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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Dimir Thopter-Sword

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	11115	19325–19090–13	50.3	103	853	522
Thopter-Sword	211	370–287	56.3	0	7	24
Dimir Thopter-Sword	70	100–92	52.1	0	1	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	25–19	56.8
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–4	42.9
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–4	42.9
Elves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–4	63.6
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Rats	2–1	66.7
Combo	23–17	57.5
Storm	8–7	53.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	7–6	53.8
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Unctus	3–0	100.0
Dredge	1–7	12.5
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–2	33.3
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Control	13–15	46.4
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	1–3	25.0
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	9–10	47.4
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–5	54.5
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–4	55.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–2	71.4
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	3–4	42.9
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–2	33.3
Dimir Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Midrange	15–19	44.1
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–6	40.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Ramp	6–2	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0