Standard 5-Color Control

The popular Standard deck 5-color control was made possible by the interaction between "Vivid" lands like <c>Vivid Grove</c> and <c>Reflecting Pool</c>, 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 <c>Cruel Ultimatum</c>.
Sample decklist, as piloted by Patrick Chapin at Worlds 2008:
<deck title="Patrick Chapin's Standard 5-Color Control">
Lands
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 Courier's Capsule
Creatures
2 Broodmate Dragon
2 Cloudthresher
4 Mulldrifter
3 Plumeveil
Instants
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
4 Esper Charm
2 Terror
Planeswalkers
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Liliana Vess
Sorceries
2 Cruel Ultimatum
2 Pyroclasm
2 Wrath of God
Sideboard:
2 Ajani Vengeant
1 Broodmate Dragon
2 Cloudthresher
3 Condemn
1 Firespout
2 Negate
4 Vexing Shusher
</deck>
Category:Tournament decks