Esper Control

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.

Learn more

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
More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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 14 weeks, 6 days.

Don't show me this again

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1073	1705–1707	50.0	11	87	50
Esper Control	132	239–173	58.0	0	13	17

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–47	56.9
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	15–6	71.4
Goblins	5–3	62.5
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	9–5	64.3
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–4	0.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Legends Aggro	17–19	47.2
Boros Legends Aggro	16–17	48.5
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	47–18	72.3
Storm	19–7	73.1
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
High Tide	12–4	75.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–2	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	6–4	60.0
Possibility Storm	0–2	0.0
Control	48–36	57.1
Esper Control	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	7–19	26.9
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–5	16.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	4–12	25.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–3	62.5
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–3	50.0
Golgari Infect	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–4	69.2
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	13–10	56.5
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	4–1	80.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	1–7	12.5
Midrange	48–46	51.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	10–25	28.6
Wave Blink	7–21	25.0
Azorius Wave	5–17	22.7
Orzhov Wave	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Legends	3–2	60.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	5–6	45.5
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	7–9	43.8
Cloudpost Ramp	4–7	36.4
Eldrazipost	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	0–3	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7