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.

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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

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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.

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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	963	1841–1459–1	55.8	23	145	67
Esper Control	128	217–182	54.4	2	9	12

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–35	53.3
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–3	57.1
Goblins	1–5	16.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	5–1	83.3
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–2	0.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	3–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	7–14	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	6–14	30.0
Combo	41–24	63.1
Storm	2–3	40.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	3–2	60.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	7–4	63.6
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	7–3	70.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	5–4	55.6
Control	37–49	43.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Dimir Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	9–22	29.0
Prison	5–6	45.5
Enchantress	4–6	40.0
Aggro-Combo	10–3	76.9
Aristocrats	6–0	100.0
Food	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Necro Burn	3–2	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–9	66.7
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Dimir Faeries	3–1	75.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Curses	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	61–53	53.5
Temur Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–5	37.5
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–5	50.0
Necro Midrange	5–5	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–8	27.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–6	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	5–1	83.3
Death Cloud	2–3	40.0
Ramp	1–2	33.3
Domain	1–0	100.0