Esper Dragons

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?

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 5 days, 19 hours.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	33683	54359–59234–43	47.9	259	2373	1263
Dragon Control	482	707–992	41.6	6	48	6
Esper Dragons	54	82–94	46.6	0	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	14–19	42.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	17–11	60.7
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	2–3	40.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Oops All Spells	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	16–18	47.1
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Cruel Control	1–3	25.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	3–11	21.4
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Turbo Myth	0–1	0.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	5–11	31.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Approach Necro	0–1	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–2	33.3
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	17–15	53.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–4	50.0
Wave Blink	4–3	57.1
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Necro Midrange	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	6–5	54.5
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–2	0.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0