Four Color Control?

Standard Competitive Control Four Color

JamerzGamerz

Creature (4)

• 4x Torrential Gearhulk

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 2x Dovin Baan
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Land (25)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Plains
• 2x Prairie Stream
• 2x Shambling Vent
• 3x Spirebluff Canal
• 2x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Wandering Fumarole

Artifact (4)

• 4x Prophetic Prism

Instant (15)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 4x Glimmer of Genius
• 4x Harnessed Lightning
• 3x Unlicensed Disintegration
• 3x Void Shatter

Sorcery (8)

• 3x Fumigate
• 2x Painful Truths
• 3x Radiant Flames

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word

Artifact (1)

• 1x Perpetual Timepiece

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 2x Negate
• 2x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Void Shatter

Sorcery (5)

• 4x Incendiary Flow
• 1x Radiant Flames

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After watching the pro tour, I definitely wanted to play a control deck, but the problem was that I didn't know if I wanted to play grixis or jeskai. Then it hit me. PLAY BOTH!!

Control Cards Show

-Anguished Unmaking Although the format is filled with lots of aggressive decks, and the life loss is huge, it is nice to have an answer to pretty much every permanent out there. Dynavolt Tower, Fevered Visions, planeswalkers, and the list goes on. Keep in mind that this is an instant, so it gets flashbacked by Torrential Gearhulk.

-Harnessed Lightning This is an amazing spot removal spell, as it can take out early-game creatures, and maybe save an energy or two, and then in the late game, it can benefit off of our Aether Hub and Glimmer of Genius energy, and maybe take down something as big as a Verdurous Gearhulk.

-Unlicensed Disintegration Another amazing spot removal spell that is a strictly better Murder, as it doesn't require double black mana, and can most of the time deal 3 damage off of our Prophetic Prisms and Torrential Gearhulks, maybe even taking out a planeswalker with it.

-Void Shatter The best hard counter spell in the format. Sure it's three mana and has double blue in its casting cost, but it allows you to basically take out anything that they may play, whether it's a planeswalker, an annoying permanenet, or a removal spell targeting our Torrential Gearhulk mid combat.

-Radiant Flames A cheap sweeper. The reason to play red.

-Fumigate A lot of the time, it wins you the game by wrathing your opponents board and then gaining you tons of life. Sometimes you can use it as a spot removal spell by killing off one creature. All around, it's a great addition to the deck, and it really holds it together.

Other Spells Show

-Prophetic Prism The best card in the deck, hands down. No arguments. Here's why: Costs only 2 generic mana, doesn't cost a card, and, the most important part, it completely fixes my mana for the rest of the game. Truly amazing. You pretty much want to keep a hand that has a Prophetic Prism in it.

-Glimmer of Genius The best draw spell in the format, so it is an auto-include. Also, it buffs up our Harnessed Lightnings and Aether Hubs.

-Painful Truths Sure, it's painful, but it draws 3 new fresh cards for just 3 mana. Also, if you would discard to hand size after making x=3, you can always just make x=2 instead, and also sparing a life point.

-Torrential Gearhulk Another amazing card. Sure, it's 6 entire mana, but it is a 5/6 body with flash that can flashback any instant in the graveyard for FREE. There are so many times that you play this card, and automatically get a four for one: Kill a creature in combat, get a 5/6, and draw two cards off a Glimmer of Genius. Another thing is that this doesn't get countered by Revolutionary Rebuff or Spell Queller, and powers up our Unlicensed Disintegration.

Planeswalkers Show

-Dovin Baan Pretty much the best planeswalker for control decks right now. It protects itself, draws cards, and gains life. Its ultimate isn't that great, but a lot of the time you just keep ticking it down and drawing cards.

-Sorin, Grim Nemesis Another really good planeswalker. It has high loyalty, draws cards, kills creatures, gains life, and also kills the opponent while doing all of that. His ultimate isn't that great against control decks with a bunch of sweepers, but a lot of the time you want to just be consistently ticking him up, drawing cards, and slowly killing the opponent.

-Chandra, Flamecaller A HIGHLY underestimated planewalker. When she comes down, she wipes the board. Then, the next few turns, she just ticks up, sending out two 3/1 elementals every turn, killing the opponent blisteringly fast.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 26 - 3 Rares 18 - 8 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Dovin Baan, Energy Reserve, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	ploos