The Council of Four
$3.77
$3.77Legendary Creature — Human Noble
New Cards
Recent-set cards that The Council of Four players are trying out in Control decks.
Erode+8% Synergy
$6.29
Harmonized Trio+3% Synergy
$0.77
Brush Off+2% Synergy
$0.23
Flow State+2% Synergy
$1.84
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for The Council of Four's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Howling Mine+51% Synergy
$5.42
Mangara, the Diplomat+50% Synergy
$0.36
Dictate of Kruphix+49% Synergy
$0.39
Kami of the Crescent Moon+45% Synergy
$8.43
Faerie Mastermind+37% Synergy
$11.91
Vodalian Wave-Knight+37% Synergy
$4.92
Psychosis Crawler+35% Synergy
$2.40
Reliquary Tower+33% Synergy
$3.52
Welcoming Vampire+32% Synergy
$3.91
Loran of the Third Path+32% Synergy
$5.35
Top Cards
The staple cards most The Council of Four Control decks run as their core.
Approach of the Second Sun+30% Synergy
$7.24
Arcane Denial+27% Synergy
$1.67
An Offer You Can't Refuse+25% Synergy
$3.83
Ghostly Prison+25% Synergy
$5.79
Propaganda+23% Synergy
$2.54
Generous Gift+20% Synergy
$0.77
Dovin's Veto+17% Synergy
$3.86
Path to Exile+11% Synergy
$1.35
Counterspell+9% Synergy
$3.32
Swords to Plowshares+3% Synergy
$1.52
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a The Council of Four Control game on their own.
Smothering Tithe+20% Synergy
$61.19
Teferi's Protection+10% Synergy
$48.18
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV+10% Synergy
$18.94
Consecrated Sphinx+9% Synergy
$29.93
Rhystic Study+7% Synergy
$69.93
Farewell+6% Synergy
$6.08
Fierce Guardianship+1% Synergy
$57.26
Mystical Tutor+1% Synergy
$16.42
Cyclonic Rift0% Synergy
$38.67
Enlightened Tutor-4% Synergy
$35.35
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in The Council of Four decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Homunculus Horde+31% Synergy
$1.56
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler+30% Synergy
$0.34
Prince Imrahil the Fair+30% Synergy
$0.28
Knight Exemplar+28% Synergy
$4.34
Herald of Hoofbeats+28% Synergy
$5.61
Emrakul's Messenger+25% Synergy
$0.29
Chasm Skulker+24% Synergy
$0.65
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island+22% Synergy
$1.28
Mischievous Mystic+21% Synergy
$0.31
Ephara, God of the Polis+21% Synergy
$7.97
Knight of the White Orchid+20% Synergy
$4.39
Moonshaker Cavalry+20% Synergy
$9.14
Haytham Kenway+17% Synergy
$0.33
Triskaidekaphile+16% Synergy
$0.97
Scrawling Crawler+15% Synergy
$7.67
Enduring Innocence+15% Synergy
$4.26
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher+15% Synergy
$0.46
Minn, Wily Illusionist+15% Synergy
$8.25
Bennie Bracks, Zoologist+15% Synergy
$11.08
Delney, Streetwise Lookout+13% Synergy
$33.72
Alandra, Sky Dreamer+13% Synergy
$9.08
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien+13% Synergy
$0.40
Flumph+13% Synergy
$2.56
Detective of the Month+13% Synergy
$0.37
Marshal of Zhalfir+13% Synergy
$0.24
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer+12% Synergy
$0.74
Ledger Shredder+11% Synergy
$9.20
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant+11% Synergy
$0.80
Keeper of the Accord+10% Synergy
$0.55
The Second Doctor+10% Synergy
$0.81
Mentor of the Meek+10% Synergy
$4.95
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn+10% Synergy
$1.79
Deep Gnome Terramancer+10% Synergy
$8.44
Suppressor Skyguard+10% Synergy
$12.19
Windborn Muse+9% Synergy
$0.72
Hydroelectric Specimen+9% Synergy
$0.88
Archivist of Oghma+9% Synergy
$6.52
Loyal Warhound+9% Synergy
$0.62
PuPu UFO+9% Synergy
$0.46
Silverwing Squadron+9% Synergy
$0.38
Valiant Knight+9% Synergy
$0.55
Walking Archive+9% Synergy
$3.14
Claim Jumper+7% Synergy
$0.38
Ethereal Investigator+7% Synergy
$0.41
Twenty-Toed Toad+7% Synergy
$5.38
Witch Enchanter+5% Synergy
$4.73
Laboratory Maniac+5% Synergy
$2.52
Esper Sentinel+3% Synergy
$57.59
Sun Titan-1% Synergy
$0.37
Solemn Simulacrum-14% Synergy
$0.32
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep The Council of Four's Control deck ahead.
