Artifact Aggro

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.

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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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Artifact Aggro	299	565–482	54.0	1	10	17
Affinity	108	168–178	48.6			7
Boros Vehicles	1	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	34	67–64	51.1	0	2	2
Tempered Steel	87	199–131	60.3	0	7	4
Mono Blue Architect	50	87–81	51.8	1	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	106–138	43.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	13–22	37.1
Mono White Heroic	4–3	57.1
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	8–18	30.8
Red Deck Wins	11–22	33.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–20	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	11–24	31.4
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	23–23	50.0
Affinity	9–12	42.9
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Architect	4–5	44.4
Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–5	37.5
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	4–0	100.0
Humans	7–2	77.8
Bant Humans	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	4–2	66.7
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	109–90	54.8
Storm	46–55	45.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–6	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	29–28	50.9
Channel Storm	13–21	38.2
Reanimator	15–12	55.6
Recurring Nightmare	12–8	60.0
Dragon Nightmare	9–6	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	13–4	76.5
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	7–6	53.8
Oops All Spells	4–4	50.0
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	2–3	40.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	5–1	83.3
Control	123–75	62.1
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	17–9	65.4
Demonic Rising	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	9–0	100.0
Azorius Control	20–25	44.4
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	6–1	85.7
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	7–12	36.8
Life is Ez	4–7	36.4
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	6–0	100.0
Pox	12–3	80.0
Seasons Past Control	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Prison	1–3	25.0
Enchantress	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	42–32	56.8
Aristocrats	13–13	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–5	58.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	10–5	66.7
Infect	8–4	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–4	60.0
Hermit Humans	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	3–2	60.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	56–44	56.0
Izzet Tempo	13–17	43.3
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	13–10	56.5
Mono Blue Faeries	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	6–10	37.5
Dimir Tempo	8–2	80.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	19–10	65.5
Curses	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–8	57.9
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	10–8	55.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	93–85	52.2
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Jund	3–4	42.9
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–7	22.2
Varolz Dreadnought	0–6	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–5	44.4
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–5	58.3
Big Red	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Midrange	6–14	30.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–7	30.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	14–6	70.0
Hero of Precinct One	12–6	66.7
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Simic Snow	10–21	32.3
Coinflip Tribal	4–0	100.0
Ramp	17–8	68.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–1	75.0
Wild Pair	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–5	66.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	6–2	75.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0