The Dark Side

Pioneer Counterspell Exile WUB (Esper)

Raven_of_Arella

Land (26)

• 3x Demolition Field
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 3x Hall of Storm Giants
• 3x Island
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 1x Plains
• 4x Raffine's Tower
• 2x Restless Reef
• 1x Shadowy Backstreet
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (19)

• 4x Alchemist's Retrieval
• 2x Dispel
• 3x Censor
• 2x Despark
• 3x Absorb
• 2x Void Rend
• 3x Memory Deluge

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Ashiok's Erasure
• 2x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Cruel Reality

Planeswalker (5)

• 3x Liliana Vess
• 2x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Ruthless Negotiation
• 2x Aim for the Head

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Curse of Silence
• 2x Torment of Scarabs
• 1x Curse of Surveillance

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Supreme Verdict

Creature (2)

• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade

Instant (5)

• 3x Divine Smite
• 2x Dovin's Veto

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Maybeboard

Land (26)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Cave of the Frost Dragon
• 1x Contaminated Aquifer
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Fountainport
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Storm Giants
• 1x Hidden Cataract
• 1x Meticulous Archive
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Restless Fortress
• 1x Restless Reef
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowy Backstreet
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Soured Springs
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Creature (1)

• 1x Accursed Witch  ^Flip

Artifact (1)

• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (24)

• 1x Alchemist's Retrieval
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Demystify
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Downsize
• 1x Erase
• 1x Opt
• 1x Otherworldly Gaze
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Censor
• 1x Defabricate
• 1x Despark
• 1x Divine Smite
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Flicker of Fate
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Noxious Grasp
• 1x Reject
• 1x Absorb
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Void Rend
• 1x Memory Deluge

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x The Wandering Emperor
• 1x Liliana Vess

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Duress
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Multiple Choice
• 1x Ruthless Negotiation
• 1x Agonizing Remorse
• 1x Cruelclaw's Heist
• 1x Finale of Glory
• 1x Soul Search
• 1x Stargaze
• 1x Sunset Revelry
• 1x Vampire's Kiss
• 1x Aim for the Head
• 1x Cerebral Confiscation
• 1x Diresight
• 1x Witness the Future
• 1x Supreme Verdict *f-etch*
• 1x Deadly Cover-Up
• 1x Vanquish the Horde

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Curse of Silence
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Dying Wish
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Curse of Leeches  ^Flip
• 1x Elspeth's Nightmare
• 1x Ashiok's Erasure
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Dogged Pursuit
• 1x Torment of Scarabs
• 1x Curse of Surveillance
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Cruel Reality

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After playing against Azorious Control (The Wandering Emperor and Teferi, Hero of Dominiria) I have decided to join the dark side and build my take on a control deck. I have a love for Black so I have built an Esper Control using Liliana Vess and Teferi, Hero of Dominiria. I have an aura curse subtheme to implement on match 2 and 3 after getting a better feel for high-threat cards in my opponent's deck.

Date added	1 month
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 1 Mythic Rares 30 - 7 Rares 10 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Shark X/X U
Folders	Pioneer Decks, Considerations