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 7 weeks, 2 days.

Fires of Invention

Tournaments Only
Season 30▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1210	1987–2018	49.6	9	96	63
Fires of Invention	135	231–261	47.0	2	16	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–60	50.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–5	0.0
Red Deck Wins	10–14	41.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	7–3	70.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	4–2	66.7
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	14–21	40.0
Boros Legends Aggro	11–18	37.9
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	25–42	37.3
Storm	3–14	17.6
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	2–12	14.3
Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–2	50.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	2–2	50.0
Tameshi Bloom	3–6	33.3
Possibility Storm	2–2	50.0
Control	43–37	53.8
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–13	27.8
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	4–2	66.7
Enchantress	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Combo	8–7	53.3
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	7–4	63.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Golgari Infect	6–3	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–19	34.5
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	4–3	57.1
Dimir Faeries	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	11–7	61.1
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	67–68	49.6
Temur Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
The Rock	6–3	66.7
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	3–5	37.5
Blink	15–11	57.7
Wave Blink	11–11	50.0
Azorius Wave	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Wave	2–1	66.7
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–3	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–8	27.3
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	2–5	28.6
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Big Red	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	7–7	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–5	37.5
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–21	19.2
Cloudpost Ramp	4–13	23.5
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	2–4	33.3
Gruul Post	0–3	0.0
Simic Post	1–5	16.7
Carth Superfriends	0–5	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0