Anvil Colossus

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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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

View the full legal cards list
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 6 days, 22 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5267	11108–10207–18	52.1	393	2512
Metalwork Colossus	141	303–289	51.2	9	64
Anvil Colossus	74	185–141	56.7	8	37

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–44	51.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	6–7	46.2
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
8 Whack	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	10–10	50.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	2–1	66.7
Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Combo	23–31	42.6
Storm	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Necro Combo	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–3	0.0
Soulflayer	4–1	80.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	4–9	30.8
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Neoform Hermit	3–5	37.5
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	35–11	76.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–1	88.9
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	5–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–5	37.5
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–6	45.5
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	23–15	60.5
Izzet Tempo	6–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	7–3	70.0
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	51–30	63.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	6–1	85.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	6–2	75.0
Wave Blink	5–2	71.4
Azorius Wave	5–2	71.4
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–3	75.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Necro Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–3	57.1
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Ramp	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3