This is an Artifact Esper Control deck, with Sen Triplets and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas. The deck actually doesn't have any spells that cost more than five mana, so it should be stable around turn 4 or 5. But let's get started with the build!
Creatures
Esper Battlemage
- this card can help me stabilize against a burn or agro deck, and also take out a 1/1 creature, if need be. Mostly in for utility.
Etched Champion - this card is in here so I can block large threats. That's all I need it for. In late game, it can sneak past opponent's creatures to do some damage, but that is a very secondary role.
Etherium Sculptor - my ramp. This will let me get things out faster.
Ethersworn Adjudicator
- this is one of my wincoins. It helps me stabilize by removing threats and enchantments, and then can swing for 4.
Ethersworn Canonist - this is where the hardest control comes in. This will hose aggro and burn decks unless they spend burn that should have been pointed at me to kill it.
Master of Etherium - a useful blocker, and buffs all my other creatures. Generally useful.
Sanctum Gargoyle
- recursion. Particularly nasty with Scourglass.
Sen Triplets - this is what will help me beat the control mirror. It prevents opponents from countering the spells I cast on my turn. This is also good against midrange decks, as I can pull their wincoins out against them.
Instants and Sorceries
Dispatch - Removal. This is what I'll throw at the Tarmogoyfs and such.
Esper Charm
- Enchantment removal or card advantage.
Artifacts
Obelisk of Esper
- plain old mana rock.
Scourglass - this is my board wipe. Against midrange decks, this will just be painful.
And last, but not least, Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas. This digs through my deck, and makes creatures in a pinch, but the real threat of this 'walker is that he can ult the turn after he enters the field. If my opponent doesn't have a burn spell or something of the like, the game might just end.
Thanks for reading, and I'd really love any advice, especially for my sideboard. I am, however, trying to keep the build under $150 - $160.
