Grixis Reanimator

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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.

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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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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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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	34898	58148–59781–18	49.3	395	2525	1572
Reanimator	5295	10023–8812–4	53.2	55	447	258
Traditional Reanimator	2879	5237–4913–4	51.6	31	248	120
Grixis Reanimator	53	87–95	47.8	1	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	15–23	39.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–5	37.5
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–15	54.5
Storm	5–2	71.4
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	16–23	41.0
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Reclamation	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	4–8	33.3
Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	0–2	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–3	70.0
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–6	45.5
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	19–14	57.6
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–6	14.3
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Temur Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Eureka!	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0