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 90 decks in the 90 days up to Aug. 1, 2023, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Arcane Sanctum (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Comparative Analysis (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Council's Judgment (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Crumbling Necropolis (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Farseek (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Honden of Infinite Rage (4 vs 0.0)
- +4 Honden of Seeing Winds (4 vs 0.0)
Fewer than usual
- -14 Island (2 vs 16.3)
- -11 Swamp (2 vs 12.7)
- -7 Forest (3 vs 10.1)
- -4 Ponder (0 vs 3.7)
- -4 Gitaxian Probe (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Fact or Fiction (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Lose Focus (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Evolving Wilds (0 vs 3.5)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Crypt Incursion (4 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Negate (0 vs 1.1)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 212 cards away from the average.