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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Esper Control

Tournaments Only
Season 32▾
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
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32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1009	1684–1623	50.9	5	66	43
Esper Control	67	102–123	45.3	0	2	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–23	47.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	7–4	63.6
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Mono White Humans	5–2	71.4
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Humans	2–3	40.0
Boros Humans	2–2	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–4	20.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Bard Class	0–2	0.0
Combo	28–34	45.2
Storm	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Warp World	0–6	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–6	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	3–1	75.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Phoenix Altar	4–3	57.1
Actual Twin	6–7	46.2
Izzet Twin	6–6	50.0
Boros Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	15–25	37.5
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–4	20.0
Prison	0–3	0.0
Enchantress	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	2–5	28.6
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	26–20	56.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–7	36.4
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	0–2	0.0