Spell Strangler (Developing Competitive)

Modern* Combo Competitive Tempo WUB (Esper)

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Creature (22)

• 2x Eldrazi Displacer
• 3x Harbinger of the Tides
• 2x Reflector Mage
• 3x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Spell Queller
• 4x Tidehollow Sculler
• 4x Wasteland Strangler

Land (21)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (3)

• 3x Aether Vial

Instant (11)

• 3x Mana Leak
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 3x Spell Snare

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Kor Firewalker
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 2x Spellskite

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (7)

• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Hallowed Moonlight
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 2x Zealous Persecution

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Vendilion Clique

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Spell Strangler

Esper Tempo - Developing Competitive

What a sweet synergistic idea: I'll +1!

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Playtesting

Grixis Control (2-1): Game 1 very tough due to efficiency of creatures like Gurmag Angler that outmatch ours and cost very little mana, paired with repeated 2-for-1s from Cryptic Command and Kolaghan's Command that leave us with insufficient resources to deal with the threats.
Post sideboarding, bring in Dispel, Spellskite, Spell Pierce, Mirran Crusader, Phyrexian Crusader and Fiend Hunter. Remove Wasteland Strangler and Tidehollow Sculler. Play games 2 and 3 very slowly and focus on countering those powerful control spells that the Grixis player throws out at you. Use your creatures very conservatively and focus on answering their plays first and foremost by bouncing back to hand delve threats so that they're nearly impossible to cast again or snagging them with a Fiend Hunter. Do not be tempted to flash in a Harbinger of the Tides at the end of turn just for a quick bit of damage. They can respond with a Cryptic Command or Kolaghan's Command to blow you out. ALWAYS play around these 2-for-1s. When possible try to get either crusader onto the field, preferably using Aether Vial so you keep mana up for some kind of counterspell, if needed. Phyrexian Crusader blocks all their removal and beats Snapcaster Mage and Creeping Tar Pit in a fight, however it loses to Tasigur, the Golden Fang and Gurmag Angler. Mirran Crusader is the opposite, it beats all their creatures in a fight but dies horribly to removal. Use these to chip away for a few turns and win.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 7 Rares 16 - 4 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95
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