Fires of Invention

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.

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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.

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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 hour, 32 minutes.

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	808	1161–1407	45.2	5	56	14
Fires of Invention	87	182–150	54.8	2	13	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–28	56.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	14–5	73.7
Soldiers	8–5	61.5
Elves	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–4	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–3	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	4–5	44.4
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	1–4	20.0
Combo	37–46	44.6
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–1	83.3
Warp World	7–13	35.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	2–10	16.7
Actual Twin	7–14	33.3
Izzet Twin	6–14	30.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	44–24	64.7
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	5–2	71.4
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–3	57.1
Prison	6–3	66.7
Enchantress	6–3	66.7
Aggro-Combo	8–4	66.7
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–9	52.6
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	2–4	33.3
Combo-Control	1–5	16.7
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	25–25	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–2	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	20–9	69.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	11–3	78.6
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	5–1	83.3
Gruul Post	4–1	80.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	3–2	60.0