Resistance is Futile

Commander / EDH* Artifact Control Superfriends WUB (Esper)

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Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (8)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Orim's Chant
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (20)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Unwinding Clock

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Seal of Cleansing

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (9)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Narset Transcendent
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Chill
• 1x Deathgrip
• 1x In the Eye of Chaos
• 1x Invoke Prejudice
• 1x Standstill

Instant (2)

• 1x Blue Elemental Blast
• 1x Hydroblast

Artifact (1)

• 1x Paradox Engine

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Nature's Ruin
• 1x Virtue's Ruin

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Maybeboard

Creature (14)

• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Court Homunculus
• 1x Esperzoa
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Faerie Mechanist
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Runed Servitor
• 1x Salvage Titan
• 1x Sludge Strider
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Vedalken Archmage

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Time Sieve

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Efficient Construction
• 1x Tempered Steel

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The overall strategy with this deck is to undermine my opponents strategies, policing and controlling aspects of the game to a point whereby I have all the power to dictate courses of action and passages of play. Sen Triplets serves this purpose so well, not only as an enabler for Esper, a color triad well known for some of the most potent cards in Magic's history, but with the other elements of this deck, they can be a formidable force themselves.

Since the change of rules for commander which impacted on how the mulligan rule works for the format, I have been told by a few people that I am running too few land cards in my deck, however with the support of the non-p9 Moxen (and also Chromatic Lantern) I believe I have access to more than adequate fixing and mana production.

As far as packages and interactions are concerned, the Stoneforge Mystic equipment package I have is definitely enough to get me through in quite a lot of circumstances. I am a fan of old-school color-hosing in Magic, so the Mirrodin/New Phyrexian swords provide a great deal in that regard. Skullclamp isn't quite what it use to be in my deck since I removed Bitterblossom and Elspeth, Sun's Champion , and may be a weak link in the package.

The removal I have isn't as thorough as I believe it could be, but with access to cards like Snapcaster Mage & Yawgmoth's Will , what I do have does tend to always have a second lease on life. Not to mention with the -2 ability of Narset Transcendent putting in a lot of work as well.

The artifact package(s) in the deck have quite a lot of versatility and cards that I have which can ensure those pieces reach and stay on the battlefield are almost beyond reproach. I want to add a Darksteel Forge and think that its usefulness may outweigh Skullclamp moving forward.

I'd like to think that I have the best planeswalkers which the Esper color combination has. but I would always welcome further advice.

As you all can tell, assembling and playing this deck has been a labor of love, and one which I wouldn't replace for anything. As you can notice, I have some foils which I still need to acquire as well, so if anyone can help me toward these ends, I would be wholly appreciative.

INFORMATION ON THE MAYBEBOARD: The Maybeboard of this deck is a change to the deck which I will be using as well, in a different build/itteration of the deck. Giving it another identity and a dichotomy.

I look forward to hearing all your advice and comments.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	33 - 1 Mythic Rares 47 - 3 Rares 7 - 6 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Commander, Interesante EDH decks, Sen Triplets, Deck ideas, ., 6. Inspiration, Commander