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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1092	1625–1810–1	47.3	10	114	40
Fires of Invention	83	140–127	52.4	1	6	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–44	39.7
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	0–4	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–4	20.0
Equipment Aggro	1–4	20.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	11–15	42.3
Boros Legends Aggro	10–13	43.5
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	23–23	50.0
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necro Combo	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–4	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	3–2	60.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	4–2	66.7
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–8	11.1
Control	25–26	49.0
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	10–9	52.6
Prison	1–4	20.0
Enchantress	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Combo	4–1	80.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Necro Burn	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–5	66.7
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–8	20.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–2	0.0
Midrange	44–20	68.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	5–3	62.5
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Necro Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	7–2	77.8
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0