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.

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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.

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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.

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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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	443	892–939	48.7	7	125
The Rock	16	33–36	47.8	0	3
Golgari Citadel	2	3–3	50.0	0	1
Grenzo	1	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	36	60–77	43.8	0	8
Jund	6	11–14	44.0	0	2
Blink	30	90–61	59.6	3	11
Wave Blink	30	90–61	59.6	3	11
Esper Wave	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Azorius Wave	25	78–50	60.9	3	9
Bant Wave	2	3–5	37.5
Graveyard Value	14	17–31	35.4	0	1
Séance	1	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	8	12–17	41.4	0	1
Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Mardu Allies	1	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	1	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	5	5–15	25.0	0	1
Selvala Morningstar	1	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	15	41–32	56.2	0	10
Vampires	1	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Vampires	1	1–3	25.0
Legends Midrange	21	51–43	54.3	0	9
Orzhov Legends	1	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends	19	47–39	54.7	0	9
Rakdos Midrange	100	232–211	52.4	3	39
Naya Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Big Red	4	11–8	57.9	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	15	23–33	41.1	0	3
Mono Black Devotion	11	15–25	37.5	0	2
Hellion Whip	8	15–18	45.5	0	1
Dimir Midrange	9	9–18	33.3	0	1
Toughness Matters	1	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	1	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	13	24–25	49.0	0	3
Sultai Emerge	1	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	10	29–19	60.4	0	5
Jeskai Midrange	4	5–9	35.7	0	1
Prophet Glare	1	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	5	9–8	52.9	0	1
Enigmatic Incarnation	5	9–8	52.9	0	1
Fires of Invention	32	47–66	41.6	0	6
Hero of Precinct One	56	113–122	48.1	1	12
Abzan Hero	13	28–26	51.9	0	4
Mardu Hero	6	9–14	39.1
Esper Hero	11	16–24	40.0	0	1
Orzhov Hero	22	56–49	53.3	1	6
Five Color Hero	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Boros Hero	1	0–3	0.0
Gruul Obosh	7	11–16	40.7	0	1
Clerics	1	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	8	16–14	53.3	0	2
Illness in the Ranks	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	253–274	48.0
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	15–14	51.7
Mono White Heroic	6–9	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	8–5	61.5
Red Deck Wins	70–69	50.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	6–9	40.0
Tokens	7–11	38.9
Mono White Tokens	3–10	23.1
Orzhov Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	7–3	70.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	16–12	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Counters	2–3	40.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	10–8	55.6
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	17–19	47.2
8 Whack	17–18	48.6
Artifact Aggro	11–7	61.1
Affinity	4–3	57.1
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–3	66.7
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	49–93	34.5
Cats	5–5	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Aggro	2–5	28.6
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Combo	159–191	45.4
Storm	10–10	50.0
Dragonstorm	4–5	44.4
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–4	33.3
Swath Storm	2–4	33.3
Reanimator	24–14	63.2
Traditional Reanimator	24–14	63.2
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	22–13	62.9
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–21	41.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–4	55.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–10	28.6
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–7	46.2
Metalwork Colossus	24–43	35.8
Anvil Colossus	21–40	34.4
Upheaval Colossus	3–3	50.0
Eggs	2–7	22.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–4	55.6
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	14–22	38.9
Reanim8 Rack	9–19	32.1
Breakfast	40–55	42.1
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	5–7	41.7
Neoform Hermit	34–48	41.5
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	4–7	36.4
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	6–4	60.0
Control	104–118	46.8
Esper Control	16–20	44.4
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	24–18	57.1
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	14–25	35.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–9	30.8
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Dragon Control	5–7	41.7
Izzet Dragons	5–7	41.7
Galleon Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	4–4	50.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	7–9	43.8
Pox	7–13	35.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	88–73	54.7
Aristocrats	24–16	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	14–12	53.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	9–4	69.2
Infect	11–12	47.8
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–3	50.0
Golgari Infect	5–9	35.7
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–3	70.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	29–34	46.0
Combo Goblins	4–4	50.0
Goblin Persist	4–4	50.0
Aggro-Control	67–62	51.9
Izzet Tempo	15–14	51.7
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Ninjas	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	27–26	50.9
Dimir Tempo	13–12	52.0
Sultai Tempo	4–3	57.1
Combo-Control	8–7	53.3
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Thryx-Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Midrange	197–197	50.0
The Rock	8–6	57.1
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	20–10	66.7
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	11–24	31.4
Wave Blink	11–24	31.4
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	9–22	29.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	8–4	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	6–8	42.9
Legends Midrange	11–10	52.4
Orzhov Legends	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Legends	11–8	57.9
Rakdos Midrange	41–44	48.2
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	10–5	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	6–3	66.7
Hellion Whip	1–5	16.7
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	2–9	18.2
Orzhov Midrange	4–11	26.7
Jeskai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	2–1	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–1	66.7
Fires of Invention	9–11	45.0
Hero of Precinct One	31–23	57.4
Abzan Hero	6–4	60.0
Mardu Hero	4–2	66.7
Esper Hero	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Hero	14–11	56.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	7–4	63.6
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	4–5	44.4
Illness in the Ranks	2–0	100.0
Ramp	16–17	48.5
Cloudpost Ramp	14–17	45.2
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	11–15	42.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0