RingweMakil Thanks, bud! I'm playing a 2/1 split in the side between Extraction/Extirpate. Extraction is very efficient, especially with Snap, but Extirpate has been great vs decks packing because of counters. I was able to Extirpate Life from the Loam last night, but it would have been countered if that was Surgical Extraction.

Most decks a Surgical Extraction are great against don't exactly play outside of delver decks mostly. There are a few outliers such as grixes or nahiri control but, in those match ups you tend to fire off surgical before or after a counter war. In those corner cases Extirpate can be better.

However overall Surgical Extraction being cast for is really nice. Against decks like dredge or Abzan company this can be important because that mana is better spent on interaction.

Out of curiosity, what are the matches in which you'd bring in Extraction/Extirpate, besides the obvious ones like combo/dredge?

I've found Split Second to be relevant against blue combo decks (Storm, Nauseaum), Living End since they can combo off at instant speed, Thopter/Sword Tezz, Ux Tron, Through the Breach, and against opposing Relic of Progenitus. My build is very old-school draw-go control, http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dark-visions/, so I usually have the one mana to pay for the extra utility.

You put in a picture from Dr. Strange, so I am naturally obliged to say that this deck looks awesome. Nicely done.

Maybe you don't own the 4th snap, but every additional snap in your deck is like adding one additional of every instant and sorcery in your deck. No reason not to be running 4x.

Could you see this Narset work in a jeskai shell? Rebounding bolts and helixs is fun.

darthskat, Neo7hinker and I have been talking about how to build this feel in a Jeskai shell since his Esper list is sweet and I'm almost strictly a Jeskai player. This is what I've currently been able to put together:

Jeskai Prodigy

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I disagree on the 4th snap for three reasons: 1. You have to pay the cost of the instant in addition to the snap cost 2. With serum visions you will end up cycling to them 3. If you have 3 in your starting hand you will probably just lose

hunkers Right. 3 has been the sweet spot.

3 has been solid for me also However I currently don't own a 4th to test how 4 would do in my shell.

For the past couple of weeks I've been playtesting a Bant Midrange deck and Ended up running a 3-of on almost everything in the list. Path to Exile being the one 4-of. Here's the list: While the spell is on the stack......

I really want to shave 1 Esper Charm, move it to the SB vs Combo/Control (maybe Burn), and add in 1 Murderous Cut as it feels oddly missing. It even has synergy with SB Extraction plan.

Looks smart to me. I would think so for the same reasons as shaving a 4th snap.

3 is a very good number in this deck. It allows it to be flexible/versatile, but there's a lot of redundancy with all of the cross-performing, multi-functional cards that you can use to create packages vs different MU's.

Hey, really cool deck, but I was wondering what kind of basic lands those are? How can I use them in my decks? +1

Yeah how did you get specific cards or foils/promos to come up properly?

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Gideon, Ally of Zendikar is better for us than Elspeth, Sun's Champion because we want to be efficient and effective (especially with 24 lands). Ally allows us to turn the corner and close out quicker vs Combo with our hand disruption + extraction plan. This doesn't mean you can't play Sun's Champion out of the SB, but the 2nd Ally is more important than the single Sun's Champion. We're also favored vs Jund/Junk/Eldrazi, but we gain % vs Grixis, Tron, and Combo.

Have you considered any of the manlands? They could give you an alternative win condition without taking up any card slots.

CthulhusNo1FavCultist We play 3 Celestial Colonnade. We may be able to afford 1 more, like Shambling Vent or Creeping Tar Pit (depending on meta), but I like having less tapped lands in a list that plays a lot off T4+.

Oh, whoops, sorry about that.

LOVE this. I also have a very competitive brew that is also esper.

Bacon LAZERS!!

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Run Countersquall over Negate. Pure value

Pure_Insanity It may seem like the obvious better choice, but we utilize quite a bit, especially for our sequencing. You want to make sure you don't put yourself in a predicament where you have to choose not to play IoK/Seize, Snap/IoK/Seize, or Flashback Souls because you need to have for Countersquall. This deck doesn't care about the 2 life as much as a more aggressive deck would, like Grixis or Mentor. It's worth testing, but may not be better than the consistency of Negate.

How good has Batterskull been for you? It seems pretty lackluster without access to Stoneforge Mystic.

StarMonkey Its role here isn't to rely on it or even jam it turn 5. It's one of the decks recovery/stabilizers like Gideon Jura, and is clutch to replenish your life from fetches, shocks, Thoughtseize, and damage from creatures/burn. It also happens to have a lot of synergy in the deck:

• Non-creature for Narset Transcendent

• Equippable to Snapcaster Mage, Lingering Souls, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, and Gideon Jura

• Immune to Supreme Verdict

It's a fantastic card for this deck's design and gameplan.

+1 Nothing more to say about this perfect deck.