Four-Color Control 
Four-Color Control Standard decklist played by Andrew Branham at ReCQ - Standard - SCG CON Cincinnati - Saturday - 3:00 pm (16 May 2026).
- Player
- Andrew Branham
- Finish
- #1 of 25, 5-0
- Archetype
- Four-Color Control
- Staples
- Four-Color Control
- Format
- Standard
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Instants (23)
- 4 Consult the Star Charts
- 2 Erode
- 1 Fire Magic
- 1 Flashback
- 2 Get Lost
- 3 Inevitable Defeat
- 4 Jeskai Revelation
- 4 Lightning Helix
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Traumatic Critique
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Four-Color Control list
Average of 293 decks in the 30 days up to May 16, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Meticulous Archive (4 vs 0.7)
- +2 Lightning Helix (4 vs 1.7)
- +2 Starting Town (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Get Lost (2 vs 0.5)
- +1 Erode (2 vs 0.6)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Great Hall of the Biblioplex (2 vs 3.9)
- -2 Sacred Foundry (0 vs 1.6)
- -2 Sear (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Hallowed Fountain (1 vs 2.4)
- -1 No More Lies (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Riverpyre Verge (0 vs 1.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Stoic Sphinx (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 High Noon (2 vs 1.0)
- +1 Disdainful Stroke (2 vs 1.0)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall (0 vs 1.5)
Most unusual list in this period: 晔 朱 in 龙盾杯 MTG China Open S12 Regional Championship (29 cards away from the average)
Deck stats
Mana curve
3.00 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 4 |
Lands
26 43.3% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 77.8%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 84.6%
- Same, on the draw
- 90.2%
Colors: costs and sources
-
20 symbols (35.1%)
16 sources (25.4%)
-
14 symbols (24.6%)
17 sources (27.0%)
-
4 symbols (7.0%)
9 sources (14.3%)
-
19 symbols (33.3%)
17 sources (27.0%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (6.3%)
Card types
- Instants 23 (38.3%)
- Sorceries 7 (11.7%)
- Artifacts 4 (6.7%)
- Lands 26 (43.3%)