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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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.

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Necro Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6716	13042–13556–34	49.0	359	3128
Mono Black Midrange	843	1720–1661–6	50.9	41	403
Necro Midrange	101	260–168–1	60.7	14	65

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	74–51	59.2
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	16–13	55.2
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	10–3	76.9
Selesnya Tokens	7–2	77.8
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Humans	7–5	58.3
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	14–12	53.8
Boros Legends Aggro	14–12	53.8
Combo	42–25	62.7
Storm	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Starlit Graves	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	0–5	0.0
Faith Necro	0–2	0.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	4–1	80.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	11–2	84.6
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–2	33.3
Control	34–16–1	68.0
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	6–0	100.0
Watery Oath	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	9–6	60.0
Necro Stax	1–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	8–6	57.1
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–10	47.4
Azorius Skies	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	28–18	60.9
Cruel Combo-Control	7–13	35.0
Approach Necro	9–1	90.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	4–2	66.7
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	69–47	59.5
Abzan Midrange	9–4	69.2
Blink	28–15	65.1
Orzhov Blink	27–15	64.3
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Allies	4–3	57.1
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–15	51.6
Necro Midrange	15–15	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Clerics	3–4	42.9
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–1	80.0