jmlima's EXP_Esper_Control
 
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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Main Deck - 60 cards, 29 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost P Modified
Rarity Color
Creature (3)
3 Snapcaster Mage
$11.26 Creature - Human Wizard 2 10-Dec-2014 15:24
Instant (23)
2 Cryptic Command
$4.92 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:45
2 Dig Through Time
$0.27 Instant 11-Dec-2014 11:12
2 Disfigure
$0.05 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:11
1 Echoing Decay
$0.23 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:04
2 Esper Charm
$0.38 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:31
1 Go for the Throat
$0.48 Instant 11-Dec-2014 10:24
2 Mana Leak
$0.25 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:31
4 Remand
$0.22 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:29
1 Slaughter Pact
$0.96 Instant 11-Dec-2014 11:12
2 Spell Pierce
$0.20 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:15
2 Spell Snare
$4.02 Instant 10-Dec-2014 16:37
2 Sphinx's Revelation
$0.45 Instant 10-Dec-2014 15:28
Sorcery (6)
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
$0.46 Sorcery 10-Dec-2014 15:17
2 Supreme Verdict
$1.54 Sorcery 10-Dec-2014 15:07
Artifact (1)
1 Batterskull
$4.25 Artifact - Equipment 10-Dec-2014 15:41
Planeswalker (1)
1 Gideon Jura
$0.32 Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon 10-Dec-2014 15:43
Land (26)
3 Creeping Tar Pit
$0.57 Land 10-Dec-2014 17:30
2 Darkslick Shores
$1.93 Land 10-Dec-2014 16:40
3 Flooded Strand
$13.67 Land 10-Dec-2014 17:30
1 Godless Shrine
$8.23 Land - Plains Swamp 10-Dec-2014 16:41
2 Hallowed Fountain
$11.20 Land - Plains Island 10-Dec-2014 16:38
3 Island
$0.07 Basic Land - Island 10-Dec-2014 17:30
2 Marsh Flats
$24.48 Land 10-Dec-2014 16:38
1 Plains
$0.05 Basic Land - Plains 10-Dec-2014 16:40
4 Polluted Delta
$16.04 Land 10-Dec-2014 16:37
1 Seachrome Coast
$0.45 Land 10-Dec-2014 16:41
1 Swamp
$0.08 Basic Land - Swamp 10-Dec-2014 16:39
3 Watery Grave
$8.50 Land - Island Swamp 10-Dec-2014 16:38
Sideboard - 15 cards, 7 distinct
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Rarity Color
Instant (5)
2 Disenchant
$0.16 Instant 11-Dec-2014 11:12
3 Path to Exile
$0.98 Instant 10-Dec-2014 16:09
Sorcery (5)
3 Thoughtseize
$5.86 Sorcery 10-Dec-2014 16:10
2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.23 Sorcery 10-Dec-2014 17:26
Enchantment (5)
1 Rest in Peace
$0.36 Enchantment 11-Dec-2014 11:13
2 Stony Silence
$0.88 Enchantment 10-Dec-2014 16:11
2 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.62 Enchantment - Aura 10-Dec-2014 16:04

Notes
 
**** v2

-1 Doom Blade
-2 Vedalken Shackles
-1 Grave Titan

+1 Go For the Throat
+2 Dig Through Time
+1 Slaughter Pact

Sideboard
-1 Dispel
-2 Repeal

+2 Disenchant
+1 Rest in Peace

**** v1

1 Batterskull
3 Creeping Tar Pit
2 Cryptic Command
2 Darkslick Shores
2 Disfigure
1 Doom Blade
1 Echoing Decay
2 Esper Charm
3 Flooded Strand
1 Gideon Jura
1 Godless Shrine
1 Grave Titan
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Island
2 Mana Leak
2 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
4 Polluted Delta
4 Remand
1 Seachrome Coast
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spell Pierce
2 Spell Snare
2 Sphinx's Revelation
2 Supreme Verdict
1 Swamp
2 Vedalken Shackles
3 Watery Grave

Sideboard
1 Dispel
3 Path to Exile
2 Repeal
2 Stony Silence
3 Thoughtseize
2 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Timely Reinforcements


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http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/standard/20260_The_Icy_Grip_How_to_Build_a_Control_Deck_in_Three_Easy_Steps.html

2          “Hard” Card Draw (Foresee, Jace's Ingenuity, etc.)

6          Removal Spells (Prefer three mass removal and three spot removal spells)

12        Turn 2 Plays (Countermagic, cantrips on some disruption, mana acceleration)

6-8      Win Conditions (Baneslayer Angel, Grave Titan, Wurmcoil Engine, etc.)

6-9      Planeswalkers

25-26  Land (25 with acceleration, 26 without)

This formula changes with the formats, but not drastically. Planeswalkers are a semi-new phenomenon that has replaced more card draw and removal. Since planeswalkers are here to stay, this blueprint will remain valid.

To clarify the turn 2 plays I'll give a few examples. The countermagic slot is taken by Mana Leak in the current Standard. Mana acceleration is dominated by the Everflowing Chalice. The disruption can either cantrip like Spreading Seas and Wall of Omens or replace itself like Duress.
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