Esper Control

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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.

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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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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.

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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	809	1280–1434	47.2	8	67	24
Esper Control	65	116–102	53.2	0	6	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–28	48.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	5–3	62.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–9	30.8
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–6	0.0
Gruul Humans	0–6	0.0
Combo	17–12	58.6
Storm	8–6	57.1
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	7–6	53.8
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	16–18	47.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	6–1	85.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	6–3	66.7
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	11–8	57.9
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Simic Vat	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–4	50.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–4	20.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Cruel Combo-Control	0–4	0.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	34–26	56.7
Temur Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Verdant Succession	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	1–3	25.0
Dimir Vat	0–2	0.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–2	60.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0