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.

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

Reanimator

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	365	754–723	51.0	15	124
Reanimator	188	446–350	56.0	9	76
Recurring Nightmare	101	250–180	58.1	7	42
Dragon Nightmare	96	243–168	59.1	7	41
Grozoth	1	1–0	100.0
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	165–155	51.6
Mono Black Aggro	6–2	75.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	60–61	49.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	13–20	39.4
Tokens	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	6–1	85.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Elves	12–8	60.0
Minotaurs	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	12–15	44.4
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	6–2	75.0
Tempered Steel	6–2	75.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	27–34	44.3
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Combo	119–103	53.6
Storm	27–23	54.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	17–16	51.5
Simic Storm	3–3	50.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Reanimator	60–60	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	34–29	54.0
Dragon Nightmare	33–29	53.2
Traditional Reanimator	26–31	45.6
Rakdos Reanimator	10–14	41.7
Mono Black Reanimator	15–17	46.9
Hypergenesis	5–1	83.3
Metalwork Colossus	7–8	46.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	4–1	80.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	5–4	55.6
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Control	50–36	58.1
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Turbo Fog	7–1	87.5
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–5	58.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–6	14.3
Cruel Control	1–3	25.0
Ponza	8–7	53.3
Mono White Control	5–8	38.5
Guildgate Control	6–1	85.7
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–6	45.5
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	16–4	80.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	7–2	77.8
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	19–16	54.3
Cruel Combo-Control	5–5	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	6–3	66.7
Hive Mind	4–5	44.4
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	50–23	68.5
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	7–4	63.6
Wave Blink	7–4	63.6
Esper Wave	2–4	33.3
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	4–0	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
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–1	92.3
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Devotion	6–5	54.5
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	4–3	57.1
Ramp	22–7	75.9
Rofellos Ramp	11–2	84.6
Wild Pair	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	2–2	50.0