Merieke Esper Control

Commander / EDH Control Counterspell Tap/Untap WUB (Esper)

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Instant (19)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Despark
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Void Rend
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Force of Will

Sorcery (6)

• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Time Wipe

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Artifact (12)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cranial Archive
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (9)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x The Wandering Emperor
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Creature (6)

• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Ioreth of the Healing House
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 2x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Instant (1)

• 1x Soul Shatter

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Vindicate

Enchantment (1)

• 1x War Tax

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Creature (1)

• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder

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A more casually constructed deck that's far too slow with no tutors to compete in the big leagues, but can make your at home games with a pod of friends a living nightmare (for them)! It's an early draft, so I went with a standard 8x8 block template to start and tweaked it from there, so it's more 7x8 with 2 half blocks. These blocks include:

-Half Block: Untap sources (purely for commander to abuse)

-Half Block: Protection (to avoid comm. tax and let your creature draw engines dodge wipes)

-Block: Board Wipes (an impressive 7 board wipes to make sure you can always answer the board while you slow roll your engines out)

-Block: Target Removal (an eyewatering 10 dedicated removal spells, and not just creature removal)

-Block: Counterspells (9 counterspells for all your funkilling needs)

-Block: Draw Engines (6 dedicated draw engines, but plenty of other draw effects stapled onto other cards)

-Block: Ramp/Rocks (7 Mana fixing/ramping rock + smothering tithe)

-Block: Value/Finisher Planeswalkers (They dodge most boardwipes and offer a ton of value from draw and removal to winning games)

-Block: Tech Pieces (One to two of effects not significant enough to make full blocks but important/fun to include)

Gameplan is simple. Ramp up, get your engines online, manage the board and survive. Eventually, you'll get one of those big walker ults off and win the game. With a deck jam packed with as many staples and tier 1 cards as you can convince your pod to let you run, you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the sense of superiority over your friends who are just trying to have fun.

Date added	8 months
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Human 1/1 W, Nightmare 2/3 UB, Samurai 2/2 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B