Innistrad: Lycantropes (Esper Werewolves)

Pioneer Competitive FNM Transform Werewolf WUB (Esper)

Blackgate

Land (24)

• 1x Deserted Beach
• 5x Island
• 5x Plains
• 3x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 9x Swamp

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Duress

Creature (20)

• 4x Baneblade Scoundrel  ^Flip
• 4x Brutal Cathar  ^Flip
• 4x Graveyard Trespasser  ^Flip
• 4x Suspicious Stowaway  ^Flip
• 4x Vengeful Strangler  ^Flip

Instant (13)

• 4x Fading Hope
• 3x Fateful Absence
• 3x Infernal Grasp
• 3x Undying Malice

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Sideboard

Artifact (3)

• 3x The Celestus

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Luminarch Aspirant
• 1x Shady Traveler  ^Flip

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Recommission

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Curse of Leeches  ^Flip
• 1x Paladin Class

Instant (1)

• 1x Professor's Warning

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Deck {W}{U}{B}:

A fun Esper Werewolf-themed deck that utilizes many of the main tropes of the white, blue and black slices of the colour wheel to great effect. Exile, bounce and destroy your opponents creatures whilst making use of card draw, discard, debuff, sacrifice and life-gain/drain shenanigans.

White tropes:

• Fateful Absence (creature/planeswalker removal)
• Brutal Cathar   / Moonrage Brute   (ward: life drain, first strike, conditional creature exile)

Blue tropes:

• Fading Hope (bounce, conditional scry 1)
• Suspicious Stowaway   / Seafaring Werewolf   (unblockable, card draw)

Black tropes:

• Duress (discard)
• Undying Malice (creature recursion, +1/+1 counter, synergy with Brutal Cathar  )
• Infernal Grasp (creature removal)
• Vengeful Strangler   / Strangling Grasp   (life drain and sacrifice effects)
• Graveyard Trespasser   / Graveyard Glutton   (ward:discard, life gain/drain effects)
• Baneblade Scoundrel   / Baneclaw Marauder   (-1/-1 debuff and life drain effects)

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy playing the deck! Feedback and suggestions are always welcome and appreciated -Blackgate

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Standard 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 3 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.17
Tokens	Clue, Day, Night
Folders	Decks, Decks