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 1 week.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1566	2438–2902	45.7	14	87	47
Hero of Precinct One	165	274–283	49.2	1	11	7
Five Color Hero	84	145–151	49.0	0	5	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–40	46.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	3–10	23.1
Mono White Heroic	2–7	22.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	7–4	63.6
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	6–6	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	37–27	57.8
Storm	19–16	54.3
High Tide	14–11	56.0
Channel Storm	5–5	50.0
Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Recurring Nightmare	5–3	62.5
Dragon Nightmare	5–2	71.4
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	18–31	36.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–8	11.1
Mono Blue Control	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–8	27.3
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	3–2	60.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–8	50.0
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–18	35.7
Izzet Tempo	2–5	28.6
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–3	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	29–20	59.2
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–8	46.7
Five Color Hero	5–5	50.0
Simic Snow	5–3	62.5
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	4–4	50.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0