Dromar, The Esper Strikes Back

Commander / EDH Control WUB (Esper)

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Creature (23)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Clone
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind

Artifact (9)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bad River
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 8x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Strip Mine
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Time Warp

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Trickbind

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

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Maybeboard

Land (1)

• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (1)

• 1x Aetherspouts

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I finally joined The Dark Side and built a blue controlish deck. This is also the first deck I've ever attempted that doesn't rely on the green crutch for ramp. I picked Dromar over Sen Triplets for the commander partly due to cost ($$$), partly because of the huge amount of hate it draws, and partly because Dromar is a pretty solid win condition if I don't draw any threats. A 6/6 for 6 with flying and a pretty good conditional sweeper is nothing to sneeze at.

The deck has a Flicker sub-theme, with the main flicker engines being Deadeye Navigator, Conjurer's Closet, Venser, the Sojourner, and Parallax Wave. I've replaced a few of my spells with creatures that do the same thing when they enter the battlefield to abuse this more. Parallax Wave is kind of a Swiss Army Knife as far as this deck is concerned. I can use it just as a flicker engine, to protect my creatures from removal, to keep my creatures safe while I boardwipe, and to stall out my opponents. I can also use Venser, the Sojourner to reset Parallax Wave and blink several creatures each turn.

Leyline of Anticipation is seriously one of the best cards in the deck. Having the ability to keep my mana open for counters or removal and still play my other spells on the end step before I untap is insane. It even gives my creatures a sort of pseudo-haste and gives my opponents a very limited window to deal with threats.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.83
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner
Folders	Built IRL