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

View the full legal cards list
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.

Current League

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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 1 week, 1 day.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Rakdos Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5725	12045–11104–18	52.0	428	2776
Reanimator	1003	2228–1925–4	53.6	57	466
Traditional Reanimator	569	1203–1105–4	52.1	31	254
Rakdos Reanimator	84	171–170	50.1	2	35

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–65	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	3–4	42.9
Red Deck Wins	24–19	55.8
Goblins	3–6	33.3
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Zombies	5–5	50.0
Artifact Aggro	6–11	35.3
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	6–10	37.5
Madness	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Madness	4–3	57.1
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	8–8	50.0
Combo	46–28	62.2
Storm	17–5	77.3
Dimir Tendrils	6–4	60.0
Dragonstorm	6–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	15–14	51.7
Recurring Nightmare	9–6	60.0
Dragon Nightmare	8–6	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Control	12–23	34.3
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–4	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–3	0.0
Mono White Control	1–5	16.7
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	3–8	27.3
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–4	33.3
Simic Infect	1–4	20.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–2	71.4
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–10	52.4
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	3–3	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–1	83.3
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	28–29	49.1
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	5–6	45.5
Wave Blink	5–6	45.5
Azorius Wave	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–7	30.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–6	14.3
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	3–5	37.5
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–5	44.4
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–3	0.0
Greenpost	0–3	0.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0