Esper Rites (Competitive) 5/4 Update

Historic* Exile Flashback GWUB Praetor

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Land (25)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 3x Plains
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 2x Swamp
• 4x Watery Grave

Creature (12)

• 1x Atraxa, Grand Unifier
• 1x Diviner of Fates
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• 2x Serra's Emissary
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Instant (9)

• 4x Faithful Mending
• 2x Fateful Absence
• 2x Path to Exile
• 1x Void Rend

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 4x Supreme Verdict
• 4x Thought Erasure
• 4x Unburial Rites

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Detention Sphere

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Sideboard

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Enhanced Surveillance

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Necromentia

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Stone of Erech

Instant (2)

• 2x Test of Talents

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This is the deck I had been working on, and playing since I played Day 1 of Open Beta MTG Arena. When they released Unburial Rites which I play in Modern paper, I knew it was time. It gets little tweaks from time to time. If you have any suggestions, or like the build hit me with that +1!

The main idea here is Control hard in the beginning, and overrun them with reanimation targets. Midrange Control maybe. but as long as you last to turn 4, you usually have the game set. The early cards you want to be casting are Thought Erasure, and Faithful Mending. Turn 3 is usually a land go and see what happens. Gives you an opportunity to counter something, or hold to remove a target. OR if you had cast Faithful Mending EoT T2, you can play it again here. Such a fantastic card. Turn 4 you are Wrathing 9 times out of 10 with Supreme Verdict. This is the weakest part of the deck as you have to hope the opponent can't come back fast. Back to back Supreme Verdict isn't ideal, but none the less 4x of them are needed. you could also cast Unburial Rites early if you have Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite to wipe, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Serra's Emissary, or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. Now if you survived, turn 5 is hard casting Unburial Rites, again targeting any of the biggest creatures in the grave. It's all situational to the match, but I love getting Sheoldred, Whispering One to just keep bringing creatures back for free as long as it isn't removed. Saves us some Rites to hold.

I love this deck, it is my favorite. Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is not Historic legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 2 Rares 14 - 4 Uncommons 0 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Arena
Based on	Esper Rites (Competitive) ST31NM4N HIS