Esper Control

Standard Control WUB (Esper)

Herbtron

Creature (8)

• 2x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 3x Torrent Elemental
• 3x Wingmate Roc

Planeswalker (7)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 3x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (22)

• 2x Dismal Backwater
• 4x Island
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Temple of Silence
• 2x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (17)

• 3x Bile Blight
• 2x Dig Through Time
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 4x Dissolve
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Icy Blast

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Crux of Fate
• 2x Curse of the Swine
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bident of Thassa

Instant (2)

• 2x Disdainful Stroke

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 2x End Hostilities
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Hey everybody... I was playing Abzan midrange in standard at FNM's, and while the deck performed well, I found it incredibly boring to play. I enjoy Dimir for the most part, and decided to try my hand at a blue black control here. I found that it didn't have enough firepower, and while I was tempted to drop a lot of money into grabbing some Stormbreath Dragons to make a Grixis dragons deck, I had the cards behind Abzan readily available, so I decided to test the Esper route instead.

If it isn't immediately noticeable, this is primarily a control/shutdown deck which escalates into midrange superfriends as a finisher. I have access to a lot of white removal as well, but wanted to stick close to the dimir aspect of things, and feel that I managed to strike a decent mana balance between the 3 colours. Please sign off and let me know what you think. Thanks for taking a look.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 3 Mythic Rares 26 - 6 Rares 7 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Boar 2/2 G, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Soldier 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B