Grixis Control 
Grixis Control Penny Dreadful decklist played by Gaiametris at League June 2026 (1 Jul 2026).
- Player
- Gaiametris
- Finish
- 1-0
- Event
- League June 2026,
- Archetype
- Grixis Control
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (60)
Sideboard (14)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Instants (20)
- 4 Aether Spike
- 1 Dig Through Time
- 1 Forbid
- 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
- 3 Invert Polarity
- 4 Memory Deluge
- 4 Sauron's Ransom
- 2 Spell Pierce
Sorceries (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Agna Qel'a
- 4 Blood Crypt
- 2 Cascade Bluffs
- 3 Darkslick Shores
- 2 Fabled Passage
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Island
- 1 Mountain
- 1 River of Tears
- 2 Shivan Reef
- 4 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Swamp
Sideboard (14)
Compared with the average Grixis Control list
Average of 4 decks in the 30 days up to July 1, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Aether Spike (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Madcap Experiment (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Sauron's Ransom (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Stormcarved Coast (4 vs 1.0)
- +2 Darkslick Shores (3 vs 0.8)
- +2 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (3 vs 0.8)
- +2 Memory Deluge (4 vs 1.8)
- +2 Cascade Bluffs (2 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Dragonskull Summit (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Drowned Catacomb (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Duress (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Fetid Pools (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Sulfur Falls (0 vs 3.0)
- -2 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (1 vs 3.3)
- -2 Dreadbore (0 vs 2.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Chrome Host Seedshark (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Disfigure (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Spell Pierce (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Zero Point Ballad (2 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Silent Gravestone (0 vs 2.8)
- -2 Unmoored Ego (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Human Frailty (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Urabrask's Forge (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Erebos's Intervention (0 vs 1.0)
- -1 Ritual of Soot (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 35 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
3.58 average mana value · 3.72 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 7+ | 2 | 1 |
Lands
24 40.0% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 77.5%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 78.9%
- Same, on the draw
- 85.6%
Colors: costs and sources
-
37 symbols (62.7%)
17 sources (37.0%)
-
13 symbols (22.0%)
13 sources (28.3%)
-
9 symbols (15.3%)
16 sources (34.8%)
Card types
- Creatures 7 (11.7%)
- Planeswalkers 1 (1.7%)
- Instants 20 (33.3%)
- Sorceries 6 (10.0%)
- Enchantments 2 (3.3%)
- Lands 24 (40.0%)