Sultai Control 
Sultai Control Standard decklist played by Cooper Levin at LCQ - Standard - SCG CON Cincinnati - Friday - 12:30 pm (15 May 2026).
- Player
- Cooper Levin
- Finish
- #8 of 51, 3-1
- Archetype
- Sultai Control
- Staples
- Sultai Control
- Format
- Standard
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Instants (17)
- 1 Flashback
- 2 Get Lost
- 2 Inevitable Defeat
- 3 Jeskai Revelation
- 3 Lightning Helix
- 2 Requiting Hex
- 4 Traumatic Critique
Sorceries (13)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Sultai Control list
Average of 26 decks in the 30 days up to May 15, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Traumatic Critique (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Stormcarved Coast (4 vs 0.3)
- +3 Flow State (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Great Hall of the Biblioplex (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Improvisation Capstone (3 vs 0.2)
- +3 Jeskai Revelation (3 vs 0.2)
- +3 Lightning Helix (3 vs 0.2)
- +3 Shattered Sanctum (3 vs 0.2)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Rakshasa's Bargain (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Watery Grave (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Overgrown Tomb (0 vs 3.2)
- -2 Deceit (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Wastewood Verge (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Superior Spider-Man (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Undercity Sewers (0 vs 1.5)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Tishana's Tidebinder (4 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Strategic Betrayal (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Keen-Eyed Curator (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 40 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
3.29 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 6 |
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
-
11 symbols (18.3%)
18 sources (19.1%)
-
14 symbols (23.3%)
20 sources (21.3%)
-
10 symbols (16.7%)
19 sources (20.2%)
-
21 symbols (35.0%)
19 sources (20.2%)
-
4 symbols (6.7%)
18 sources (19.1%)
Card types
- Instants 17 (28.3%)
- Sorceries 13 (21.7%)
- Artifacts 4 (6.7%)
- Lands 26 (43.3%)