Esper, for all your controlling needs

Standard Competitive Control WUB (Esper)

Javahawk

Creature (6)

• 2x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 4x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 2x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Land (27)

• 4x Choked Estuary
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Island
• 1x Plains
• 4x Port Town
• 4x Prairie Stream
• 4x Shambling Vent
• 4x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Stasis Snare

Instant (13)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 4x Anticipate
• 2x Grasp of Darkness
• 3x Scatter to the Winds
• 3x Void Shatter

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 2x Duress
• 2x Ruinous Path

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Reflector Mage

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Hedonist's Trove
• 2x Imprisoned in the Moon

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 2x Blessed Alliance
• 3x Hallowed Moonlight
• 2x Ojutai's Command

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Infinite Obliteration

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 2x Orbs of Warding

Instant (1)

• 1x Secure the Wastes

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Day's Undoing

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This is my take on Esper control for standard. The game plan is to drop Thing in the Ice   then to stall with counters and removal until it flips. Duress is used to see what the opponent has so that Anticipate can get the answer we need. In the late game the deck buries the opponent with card advantage through Jace, Unraveler of Secrets and Ob Nixilis Reignited. The two finishers in the deck are Sorin, Grim Nemesis and Sphinx of the Final Word if the opponent is able to clear Thing in the Ice   .

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 1 Mythic Rares 33 - 9 Rares 7 - 5 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Clue, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Vampire Knight 1/1 B