Esper Schemes

Standard* Competitive Control UB (Dimir) WB (Orzhov) WU (Azorius) WUB (Esper)

Ar3n0S

Creature (8)

• 2x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 3x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 3x Torrential Gearhulk

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Land (26)

• 2x Concealed Courtyard
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Island
• 2x Plains
• 4x Prairie Stream
• 3x Shambling Vent
• 4x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp

Instant (22)

• 3x Anticipate
• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 2x Essence Extraction
• 3x Glimmer of Genius
• 3x Grasp of Darkness
• 4x Immolating Glare
• 2x Negate
• 2x Skywhaler's Shot
• 1x Summary Dismissal

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Fumigate

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Spell Queller

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Instant (6)

• 2x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Negate
• 2x Summary Dismissal

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Flaying Tendrils
• 2x Transgress the Mind

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Hello! This is a new deck that I've been working on lately to quell the menace that is the incredible value printed on creatures lately. You'll notice that it has a ridiculous amount of removal, and relatively few wincons, reminiscent of near creatureless control!

The deck uses it's almost exclusively instant speed removal in order to stall for long enough to profit using Demon of Dark Schemes. Every time I've cast that card it has felt great. Even on an empty board he's a threat that must immediately be dealt with or your opponent will likely lose the game.

I've added a sideboard finally, after playing the deck in a couple tournaments. For the most part, the deck should be fine against aggro and midrange strategies, but it potentially struggles against control mirrors, so nearly every card in the board is for those matches.

POST PT HONOLULU UPDATE:

After the PT, it looks like control might become more of a presence than it was previously. In light of that, I've taken out some of the removal and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet in order to add more card draw/filtering and counterspells. I've also removed Sorin, Grim Nemesis from the main because planeswalkers are just not great against large threats at instant speed (Torrential Gearhulk). To accommodate the influx of blue cards, I've switched up the mana base a bit.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 5 Mythic Rares 22 - 4 Rares 11 - 5 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Energy Reserve, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Vampire Knight 1/1 B