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, 4 days.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	910	1472–1605	47.8	5	85	35
Hero of Precinct One	158	298–248	54.6	1	12	12
Five Color Hero	142	271–214	55.9	0	10	11

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–51	52.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–21	38.2
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–13	13.3
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	15–6	71.4
Affinity	10–3	76.9
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	66–38	63.5
Storm	11–8	57.9
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	9–5	64.3
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	18–16	52.9
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	13–13	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	10–13	43.5
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–5	58.3
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	3–2	60.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Belcher	1–4	20.0
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Control	37–22	62.7
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–11	26.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	19–30	38.8
Aristocrats	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–5	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–14	36.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–13	38.1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–10	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	20–15	57.1
Battle of Wits	9–1	90.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–13	38.1
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–12	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	39–32	54.9
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	3–4	42.9
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–7	53.3
Five Color Hero	6–6	50.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	6–2	75.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	24–16	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	19–14	57.6
Greenpost	17–13	56.7
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0