Traditional Reanimator

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.

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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.

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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 14 weeks.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	365	754–723	51.0	15	124
Reanimator	188	446–350	56.0	9	76
Traditional Reanimator	86	195–170	53.4	2	34
Rakdos Reanimator	43	90–86	51.1	1	16
Dimir Reanimator	1	5–2	71.4	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	41	96–80	54.5	1	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	66–72	47.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	24–32	42.9
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–9	18.2
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	7–2	77.8
Minotaurs	0–2	0.0
Zombies	5–6	45.5
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	11–13	45.8
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Combo	64–44	59.3
Storm	13–7	65.0
Dimir Tendrils	9–6	60.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	31–26	54.4
Recurring Nightmare	20–15	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	19–15	55.9
Traditional Reanimator	11–11	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Hypergenesis	4–1	80.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–5	37.5
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–2	60.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Control	19–21	47.5
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	3–4	42.9
Mono White Control	2–7	22.2
Guildgate Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	0–4	0.0
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–1	87.5
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–9	57.1
Cruel Combo-Control	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	3–1	75.0
Hive Mind	4–3	57.1
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	18–14	56.3
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	9–5	64.3
Rofellos Ramp	6–1	85.7
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–1	50.0