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 17 hours, 48 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	6032	11532–12228–34	48.5	294	2700
Fires of Invention	95	204–195	51.1	5	44

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–54	51.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	0–4	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–8	52.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	10–5	66.7
Soldiers	6–3	66.7
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
8 Whack	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	7–7	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	11–14	44.0
Boros Legends Aggro	10–13	43.5
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Combo	33–44	42.9
Storm	2–6	25.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–6	14.3
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–0	100.0
Warp World	2–3	40.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	3–3	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–9	10.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–8	11.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	3–1	75.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–2	33.3
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	2–7	22.2
Actual Twin	3–1	75.0
Izzet Twin	3–1	75.0
Control	37–30	55.2
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–6	45.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	5–5	50.0
Prison	4–1	80.0
Enchantress	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	14–12	53.8
Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Infect	5–4	55.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–12	42.9
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–4	55.6
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–3	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	36–32	52.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	5–4	55.6
Wave Blink	4–4	50.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–4	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–1	83.3
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	3–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–7	65.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	6–3	66.7
Greenpost	5–1	83.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0