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?

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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.

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 12 weeks, 5 days.

Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 25▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	1548	3139–2418	56.5	38	190	103
Aristocrats	166	275–288	48.8	2	16	7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3	4–9	30.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	14	17–31	35.4	0	1	1
Golgari Aristocrats	10	3–15	16.7
Abzan Aristocrats	9	5–24	17.2
Mardu Aristocrats	12	25–21	54.3	0	1
Food	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	82	157–134	54.0	1	9	4
Boros Bombardment	30	59–44	57.3	1	5	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–67	44.6
Mono Black Aggro	4–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–15	40.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	7–17	29.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–7	22.2
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–8	38.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Artifact Aggro	6–9	40.0
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	4–7	36.4
Madness	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Madness	1–3	25.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	45–45	50.0
Storm	10–18	35.7
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	8–17	32.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Worldgorger Dragon	4–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–1	75.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Four Color Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Soulflayer	5–2	71.4
Reanim8 Rack	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	5–5	50.0
Oops All Spells	5–5	50.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	34–38	47.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	7–16	30.4
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–6	40.0
Mono White Control	0–3	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	4–4	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	37–35	51.4
Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–3	66.7
Infect	1–3	25.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	21–19	52.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–16	55.6
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	19–18	51.4
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	17–13	56.7
Curses	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–8	55.6
Jokulhaups Control	10–8	55.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	7–6	53.8
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	57–60	48.7
The Rock	7–1	87.5
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	9–6	60.0
Blink	1–9	10.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–5	16.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–15	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–5	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–5	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–2	66.7
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	2–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflips	1–1	50.0
Ramp	12–12	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–8	42.9
Greenpost	6–7	46.2
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	1–0	100.0