Modern Esper As Foretold Control

Modern Competitive Control Cruel Control WUB (Esper)

kaanfighting

Land (24)

• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 1x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (9)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 3x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 3x Street Wraith

Instant (6)

• 3x Gifts UngivenGC
• 3x Path to Exile

Enchantment (4)

• 4x As Foretold

Sorcery (15)

• 4x Ancestral Vision
• 2x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Living End
• 2x Serum Visions
• 3x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Disenchant
• 2x Mana Leak
• 2x Negate

Artifact (2)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Authority of the Consuls
• 2x Stony Silence

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Timely Reinforcements

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Modern Esper control deck that abuses As Foretold to cast cheap removal spells for free and get value. I'm still working on it but it seems powerful. As Foretold's clause about "once per turn" gets so much value even on only one time counter. Tapping out on your turn for value, then using As Foretold to hold up removal/card draw/ counterspells can really lock down the board and make it hard for our opponents to do much of anything. And, of course, Living End proves to be a very powerful sweeper that also cheats out what we want into play. Classic hard control stuff. The main win condition is Emrakul. With Gifts Ungiven, we can easily get her into the yard and reanimated with Living End. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar also ends the game with tokens or a 5/5 body, and if all else fails, and the reanimating package of Streetwraith, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Grislebrand to take over the board.

This deck is pretty weak to Blood Moon. Disenchant helps with this, as well as our side in of counterspells. Of course Stony Silence hoses artifacts, while Timely Reinforcements and Authority of the Consuls hose aggro decks.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 4 Rares 10 - 5 Uncommons 0 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	modern