Esper Control

Modern* Control WUB (Esper)

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Land (25)

• 3x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (21)

• 2x Countersquall
• 3x Cryptic Command
• 3x Esper Charm
• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Logic Knot
• 4x Opt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Spell Snare

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Lingering Souls
• 1x Lingering Souls
• 3x Thoughtseize

Creature (6)

• 2x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 2x Gideon Jura

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Sideboard

Enchantment (9)

• 3x Leyline of Sanctity
• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Spreading Seas
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Negate

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Supreme Verdict

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Flashfreeze
• 1x Remand

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth Tirel

Land (1)

• 1x Mystic Gate

Creature (8)

• 8x Storm Crow

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"Either I know just the spell I need, or I'm about to."

Original idea, starting to come together. Different than the draw go list I've played previously.

This is the most current, and most successful list so far. Most similar to the original list I had with the creature count.

Playing effective counters in a control deck main board in modern is pretty difficult right now. I kept struggling with number of total counters, cmc of counters, what kind to run, etc. Also playing creatures that occupy the same cmc as most of my counters, along with their reactive nature has led me to believe that I should supplement them with hand hate. What is more difficult to counter can be handled with three Thoughtseize.

If the rules allowed it, I'd make an Esper deck around 8 Esper Charm.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 11 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.31
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Decks I can dig, Modern Cool Stuff, Decks, Esper control copied deck