One Shadow, Nine Fists (BFZ)

Standard* Midrange WUB (Esper)

DarthMjollnir

Creature (10)

• 1x Gurmag Angler
• 4x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 3x Monastery Mentor
• 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Planeswalker (6)

• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 2x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 4x Flooded Strand
• 4x Island
• 3x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Prairie Stream
• 2x Shambling Vent
• 2x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Monastery Siege
• 2x Stasis Snare

Instant (11)

• 4x Anticipate
• 2x Clash of Wills
• 2x Dig Through Time
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 2x Spell Shrivel

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Duress
• 3x Ruinous Path

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Dragonlord Ojutai

Instant (9)

• 3x Complete Disregard
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Utter End

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Despise
• 1x Duress
• 1x Planar Outburst

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BFZ standard Esper Mentor deck. I play it in modern and the mana seems right to try it out in standard.

In my humble opinion, because the new standard relies heavily on sorcery speed removal (generally speaking), Monastery Mentor is in a better position that he has been. They either waste a turn killing him or let him get at least 1 or 2 monks out (hopefully more!). Combine that with stuff like Gideon making tokens/attacking and Sorin's +1 and I think there is some decent synergy here.

I'm tempted to splash Red for a few thinks like Crackling Doom or Kolaghan's Command. Alternatively, going heavier into Red and adding Soulfire Grandmaster and Mantis Rider might be interesting. 4 color decks actually seem to run a bit smoother than 3 thanks to fetchable duals.

Top Ranked	Achieved #39 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 23 - 5 Rares 5 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Monk 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	BFZ Standard