Control 
Control Penny Dreadful decklist played by Egze249 at League October 2025 (31 Oct 2025).
- Player
- Egze249
- Finish
- 1-0
- Event
- League October 2025,
- Archetype
- Control
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (80)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (80)
Creatures (7)
Instants (18)
- 4 Cryptic Command
- 2 Dig Through Time
- 4 Fiery Impulse
- 4 Invert Polarity
- 3 Make Disappear
- 1 Out of Air
Sorceries (8)
Enchantments (15)
Lands (32)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Control list
Average of 6 decks in the 30 days up to Oct. 31, 2025, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Abundant Growth (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Fiery Impulse (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Invert Polarity (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Madcap Experiment (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Nylea's Presence (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Sheltered Thicket (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Sulfur Falls (4 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Spell Pierce (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Thing in the Ice (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Thran Portal (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Botanical Sanctum (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Waterlogged Grove (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Become Immense (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Burst Lightning (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Cascade Bluffs (0 vs 2.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Life Goes On (3 vs 0.5)
- +3 Tranquil Frillback (3 vs 0.5)
- +2 Burst Lightning (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Flashfreeze (2 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Destructive Revelry (0 vs 3.3)
- -2 Pithing Needle (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Return to Nature (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Sweltering Suns (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Storm's Wrath (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 45 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
3.50 average mana value · 3.67 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7+ | 2 | 4 |
Lands
32 40.0% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 76.7%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 78.3%
- Same, on the draw
- 85.0%
Colors: costs and sources
-
38 symbols (50.7%)
17 sources (28.8%)
-
26 symbols (34.7%)
20 sources (33.9%)
-
11 symbols (14.7%)
22 sources (37.3%)
Card types
- Creatures 7 (8.8%)
- Instants 18 (22.5%)
- Sorceries 8 (10.0%)
- Enchantments 15 (18.8%)
- Lands 32 (40.0%)