Five Color Hero

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.

Current League
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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6034	11537–12233–34	48.5	294	2701
Hero of Precinct One	206	415–441–1	48.5	9	89
Five Color Hero	59	108–129	45.6	0	29

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–34	46.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–12	47.8
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	3–5	37.5
Boros Legends Aggro	3–5	37.5
Combo	17–15	53.1
Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	14–17	45.2
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–5	16.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	9–14	39.1
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–9	30.8
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	8–9	47.1
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	3–2	60.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Midrange	25–29	46.3
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–5	28.6
Wave Blink	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–3	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–6	50.0
Five Color Hero	4–4	50.0
Clerics	4–1	80.0
Simic Snow	3–2	60.0
Artifact Midrange	2–2	50.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0