Battle of Wits 
Battle of Wits Penny Dreadful decklist played by TheWatchWander at Penny Dreadful Thursdays 23.10 (4 Feb 2022).
- Player
- TheWatchWander
- Finish
- #5 of 17, 2-3
- Archetype
- Battle of Wits
- Format
- Penny Dreadful
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Penny Dreadful
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Main deck (240)
Sideboard (14)
Main deck (240)
Creatures (23)
- 1 Academy Elite
- 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
- 1 Cerulean Drake
- 1 Champion of Wits
- 1 Cursecatcher
- 1 Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration
- 1 Doomwake Giant
- 1 Faerie Vandal
- 1 Frost Titan
- 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
- 1 Hostage Taker
- 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
- 1 Lochmere Serpent
- 1 Master of Death
- 1 Mesmeric Fiend
- 1 Rishadan Dockhand
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Shriekmaw
- 1 Sower of Temptation
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
- 1 Tide Shaper
- 1 Vampire Nighthawk
Planeswalkers (2)
Instants (66)
- 1 Aetherspouts
- 1 Behold the Multiverse
- 1 Boomerang
- 1 Concerted Defense
- 1 Consider
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Delay
- 1 Dimir Charm
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Doom Blade
- 1 Eat to Extinction
- 1 Envelop
- 1 Erebos's Intervention
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Far // Away
- 1 Forbid
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Heartless Act
- 1 Hero's Downfall
- 1 Hibernation
- 1 Invasive Surgery
- 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
- 1 Logic Knot
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Moment of Craving
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Murder
- 1 Murderous Cut
- 1 Neutralize
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Power Sink
- 1 Power Word Kill
- 1 Quench
- 1 Quicken
- 1 Repeal
- 1 Shred Memory
- 1 Silumgar's Command
- 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
- 1 Slaughter Pact
- 1 Smother
- 1 Spell Burst
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snuff
- 1 Stern Dismissal
- 1 Stubborn Denial
- 1 Sudden Edict
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Swan Song
- 1 Terror
- 1 Test of Talents
- 1 Thassa's Intervention
- 1 Thirst for Discovery
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Ultimate Price
- 1 Vraska's Contempt
- 1 Wash Away
Sorceries (31)
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1 Bond of Insight
- 1 Coveted Prize
- 1 Crux of Fate
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Demonic Bargain
- 1 Demonic Collusion
- 1 Diabolic Tutor
- 1 Discovery // Dispersal
- 1 Divest
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Enter the God-Eternals
- 1 Extinction Event
- 1 Feed the Swarm
- 1 Final Parting
- 1 Flay Essence
- 1 Gild
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Increasing Ambition
- 1 Inscription of Ruin
- 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
- 1 Multiple Choice
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Providence
- 1 Ritual of Soot
- 1 Treasure Cruise
- 1 Unmoored Ego
- 1 Whelming Wave
- 1 Yahenni's Expertise
Artifacts (7)
- 1 Elixir of Immortality
- 1 Lantern of the Lost
- 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
- 1 Prism Ring
- 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
- 1 Witching Well
Enchantments (11)
- 1 Battle of Wits
- 1 Control Magic
- 1 Elspeth's Nightmare
- 1 Insight
- 1 Leyline of Anticipation
- 1 Leyline of Punishment
- 1 Leyline of Singularity
- 1 Seal of Removal
- 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
- 1 Sea's Claim
- 1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
Lands (100)
Sideboard (14)
Compared with the average Battle of Wits list
Average of 10 decks in the 90 days up to Feb. 4, 2022, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +25 Swamp (34 vs 8.8)
- +20 Island (40 vs 19.8)
- +4 Tendo Ice Bridge (4 vs 0.4)
- +3 Mistvault Bridge (4 vs 0.8)
- +3 Ice Tunnel (4 vs 1.1)
- +3 Vivid Marsh (3 vs 0.3)
- +2 Drowned Catacomb (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Vivid Creek (2 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -10 Plains (0 vs 9.7)
- -9 Forest (0 vs 9.4)
- -3 Evolving Wilds (0 vs 2.8)
- -2 Battle of Wits (1 vs 3.4)
- -2 Omen of the Sea (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Sylvan Library (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Bad River (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Glacial Fortress (0 vs 2.0)
Most unusual list in this period: catatonicsquirrel in League January 2022 (162 cards away from the average)