Dream Fracture+27% Synergy
$0.14
Long River's Pull+26% Synergy
$0.38
Your Temple Is Under Attack+22% Synergy
$0.70
Aetherize+15% Synergy
$0.73
Dawn's Truce+14% Synergy
$8.86
Akroma's Will+14% Synergy
$15.83
Oblation+14% Synergy
$0.54
Clever Concealment+12% Synergy
$4.53
Brainstorm+10% Synergy
$1.41
Reprieve+9% Synergy
$1.95
Negate+8% Synergy
$0.31
Stroke of Midnight+8% Synergy
$0.39
Sink into Stupor+8% Synergy
$6.91
Opt+8% Synergy
$0.23
Render Silent+8% Synergy
$2.77
Flawless Maneuver+8% Synergy
$20.92
Permission Denied+7% Synergy
$16.47
Settle the Wreckage+7% Synergy
$0.51
Jwari Disruption+7% Synergy
$0.39
Pongify+6% Synergy
$1.91
Reality Shift+6% Synergy
$0.32
Flare of Fortitude+6% Synergy
$4.59
Vision Skeins+6% Synergy
$0.75
Resculpt+6% Synergy
$0.28
Rootborn Defenses+6% Synergy
$0.18
Reins of Power+6% Synergy
$2.63
Swan Song+5% Synergy
$11.36
Rapid Hybridization+5% Synergy
$1.20
Three Steps Ahead+5% Synergy
$5.23
Unbreakable Formation+5% Synergy
$1.44
Final Showdown+5% Synergy
$5.56
Razorgrass Ambush+5% Synergy
$0.35
Disdainful Stroke+5% Synergy
$0.26
Deduce+5% Synergy
$0.21
Comeuppance+5% Synergy
$5.10
Consider+4% Synergy
$0.32
Blacksmith's Skill+4% Synergy
$0.37
Archmage's Charm+4% Synergy
$1.88
Heliod's Intervention+3% Synergy
$2.97
Sejiri Shelter+3% Synergy
$2.43
No More Lies+3% Synergy
$0.40
Hindering Light+3% Synergy
$0.21
Loran's Escape+3% Synergy
$1.85
Frantic Search+2% Synergy
$1.94
Strix Serenade+2% Synergy
$2.38
Narset's Reversal+2% Synergy
$2.21
Mana Drain+1% Synergy
$57.71
Force of Will-1% Synergy
$59.38
Force of Negation-1% Synergy
$49.89
Silence-2% Synergy
$9.27
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for The Council of Four.
Slaughter the Strong+23% Synergy
$0.36
Fell the Mighty+21% Synergy
$0.30
Cut a Deal+15% Synergy
$0.31
Promise of Loyalty+15% Synergy
$0.18
Council's Judgment+15% Synergy
$0.73
Expel the Interlopers+15% Synergy
$0.24
Dusk // Dawn+14% Synergy
$0.34
Sculpted Sunburst+14% Synergy
$0.25
Valiant Endeavor+8% Synergy
$0.63
Secret Rendezvous+6% Synergy
$0.33
Irenicus's Vile Duplication+6% Synergy
$11.93
Ponder+5% Synergy
$2.28
Sea Gate Restoration+5% Synergy
$35.68
Ondu Inversion+5% Synergy
$1.33
Fractured Identity+5% Synergy
$1.91
The Battle of Bywater+5% Synergy
$4.14
Austere Command+4% Synergy
$0.40
Windfall+4% Synergy
$5.05
Preordain+4% Synergy
$0.68
Requisition Raid+4% Synergy
$0.34
Winds of Abandon+4% Synergy
$4.14
Spirit Water Revival+4% Synergy
$0.59
Vanquish the Horde+3% Synergy
$0.23
Lórien Revealed+3% Synergy
$4.76
Suppression Ray+3% Synergy
$0.29
Idyllic Tutor+2% Synergy
$12.86
Serum Visions+2% Synergy
$2.73
Sevinne's Reclamation+1% Synergy
$0.36
Split Up+1% Synergy
$2.25
Wrath of God0% Synergy
$3.91
Supreme Verdict-2% Synergy
$2.08
Time Wipe-2% Synergy
$0.30
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to The Council of Four Control decks.
