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	389	810–753	51.8	19	179
Red Deck Wins	208	473–382	55.3	13	103
Mono Red Devotion	4	13–7	65.0	1	3
Prisoner	8	11–14	44.0	0	3
Proliferate Red	16	42–30	58.3	1	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	154–145	51.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	4–5	44.4
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	81–81	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	4–3	57.1
Prisoner	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	10–8	55.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–12	45.5
White Weenie	10–7	58.8
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	4–1	80.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–5	58.3
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	14–15	48.3
Affinity	11–14	44.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–7	12.5
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	51–43	54.3
Reanimator	24–21	53.3
Recurring Nightmare	12–8	60.0
Dragon Nightmare	6–4	60.0
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	5–1	83.3
Living Death	12–13	48.0
New Perspectives	8–2	80.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	7–3	70.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	4–7	36.4
Turntimber Ranger	1–1	50.0
Control	108–50	68.4
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	8–2	80.0
Azorius Control	6–2	75.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	21–18	53.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	9–8	52.9
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–4	20.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	23–20	53.5
Jeskai Approach	4–5	44.4
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	9–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	4–1	80.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	18–3	85.7
Aggro-Combo	19–36	34.5
Aristocrats	16–31	34.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	12–22	35.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	20–23	46.5
Simic Flash	4–10	28.6
Simic Vat	4–10	28.6
Izzet Tempo	5–1	83.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Tetsukotog	0–2	0.0
12 Pest	5–5	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	46–18	71.9
Curses	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	8–2	80.0
Displace Loop	11–4	73.3
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	6–2	75.0
Yosei Vat	6–3	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–6	60.0
Wildfire	9–6	60.0
Midrange	54–56	49.1
Temur Ascendancy	8–6	57.1
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	9–22	29.0
Wave Blink	7–21	25.0
Azorius Wave	6–21	22.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Vampires	8–12	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	3–2	60.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	21–11	65.6
Rofellos Ramp	14–6	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–5	58.3
Eldrazipost	3–1	75.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0