Red Deck Wins

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.

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
Aggro	397	790–777	50.4	22	197
Red Deck Wins	95	206–172	54.5	5	46

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	66–50	56.9
Heroic	9–9	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–2	66.7
Azorius Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	15–15	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	10–4	71.4
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–3	25.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	8–8	50.0
Bant Humans	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	5–8	38.5
Combo	35–40	46.7
Storm	20–33	37.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	6–16	27.3
Channel Storm	13–17	43.3
Reanimator	8–3	72.7
Recurring Nightmare	7–2	77.8
Dragon Nightmare	7–1	87.5
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–3	50.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	28–20	58.3
Esper Control	3–4	42.9
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–8	33.3
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–10	47.4
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–2	60.0
Dirty Kitty	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	38–19	66.7
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	16–11	59.3
Izzet Spells	5–2	71.4
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	5–2	71.4
Combo-Control	10–3	76.9
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–2	77.8
Jokulhaups Control	7–2	77.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Midrange	19–29	39.6
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	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	3–5	37.5
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	6–17	26.1
Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0