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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Dimir Reanimator

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2. 36
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5771	12140–11201–18	52.0	431	2796
Reanimator	1013	2252–1949–4	53.6	58	469
Traditional Reanimator	573	1215–1112–4	52.2	32	256
Dimir Reanimator	36	98–61	61.6	2	20

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–31	55.1
Heroic	11–8	57.9
Mono White Heroic	9–3	75.0
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–13	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	0–2	0.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Combo	9–11	45.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–4	33.3
Hyperwave	2–3	40.0
Cat Wave	1–2	33.3
Acid Wave	0–1	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Control	21–7	75.0
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	8–3	72.7
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–1	92.3
Izzet Tempo	6–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Clues	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Midrange	10–5	66.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0