Mono Red Swarm

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?

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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

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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11205	22844–21824–65	51.1	688	5346
Mono Red Swarm	158	291–311	48.3	4	74
8 Whack	33	58–78	42.6	0	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	73–98	42.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	5–9	35.7
Mono White Heroic	4–8	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	20–30	40.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	11–8	57.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	5–4	55.6
Elves	1–1	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	4–4	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–6	0.0
Affinity	0–4	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–4	33.3
AggroSlide	3–9	25.0
Cats	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	40–36	52.6
Storm	10–2	83.3
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	4–0	100.0
Reclamation Storm	4–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	9–6	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Living Death	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–3	40.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	7–7	50.0
Hermit Gond	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	6–5	54.5
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	1–3	25.0
Actual Twin	3–1	75.0
Izzet Twin	3–1	75.0
Control	70–62	53.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	14–9	60.9
Azorius Control	10–2	83.3
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–7	22.2
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	5–4	55.6
Astral Slide	5–4	55.6
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	18–18	50.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	19–31	38.0
Aristocrats	11–17	39.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Food	5–10	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Infect	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–4	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	19–18	51.4
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–8	55.6
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	58–55	51.3
Temur Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Jund	0–3	0.0
Blink	4–7	36.4
Wave Blink	3–5	37.5
Azorius Wave	3–5	37.5
Graveyard Value	6–2	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–6	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–14	44.0
Mono Black Devotion	8–13	38.1
Dimir Midrange	7–2	77.8
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	2–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Channel-Rofellos	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0