Rakdos 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.

Learn more

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
More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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 day, 6 hours.

Don't show me this again

Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1886	3296–3208	50.7	23	106	73
Reanimator	455	995–718	58.1	5	31	32
Traditional Reanimator	428	963–666	59.1	5	31	32
Rakdos Reanimator	255	588–422	58.2	1	18	20

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	110–100	52.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–4	33.3
Heroic	6–7	46.2
Mono White Heroic	6–6	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	24–16	60.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	5–1	83.3
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	3–8	27.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–7	22.2
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Zombies	7–9	43.8
Gruul Aggro	4–4	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	18–20	47.4
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Salvage Titan	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	12–15	44.4
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	18–12	60.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	16–11	59.3
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	123–71	63.4
Storm	55–14	79.7
Dimir Tendrils	18–8	69.2
Dragonstorm	16–3	84.2
Simic Storm	7–2	77.8
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	7–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	17–23	42.5
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	16–22	42.1
Rakdos Reanimator	12–12	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–7	56.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9–7	56.3
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Dredge	6–9	40.0
Enduring Ideal	0–3	0.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	4–2	66.7
Control	97–53	64.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	7–4	63.6
Demonic Rising	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	8–8	50.0
Azorius Control	12–8	60.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	13–8	61.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–7	53.3
Grixis Control	4–5	44.4
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Control	5–1	83.3
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	8–2	80.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	50–28	64.1
Aristocrats	12–8	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–3	0.0
Burn	10–2	83.3
Infect	16–10	61.5
Simic Infect	10–8	55.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–1	80.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	42–26	61.8
Simic Flash	2–2	50.0
Izzet Tempo	14–3	82.4
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	13–9	59.1
Combo-Control	25–21	54.3
Curses	1–3	25.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	20–14	58.8
Wildfire	6–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	14–14	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–12	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	124–119	51.0
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	13–15	46.4
Blink	11–21	34.4
Wave Blink	11–21	34.4
Azorius Wave	4–12	25.0
Abzan Wave	4–6	40.0
Bant Wave	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	8–8	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	6–7	46.2
Allies	5–1	83.3
Esper Allies	3–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–7	36.4
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	26–21	55.3
Mono Black Devotion	23–16	59.0
Dimir Midrange	10–6	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	3–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	12–24	33.3
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Ramp	17–4	81.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–3	66.7
Greenpost	6–3	66.7
Carth Superfriends	7–0	100.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0