Master of your mind

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

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Land (37)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (19)

• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail
• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Celestial Dawn
• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mind Unbound

Instant (1)

• 1x Arcane Denial

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They are the masters of your mind

If you like esper control filled with pet cards, stax, removal, and combos, then you're in luck.

Counter spells with Disallow, wipe the board with Merciless Eviction, use Demonic Tutor to fetch combo pieces or a big finisher, then win however you see fit.

Win Cons

There are two infinite combos in the deck, the Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood loop that just needs one point of damage to trigger, and Altar of Dementia + Darkest Hour + Teysa, Orzhov Scion . For the second combo, sac any other creature to Altar of Dementia to mill an opponent. Teysa, Orzhov Scion sees the creature die, triggering her ability making a spirit which is now black because of Darkest Hour. Sac this to repeat this infinitely.

Another way to win is just with one of the finishers, such as Azor, the Lawbringer, Nezahal, Primal Tide, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Awoken Horror and Arvinox, the Mind Flail.

Controlling the board

Use counterspells such as Cryptic Command to stop dangerous spells and recur them with Snapcaster Mage or Torrential Gearhulk, cast boardwipes like Wrath of God, kill spells like Swords to Plowshares, tap effects like tamiyo, moon sage, or bounce the whole board with a good old Cyclonic Rift. Slow down your opponents attacks with Propaganda and Ghostly Prison, ramp up with Smothering Tithe, stop card draw with Narset, Parter of Veils, and kill off pesky creatures with Ob Nixilis Reignited

Consistency

Use artifacts like Chromatic Lantern and Sol Ring to ramp up, or steal your opponent's with Thada Adel, Acquisitor, and use card draw like Ponder, Brainstorm and Fact or Fiction, tutors such as Demonic Tutor and top deck filters like Search for Azcanta   and Sensei's Divining Top to smooth out your game.

The Rest

Celestial Dawn works amazing with Senn Triplets to play out of your opponents hand, Gonti, Lord of Luxury lets you play from the top of their deck, Vedalken Orrery opens up your turns, Teferi's Protection can save you from a sudden load of damage, Bribery lets you steal their big creatures and Isochron Scepter lets you cast cheap instants repeatedly for insane value

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Altar of Dementia + Darkest Hour + Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.54
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Shark X/X U, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure