Sultai Control 
Sultai Control Standard decklist played by Cooper Levin at Regional Championship - SCG CON Cincinnati - Season 4 - Round 3 - Saturday - 9:00 am (16 May 2026).
- Player
- Cooper Levin
- Finish
- #421 of 940, 4-5
- 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 38 decks in the 30 days up to May 16, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Traumatic Critique (4 vs 0.3)
- +4 Stormcarved Coast (4 vs 0.4)
- +3 Flow State (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Great Hall of the Biblioplex (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Sundown Pass (3 vs 0.2)
- +3 Improvisation Capstone (3 vs 0.3)
- +3 Shattered Sanctum (3 vs 0.3)
- +3 Jeskai Revelation (3 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Watery Grave (0 vs 3.2)
- -3 Overgrown Tomb (0 vs 3.1)
- -3 Rakshasa's Bargain (0 vs 3.1)
- -3 Deceit (0 vs 2.5)
- -3 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Superior Spider-Man (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Wastewood Verge (0 vs 2.2)
- -1 Awaken the Honored Dead (0 vs 1.4)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +4 Tishana's Tidebinder (4 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Strategic Betrayal (0 vs 1.6)
Most unusual list in this period: Cooper Levin in LCQ - Standard - SCG CON Cincinnati - Friday - 12:30 pm (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%)