Also - by the way yeaGO, I noticed the art for the promo Teferi, Hero of Dominaria is off balance as the focus picture for the deck. Is it possible to raise the center of the image a little bit on a card per card basis for the site? O_o

Hey, Thought Erasure is pretty good, you should it out! Besides, one of the biggest reason to play esper control (IMO) is the discard.

Thanks for the suggestion Flooremoji. I've considered Thought Erasure a good bit, but it leaves the question of what I would remove. The maindeck is unfortunately at the point where almost everything feels necessary.

My logic to this point for avoiding it has been the specific mana cost and the Sorcery speed. I reasoned it would just be better to have a counterspell up to stop whatever they try and cast and make them burn their time and resources. Open to any suggestions as where you think it would serve better though.

It could prove a great sideboard card. Is it worth playing over the Duress for the extra mana though is the question.

Made some edits to the deck for any of those monitoring. Filled out more of the sideboard. Switched Nezahal, Primal Tide for Chromium, the Mutable cause Flash is nice in control. Especially the mirror. While I enjoyed Nezahal and while it did pull me out of some control matchups, tapping 7 on my turn also felt super bad and also lost me some games. I'll miss holding an absurd amount of cards in my hand in Arena though.

Added some more cards to my Maybeboard after watching Jonathan Rossum's interview and victory against Mono Aggro at SCG Columbus just a while ago.

I found his use of Vona, Butcher of Magan in the side very interesting, and also the fact that all his life gain was single target removal based. Cards such as Moment of Craving, which I'm not currently running, and of course the Invoke the Divine, which I keep two of side.

I'm surprised he wasn't making any use of Sanguine Sacrament. The card seems built just for control. Like an arguably weaker Sphinx's Revelation. I think that's something I have to help make my deck more consistent in a variety of situations.

Anyway, I'm enjoying watching the deck evolve. Please continue to check in on it and share your feedback.

Thanks again Tappedout.

I love the concept, but is 27 lands needed? Could run Anticipate as a 3 of? Or Thought Erasure as Flooremoji mentioned. I saw you had concerned about the mana base for it, but you can eliminate the threat that you would use the counter spell for, and TE can be more useful in the mirror match up. Also Surveil allowing you to sculpt your next turn is worth the extra mana alone imo.

Black Ops 4 has taken over my life.

I haven't touched MTGA in a week.

I am sorry.