DOM Esper Control

Pre-release Competitive Control Midrange WUB (Esper)

kierantheninja

Creature (8)

• 2x Aven Sentry
• 1x Drudge Sentinel
• 1x Excavation Elephant
• 1x Homarid Explorer
• 1x Knight of Grace
• 1x Pegasus Courser
• 1x Rona, Disciple of Gix

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Land (19)

• 7x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 8x Plains
• 3x Swamp

Instant (5)

• 1x Adamant Will
• 2x Blink of an Eye
• 2x Opt

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Chainer's Torment
• 2x Deep Freeze
• 2x Seal Away

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Call the Cavalry
• 1x Divest

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A sealed Esper Control deck that I 3-0ed a Dominaria pre-release with.

Mostly UW with a splash for black, this Esper Control list utilises Dominaria limited being more midrange-based than the previous limited formats of Ixalan block and Amonkhet block before it.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria generates tonnes of value by drawing cards and holding up mana for Seal Away and Blink of an Eye while also acting as a removal spell himself.

Like all good limited decks, this build has plenty of 2 card synergies. Blink of an Eye returning Chainer's Torment allows for more turns of draining life against gummed-up boards while Blink of an Eye bouncing a creature to be discarded to Divest acts as removal in addition to providing information about the opponent's hand. By being so difficult to kill, Drudge Sentinel permanently fuels Knight of Grace , allowing Knight to effectively block most of the 2,3&4 drop creatures in limited.

Additions to the deck that would've been useful if opened includes a second copy of Pegasus Courser , which grants evasion to 2&3 power creatures to hit in turn after turn while containing the opponent's board. More copies of Seal Away would be much appreciated too, in order to remove threats and mess up combat for the opponent.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Pre-release legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 1 - 0 Rares 5 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	40
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Nightmare Horror */* B