Esper Blade

Modern*

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Creature (14)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 3x Geist of Saint Traft
• 3x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Stoneforge Mystic

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Land (20)

• 3x Darkslick Shores
• 2x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 1x Plains
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 2x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (2)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Instant (11)

• 1x Dispel
• 2x Mana Leak
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Smother
• 2x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (12)

• 2x Distortion Strike
• 2x Gitaxian Probe
• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Detention Sphere
• 2x Stony Silence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice

Instant (5)

• 2x Hurkyl's Recall
• 2x Negate
• 1x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Revoke Existence
• 2x Supreme Verdict

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A few years ago I dabbled with splashing blue into Deadguy Ale for Snapcaster Mage and really enjoyed playing the deck in a couple legacy tournaments. Turn 1 Duress, 2 Hymn to Tourach or TidehollowSculler, 3 Snapcast duress etc was generally a lot of fun.

This deck is also adding blue to W/B to bring Geist and Snapcaster into the deck and then using card draw to get to the swords via Dig Through Time, Forbidden Alchemy , and Treasure Cruise.

Thanks to CurdBrosBrewingCo who posted their Narset/Geist Prowess /Rebound Tempo ("Jeskai Way") deck that contained Distortion Strike and Emerge Unscathed which I thought would work great with Seeker of the Way and Geist of Saint Traft for this deck. I've moved Tidehollow Sculler to the sideboard for combo match ups for added discard/control.

A couple potential gold fishes while I was trying it out:

t1 inquition, thoughtseize etc

t2 Seeker of the Way

t3 Seeker of the Way , Distortion Strike attack with seeker 16/gain 4

t4 Distortion Strike from exile seekers 4/4 & 3/3,casting Zealous Persecution 6/6 & 5/5, casting Zealous Persecution (15 damage) also gain 15 health. (1 health left)

T5

t1 inquition, thoughtseize etc

t2 cast seeker

t3 cast geist attack with seeker 18

t4 zealous persecution, + 1 of path, Thoughtseize, inquistion etc.. attack seeker 5/5, Angel 5/5, Geist 3/3 (5 health left/gain 5 life)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 2 Mythic Rares 20 - 8 Rares 22 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Modern