Esper Control

Modern

kyouki

Creature (9)

• 2x Baneslayer Angel
• 2x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 4x Snapcaster Mage

Land (25)

• 2x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 2x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 2x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Instant (14)

• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Gifts Ungiven
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 2x Mana Leak
• 3x Path to Exile
• 3x Remand
• 2x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (11)

• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3x Lingering Souls
• 2x Supreme Verdict
• 2x Thoughtseize
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wrath of God

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Spellskite

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity

Artifact (2)

• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (6)

• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Extirpate
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 3x Swan Song

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Revoke Existence
• 2x Timely Reinforcements

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A bit of a different control deck from the current meta. It's a mixture of the Gifts Deck and the usual esper/UW control decks.

The deck has two main win-cons:

1) Cast Gifts Ungiven for Iona, Shield of Emeria and Unburial Rites this pretty much wins you the game if the opponent plays all his removal in one colour (usually that is W).

2) Stall the game with Supreme Verdict, Lingering Souls and Sphinx's Revelation untill you are able to safely cast a Baneslayer Angel. As most know one swing with the Angel and it's a completely different game. Another valid beat-down plan is to get a Geist of Saint Traft on the board and protect it. Since it's a 6 dmg/turn clock it can easily race a lot of decks.

The Geist of Saint Traft and Sword of War and Peace are mainly in the deck to be able to handle other control deck and W/R removal.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 11 Rares 16 - 2 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W