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 1 week, 6 days.

Esper Control

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	973	1591–1559	50.5	18	106	40
Esper Control	111	203–164	55.3	1	6	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–45	50.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–9	25.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–4	42.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Mono White Humans	1–1	50.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–5	66.7
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	6–4	60.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	6–11	35.3
Boros Humans	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Humans	3–4	42.9
Legends Aggro	2–6	25.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Bard Class	0–4	0.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Pirates	3–4	42.9
Combo	44–26	62.9
Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	6–7	46.2
Temur Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Boros Glimpse	6–5	54.5
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Oops All Lands	5–1	83.3
Dredge	10–10	50.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–8	46.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	2–1	66.7
Control	28–22	56.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–11	45.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–16	44.8
Aristocrats	10–15	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–15	34.8
Burn	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–6	64.7
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Librarians	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–6	45.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Midrange	41–31	56.9
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	5–1	83.3
Blink	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Fight Rigging	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–3	66.7
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	2–3	40.0
Ramp	15–12	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Field Ramp	7–9	43.8
Superfriends	1–0	100.0