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, 2 days.

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

Reanimator

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
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12. 25
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33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	331	715–657	52.1	19	140
Reanimator	108	282–207	57.7	10	62
Worldgorger Dragon	46	156–80	66.1	8	34
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	4	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	58	120–120	50.0	2	28
Rakdos Reanimator	2	1–4	20.0
Dimir Reanimator	3	9–4	69.2	1	2
Mono Black Reanimator	53	110–112	49.5	1	26

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	113–75	60.1
Heroic	16–9	64.0
Mono White Heroic	16–9	64.0
Red Deck Wins	29–21	58.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–2	77.8
White Weenie	5–4	55.6
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–4	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	21–25	45.7
Affinity	20–25	44.4
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	5–1	83.3
Hexproof	5–1	83.3
AggroSlide	11–4	73.3
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	33–33	50.0
Storm	6–3	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	5–3	62.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	16–16	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	7–7	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Dredge	4–5	44.4
Protean Hulk Combo	1–2	33.3
Control	35–19	64.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	5–2	71.4
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	5–2	71.4
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Shrines	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	15–14	51.7
Aristocrats	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	16–15	51.6
Izzet Tempo	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Tempo	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	7–4	63.6
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	6–9	40.0
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–4	20.0
Midrange	53–33	61.6
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–3	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–4	60.0
Mardu Midrange	11–6	64.7
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Heart of Darkness	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Angels	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–7	36.4
Prophet Glare	3–1	75.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	11–9	55.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–8	50.0
Greenpost	8–8	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0