Cruel Control 
Cruel Control Penny Dreadful decklist played by quick at Penny Dreadful Sundays 2.03 (30 Jul 2017).
- Player
- quick
- Finish
- #10 of 16, 1-1
- Archetype
- Cruel Control
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (1)
Instants (20)
- 2 Burst Lightning
- 1 Dissipate
- 3 Dissolve
- 4 Fiery Impulse
- 1 Forbid
- 2 Murder
- 2 Starstorm
- 4 Syncopate
- 1 Ultimate Price
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (25)
- 2 Bad River
- 4 Crumbling Necropolis
- 4 Island
- 3 Izzet Guildgate
- 4 Mountain
- 2 Rocky Tar Pit
- 4 Swamp
- 1 Urza's Factory
- 1 Vivid Creek
Sideboard (15)
- 4 Addle
- 4 Cremate
- 3 Flashfreeze
- 2 Gaea's Blessing
- 1 Pyroclasm
- 1 Ultimate Price
Compared with the average Cruel Control list
Average of 9 decks in the 30 days up to July 30, 2017, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Crumbling Necropolis (4 vs 0.4)
- +4 Fiery Impulse (4 vs 0.4)
- +4 Syncopate (4 vs 0.4)
- +3 Take Inventory (4 vs 0.9)
- +3 Izzet Guildgate (3 vs 0.3)
- +2 Dissolve (3 vs 0.8)
- +2 Mountain (4 vs 2.0)
- +2 Burst Lightning (2 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Island (4 vs 7.8)
- -3 Fact or Fiction (0 vs 2.9)
- -3 Vivid Marsh (0 vs 2.6)
- -2 Vivid Creek (1 vs 3.1)
- -2 Anticipate (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Far // Away (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Vivid Crag (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Negate (0 vs 1.6)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Cremate (4 vs 0.4)
- +3 Addle (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Flashfreeze (3 vs 0.3)
- +2 Gaea's Blessing (2 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Negate (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Consume the Meek (0 vs 1.1)
- -1 Barter in Blood (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 33 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
3.11 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 6 |
Lands
25 41.7% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 77.8%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 81.9%
- Same, on the draw
- 88.1%
Colors: costs and sources
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
1 source (2.3%)
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29 symbols (46.0%)
14 sources (32.6%)
-
14 symbols (22.2%)
13 sources (30.2%)
-
20 symbols (31.7%)
14 sources (32.6%)
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0 symbols (0.0%)
1 source (2.3%)
Card types
- Creatures 1 (1.7%)
- Instants 20 (33.3%)
- Sorceries 12 (20.0%)
- Artifacts 2 (3.3%)
- Lands 25 (41.7%)