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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Esper Control

Tournaments Only
Season 14▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	432	624–764	45.0	4	49	14
Esper Control	78	119–150	44.2	2	11	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–48	44.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–4	20.0
Heroic	4–6	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	12–22	35.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	3–6	33.3
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	11–10	52.4
Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Eggs	2–3	40.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Cephalid Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Control	13–18	41.9
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–3	40.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–6	40.0
Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	15–7	68.2
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–3	40.0
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Gush	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	8–2	80.0
Midrange	19–13	59.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	6–5	54.5
Wave Blink	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	18–46	28.1
Rofellos Ramp	17–45	27.4
Channel-Rofellos	17–44	27.9
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	1–2	33.3