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, 4 days.

Esper Control

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
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
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17. 21
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22. 16
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24. 14
25. 13
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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	1231	1902–2152–2	46.9	5	55	25
Esper Control	39	62–59	51.2	0	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	11–17	39.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–8	27.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Combo	20–12	62.5
Storm	6–1	85.7
Dimir Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Control	12–12	50.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–0	100.0
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Midrange	7–9	43.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–4	42.9
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0