Landstill

Imagine a world in which you can beat your opponent without casting spells by using lands. A world in which the player facing you will give you a free Ancestral Recall if he plays a spell. That’s the world of Landstill, one of the greatest control archetypes in the Old Frame Vintage format.

David Aparicio’s winning deck at the XIV Online Old Frame League.

Landstill Example Decklist

ARTIFACTS (5)

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Null Rod

INSTANTS (21)

1 Ancestral Recall
4 Brainstorm
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
4 Mana Drain
1 Misdirection
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Swords to Plowshares

SORCERIES (5)

1 Balance
2 Decree of Justice
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Time Walk

ENCHANTMENTS (4)

4 Standstill

LANDS (25)

2 Faerie Conclave
4 Flooded Strand
4 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Mishra’s Factory
2 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
3 Tundra
3 Wasteland

SIDEBOARD (15)

1 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Disenchant
1 Hydroblast
1 Misdirection
4 Meddling Mage
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Tormod’s Crypt
2 Wrath of God
Black Lotus

Landstill Appearances in Tournaments

DateTournamentPositionPlayer
December 18, 2020I Open Old Frame2ndTadeo Pons
June 19, 2022LMOF 1.54thDavid Aparicio
February 2023XIV MTGOF League1stDavid Aparicio