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.

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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.

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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	224	396–354	52.8	0	11	14
Aristocrats	121	261–186	58.4	0	4	12
Mono Black Aristocrats	68	163–100	62.0	0	1	9
Orzhov Aristocrats	12	24–21	53.3	0	1	2
Abzan Aristocrats	9	21–12	63.6	0	1	1
Food	17	17–29	37.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	13	33–20	62.3	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	79–61	56.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	17–7	70.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	8–9	47.1
Tokens	6–7	46.2
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–1	85.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–1	83.3
Elves	1–6	14.3
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	8–7	53.3
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	6–3	66.7
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	10–13	43.5
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	40–34	54.1
Storm	9–8	52.9
Sultai Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–5	28.6
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	17–15	53.1
Recurring Nightmare	6–11	35.3
Dragon Nightmare	6–11	35.3
Traditional Reanimator	11–4	73.3
Rakdos Reanimator	6–1	85.7
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	5–3	62.5
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	3–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	37–21	63.8
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	8–6	57.1
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–7	53.3
Aristocrats	7–7	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–6	62.5
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–10	44.4
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–6	14.3
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	64–34	65.3
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	3–2	60.0
Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	4–4	50.0
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–4	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	6–2	75.0
Davriel Braids	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Mutate	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	3–2	60.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	15–13	53.6
Rofellos Ramp	4–4	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–2	50.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	3–1	75.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0