Battle of Wits 
Battle of Wits Penny Dreadful decklist played by xandrrr at League July 2023 (1 Aug 2023).
- Player
- xandrrr
- Finish
- 0-1
- Event
- League July 2023,
- Archetype
- Battle of Wits
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (269)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (269)
Creatures (15)
- 3 Dream Trawler
- 4 Fae of Wishes // Granted
- 4 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom
- 4 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Planeswalkers (2)
Instants (4)
Sorceries (77)
- 4 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 4 Brainspoil
- 4 Bring to Light
- 4 Council's Judgment
- 1 Creeping Corrosion
- 4 Cultivate
- 3 Diabolic Tutor
- 3 Enduring Ideal
- 4 Farseek
- 4 Idyllic Tutor
- 4 Kodama's Reach
- 4 Mastermind's Acquisition
- 4 Mizzium Mortars
- 4 Nature's Lore
- 3 Pyroclasm
- 4 Rampant Growth
- 4 Ranger's Path
- 3 Shatter the Sky
- 1 Slaughter Games
- 4 Vindicate
- 4 Wrath of God
- 3 Yahenni's Expertise
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (42)
- 2 Assemble the Legion
- 2 Battle of Frost and Fire
- 3 Battle of Wits
- 1 Honden of Cleansing Fire
- 4 Honden of Infinite Rage
- 1 Honden of Life's Web
- 3 Honden of Night's Reach
- 4 Honden of Seeing Winds
- 1 In Bolas's Clutches
- 4 Oblivion Ring
- 3 Sanctum of All
- 1 Sandwurm Convergence
- 4 Sphere of Safety
- 4 The Birth of Meletis
- 1 The Mending of Dominaria
- 4 Yawgmoth's Bargain
Lands (117)
- 4 Arcane Sanctum
- 2 Battlefield Forge
- 2 Canyon Slough
- 3 Caves of Koilos
- 2 Clifftop Retreat
- 4 Crumbling Necropolis
- 2 Dragonskull Summit
- 2 Drowned Catacomb
- 2 Fetid Heath
- 2 Fetid Pools
- 2 Flooded Grove
- 3 Forest
- 3 Frontier Bivouac
- 4 Glacial Fortress
- 2 Graven Cairns
- 2 Haunted Mire
- 3 Hinterland Harbor
- 2 Idyllic Beachfront
- 2 Island
- 3 Isolated Chapel
- 4 Jungle Shrine
- 2 Molten Tributary
- 1 Mountain
- 4 Murmuring Bosk
- 3 Mystic Monastery
- 4 Nomad Outpost
- 4 Opulent Palace
- 2 Plains
- 3 Rootbound Crag
- 4 Sandsteppe Citadel
- 3 Savage Lands
- 3 Scattered Groves
- 4 Seaside Citadel
- 2 Sheltered Thicket
- 3 Shivan Reef
- 2 Sulfur Falls
- 2 Sunlit Marsh
- 3 Sunpetal Grove
- 2 Swamp
- 2 Tangled Islet
- 3 Wooded Bastion
- 3 Woodland Cemetery
- 3 Yavimaya Coast
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Battle of Wits list
Average of 38 decks in the 7 days up to Aug. 1, 2023, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Arcane Sanctum (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Bring to Light (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Comparative Analysis (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Council's Judgment (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Crumbling Necropolis (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Farseek (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Glacial Fortress (4 vs 0.1)
- +4 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom (4 vs 0.1)
Fewer than usual
- -18 Island (2 vs 20.1)
- -16 Swamp (2 vs 18.4)
- -6 Forest (3 vs 8.9)
- -4 Gitaxian Probe (0 vs 3.9)
- -4 Ponder (0 vs 3.9)
- -4 Lose Focus (0 vs 3.8)
- -4 Evolving Wilds (0 vs 3.8)
- -4 Terramorphic Expanse (0 vs 3.8)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Crypt Incursion (4 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Negate (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Flaying Tendrils (0 vs 1.1)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 218 cards away from the average.