Complex Esper

Modern

PopeSquad

Creature (3)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Griselbrand

Land (26)

• 3x Flooded Strand
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 3x Isolated Chapel
• 2x Plains
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 4x Watery Grave

Instant (24)

• 1x Condescend
• 4x Esper Charm
• 1x Gifts Ungiven
• 2x Mana Leak
• 3x Path to Exile
• 4x Rune Snag
• 2x Sphinx's Revelation
• 4x Think Twice
• 3x Utter End

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Lingering Souls
• 2x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Unburial Rites

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Angel of Serenity

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rest in Peace

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (6)

• 3x Disenchant
• 2x Echoing Truth
• 1x Path to Exile

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Supreme Verdict

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Aven Mindcensor

Instant (4)

• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Think Twice

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Thoughtseize

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Elesh Norn would be great for this deck, but she hits my wallet too hard right now. Will find a slot for her later.

Thoughtseize is a great card, and I want a playset for this deck. Unfortunately, I don't have room in my budget for that right now.

Cryptic Command is also among these cards I want but can't afford right now.

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This deck aims to control our opponents and stall the game until we are able to drop our fatties and bash.

Gifts lets us go search out 2-3 fatties, unburial rites, and maybe a rune snag. The unburial is castable from hand or grave, and opponents wont want to give us a counterspell. If rune snag goes into grave, our other rune snags are stronger.

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Sen triplets is for facing storm. Being able to throw all of their instants away can hurt their combo potential. Also, against control decks, if we can stick this we can make them waste their counterspells and/or removal.

Angel of Serenity is in the board mainly to deal with tron. Exiling emrakul and wurmcoils is great if we can survive the first emrakul attack.

Disenchant is for artifact decks. Are there other, better alternatives for esper?

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 28 - 4 Rares 13 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W
Based on	Complex Dredge Super Budget w/ Lands PopeSquad MDN