Esper Control/Delve

Modern Control Tokens WUB (Esper)

IvanGreenbeard

Land (20)

• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 3x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (21)

• 2x Countersquall
• 2x Cryptic Command
• 3x Esper Charm
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Grasp of Darkness
• 3x Logic Knot
• 3x Path to Exile
• 2x Secure the Wastes
• 4x Think Twice

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Creature (6)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Geist of Saint Traft
• 2x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Tombstalker

Sorcery (10)

• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3x Lingering Souls
• 3x Serum Visions
• 2x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x As Foretold

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Dispel
• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Go for the Throat
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow

Creature (1)

• 1x Soulflayer

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Detention Sphere

Artifact (4)

• 2x Fleetwheel Cruiser
• 2x Smuggler's Copter

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This is intended to be a competitive Esper deck. While it mostly focuses on control with classic token generation, I have added a few options for higher damage potential with delve creatures. The goal was to make a deck that works without some of the more expensive staples like Snapcaster Mage and Celestial Colonnade.

The sideboard includes Fleetwheel Cruiser and Smuggler's Copter to make the tokens a bit more frightening. In my opinion the Cruiser is the second best vehicle in the game, as it not only becomes a creature upon entering the battlefield (with haste and trample!!), casting it causes Monastery Mentor to spit out another monk and trigger prowess. The Copter is nice for obvious reasons, it's no wonder they banned it in standard.

Any suggestions or criticisms are welcome, especially in honing the delve and crew mechanics.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 10 Rares 14 - 3 Uncommons 11 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.45
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Monk 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W