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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	517	882–931	48.6	4	40	15
Aristocrats	131	225–245	47.9	1	7	4
Mono Black Aristocrats	24	34–33	50.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	56	105–108	49.3	1	7	1
Golgari Aristocrats	8	11–21	34.4			1
Abzan Aristocrats	4	4–11	26.7
Mardu Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Food	2	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	11	19–20	48.7
Boros Bombardment	8	20–8	71.4			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–66	43.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	5–9	35.7
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–5	44.4
Red Deck Wins	8–9	47.1
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	0–4	0.0
Elves	3–13	18.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	13–13	50.0
Affinity	3–4	42.9
Salvage Titan	3–1	75.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–1	80.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–2	33.3
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Azorius Humans	1–4	20.0
Combo	44–57	43.6
Storm	24–35	40.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	14–15	48.3
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	2–18	10.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Recurring Nightmare	5–5	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Warp World	5–4	55.6
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	4–4	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–2	0.0
Control	48–34	58.5
Mono Black Control	5–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–5	68.8
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–5	16.7
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	4–2	66.7
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	18–13	58.1
Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	5–3	62.5
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–3	25.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	12–23	34.3
Izzet Tempo	3–7	30.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	5–5	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–8	57.9
Curses	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–6	60.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–6	57.1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–6	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	39–40	49.4
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–6	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–6	25.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	2–1	66.7
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–4	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–5	28.6
Five Color Hero	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	8–7	53.3
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Ramp	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0