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.

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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 6 days, 10 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	360	712–617	53.6	9	33	24
Aristocrats	214	493–363	57.6	8	29	20
Mono Black Aristocrats	29	86–48	64.2	2	5	3
Orzhov Aristocrats	126	299–212	58.5	6	22	13
Golgari Aristocrats	27	63–51	55.3	0	1	4
Abzan Aristocrats	20	29–28	50.9	0	1
Mardu Aristocrats	7	5–13	27.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	1	1–1	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	147–90	62.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	7–6	53.8
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	84–43	66.1
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Prisoner	4–1	80.0
Proliferate Red	7–3	70.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–7	46.2
White Weenie	5–1	83.3
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–5	54.5
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	10–6	62.5
Affinity	6–4	60.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	7–5	58.3
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	6–3	66.7
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	59–61	49.2
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	27–36	42.9
Recurring Nightmare	21–23	47.7
Dragon Nightmare	10–12	45.5
Jund Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	3–4	42.9
Living Death	4–13	23.5
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	2–1	66.7
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–1	88.9
Umbral Mantle	8–10	44.4
"Twin"	1–2	33.3
Murderous Mastery	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–3	40.0
Stuffy Doll	2–2	50.0
Control	82–80	50.6
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	4–10	28.6
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	22–34	39.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Blackpost	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–6	14.3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–6	40.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–6	14.3
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	11–11	50.0
Jeskai Approach	5–6	45.5
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–2	66.7
Cycling Control	6–4	60.0
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	3–6	33.3
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	3–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–4	50.0
Aggro-Combo	33–22	60.0
Aristocrats	16–16	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	12–12	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	11–5	68.8
Aggro-Control	22–18	55.0
Simic Flash	5–8	38.5
Simic Vat	5–8	38.5
Izzet Tempo	3–5	37.5
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	3–0	100.0
12 Pest	9–5	64.3
Combo-Control	35–20	63.6
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	9–4	69.2
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	14–12	53.8
Wildfire	14–12	53.8
Midrange	84–55	60.4
Temur Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
The Rock	8–3	72.7
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	7–10	41.2
Wave Blink	7–5	58.3
Azorius Wave	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–5	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	9–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	5–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	14–11	56.0
Mono Black Vampires	11–7	61.1
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	7–6	53.8
Sultai Emerge	7–6	53.8
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	31–17	64.6
Villainous Wealth	0–2	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	16–4	80.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–11	50.0
Eldrazipost	1–2	33.3
Locus Awakening	2–3	40.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0