Standard 5-Color Control

The popular Standard deck 5-color control was made possible by the interaction between "Vivid" lands like Vivid Grove and Reflecting Pool, which with a Vivid land out can tap for mana of any color. The deck then uses a control deck building archetype, throwing all the best spells in Standard into one deck, and winning with a card with a powerful effect such as Cruel Ultimatum.

Sample decklist, as piloted by Patrick Chapin at Worlds 2008:

Patrick Chapin's Standard 5-Color Control

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Lands (26)

1 Battlefield Forge

3 Flooded Grove

2 Island

1 Mystic Gate

4 Reflecting Pool

3 Sunken Ruins

4 Vivid Creek

3 Vivid Grove

3 Vivid Marsh

2 Vivid Meadow

Artifacts (1)

1 Courier's Capsule

Creatures (11)

2 Broodmate Dragon

2 Cloudthresher

4 Mulldrifter

3 Plumeveil

Instants (14)

4 Broken Ambitions

4 Cryptic Command

4 Esper Charm

2 Terror

Planeswalkers (2)

1 Ajani Vengeant

1 Liliana Vess

Sorceries (6)

2 Cruel Ultimatum

2 Pyroclasm

2 Wrath of God

Sideboard (15)

2 Ajani Vengeant

1 Broodmate Dragon

2 Cloudthresher

3 Condemn

1 Firespout

2 Negate

4 Vexing Shusher