Adam Haggerty's Esper Approach
 
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Approx. Value:
$307.95
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Avg. CMC 3.71
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Marvel's Spider Man
releases on September 26, 2025!

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Marvel's Spider Man
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Main Deck - 60 cards, 26 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost T Modified
Rarity Color
Creature (6)
4 Merfolk Secretkeeper // Venture Deeper
$0.08 Creature - Merfolk Wizard // Sorcery - Adventure // 4 08-Nov-2019 20:13
2 Torrential Gearhulk
$0.26 Artifact Creature - Construct 6 27-Dec-2019 15:45
Instant (23)
2 Absorb
$0.34 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:17
4 Censor
$0.16 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:13
3 Dig Through Time
$0.30 Instant 06-Dec-2019 21:59
4 Drown in the Loch
$0.80 Instant 06-Dec-2019 21:58
4 Fatal Push
$0.86 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:16
4 Hieroglyphic Illumination
$0.08 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:13
1 Settle the Wreckage
$2.43 Instant 27-Dec-2019 15:46
1 Utter End
$0.23 Instant 27-Dec-2019 15:48
Sorcery (4)
2 Approach of the Second Sun
$2.24 Sorcery 06-Dec-2019 20:34
2 Supreme Verdict
$1.46 Sorcery 27-Dec-2019 15:46
Enchantment (2)
1 Cast Out
$0.12 Enchantment 27-Dec-2019 15:48
1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
$1.79 Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land 27-Dec-2019 15:45
Land (25)
1 Blast Zone
$0.29 Land 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Castle Vantress
$0.45 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
2 Drowned Catacomb
$0.92 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:28
1 Field of Ruin
$0.20 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:25
2 Glacial Fortress
$0.49 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:28
4 Godless Shrine
$7.68 Land - Plains Swamp 08-Nov-2019 20:24
4 Hallowed Fountain
$11.24 Land - Plains Island 08-Nov-2019 20:24
2 Island
$0.10 Basic Land - Island 08-Nov-2019 20:28
1 Plains
$0.08 Basic Land - Plains 08-Nov-2019 19:59
2 Shambling Vent
$0.30 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Swamp
$0.11 Basic Land - Swamp 08-Nov-2019 19:59
4 Watery Grave
$8.13 Land - Island Swamp 08-Nov-2019 20:24
Sideboard - 83 cards, 69 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost T Modified
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Creature (3)
1 Emrakul, the Promised End
$15.15 Legendary Creature - Eldrazi 13 08-Nov-2019 20:04
1 God-Eternal Kefnet
$1.64 Legendary Creature - Zombie God 5 08-Nov-2019 20:16
1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
$0.20 Enchantment Creature - Sheep 5 08-Nov-2019 20:04
Instant (31)
1 Aether Gust
$0.15 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Cast Down
$0.28 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:17
1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.09 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Commence the Endgame
$0.29 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Cyclonic Rift
$24.49 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:20
1 Despark
$0.44 Instant 08-Nov-2019 19:59
2 Disallow
$1.31 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:17
1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.06 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Disfigure
$0.05 Instant 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Dispel
$0.29 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Dovin's Veto
$1.19 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Far // Away
$0.11 Instant // Instant // 08-Nov-2019 20:17
1 Hero's Downfall
$0.12 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:17
1 Last Breath
$0.03 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Mystical Dispute
$0.31 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
4 Opt
$0.13 Instant 27-Dec-2019 15:46
1 Riot Control
$0.31 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Secure the Wastes
$1.10 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Silumgar's Command
$0.22 Instant 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Sinister Sabotage
$0.08 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:19
1 Sphinx's Revelation
$0.66 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:19
1 Surge of Righteousness
$0.14 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Syncopate
$0.06 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:19
1 Tyrant's Scorn
$0.14 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:19
1 Ultimate Price
$0.07 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:19
1 Utter End
$0.23 Instant 08-Nov-2019 20:21
1 Vraska's Contempt
$0.32 Instant 08-Nov-2019 19:59
Sorcery (19)
1 Collective Brutality
$0.30 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Declaration in Stone
$0.24 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 20:20
1 Doomfall
$0.06 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 20:20
1 Duress
$0.14 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Enter the God-Eternals
$0.22 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Entrancing Melody
$0.18 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Hour of Revelation
$0.90 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 20:21
1 Providence
$0.21 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Razaketh's Rite
$0.29 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
1 Scheming Symmetry
$6.45 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
4 Thought Erasure
$0.08 Sorcery 06-Dec-2019 21:56
4 Thoughtseize
$5.79 Sorcery 06-Dec-2019 21:56
1 Unmoored Ego
$0.25 Sorcery 08-Nov-2019 19:59
Artifact (2)
1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
$0.29 Artifact // Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Wishclaw Talisman
$2.85 Artifact 06-Dec-2019 21:56
Enchantment (6)
1 Authority of the Consuls
$4.51 Enchantment 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Dovin's Acuity
$0.13 Enchantment 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Gideon's Intervention
$0.15 Enchantment 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.39 Enchantment 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Profane Procession // Tomb of the Dusk Rose
$0.34 Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land 08-Nov-2019 20:22
1 Rest in Peace
$0.75 Enchantment 08-Nov-2019 20:09
Planeswalker (6)
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
$0.97 Legendary Planeswalker - Elspeth 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
$2.05 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi 06-Dec-2019 21:56
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
$1.75 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi 06-Dec-2019 21:56
Land (16)
1 Castle Ardenvale
$0.34 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:24
1 Caves of Koilos
$0.80 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:24
2 Fabled Passage
$4.96 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:28
1 Fetid Pools
$0.33 Land - Island Swamp 08-Nov-2019 20:25
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
$0.57 Legendary Land 08-Nov-2019 20:25
1 Interplanar Beacon
$0.13 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Irrigated Farmland
$0.23 Land - Plains Island 08-Nov-2019 20:25
1 Lotus Field
$8.01 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:09
1 Mage-Ring Network
$0.20 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:23
1 Mystic Sanctuary
$1.45 Land - Island 08-Nov-2019 20:23
1 Prairie Stream
$0.43 Land - Plains Island 08-Nov-2019 20:27
1 Temple of Deceit
$0.25 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Temple of Enlightenment
$0.13 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Temple of Silence
$0.21 Land 08-Nov-2019 20:26
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
$46.50 Legendary Land 06-Dec-2019 20:58

