Esper Spirits 2K12

Standard Aggro Tokens WUB (Esper)

jkarnes

Creature (8)

• 4x Drogskol Captain
• 4x Dungeon Geists

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Liliana of the Veil

Land (25)

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 2x Plains
• 3x Swamp
• 2x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Favorable Winds
• 4x Intangible Virtue

Instant (14)

• 3x Feeling of Dread
• 3x Forbidden Alchemy
• 4x Midnight Haunting
• 4x Rootborn Defenses

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Instant (13)

• 3x Azorius Charm
• 3x Dissipate
• 3x Purify the Grave
• 4x Tragic Slip

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This is the deck that I decided to take with me to the 2012 Missouri State Championships. I was unfortunately unable to go and handed the deck off to be piloted.

Esper Spirits 2K12 eschews the typical token strategy for a hybrid strategy involving Drogskol Captain and Dungeon Geists. I picked this route because most decks in the format are based on creatures and controlling them is the key to winning a deck which is pivotal with Tempo.

I decided to cut Geist of Saint Traft from the list because it nearly forces you to play a specific archetype. Instead I went with Intangible Virtue as another Token Boosting enchantment. There are 12 different effects that make spirit tokens gain +1/+1.

Vault of the Archangel provides enough Lifelink to overpower Zombies and Jund. It also provides Deathtouch to kill larger creatures in the late-game.

Top Ranked	Achieved #34 position overall 12 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 23 - 9 Uncommons 9 - 4 Commons
Cards	62
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Interesting, tappedout decks, likes