One take on the "Esper Dragons" List. Silumgar's Scorn being a counterspell some percentage of the time is the key payoff, but each of the dragons are also powerful and resilient in their own right. Having dragons as finishers also lets us play 2xHaven of the Spirit Dragon as extra "finishers" while getting us up to 26 lands. Finally, we get to play a few 1-ofs because playing 4xAnticipate, 4xDig Through Time lets us see them much more often than we otherwise would.
Flex Cards in the Main:
1 Ojutai's Command - Hurts the control matchup while helping the aggro/midragne matchups.
1 Dragonlord's Prerogative - Could be Jace's Ingenuity, another answer, or another threat, but uncounterable, instant draw 4 is insane in the control mirror and against more controlling versions of Abzan.
1 Icefall Regent - We need to keep our dragon count high while not overloading on legendaries.
1 Foul-Tongue Invocation - A bit of lifegain in the aggro matchups, and a way to kill hexproof threats in the mirror.
1 Utter End - A maindeck way to deal with any nonsense the metagame settles on, most importantly Mastery of the Unseen and Whip of Erebos
Sideboarding:
Mono-Red:
+2 Surge of Righteousness+1 Bile Blight+1 Foul-Tongue Invocation+1 Ojutai's Command
-1 Dragonlord Ojutai-1 Utter End-1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon-1 Disdainful Stroke-1 Dragonlord's Prerogative
RG Midrange:
+2 Surge of Righteousness+1 Encase in Ice+1 Murderous Cut+1 Disdainful Stroke+1 Ojutai's Command+1 Hero's Downfall
-3 Anticipate-1 Dragonlord Ojutai-1 Utter End-1 Foul-Tongue Invocation-1 Crux of Fate
Abzan (fast):
+2 Glare of Heresy+1 Bile Blight+1 Encase in Ice+1 Surge of Righteousness+1 Murderous Cut
-2 Anticipate-1 Dragonlord's Prerogative-1 Utter End-1 Disdainful Stroke-1 Silumgar's Scorn
Abzan (slow):
+2 Glare of Heresy+1 Hero's Downfall+1 Liliana Vess+1 Silumgar's Command+1 Dragonlord's Prerogative
-2 Silumgar's Scorn-1 Dragonlord Ojutai-1 Ojutai's Command-1 Foul-Tongue Invocation-1 Foul-Tongue Invocation
Control:
+1 Liliana Vess+1 Dragonlord's Prerogative+1 Negate+1 Disdainful Stroke+1 Silumgar's Command
-2 Crux of Fate-1 Hero's Downfall-1 Ojutai's Command-1 Utter End
RW Aggro:
+1 Negate+1 Silumgar's Command+1 Bile Blight+1 Surge of Righteousness
-1 Hero's Downfall-1 Ojutai's Command-1 Dragonlord Ojutai-1 Foul-Tongue Invocation
