Esper Control

Modern WUB (Esper)

Epidilius

Land (25)

• 3x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (19)

• 3x Cryptic Command
• 4x Esper Charm
• 3x Fatal Push
• 2x Logic Knot
• 2x Opt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Spell Snare

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Supreme Verdict

Planeswalker (7)

• 2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 2x Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
• 2x Narset, Parter of VeilsGC
• 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Creature (4)

• 4x Snapcaster Mage

Artifact (2)

• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 2x Celestial Purge
• 3x Force of Negation
• 2x Kaya's Guile

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Unmoored Ego

Creature (1)

• 1x Baneslayer Angel

Artifact (1)

• 1x Engineered Explosives

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Leyline of the Void

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Maybeboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Stony Silence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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An Esper control deck, inspired by my love of playing Planeswalkers.

After doing some significant research (ie, looking on page TWO of a Google search) I think that the best way to play Planeswalkers in modern is to play only a few cheap ones in a control shell. So, I took a look at the various cheap Walkers, and came out with my 3/4/5 curve of:

Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Not that I intend to be curving out into them.

Once I had those three chosen, I started looking for Esper control decks, found a cool looking one, and modified it just a little bit to make room for a few more Walkers. I'd still like to make changes to it (some hieroglyphic illuminations, maybe another Supreme Verdict , more counter spells) but I plan on waiting until Horizons releases first.

The deck should function as a pretty standard Esper control deck, with Kaya helping against burn and dredge, and the Jace and Teferi providing late game value.

Since I don't have much chance to play modern, I made a fairly similar Esper Planeswalker deck in Standard that I've been playing on Arena with good results. Standard Deck: Standard Esper Thopters

Advice and criticism is both welcome and appreciated.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 31 - 12 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.43
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Spirit 1/1 WB