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

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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1755	3155–3004	51.2	15	170	68
Artifact Aggro	248	403–436	48.0	3	30	2
Affinity	178	281–305	48.0	3	26	2
Hush-finity	20	35–32	52.2	0	1	1
Salvage Titan	7	5–16	23.8
Tempered Steel	54	102–100	50.5	0	4
Mono Blue Architect	8	15–14	51.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	71–62	53.4
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	6–11	35.3
Mono White Heroic	2–9	18.2
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	24–11	68.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	8–6	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	4–8	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–5	50.0
Affinity	2–4	33.3
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–3	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	80–93	46.2
Storm	30–25	54.5
Dimir Tendrils	14–9	60.9
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–5	16.7
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	5–4	55.6
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	8–2	80.0
Recurring Nightmare	8–1	88.9
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	13–46	22.0
Oops All Spells	13–46	22.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	3–4	42.9
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Belcher	2–2	50.0
Control	55–74	42.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Dreadful Inspiration	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	10–22	31.3
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	3–5	37.5
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–7	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	10–14	41.7
Astral Slide	10–14	41.7
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Control	3–2	60.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Prison	1–4	20.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	25–57	30.5
Aristocrats	0–10	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	1–5	16.7
Infect	3–12	20.0
Simic Infect	2–11	15.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	16–24	40.0
Izzet Dreadnought	7–11	38.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–12	40.0
Hushnought	2–4	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	23–24	48.9
Izzet Tempo	9–10	47.4
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	4–1	80.0
Ninjas	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	43–46	48.3
Curses	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	10–3	76.9
Mindcrank	4–6	40.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	24–33	42.1
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	21–33	38.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–10	37.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	89–68	56.7
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Abzan Midrange	6–1	85.7
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	6–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–4	42.9
Martyr's Grace	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	17–19	47.2
Orzhov Capenna	1–2	33.3
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–10	50.0
Mardu Hero	6–5	54.5
Five Color Hero	4–2	66.7
Naya Hero	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	11–14	44.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	17–12	58.6
Cloudpost Ramp	11–9	55.0
Golgari Post	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	11–6	64.7
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0