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.

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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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.

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Mono Black Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 20▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1808	2941–3187–1	48.0	11	79	68
Mono Black Midrange	130	256–215	54.4	0	14	10
Mono Black Devotion	112	235–184	56.1	0	11	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	53–54	49.5
Heroic	10–10	50.0
Mono White Heroic	8–8	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	5–3	62.5
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–6	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–4	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	9–15	37.5
Affinity	6–14	30.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–8	38.5
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–18	68.4
Storm	8–1	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–1	83.3
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–2	80.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–2	33.3
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
Control	25–26	49.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Cawblade	4–4	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–6	14.3
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Life is Ez	4–2	66.7
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–24	52.9
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	9–2	81.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–2	81.8
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	3–5	37.5
Combo Goblins	0–4	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	27–15	64.3
Izzet Tempo	11–10	52.4
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–3	72.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–16	33.3
Mindcrank	1–5	16.7
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–3	25.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	5–4	55.6
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Midrange	66–50	56.9
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	13–19	40.6
Allies	4–3	57.1
Esper Allies	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–3	80.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–13	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	11–13	45.8
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Esper Hero	3–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–12	47.8
Villainous Wealth	2–3	40.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–6	45.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Domain	2–0	100.0