Aristocrats

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?

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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	308	596–466	56.1	5	24	19
Aristocrats	240	543–360	60.1	5	23	19
Mono Black Aristocrats	174	438–242	64.4	5	23	16
Orzhov Aristocrats	14	20–22	47.6			1
Golgari Aristocrats	35	64–61	51.2			2
Abzan Aristocrats	9	8–20	28.6
Mardu Aristocrats	4	8–8	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	129–136	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	16–12	57.1
Heroic	9–2	81.8
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	7–2	77.8
Red Deck Wins	17–22	43.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	16–19	45.7
Odric Keywords	4–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	4–8	33.3
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	33–55	37.5
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	28–55	33.7
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	11–4	73.3
Equipment Aggro	11–4	73.3
Rakdos Aggro	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Hellbent	5–4	55.6
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Shamans	1–3	25.0
Combo	66–58	53.2
Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–0	100.0
Grozoth	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–10	28.6
New Perspectives	10–5	66.7
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Mardu Life	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	14–8	63.6
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	19–33	36.5
Cephalid Breakfast	19–33	36.5
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	12–28	30.0
Grixis Breakfast	7–5	58.3
Control	146–52	73.7
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	11–18	37.9
Mono Blue Control	4–4	50.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	5–0	100.0
Mardu Control	6–1	85.7
Mill	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	15–3	83.3
Stax	10–3	76.9
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Control	9–1	90.0
Galleon Control	3–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Life is Ez	4–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	12–1	92.3
Astral Slide	11–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	32–8	80.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	24–22	52.2
Aristocrats	16–16	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–13	43.5
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	13–7	65.0
Izzet Tempo	6–1	85.7
Azorius Skies	2–3	40.0
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	33–36	47.8
Curses	11–25	30.6
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	6–5	54.5
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–6	62.5
Wildfire	10–6	62.5
Midrange	122–49	71.3
The Rock	13–1	92.9
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	10–6	62.5
Jund	16–1	94.1
Blink	6–6	50.0
Acid Trip	3–2	60.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	11–4	73.3
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	6–4	60.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	5–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–3	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	4–4	50.0
Vampires	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	6–4	60.0
Legends Midrange	15–6	71.4
Mardu Legends	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Legends	4–4	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Card Advantage White	6–5	54.5
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–0	100.0
Domain	2–0	100.0