrange	14	22–30	42.3
Orzhov Midrange	26	43–46	48.3	2
Orzhov Capenna	13	30–16	65.2	3
Artifact Midrange	14	32–22	59.3
Big Red	9	9–20	31.0
The Rock	9	16–24	40.0
Abzan Midrange	7	11–13	45.8
Fake-Rack	7	2–13	13.3
Dimir Midrange	4	2–16	11.1
Mono Black Midrange	4	5–9	35.7
Mono Black Devotion	3	3–4	42.9
Graveyard Value	3	1–7	12.5
Varolz Dreadnought	1	3–2	60.0
Coinflips	2	3–3	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	2	1–4	20.0
Jund	2	2–4	33.3
Blink	1	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Blink	6	8–14	36.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Naya Midrange	1	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1	1–4	20.0
Toughness Matters	1	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	12	15–24	38.5
Five Color Hero	11	16–13	55.2
Azorius Heroic	10	14–36	28.0
Mardu Hero	7	18–8	69.2	1
Mono White Heroic	7	7–7	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	7	9–11	45.0
Dragon Nightmare	1	0–1	0.0
Aggro	5	8–13	38.1
Red Deck Wins	62	148–83	64.1	8
Mono Red Devotion	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	19	41–30	57.7	1
Rakdos Aggro	19	34–29	54.0	1
Brushwaggs	13	19–22	46.3	1
AggroSlide	11	22–17	56.4	1
Elves	9	17–22	43.6
White Weenie	8	19–17	52.8
Soldiers	1	1–4	20.0
Gruul Aggro	5	8–10	44.4
Gruul Landfall	4	5–10	33.3
Mono Black Aggro	5	8–9	47.1
Boros Aggro	4	4–11	26.7
Goblins	3	1–5	16.7
Knights	3	1–7	12.5
Naya Zoo	3	3–3	50.0
Slivers	3	8–7	53.3
Merfolk	2	3–3	50.0
Pirates	2	4–5	44.4
Rogues	2	3–3	50.0
Warriors	2	1–4	20.0
Zombies	2	0–5	0.0
Werewolves	1	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	5	2–12	14.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	5	13–6	68.4	1
Control	4	1–10	9.1
Azorius Control	69	127–98	56.4	6
Cawblade	2	6–2	75.0
Esper Control	36	69–72	48.9	1
Pox	24	17–57	23.0
Stax	23	41–48	46.1	1
Orzhov Control	15	30–24	55.6	1
Grixis Control	14	33–22	60.0
Cruel Control	4	1–5	16.7
Ponza	9	7–15	31.8
Runeflare	8	13–18	41.9
Seasons Past Control	5	10–12	45.5
Dimir Control	2	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	2	1–6	14.3
Mono White Control	2	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	1	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	3	2–3	40.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Control	1	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Approach	1	2–0	100.0
Mill	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Control	1	0–2	0.0
Prison	1	0–4	0.0
Enchantress	15	33–17	66.0	1
Enigmatic Incarnation	4	7–8	46.7
Familiars	4	2–4	33.3
Tempered Steel	4	4–10	28.6
Aggro-Control	3	0–4	0.0
Izzet Tempo	34	72–45	61.5	3
Wizards	9	2–12	14.3
Ninjas	8	12–13	48.0
Azorius Skies	6	12–11	52.2
Mono Blue Tempo	6	11–13	45.8
Dimir Tempo	2	3–4	42.9
Simic Flash	1	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	3	6–6	50.0
Temur Madness	3	1–5	16.7
Aristocrats	2	3–3	50.0
Boros Bombardment	3	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1	4–1	80.0
Azorius Allies	2	2–5	28.6
Blackpost	2	5–5	50.0
Boros Heroic	2	1–4	20.0
Combo	2	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	27	60–30	66.7	4
Hypergenesis	13	20–23	46.5
Storm	9	12–20	37.5
Dimir Tendrils	30	33–42	44.0
Dark Tide	9	18–16	52.9
Izzet Storm	16	33–36	47.8	1
Simic Storm	12	20–28	41.7	1
Dragonstorm	6	6–8	42.9
Hazoret Storm	6	11–11	50.0	1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3	1–11	8.3
High Tide	2	1–3	25.0
Grixis Tendrils	1	2–0	100.0
Song Storm	1	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	8	18–16	52.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7	9–5	64.3	1
Belcher	6	17–6	73.9	1
Restore Balance	4	9–7	56.3
Seismic Swans	4	7–5	58.3
Calibrated Blast	3	5–5	50.0
Dredge	3	5–7	41.7
Umbral Mantle	3	2–7	22.2
Gyruda	2	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2	3–2	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	2	1–5	16.7
Anvil Colossus	2	3–3	50.0
Taking Turns	2	0–3	0.0
Chain of Acid	1	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1	2–1	66.7
Polymorph	1	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1	2–3	40.0
Storm Herald	1	1–1	50.0
Zubera Tribal	1	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	2	3–3	50.0
Golgari Post	2	0–6	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2	2–3	40.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	22	49–30	62.0	3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	19	32–23	58.2	1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	12	24–22	52.2	1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	12	22–16	57.9
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Vampires	2	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Vampires	2	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2	1–4	20.0
Carth Superfriends	8	11–19	36.7
Domain	3	3–5	37.5
Summer Bloom Ramp	3	5–7	41.7
Applejacks	2	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	2	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	1	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	1	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	15	31–18	63.3	1
Battle of Wits	14	15–46	24.6
Archfiend Alteration	5	9–7	56.3
Curses	4	4–9	30.8
Plasma Swans	1
Fight Rigging	1	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–2	0.0
Gruul Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	1	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	1	2–3	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dreadnought	56	135–94	59.0	6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	22	50–31	61.7
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