Arena Standard - Esper Bo1 Meta Control

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  • Deck contains 19 invalid cards for this format: Hengegate Pathway (KHM), Test of Talents (STX), Divide by Zero (STX), Power Word Kill (AFR), Portable Hole (AFR), Hall of Storm Giants (AFR), The Meathook Massacre (MID), Clearwater Pathway (ZNR), Doomskar (KHM), Jwari Disruption (ZNR), Vanishing Verse (STX), Saw It Coming (KHM), Behold the Multiverse (KHM), Soul Shatter (ZNR), Environmental Sciences (STX), Mascot Exhibition (STX), Teachings of the Archaics (STX), Confront the Past (STX), Reduce to Memory (STX)
Main 60 cards (25 distinct)
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (36)
$0.25€0.250.03
$0.20€0.160.03
$0.25€0.140.03
$0.67€0.870.03
$58.82
$1.99
$1.25
$1.22
$0.450.03
$1.75
$0.29€0.190.03
$0.25€0.160.03
$4.59
$1.08
$0.39€0.350.04
$1.80
Creature (2)
$2.120.02
Land (22)
$5.03
$0.25€0.190.03
$2.07
$0.99€0.450.04
$4.48
$4.69
$4.300.59
$0.34€0.160.04
Side 7 cards (5 distinct)
$0.20€0.110.03
$0.49€0.530.02
$0.25€0.080.02
$0.25€0.160.02
$0.20€0.120.03

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11-2-21 UPDATE

If you're into esper, try out this list from Poppa_Capp.  It took 2nd in an MTG Melee tournament.  I've been having a great time agianst mono-white, mono-green, and the other tier 2 decks.  Sideboard might need some help to fight izzet.

I swapped out one hermit, shadow, and 'no way out' for three Skyclave Shadeimage to just try to speed up your clock on izzet turns.  We have enough removal to get the eggs out of the way, and they don't have ways to exile stuff from your yard.  I'm 20-8 in Bo3 Standard Events right now.  Great deck.  I see the Sedgemoor Witch and Lier synergy decks picking up steam, and as I've been saying Vanishing Verseimage is just the best friggin control card we have right now.  Poppa_Capp had the discipline to leave every other white card at home and it paid off.  Bravo!

 

 

 

Testing Now - Vanishing Verseimage feels like the answer to Old Growth Troll and Unnatural Growthimage.  We have 5 draw spells and 2 The Celestusimage to find the proper answers and loot away irrelevant cards.  We can use Liesa, The Forgotten Angel to stablize or close a game.  I've been trying out a Jeskai list, but Doomskarimage and Goldspan Dragonimage Just doesn't get there vs mono green.  This should still get there over mono white, but we may not have enough countermagic to keep up with izzet turns lists with Galvanic Iterationimage.  Two Soul Shatterimage should help against Goldspan Dragonimage epiphany strategies and some of the mono black stuff that is taking advantage of warded creatures like Graveyard Tresspasser.

The galvanic epiphany lists are tough without a threat that can get underneath the 8 mana they need to iterate an epiphany.  Liesa, The Forgotten Angel Dodges most red removal, but is still susceptible to bounce spells.  I wonder if Westgate Reagent is viable in the finisher slot?  He closes out the game faster than Goldspan, and if you're just interested in protecting your threat, the discard ward could be nice.  Doesn't help against the Aggro lists, though.  Let's see how we fare this week.

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Enchiguap
Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021
Created: 23 Oct 2021
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