XLN Esper Combo

Standard*

zahlman

Land (24)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Fetid Pools
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Ifnir Deadlands
• 3x Island
• 1x Shefet Dunes
• 4x Swamp

Creature (24)

• 4x Champion of Wits
• 4x Contraband Kingpin
• 3x Dire Fleet Hoarder
• 4x Marionette Master
• 3x Minister of Inquiries
• 4x Ruthless Knave
• 2x Sailor of Means

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Chart a Course
• 3x Hour of Eternity

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Anointed Procession

Instant (2)

• 2x Fatal Push

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 2x Supreme Will

Creature (2)

• 2x Bone Picker

Artifact (2)

• 1x Crook of Condemnation
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Ixalan's Binding

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Walk the Plank

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Tezzeret the Schemer

Land (1)

• 1x Ipnu Rivulet

Instant (2)

• 2x Lookout's Dispersal

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Vaguely inspired by the existing God-Pharaoh's Gift decks, except that a single eternalized Marionette Master should be enough - especially with Anointed Procession in play :) Theoretically on turn 5 (maybe before due to Treasure tokens) we can bring a pair back with Hour of Eternity, and either turn Treasures into 14-point bombs - or swamp the field with 20/20 worth of stats, 12 of which can explode in opponent's face, requiring two spot removals and then a board wipe to answer fully.

Aside from the obvious main combo pieces, Contraband Kingpin helps pull things together with the scrying, and Dire Fleet Hoarder and Weaponcraft Enthusiast give us some early game and some value (Enthusiast can also be a secondary target for eternalization). Ruthless Knave, with a single Procession and three Treasures, lets us machine-gun through our Servos turning them into Treasures - allowing a Master combo kill even if played as a 1/3 in order to have chump blockers. Earlier versions tried using Master Trinketeer to supply creatures (it could potentially go infinite), but it didn't test very well (too expensive to make servos without a Procession out, and typically just overkill when the ability is playable). Similarly, Angel of Invention is tough to hard-cast and doesn't give tons of synergy - since we aren't really ever on a grindy servo beatdown plan. So Weaponcraft Enthusiast seems like a better quick creature source and combo enabler.

Hubs should be more Catacombs and Irrigated Farmland, but I'm working with what I have for now.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 1 Rares 23 - 10 Uncommons 5 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure