Esper Control

Modern Control WUB (Esper)

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Land (24)

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

Instant (17)

• 4x Cryptic Command
• 3x Esper Charm
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 2x Logic Knot
• 1x Negate
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Spell Snare

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Detention Sphere

Sorcery (16)

• 4x Ancestral Vision
• 3x Lingering Souls
• 4x Serum Visions
• 2x Supreme Verdict
• 3x Thoughtseize

Creature (2)

• 2x Snapcaster Mage

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Sideboard

Planeswalker (5)

• 3x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Timely Reinforcements
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Rest in Peace
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (4)

• 2x Condemn
• 2x Dispel

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Spell Pierce

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Terminus

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Less focus on draw-go play style than the Esper control list first popularized by Wafo-Tapa a couple years ago.

The mainboard takes advantage of the black splash not just for Esper Charm, but for Lingering Souls as well. This provides early blockers against aggro as well as a threat against combo decks. Also, resilient to discard effects and pairs nicely with Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Helps fight against opposing souls as well. Just a very powerful card. Think Twice is great in the draw-go shell, but replaced here with Wall of Omens to further help against aggro decks. Restoration Angel as always is a great, 4-toughhness, instant speed threat that can provide card advantage if you can flicker either a wall or Snapcaster Mage (the latter being rather mana intensive of course).

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 5 Mythic Rares 28 - 4 Rares 19 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.22
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	Modern, playtesting