Rakdos 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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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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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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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 13 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	503	851–896	48.7	1	25	11
Aristocrats	195	328–332	49.7	0	6	3
Rakdos Aristocrats	73	149–112	57.1	0	5	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–25	60.9
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–7	56.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	4–0	100.0
Zombies	0–5	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–4	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–26	51.9
Storm	9–9	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	9–8	52.9
Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–4	0.0
Double Dragon	0–4	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	3–1	75.0
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	0–4	0.0
Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Hermit Gond	2–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Control	25–15	62.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	6–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–6	45.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–3	78.6
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	7–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–7	58.8
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–5	58.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–3	66.7
Wildfire	6–3	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Midrange	23–25	47.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–4	0.0
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	6–6	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–6	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0