Masters of Your Mind

Commander / EDH WUB (Esper)

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Sorcery (21)

• 1x Acquire
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Confiscation Coup
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entrancing Melody
• 1x Evangelize
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Kefnet's Last Word
• 1x Knowledge Exploitation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Grinning Totem
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Land (34)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 7x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 4x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (7)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Zareth San, the Trickster

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Siphon Insight
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Whir of Invention

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Esper is my favorite color combination. The lore of the shard, the art direction they took with it...it all really wowed me. What especially wowed me was the etherium-laced humans that inhabited Esper. Whatever the opposite of "body horror" is, that's what I felt when I saw them. I was captivated by the idea of such filigree beings. Cards like Master Transmuter and Filigree Sages enthralled me with their unique beauty. But the card that I fell in love with the most was Sen Triplets. I love everything about their card, down to the flavor text. After all, They are the masters of your mind.

This is a theft deck, themed after the Sen Triplets' signature ability. We take pretty much every card type from our opponents, whether they be lands, sorceries, or whatever. I tried to keep a cliché Esper control theme going as well, so we have plenty of interaction. In the early game, we want to ramp using our talismans and other assorted rocks so we can play our mana-heavy theft effects early. Cards like Praetor's Grasp and Mnemonic Betrayal are efficient theft cards, and are normally used to steal things like Sol Ring and other value pieces from our opponents. But the haymakers in the deck are costly, such as Blatant Thievery and Expropriate. These cards can usually win you the game, or put you so far ahead that your opponents scoop. Agent of Treachery is probably the best creature in the deck, since it is usually drawing us three cards each end step by the time it is played.

Never play Sen Triplets unless you can protect them. They are a kill-on-sight commander if you are playing with competent opponents, so you will need cards like Lightning Greaves and Fierce Guardianship to make sure they stick around for your next upkeep. Once they stick, the Sen Triplets warp the game around them. Our opponents will crap out their hands just to avoid having their cards stolen by us. Just be mindful that the Sen Triplets is an older card, so it doesn't have that ubiquitous text of modern-day theft effects; "You may spend mana as though it were any color to cast that spell". You will need the colors of mana of the card you want to cast from your opponent's hand, so prioritize choosing opponents who are in your color first.

This is a pretty mean deck, and most people will not want to play against it if they are aware of what the Sen Triplets do. That doesn't change the fact that this is a fun deck to play, though. Maybe it is the sadist in me, but I take such delight in playing theft effects. If you do as well, then this is definitely the deck for you. You can win with your opponents' threats, which is always interesting!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human 1/1 W