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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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.

Mono Black Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1560	2426–2899	45.6	14	85	47
Mono Black Midrange	170	235–278	45.8	0	6	3
Mono Black Devotion	53	60–72	45.5			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	61–64	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	7–8	46.7
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–6	33.3
Red Deck Wins	11–12	47.8
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	7–9	43.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–10	23.1
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	14–6	70.0
Affinity	7–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–1	80.0
Madness	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–4	20.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	3–5	37.5
Bant Humans	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Humans	1–3	25.0
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Combo	41–51	44.6
Storm	28–28	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	18–17	51.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Channel Storm	6–10	37.5
Reanimator	2–13	13.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–10	9.1
Dragon Nightmare	0–8	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	32–48	40.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–7	36.4
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	7–15	31.8
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–6	0.0
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	1–4	20.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	17–16	51.5
Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	6–4	60.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	26–30	46.4
Izzet Tempo	9–5	64.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	7–6	53.8
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	7–9	43.8
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–7	36.4
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	38–56	40.4
The Rock	3–5	37.5
Jund	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–4	0.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Martyr's Grace	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	5–2	71.4
Hero of Precinct One	4–7	36.4
Five Color Hero	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	3–14	17.6
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	13–4	76.5
Cloudpost Ramp	11–4	73.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	7–1	87.5
Gruul Post	2–2	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0