Wayfarer's Bauble+16% Synergy
$4.67
Archaeomancer's Map+16% Synergy
$1.18
Wedding Ring+13% Synergy
$9.76
Temple Bell+9% Synergy
$6.33
Anvil of Bogardan+9% Synergy
$48.01
Venser's Journal+6% Synergy
$9.29
Folio of Fancies+6% Synergy
$1.65
Unstable Glyphbridge+6% Synergy
$0.30
Font of Mythos+5% Synergy
$15.27
Teferi's Puzzle Box+5% Synergy
$17.81
The Circle of Loyalty+5% Synergy
$0.65
Spellbook+4% Synergy
$4.69
Norn's Annex+3% Synergy
$5.37
Thopter Fabricator+2% Synergy
$0.38
Pearl Medallion+1% Synergy
$5.81
Sapphire Medallion-1% Synergy
$6.98
Lightning Greaves-7% Synergy
$4.52
Swiftfoot Boots-16% Synergy
$2.28
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in The Council of Four decks.
Wizard Class+31% Synergy
$3.26
Monologue Tax+30% Synergy
$0.91
Teferi's Ageless Insight+28% Synergy
$4.78
Smuggler's Share+24% Synergy
$9.37
Ominous Seas+23% Synergy
$1.22
Tocasia's Welcome+23% Synergy
$0.77
Trouble in Pairs+22% Synergy
$25.11
Intangible Virtue+20% Synergy
$0.30
Curse of Verbosity+20% Synergy
$0.78
Caretaker's Talent+19% Synergy
$10.06
Knowledge Is Power+18% Synergy
$0.37
Solitary Confinement+16% Synergy
$0.54
Inspiring Leader+11% Synergy
$0.35
Tenuous Truce+10% Synergy
$0.39
Well of Ideas+9% Synergy
$2.17
Land Tax+8% Synergy
$17.50
Proft's Eidetic Memory+8% Synergy
$3.14
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall+7% Synergy
$0.31
Imprisoned in the Moon+6% Synergy
$0.33
Cathars' Crusade+6% Synergy
$9.34
Witness Protection+6% Synergy
$0.27
Anointed Procession+5% Synergy
$60.42
Divine Visitation+5% Synergy
$0.43
Noble Heritage+5% Synergy
$0.46
Struggle for Project Purity+4% Synergy
$4.12
Court of Grace+4% Synergy
$3.07
Court of Vantress+4% Synergy
$5.53
Court of Ardenvale+4% Synergy
$8.28
Darksteel Mutation+3% Synergy
$0.76
Omniscience+3% Synergy
$6.57
Mystic Remora+2% Synergy
$13.04
Authority of the Consuls+2% Synergy
$4.44
Leyline of Anticipation+2% Synergy
$6.81
Blind Obedience+1% Synergy
$5.63
Sphere of Safety+1% Synergy
$4.67
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up The Council of Four's Control game plan.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion+10% Synergy
$2.16
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim+7% Synergy
$5.00
Elspeth, Storm Slayer+5% Synergy
$38.78
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria+4% Synergy
$5.00
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+2% Synergy
$9.36
Teferi, Time Raveler0% Synergy
$7.13
Battles
Battles worth siding into a The Council of Four Control build for the payoff on the back face.
Invasion of New Phyrexia+9% Synergy
$1.16
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in The Council of Four Control decks.
Geier Reach Sanitarium+27% Synergy
$3.38
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea+26% Synergy
$6.85
Lonely Sandbar+12% Synergy
$0.23
Secluded Steppe+12% Synergy
$0.34
Mystic Sanctuary+11% Synergy
$1.09
Scavenger Grounds+9% Synergy
$0.30
Terrain Generator+7% Synergy
$2.02
Castle Ardenvale+6% Synergy
$0.25
Hall of Heliod's Generosity+5% Synergy
$11.82
Castle Vantress+5% Synergy
$0.34
Arid Archway+4% Synergy
$0.89
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire+3% Synergy
$5.59
Mistrise Village+3% Synergy
$8.61
Cephalid Coliseum+3% Synergy
$0.31
Restless Anchorage+2% Synergy
$0.89
Maze of Ith+2% Synergy
$9.65
Abandoned Air Temple+2% Synergy
$6.57
Minas Tirith+2% Synergy
$6.89
Command Beacon+2% Synergy
$9.73
Otawara, Soaring City+1% Synergy
$28.30
Rivendell+1% Synergy
$1.69
Ancient Tomb-1% Synergy
$134.99
Temple of the False God-2% Synergy
$0.26
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out The Council of Four's Control strategy.
