Four-Color Control 
Four-Color Control Standard decklist played by Eoin McDonnell at LCQ - Standard - SCG CON Cincinnati - Friday - 3:00 pm (15 May 2026).
- Player
- Eoin McDonnell
- Finish
- #2 of 44, 5-0
- Archetype
- Four-Color Control
- Staples
- Four-Color Control
- Format
- Standard
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (1)
Instants (22)
- 2 Abrade
- 4 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Firebending Lesson
- 2 Flashback
- 4 Jeskai Revelation
- 2 Sear
- 2 Swallowed by Leviathan
- 2 Three Steps Ahead
- 2 Thunder Magic
- 1 Traumatic Critique
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Four-Color Control list
Average of 107 decks in the 30 days up to May 15, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +2 Riverpyre Verge (4 vs 1.5)
- +2 Hallowed Fountain (4 vs 2.3)
- +2 Three Steps Ahead (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Abrade (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Petrified Hamlet (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Swallowed by Leviathan (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Thunder Magic (2 vs 0.9)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Inevitable Defeat (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Lightning Helix (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Sacred Foundry (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Shattered Sanctum (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 No More Lies (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Day of Judgment (0 vs 1.1)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Stoic Sphinx (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Spell Pierce (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 Flashfreeze (3 vs 1.9)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall (0 vs 1.4)
Most unusual list in this period: yasutaka Nagao in チャンピオンズカップファイナル シーズン4ラウンド3 Champions Cup Final Season 4 Round 3 (21 cards away from the average)
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.88 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 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
-
5 symbols (11.1%)
9 sources (15.5%)
-
18 symbols (40.0%)
20 sources (34.5%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (6.9%)
-
22 symbols (48.9%)
21 sources (36.2%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (6.9%)
Card types
- Creatures 1 (1.7%)
- Instants 22 (36.7%)
- Sorceries 7 (11.7%)
- Artifacts 4 (6.7%)
- Lands 26 (43.3%)