Normally when I get slaughtered during a night of Magic I just grab either my trusty White Angel Command deck to spread some justice in the lands or if that fails then I just resort to my Black Shadow Force to end things quickly.
As it seems though neither one is really up to competing for a total victory in four player magic. I do a lot of direct dueling and my decks are heavily tuned for just that. Also, there was a new player involved with a lot of cards not often seen at our table and the green powerhouse deck he brought was a thing of beauty indeed.
It is the text book example of how to build an all-round good green deck: Elven powered mana acceleration in abundance thanks to a lot of cheap creatures. Worms of course. A host of Elvish Pipers to bring those puppies into play cheaply. Powerful growth spells and some creature fetching to top things off.
The next time though I think there will be a lot less of four player games because with four players it just seems a lot more interesting to do micro tournaments instead.