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Modern Control WUB (Esper)

BoardFire

Creature (7)

• 4x Monastery Mentor
• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Land (24)

• 2x Celestial Colonnade
• 2x Creeping Tar Pit
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (17)

• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 2x Go for the Throat
• 3x Mana Leak
• 4x Path to Exile
• 4x Remand
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (12)

• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Lingering Souls
• 4x Serum Visions
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Ghostly Prison
• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (2)

• 2x Spell Pierce

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 2x Timely Reinforcements

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This deck is a slower control deck meant to play a t4 - t5 Monastery Mentor, and take over the game from their with counter spells.

Primer

Wins Cons -

• Monastery Mentor - The main point and wincon of this deck. If left unanswered, he will completely overwhelm the boardstate with tokens, and pairs very well with the rest of the deck.

• Lingering Souls - With a lack of Token removal in this format, 4 flyings for 5 mana is a very good card. While mostly double triggering Mentor, this card also has the potential to win the game from no where.

• Celestial Colonnade and Creeping Tar Pit - Both of these cards are very self explanatory. If the original plan of Mentor falls off the tracks, these faithful cards are here to clean up the game.

• Sphinx's Revelation - Ready to draw too many cards and put me well over 20 for life totals, this card is the definition of late game. It may be replaced later, but now remains for raw power.

Utility -

• Snapcaster Mage - Debatable to be the best utility spell ever printed. Run out of counter magic? Snappy flashbacks anycard in my graveyard, pulling out anything I may need, while also triggering Mentor. What more could you as for?

• Cryptic Command - This spicy one of does wonders. It fits well into any situation, winning games, or just a counterdraw. A very solid, good at any point in the game, card. The only reason their are not more is because of how straining it is on the mana base.

Removal -

• Path to Exile - One of the best removal spells in the format. Its cheap cost far outweighs the opponent gaining a land, especially with very few basics in the format. Also, pathing a token EOT is always a way to get out of being mana screwed.

• Go for the Throat - Another solid removal spell for a bit more mana butt better effects. Being sided out against affinity every time.

• Slaughter Pact - Although a situation dependent card, 0 mana spells go very good with prowess, and this card is very helpful in winning games on the final turns.

Counterspells -

• Remand - A very powerful counter-draw tool, excelling in stalling board states and countering pricy spells. A instantly include in any control deck with Blue, and is a very powerful card.

• Mana Leak - Very standard counterspell, usually being just a Counterspell, the opponent rarely pays the 3.

• Spell Snare - A very well positioned card in modern. It counters important spells like Tarmogoyf, Young Pyromancer, Remand, Boros Charm, Snapcaster Mage, and many, many more. Although it is a very situational card, it is still very good.

Draw -

- Serum Visions - Basically the only draw spell in the deck meant just to draw cards. It would not seem one of the best cards in the deck, but surprisingly, it is. Without serum visions, I wouldn't be able to bounce back from tough situations, or create excellent card advantage. Good late game and early game, Serum Visions has it all.

Hand Disruption -

• Thoughtseize - one of the go to hand disruption spells in the format. Hitting anything and everything, for a low cost. Only being sided out against fast decks like burn. This card is perfect for the twin matchup, obviously.

• Inquisition of Kozilek - Another go to hand disruption card, hitting most relevant cards in the format.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 23 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.89
Tokens	Monk 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W