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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Artifact Aggro

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	12054	24557–23504–65	51.1	748	5832
Artifact Aggro	1312	2706–2486	52.1	99	683
Affinity	659	1446–1281	53.0	50	338
Hush-finity	10	33–19	63.5	1	4
Hardened Scales Affinity	55	101–108	48.3	4	32
Boros Vehicles	11	6–24	20.0	0	1
Salvage Titan	36	40–75	34.8	0	11
Tempered Steel	544	1095–979	52.8	46	304
Mono Blue Architect	47	91–92	49.7	3	25

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	918–852	51.9
Mono Black Aggro	40–31	56.3
Heroic	69–80	46.3
Mono White Heroic	58–69	45.7
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–5	58.3
Boros Heroic	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	163–174	48.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–3	40.0
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Goblins	10–15	40.0
Tokens	14–11	56.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–6	40.0
Mono White Tokens	8–5	61.5
Mono Green Stompy	26–13	66.7
White Weenie	67–78	46.2
Odric Keywords	2–10	16.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–2	71.4
Soldiers	11–13	45.8
Chroma White	4–2	66.7
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Elves	54–51	51.4
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–3	66.7
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	10–14	41.7
Gruul Aggro	8–7	53.3
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	25–22	53.2
Mono Red Swarm	6–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	242–242	50.0
Affinity	108–109	49.8
Hush-finity	4–2	66.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	9–10	47.4
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	9–1	90.0
Tempered Steel	117–128	47.8
Mono Blue Architect	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Aggro	3–4	42.9
Illusions	2–1	66.7
Devastating Dreams	2–0	100.0
Madness	10–7	58.8
Golgari Madness	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Madness	7–5	58.3
Voltron	37–13	74.0
Hexproof	10–5	66.7
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	23–4	85.2
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	5–0	100.0
Knights	6–8	42.9
AggroSlide	59–48	55.1
Cats	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Cats	8–3	72.7
Rakdos Aggro	9–3	75.0
Rakdos Hellbent	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–2	50.0
Humans	9–7	56.3
Gruul Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	3–2	60.0
Boros Humans	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Humans	3–2	60.0
Azorius Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	10–6	62.5
Boros Legends Aggro	7–6	53.8
Bard Class	3–0	100.0
Pirates	0–4	0.0
Rats	3–3	50.0
Combo	395–417	48.6
Storm	69–63	52.3
Dimir Tendrils	22–17	56.4
Dragonstorm	8–14	36.4
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	12–14	46.2
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	12–10	54.5
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	5–5	50.0
Reanimator	57–54	51.4
Recurring Nightmare	5–9	35.7
Dragon Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	10–15	40.0
Double Dragon	0–3	0.0
Starlit Graves	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Living Death	1–0	100.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	35–28	55.6
Rakdos Reanimator	11–6	64.7
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	20–19	51.3
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	19–29	39.6
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Warp World	13–13	50.0
Temur Glimpse	3–3	50.0
Boros Glimpse	8–10	44.4
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	12–12	50.0
Hyperwave	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	3–4	42.9
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	35–26	57.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	24–21	53.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–5	66.7
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	2–3	40.0
Fake-Twin	2–2	50.0
Murderous Mastery	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–4	60.0
Anvil Colossus	0–3	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	26–18	59.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–2	50.0
Taking Turns	3–6	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	8–7	53.3
Soulflayer	9–4	69.2
Reanim8 Rack	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	52–114	31.3
Cephalid Breakfast	32–51	38.6
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	14–19	42.4
Grixis Breakfast	15–27	35.7
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	19–51	27.1
Neoform Hermit	1–7	12.5
Unctus	0–4	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	21–12	63.6
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–3	62.5
Ad Nauseam	9–6	60.0
Ad Swanseam	4–3	57.1
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–4	50.0
Gyruda	3–2	60.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Belcher	2–7	22.2
Tameshi Bloom	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	1–1	50.0
Control	385–325	54.2
Mono Black Control	1–4	20.0
Esper Control	29–27	51.8
Demonic Rising	17–7	70.8
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	23–12	65.7
Dreadful Inspiration	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	67–78	46.2
Cawblade	16–18	47.1
Turbo Fog	6–7	46.2
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	6–5	54.5
Mill	5–0	100.0
Boros Control	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Control	19–17	52.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	16–9	64.0
Cruel Control	6–4	60.0
Stax	15–11	57.7
Birthday Stax	1–3	25.0
Chandra Nalaar	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	9–12	42.9