Notes
 
The idea here is pretty interesting, and there's enough cards available to do it. Pioneer has been a very hyper linear format at the outset here, and the progressive bans are pushing us into midrange and control territory. Generally this kind of deck building is favorable for me as others need established packages to develop decks where as I'm able to do my own thinking.

I've been positing that the format seems like it doesn't have a great spread of answers but that in actuality there is are great answers that require deck building requirements. Everyone thinks that fatal push and wild slash are the only efficient removal spells. Drown in the loch is like the best terminate ever printed that has pretty low hoops to jump through.

Another fallacy is that there is no selection or velocity. People are just looking for what they already know, not re-evaluating cards in the new context. 1 C cycling is vastly under rated, and there are really good control spells for doing so. Similarly merfolk secret keeper offers a high velocity spell that enables early dig through times, early drown in the Loch's, early Approach's, with a fail rate wall that stifles early aggro when needed. If you think about it as a higher ceiling lower floor wall of omens it's stock goes way up.

The deck concept is simple then utilizing a package of versatile removal, high velocity, and a mixed closing speed in torrential gearhulk and approach. I'm toying with a mid tempo deck where I create a bubble by devastating early resources and win in the recovery time. In this play style I have long game, but I don't need to answer anything, just what would preclude me from winning on T7-9.

Also mana wise U/W duals are not awesome. Esper manabase is actually functionally more elegant.
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