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 14 weeks, 6 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
Mono Black Aristocrats	27	40–49	44.9	0	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	57	95–106	47.3
Golgari Aristocrats	8	8–15	34.8
Abzan Aristocrats	3	2–4	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	3	5–7	41.7
Food	17	18–29	38.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	73	149–112	57.1	0	5	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	82–71	53.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	10–7	58.8
Mono White Heroic	3–5	37.5
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–15	51.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	5–8	38.5
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Elves	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Zombies	3–13	18.8
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	7–5	58.3
AggroSlide	6–11	35.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	72–80	47.4
Storm	17–27	38.6
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	15–26	36.6
Reanimator	9–11	45.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–10	33.3
Double Dragon	1–8	11.1
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	4–4	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	3–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–3	25.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–3	40.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	2–3	40.0
Ominous Good	4–6	40.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Soulflayer	1–6	14.3
Breakfast	10–5	66.7
Hermit Gond	3–3	50.0
Hermit Dredge	4–1	80.0
Neoform Hermit	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	4–2	66.7
Control	46–43	51.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	10–1	90.9
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Ponza	10–11	47.6
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–4	42.9
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–13	60.6
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	10–1	90.9
Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	20–27	42.6
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	1–3	25.0
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	3–2	60.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–11	26.7
Izzet Spells	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–15	51.6
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–11	54.2
Wildfire	13–11	54.2
Thryx-Wildfire	7–3	70.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Midrange	60–60	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	8–0	100.0
Blink	3–11	21.4
Wave Blink	3–9	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Wave	1–2	33.3
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–10	16.7
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Midrange	13–6	68.4
Mono Black Devotion	8–5	61.5
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mythic Colossification	1–3	25.0
Ramp	12–23	34.3
Cloudpost Ramp	9–20	31.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	5–13	27.8
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	0–2	0.0