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, 2 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	1759	2819–3097	47.7	15	160	74
Hero of Precinct One	171	302–258	53.9	0	12	9
Five Color Hero	63	104–103	50.2	0	3	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–22	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–7	30.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–4	33.3
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–14	62.2
Storm	8–3	72.7
Dimir Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Dark Tide	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–3	62.5
Oops All Spells	5–3	62.5
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	20–20	50.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	7–9	43.8
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	6–1	85.7
Astral Slide	6–1	85.7
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–9	43.8
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–8	46.7
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	3–7	30.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Mindcrank	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Midrange	20–19	51.3
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Capenna	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	5–4	55.6
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–3	25.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0