Esper Draw-Go

Modern

central2nowhere

Land (26)

• 3x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 2x Ghost Quarter
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 2x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (27)

• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 4x Cryptic Command
• 4x Esper Charm
• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Logic Knot
• 1x Negate
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Spell Snare
• 2x Sphinx's Revelation
• 4x Think Twice
• 1x White Sun's Zenith

Creature (2)

• 2x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Condemn
• 2x Dispel
• 1x Negate

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Thoughtseize
• 2x Timely Reinforcements
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (2)

• 2x Baneslayer Angel

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Stony Silence

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Draw all the cards! I started playing during RTR set and fell in love with the power and play style of Sphinx's Revelation control decks. When the deck rotated from standard, I began playing U/W control decks at modern fnms that still let me cast turn 4 Supreme Verdict followed by late game revelations.

Early modern control lists for me were more tap-out oriented. My first foray into the format was a deck that played Jace Beleren for card advantage and Sun Titan to bring him back and as my win condition. A buddy of mine gave me a copy of Esper Charm as he never played it and thought I might enjoy it. Since then, I've almost always played Esper colors for control decks in modern.

This deck only taps out for verdict and Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Although most 6-mana cards in modern are few and far between, they either need to win the game or be cast on turn 2 (looking at you, Tasigur, the Golden Fang). A resolved Elspeth is nigh unbeatable for fair decks in the format. The other win-cons are end-of-turn White Sun's Zenith and Celestial Colonnade beats (Creeping Tar Pit mainly there to pressure planeswalkers, a card type this deck can struggle against).

The rest of the deck either offers card advantage, Think Twice Esper Charm Cryptic Command , etc. or deals with problems Path to Exile Logic Knot Cryptic Command , etc.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 4 Mythic Rares 29 - 5 Rares 15 - 3 Uncommons 7 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.56
Tokens	Cat 2/2 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Modern