Esper Control Shenanigans

Standard Competitive Control WUB (Esper)

Grenthox

Creature (4)

• 2x AEtherling
• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (25)

• 1x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 3x Orzhov Guildgate
• 6x Plains
• 3x Swamp
• 4x Watery Grave

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Detention Sphere

Artifact (2)

• 2x Haunted Plate Mail

Instant (21)

• 4x Azorius Charm
• 2x Celestial Flare
• 2x Doom Blade
• 4x Far / Away
• 4x Psychic Strike
• 3x Sphinx's Revelation
• 2x Syncopate

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Notion Thief

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Blind Obedience

Instant (6)

• 2x Crypt Incursion
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Ultimate Price

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Esper Control is my baby, and this deck is getting better and better.

I'll be clearing updates and comments to get a fresh empty page again for more discussion about Esper, this deck, and upcoming Theros ideas and changes. (Thoughtseize and a new token pooping, big creature removing Elspeth!))

If you're looking at this deck, I think I can say most of the choices are pretty straightforward, but ask about anything you wonder about, also feel free to (constructively) refute any choices and/or suggest something.

This list is what my deck looks like right now, of course there are still changes on the horizon as I'll probably never be really finished tweaking this deck. Here's the changes I'm planning once I get my hands on the cards:

1 Sphinx's Revelation/ 1 Supreme Verdict/ 1 Detention Sphere / 2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa/ 2 Jace, Architect of Thought/ 4 Godless Shrine

Probably taking out:

2 Doom Blade/ 2 Haunted Plate Mail / 2 Orzhov Guildgate/ 2 Swamp and still not sure about what to take out for the Sphere and the Architect.

Comments, suggestions, upvotes and other interactions are greatly appreciated!

Top Ranked	Achieved #18 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 3 Rares 8 - 2 Uncommons 13 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.40
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