For today’s Standard deck feature in Theros Beyond Death metagame, we have a version of a control deck that just does its main functions and these are: gain ahead in board presence, disrupt opponents’ game plan and overwhelm the late game with card advantage. This is provided in the Sultai colors so check out this deck build played by username Sheffielddeckwins in the recent MTGO Standard League tournament.

Maindeck
4 Breeding Pool
4 Fabled Passage
2 Forest
2 Island
4 Overgrown Tomb
2 Swamp
2 Temple of Malady
3 Temple of Mystery
4 Watery Grave

4 Hydroid Krasis
4 Paradise Druid
4 Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath

2 Casualties of War
4 Growth Spiral
4 Thought Erasure
2 Tyrant’s Scorn
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
2 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
3 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
1 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
2 Vraska, Golgari Queen

Sideboard
3 Agonizing Remorse
1 Casualties of War
4 Lovestruck Beast
3 Mystical Dispute
2 Noxious Grasp
2 Ritual of Soot

Hydroid Krasis and Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath are your main creatures that can sustain early and late-game strategy on getting ahead on the board and cards in hand. Krasis can be cast for at least 4 for X and with the various ramp spells in the deck, this can be achievable in your early turns. For example,

Turn 1 Land drop
Turn 2 Growth Spiral land drop or Paradise Druid
Turn 3 Uro, ramp additional land
Turn 4 Land drop, Krasis for 4

The planeswalker choices in the deck fit on specific roles. Ashiok and Liliana shine as game enders in the late game whereas Nissa ramps your Green mana while giving additional board threat. Tamiyo also provides gas and fills your graveyard so you can Escape Uro as soon as possible while Vraska deals with specific threats on 3 mana or less and also a late-game card draw source.

As for the deck’s removals and disruption, we have two to take note. Casualties of War is devastating in scenarios where your opponents seem to be getting ahead on the board. Thought Erasure disrupts their relevant spell while you can also plan out on how you can deal with their remaining threats they can cast. This discard spell is effective against Blue-White control though their recent build includes Mystical Dispute which is a Force Spike to counter this spell. I’d suggest you include Duress on the board as additional support.

The current sideboard looks to be efficient enough and straightforward answer for the metagame. Agonizing Memories is the best discard spell in the format at the moment and the extra Exile effect makes it efficient even when top-decked. Lovestruck Beast halts aggro decks and can be your additional threat in your matchup against slow control decks.

I will verify this list with my card pool mate if it will be possible that they can build this so we can try it on our next FNM or Saturday Standard.

If you get to test this in your MTG Arena or Magic Online account, please do so and let me know if you have any peculiar observations on its performance. Thanks in advance.