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	10–6	62.5
Izzet Dragons	4–3	57.1
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	5–1	83.3
Ponza	12–8	60.0
Mono White Control	5–5	50.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	6–0	100.0
Cycling Control	12–20	37.5
Astral Slide	11–20	35.5
Five Color Control	9–6	60.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	3–1	75.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	37–37	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	8–5	61.5
Enchantments Control	3–6	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	27–10	73.0
Seasons Past Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	9–10	47.4
Prison	4–5	44.4
Enchantress	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Combo	191–200	48.8
Aristocrats	52–40	56.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	18–7	72.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Golgari Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	21–17	55.3
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	34–23	59.6
Necro Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	17–30	36.2
Simic Infect	7–12	36.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–12	36.8
Golgari Infect	1–2	33.3
Hermit Humans	1–7	12.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	28–56	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–50	28.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	10–8	55.6
Hushnought	16–11	59.3
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	29–22	56.9
Goblin Persist	27–16	62.8
Dirty Kitty	2–6	25.0
Aggro-Control	159–137	53.7
Simic Flash	8–1	88.9
Simic Vat	4–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	49–35	58.3
Azorius Skies	6–1	85.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	11–5	68.8
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Gush	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	31–31	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	5–4	55.6
Izzet Spells	19–28	40.4
Dimir Tempo	13–8	61.9
Dimir Faeries	2–1	66.7
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–10	16.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	167–110	60.3
Curses	28–6	82.4
Cruel Combo-Control	2–6	25.0
Battle of Wits	2–5	28.6
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	34–15	69.4
Dragoncrank	2–3	40.0
Displace Loop	0–3	0.0
Familiars	0–3	0.0
Hedron Alignment	4–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	9–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	11–4	73.3
Solar Flare	7–4	63.6
Plasma Swans	15–9	62.5
Mass Land Destruction	45–45	50.0
Wildfire	15–20	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	8–8	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	30–25	54.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–13	38.1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	7–3	70.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–3	70.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Thopter-Sword	4–2	66.7
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	2–2	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	1–5	16.7
Esper Greasefang	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–2	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–3	0.0
Midrange	411–377	52.2
Temur Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
The Rock	7–13	35.0
Angels and Taxes	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–5	0.0
Abzan Midrange	12–14	46.2
Jund	18–13	58.1
Blink	37–76	32.7
Wave Blink	9–38	19.1
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	5–27	15.6
Orzhov Wave	1–8	11.1
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	7–13	35.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	7–3	70.0
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Matter	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	26–19	57.8
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	7–8	46.7
Boros Allies	3–5	37.5
Esper Allies	11–1	91.7
Treefolk	4–3	57.1
-1/-1 Counters	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	8–3	72.7
Mardu Midrange	16–11	59.3
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
White Jund	1–3	25.0
Vampires	8–16	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	7–14	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	16–6	72.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Legends	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	38–27	58.5
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	5–2	71.4
Big Red	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Midrange	45–35	56.3
Mono Black Devotion	24–13	64.9
Heart of Darkness	4–7	36.4
Dimir Midrange	5–6	45.5
Angels	11–8	57.9
Mono White Angels	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Angels	11–6	64.7
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	14–10	58.3
Martyr's Grace	11–9	55.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	28–20	58.3
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	10–5	66.7
Neoform	3–1	75.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–3	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	12–12	50.0
Mardu Hero	3–1	75.0
Esper Hero	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	4–7	36.4
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	3–5	37.5
Simic Snow	8–14	36.4
Artifact Midrange	10–10	50.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Nissa Company	0–1	0.0
Ramp	80–68	54.1
Rofellos Ramp	25–32	43.9
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Channel-Rofellos	19–27	41.3
Cloudpost Ramp	40–22	64.5
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	31–20	60.8
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	4–6	40.0