Thought Vessel+35% Synergy
$2.59
Decanter of Endless Water+31% Synergy
$5.39
Mind Stone+14% Synergy
$0.31
Azorius Signet+12% Synergy
$0.26
Talisman of Progress+12% Synergy
$0.38
Fellwar Stone+7% Synergy
$0.89
Sky Diamond+7% Synergy
$0.26
Midnight Clock+7% Synergy
$0.62
Bender's Waterskin+7% Synergy
$1.04
Patchwork Banner+5% Synergy
$2.50
Arcane Signet+4% Synergy
$0.89
Commander's Sphere+4% Synergy
$0.34
Marble Diamond+4% Synergy
$0.29
Worn Powerstone+4% Synergy
$0.37
Thran Dynamo-1% Synergy
$4.34
Sol Ring-2% Synergy
$1.55
Lands
The mana base behind The Council of Four's Control decks.
Irrigated Farmland+19% Synergy
$0.23
Glacial Fortress+17% Synergy
$0.31
Azorius Chancery+13% Synergy
$0.33
Skycloud Expanse+13% Synergy
$0.26
Prairie Stream+12% Synergy
$0.20
Myriad Landscape+12% Synergy
$0.37
Port Town+10% Synergy
$0.34
Adarkar Wastes+10% Synergy
$0.37
Exotic Orchard+10% Synergy
$0.24
Mystic Gate+9% Synergy
$4.61
Nimbus Maze+9% Synergy
$6.45
Hydroelectric Specimen+9% Synergy
$0.88
Hallowed Fountain+8% Synergy
$6.71
Deserted Beach+8% Synergy
$5.87
Sink into Stupor+8% Synergy
$6.91
Demolition Field+8% Synergy
$0.24
Idyllic Beachfront+7% Synergy
$0.34
Jwari Disruption+7% Synergy
$0.39
Temple of Enlightenment+5% Synergy
$0.22
Witch Enchanter+5% Synergy
$4.73
Sea Gate Restoration+5% Synergy
$35.68
Ondu Inversion+5% Synergy
$1.33
Razorgrass Ambush+5% Synergy
$0.35
Plains+4% Synergy
$0.09
Flooded Strand+4% Synergy
$15.97
Hengegate Pathway+4% Synergy
$4.44
Ash Barrens+4% Synergy
$0.28
Island+3% Synergy
$0.08
Command Tower+3% Synergy
$0.31
Meticulous Archive+3% Synergy
$11.47
Azorius Guildgate+3% Synergy
$0.12
Sejiri Shelter+3% Synergy
$2.43
Kabira Takedown+3% Synergy
$0.38
Suppression Ray+3% Synergy
$0.29
Floodfarm Verge+2% Synergy
$7.91
Seachrome Coast+2% Synergy
$0.47
Evolving Wilds+2% Synergy
$0.25
Sea of Clouds0% Synergy
$18.26
Terramorphic Expanse0% Synergy
$0.26
Fabled Passage0% Synergy
$1.11
Glacial Floodplain0% Synergy
$0.41
Windswept Heath0% Synergy
$12.47
Arid Mesa0% Synergy
$28.93
Scalding Tarn-1% Synergy
$37.29
Path of Ancestry-2% Synergy
$0.23
Misty Rainforest-2% Synergy
$35.90
Polluted Delta-2% Synergy
$20.44
Marsh Flats-2% Synergy
$31.87
Tundra-3% Synergy
$3000.00
Tranquil Cove-8% Synergy
$0.17
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like The Council of Four: Control.
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
Elenda and Azor
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
The Second Doctor
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Queza, Augur of Agonies
The Watcher in the Water
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Noble Heritage
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Faceless One
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Feywild Visitor
Alexi, Zephyr Mage
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder // Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
The Eleventh Doctor // Vislor Turlough
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Harbin, Vanguard Aviator
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Shameless Charlatan
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Prava of the Steel Legion
Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark
Cecily, Haunted Mage // Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter
The Eighth Doctor // Leela, Sevateem Warrior
The Second Doctor // Adric, Mathematical Genius
The Second Doctor // Clara Oswald
The Second Doctor // Rose Tyler
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Inspiring Leader
The Eleventh Doctor // Sarah Jane Smith
Atemsis, All-Seeing
Belisarius Cawl
Kami of the Crescent Moon
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker // Prava of the Steel Legion
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher // Candlekeep Sage
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
Alora, Merry Thief // Folk Hero
Ayesha Tanaka
Genku, Future Shaper
Haytham Kenway