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 6 days, 12 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1431	2542–2380	51.6	12	122	73
Artifact Aggro	265	434–421	50.8	1	14	14
Affinity	139	218–202	51.9	0	5	9
Hush-finity	1	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	7	5–18	21.7
Tempered Steel	57	88–102	46.3	0	2	2
Mono Blue Architect	60	123–96	56.2	1	7	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	92–87	51.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	8–3	72.7
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–1	80.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	20–21	48.8
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	3–8	27.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–5	0.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–3	25.0
8 Whack	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	14–14	50.0
Affinity	5–7	41.7
Tempered Steel	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Architect	5–4	55.6
Madness	4–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	6–3	66.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Shamans	6–3	66.7
Combo	89–72	55.3
Storm	8–1	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	4–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–2	71.4
Warp World	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	7–11	38.9
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	2–3	40.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Naya "Twin"	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–3	25.0
Taking Turns	13–3	81.3
Izzet Ascension	7–6	53.8
Breakfast	12–23	34.3
Oops All Spells	12–23	34.3
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–1	75.0
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	7–11	38.9
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	63–51	55.3
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	14–22	38.9
Cawblade	5–4	55.6
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–7	36.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	11–2	84.6
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	8–3	72.7
Pox	2–1	66.7
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–16	52.9
Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Control	48–66	42.1
Izzet Tempo	21–22	48.8
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	9–9	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–13	31.6
Mono Blue Faeries	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–18	21.7
Combo-Control	24–38	38.7
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	6–10	37.5
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–6	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–19	44.1
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	13–17	43.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–11	42.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	70–65	51.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–4	20.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Allies	5–5	50.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Azorius Allies	4–3	57.1
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Angel Tribal	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–9	30.8
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	17–24	41.5
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Party	4–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	7–5	58.3
Coinflip Tribal	0–1	0.0
Ramp	30–26	53.6
Rofellos Ramp	12–16	42.9
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	14–10	58.3
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	11–7	61.1
Simic Post	1–3	25.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0