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
Aggro	247	482–497	49.2	12	122
Red Deck Wins	88	185–183	50.3	5	46
Mono Red Devotion	1	1–3	25.0
Proliferate Red	4	3–8	27.3	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–44	48.2
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	22–22	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–7	36.4
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–4	33.3
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	1–6	14.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	3–2	60.0
Combo	23–40	36.5
Storm	3–1	75.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–9	35.7
Breakfast	5–18	21.7
Oops All Spells	5–18	21.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	4–4	50.0
Control	37–18	67.3
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	9–6	60.0
Cawblade	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–1	83.3
Astral Slide	5–1	83.3
Bant Control	5–1	83.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–3	78.6
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Control	25–31	44.6
Izzet Tempo	14–6	70.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Tempo	4–8	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–9	0.0
Combo-Control	22–16	57.9
Mindcrank	5–5	50.0
Plasma Swans	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–8	61.9
Jokulhaups Control	13–8	61.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	10–7	58.8
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	20–27	42.6
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Azorius Allies	1–2	33.3
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	9–15	37.5
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–4	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Greenpost	1–4	20.0