Esper

Modern

c1elite

Land (21)

• 2x Darkslick Shores
• 2x Flooded Strand
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Swamp
• 3x Watery Grave

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Flaying Tendrils
• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3x Lingering Souls
• 3x Serum Visions
• 2x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil

Instant (12)

• 1x Esper Charm
• 3x Fatal Push
• 4x Path to Exile
• 4x Thought Scour

Creature (10)

• 2x Geist of Saint Traft
• 2x Gurmag Angler
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 2x Damping Sphere
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (5)

• 3x Ceremonious Rejection
• 2x Surgical Extraction

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Damnation

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Monastery Mentor

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Trying a new build and are suggestions welcome. Since this is still a work in progress, forgive me for a bland and relatively uneventful description.

This is my take on an interactive midrange deck that uses hand disruption to stall the opponent long enough to get the win through a delve threat (Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Gurmag Angler), Geist of Saint Traft, or small evasive threats with Lingering Souls.

The reason for Esper colors is that I like how Liliana of the Veil interacts incidentally with cards like Lingering Souls, while being able to help fuel the graveyard for my delve threats. Blue is added mainly for value and Geist of Saint Traft, which is a good threat that doesn't depend on the graveyard.

White and Black hold the best spot removal and the sway towards hand disruption rather than counter magic is that it is more applicable early game, but is also good as Liliana fodder when the time comes.

As I said it's still a work in progress, there will be many tweaks along the way and as things change to wear I like them a more detailed description will follow.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 7 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.23
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Disbanded