Battle of Wits 
Battle of Wits Penny Dreadful decklist played by marcuskane at Penny Dreadful Thursdays 6.10 (8 Dec 2017).
- Player
- marcuskane
- Finish
- #16 of 20, 1-3
- Archetype
- Battle of Wits
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (250)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (250)
Creatures (75)
- 1 Akroan Horse
- 2 Angelic Wall
- 2 Archers of Qarsi
- 1 Battle Rampart
- 1 Benevolent Ancestor
- 1 Black Oak of Odunos
- 4 Bogardan Hellkite
- 1 Carven Caryatid
- 1 Colossus of Akros
- 1 Coral Barrier
- 1 Crude Rampart
- 1 Daunting Defender
- 4 Doorkeeper
- 1 Dragon Egg
- 1 Dragon's Eye Sentry
- 1 Drift of the Dead
- 1 Elder Land Wurm
- 1 Fortified Rampart
- 1 Gargoyle Sentinel
- 1 Gatecreeper Vine
- 1 Geist of the Archives
- 1 Geist of the Lonely Vigil
- 1 Grotag Siege-Runner
- 1 Guard Gomazoa
- 1 Guardians of Akrasa
- 1 Guardians of Meletis
- 1 Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir
- 1 Hightide Hermit
- 1 Hover Barrier
- 1 Jaddi Offshoot
- 1 Makindi Shieldmate
- 1 Mirror Wall
- 1 Mistform Wall
- 1 Mnemonic Wall
- 1 Moaning Wall
- 1 Monastery Flock
- 1 Murmuring Phantasm
- 1 Nivix Barrier
- 1 Ogre Jailbreaker
- 1 One-Eyed Scarecrow
- 1 Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
- 1 Phantasmal Abomination
- 1 Primal Plasma
- 1 Prison Barricade
- 1 Reinforced Bulwark
- 1 Roc Egg
- 1 Sanctum Plowbeast
- 1 Snow Fortress
- 1 Spire Serpent
- 1 Stalwart Shield-Bearers
- 1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
- 2 Trestle Troll
- 1 Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination
- 2 Vent Sentinel
- 1 Wall of Essence
- 1 Wall of Fire
- 1 Wall of Mulch
- 1 Wall of Souls
- 1 Wall of Tanglecord
- 1 Wall of Vines
- 1 Wild-Field Scarecrow
- 4 Wonder
Instants (4)
Sorceries (14)
- 1 Clear a Path
- 4 Dread Return
- 1 Memoricide
- 2 Sever the Bloodline
- 4 Take Inventory
- 2 Villainous Wealth
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (145)
- 1 Arcane Sanctum
- 1 Azorius Guildgate
- 1 Bad River
- 1 Boros Guildgate
- 2 Desert of the Fervent
- 2 Desert of the Glorified
- 1 Desert of the Indomitable
- 2 Desert of the True
- 1 Dimir Guildgate
- 1 Flood Plain
- 16 Forest
- 1 Frontier Bivouac
- 1 Golgari Guildgate
- 1 Grasslands
- 1 Gruul Guildgate
- 1 Highland Weald
- 25 Island
- 1 Izzet Guildgate
- 1 Meandering River
- 25 Mountain
- 1 Mountain Valley
- 1 Mystic Monastery
- 1 Nomad Outpost
- 1 Opulent Palace
- 1 Orzhov Guildgate
- 16 Plains
- 1 Rakdos Guildgate
- 1 Rocky Tar Pit
- 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
- 1 Savage Lands
- 1 Seaside Citadel
- 1 Selesnya Guildgate
- 1 Simic Guildgate
- 25 Swamp
- 1 Temple of Mystery
- 1 Tresserhorn Sinks
- 4 Woodland Stream
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Battle of Wits list
Average of 4 decks in the 30 days up to Dec. 8, 2017, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +19 Mountain (25 vs 6.3)
- +12 Forest (16 vs 4.0)
- +11 Plains (16 vs 4.8)
- +4 Swamp (25 vs 21.3)
- +3 Bogardan Hellkite (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Dampen Thought (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Doorkeeper (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Dread Return (4 vs 1.0)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Aetherspouts (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Anticipate (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Augury Owl (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Azorius Signet (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Bile Blight (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Brainspoil (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Careful Consideration (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Clash of Wills (0 vs 3.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Sundering Growth (4 vs 1.0)
- +2 Depths of Desire (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Sever the Bloodline (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Wing Shards (2 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Distress (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Flaying Tendrils (0 vs 3.0)
- -2 Lobotomy (0 vs 2.3)
- -1 Memoricide (2 vs 3.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 139 cards away from the average.