Mono Black Midrange 
Mono Black Midrange Penny Dreadful decklist played by unknowntriangulator at Penny Dreadful Thursdays 42.01 (7 May 2026).
- Player
- unknowntriangulator
- Finish
- #13 of 16, 1-3
- Archetype
- Mono Black Midrange
- Staples
- Mono Black Midrange
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (60)
Sideboard (14)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (19)
- 2 Hypnotic Specter
- 1 Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
- 4 Murderous Rider // Swift End
- 4 Preacher of the Schism
- 4 Qarsi Revenant
- 4 Unstoppable Slasher
Instants (12)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (22)
- 22 Swamp
Sideboard (14)
Compared with the average Mono Black Midrange list
Average of 15 decks in the 30 days up to May 7, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Dark Ritual (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Murderous Rider (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Preacher of the Schism (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Raven's Crime (4 vs 0.3)
- +3 Bile Blight (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Erebos's Intervention (4 vs 0.9)
- +3 Phyrexian Arena (3 vs 0.2)
- +2 Hypnotic Specter (2 vs 0.1)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Dark Confidant (0 vs 2.9)
- -2 Caustic Bronco (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Dream Beavers (0 vs 1.6)
- -2 Fear of Lost Teeth (0 vs 1.6)
- -2 Realm of Koh (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Kitesail Freebooter (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Knight of the Ebon Legion (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Vampire Lacerator (0 vs 1.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Duress (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Deathmark (4 vs 0.5)
- +2 Lost Legacy (3 vs 0.6)
- +2 Hypnotic Specter (2 vs 0.1)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Cruelclaw's Heist (0 vs 1.9)
- -1 Phyrexian Crusader (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Plague Engineer (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Silent Gravestone (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 31 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.26 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 19 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
22 36.7% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 75.4%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 71.9%
- Same, on the draw
- 79.6%
Colors: costs and sources
Card types
- Creatures 19 (31.7%)
- Instants 12 (20.0%)
- Sorceries 4 (6.7%)
- Enchantments 3 (5.0%)
- Lands 22 (36.7%)














