Blink And You Die

Standard Control WUB (Esper)

KaezilKub

Creature (2)

• 2x AEtherling

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 2x Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

Land (22)

• 3x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment
• 4x Temple of Silence
• 3x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Detention Sphere

Artifact (11)

• 4x Azorius Keyrune
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 4x Dimir Keyrune
• 2x Spear of Heliod

Instant (13)

• 2x Dimir Charm
• 4x Dissolve
• 4x Hero's Downfall
• 3x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 4x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Artifact (3)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (6)

• 2x Dispel
• 1x Quicken
• 3x Swan Song

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Reap Intellect
• 4x Thoughtseize

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"In the sight of any living thing, they literally turn into stone. And you can't kill a stone. Of course, a stone can't kill you either, but then you turn your head away. Then you blink. Then, oh yes, it can."

Keyrunes can go from rocks to living creatures instantly when the opponent becomes vulnerable. (like Mutavault except not 40$ each.)

So, the idea is to control the board with counters, bouncing creatures and board wipes that don't bother my own threats.

AEtherling (The Doctor) is the king of removal avoidance and the Keyrunes will dodge my own board wipes as well as most other removal that is done at sorcery speed. They also provide extra mana sources to pump AEtherling or to help with a well timed Sphinx's Revelation

Threats

AEtherling - He's all you really need.

Azorius Keyrune - solid body with flying avoidance.

Dimir Keyrune - probably my favorite keyrune, unblockable.

Gideon, Champion of Justice - He can dodge my board wipes too and get pumped up before I do it.

Removal

Supreme Verdict - Staple of u/w removal.

Hero's Downfall - Gotta get rid of those planeswalkers

Detention Sphere - It's like O-Ring, but better!

Dissolve - Newp!

Dimir Charm - Counter for nasty sorceries, removal for early creatures...or my favorite, removing that scry'd card they wanted so bad!

Elspeth, Sun's Champion - I really like all 3 of her abilities. She's a large creature sweeper, and an alt win con with tokens, and she can blow up to make my Keyrunes more powerful.

Draw Card/Utility/Life-Gain

Sphinx's Revelation - Gotta re-stock the hand.

Bident of Thassa - Our creatures are usually swinging in freely. Good draw card.

Spear of Heliod - Love it because it's removal and speeds up our keyrunes, and lets AEtherling get 2 more damage in.

Jace, Architect of Thought - Draw card and token shut-down.

Debt to the Deathless - The other fun part of Keyrunes, is they provide mana ramp for fun spells like this.

Any helpful comments/suggestions or +1's are appreciated! You can make this deck a LOT cheaper by just running basic lands. I put in the dual lands because I have most of them already and they can help with activating your keyrunes.

Top Ranked	Achieved #38 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 5 Mythic Rares 33 - 7 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 4 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	BLUE WHITE BLACK, I'm too lazy to lazy to copy, Standard