Premodern
Five-Color Control
Few creatures, lots of removal and counterspells, surviving long enough to take over late.
Five-color — every color's tools available at once, usually built around a payoff that rewards it directly.
Five-Color Control
57% (150 games, 26 decks)
Most-Played Cards in Control
- Hydroblast48% (n=1513)
- Counterspell48% (n=1509)
- Swords to Plowshares46% (n=1437)
- Annul46% (n=1421)
- Blue Elemental Blast43% (n=1326)
- Impulse42% (n=1318)
- Tsabo's Web40% (n=1251)
- Powder Keg38% (n=1179)
- Gush36% (n=1128)
- Portent35% (n=1092)