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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Mardu Aristocrats

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	14088	25945–23698–4	52.3	204	1330	679
Aristocrats	4380	8242–7275–3	53.1	64	396	230
Mardu Aristocrats	93	147–183	44.5	0	6	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–34	55.3
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–9	52.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	7–3	70.0
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Boros Vehicles	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–30	31.8
Storm	5–6	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	0–3	0.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Hyperwave	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Cat Wave	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Dredge	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Control	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–24	25.0
Aristocrats	1–10	9.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Necro Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–4	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Hushnought	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–13	48.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–10	44.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–6	33.3
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Thopter-Sword	0–2	0.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–37	44.8
Temur Ascendancy	2–5	28.6
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–5	16.7
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	6–7	46.2
Cloudpost Ramp	4–4	50.0
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0