Dragon Esper Control ::update::

Standard* Competitive Control Dragons WUB (Esper)

jldowning

Creature (5)

• 3x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 2x Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (26)

• 4x Dismal Backwater
• 2x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 4x Island
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 3x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (22)

• 3x Anticipate
• 3x Bile Blight
• 3x Dig Through Time
• 3x Dissolve
• 3x Foul-Tongue Invocation
• 3x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Silumgar's Scorn

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Crux of Fate
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 2x Negate
• 2x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Artifact (1)

• 1x Perilous Vault

Instant (2)

• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Silence the Believers

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Dragon Esper control, control the board and finish with Hex proof dragons!

So far the only things I consistently lose too is mono red/red deck wins. Even then I can often take it to game three. Fortunately it is rarer in my local meta so main boarding a Drown in Sorrow has seemed less necessary. My biggest enemy has been mana fixing issues which I've tried to resolve and has gotten better, if a game lasts longer then turn 5, I'm usually pretty confident in winning.

I added a third Dragonlord Ojutai, and went to four Foul-Tongue Invocation as I noticed the power of the deck changes substantially based on whether I have a dragon in hand, and the ojutai card draw is always helpful. Ultimate Price saved me more times then I can count however I'm hoping the turn later removal of foul tongued will do, considering the heavier dragon presence. I added the dragon land as it allows me to be slightly more careless with ugin, without running a second.

Ashiok is always on my mind to add, but I have put off buying the card.

Found three very similar decks now on top 8, decided to go 4 backwaters, and bring ultimate price back in.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 2 Rares 13 - 7 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.65
Folders	Interesting Decks