Standard 5-Color Control
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The popular Standard deck 5-color control was made possible by the interaction between "Vivid" lands like Vivid Grove and Reflecting Pool, which with a Vivid land out can tap for mana of any color. The deck then uses a control deck building archetype, throwing all the best spells in Standard into one deck, and winning with a card with a powerful effect such as Cruel Ultimatum.
Sample decklist, as piloted by Patrick Chapin at Worlds 2008:
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| Lands 1 Battlefield Forge 3 Flooded Grove 2 Island 1 Mystic Gate 4 Reflecting Pool 3 Sunken Ruins 4 Vivid Creek 3 Vivid Grove 3 Vivid Marsh 2 Vivid Meadow Artifacts 1 Courier's Capsule Creatures 2 Broodmate Dragon 2 Cloudthresher 4 Mulldrifter 3 Plumeveil | Instants 4 Broken Ambitions 4 Cryptic Command 4 Esper Charm 2 Terror Planeswalkers 1 Ajani Vengeant 1 Liliana Vess Sorceries 2 Cruel Ultimatum 2 Pyroclasm 2 Wrath of God | Sideboard: 2 Ajani Vengeant 1 Broodmate Dragon 2 Cloudthresher 3 Condemn 1 Firespout 2 Negate 4 Vexing Shusher | |
