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.

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

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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.

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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Legends Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6661	12942–13445–34	49.0	357	3096
Legends Midrange	104	186–216	46.3	3	50
Boros Legends Midrange	12	16–24	40.0	0	6
Mardu Legends	17	31–32	49.2	0	10
Orzhov Legends	34	56–69	44.8	1	17
Selesnya Legends	22	57–45	55.9	1	10

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	66–82	44.6
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	13–23	36.1
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Chroma White	0–2	0.0
Elves	3–5	37.5
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–16	27.3
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	5–14	26.3
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	9–1	90.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	7–1	87.5
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–11	8.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	31–27	53.4
Storm	5–5	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–1	80.0
Anvil Colossus	4–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	11–6	64.7
Cephalid Breakfast	8–4	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Grixis Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Neoform Hermit	3–2	60.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	0–2	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	25–33	43.1
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–10	16.7
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–16	46.7
Aristocrats	6–11	35.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–3	40.0
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	12–7	63.2
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–10	23.1
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	31–37	45.6
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	0–4	0.0
Wave Blink	0–4	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–4	20.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0