Esper Skies

Commander / EDH*

andymaul123

Creature (28)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Aven Mimeomancer
• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai *f-pre*
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x Judge's Familiar
• 1x Magus of the Moat
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Pride of the Clouds
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spiketail Drake
• 1x Spiketail Drakeling
• 1x Spiketail Hatchling
• 1x Stormscape Familiar
• 1x Thief of Sanity
• 1x Thunderclap Wyvern
• 1x Voidstone Gargoyle
• 1x Warden of Evos Isle
• 1x Warkite Marauder
• 1x Windreader Sphinx
• 1x Windreaver
• 1x Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Call of the Nightwing
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Migratory Route
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 6x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Flood
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Zephid's Embrace

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking *f-pre*
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Artifact (3)

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

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My newest addition to the EDH roster is Esper Skies, a deck commanded by Dromar, the Banisher. Of the five EDH decks I own in paper, this is the most straightforward and refreshing in its simplicity. The goal is to play creatures and turn them sideways.

Esper Skies is a riff on the Blue Skies archetype and can be considered "flying tribal". Cards like Favorable Winds, Gravitational Shift, Warden of Evos Isle, and Thunderclap Wyvern are the anthem/lords.

Coastal Piracy, Bident of Thassa, Deepfathom Skulker, etc give all of our creatures a nice Curiosity effect, which happens to mesh really well with the built in evasiveness of flying!

There aren't any combos, or super-secret tech. It's just some cool flyers and damage triggers to draw cards and that is absurdly fun to play. My hope is that one day a Moat will find its way into the 99.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Bird 1/1 W, Horror 1/1 UB