Hello all! As a nostalgia project, I've decided to rebuild some of my favorite Standard decks from when I first started playing. Most can be found online, but I'm having a bit of trouble with a particular deck - Esper Nether-Go. I've found some U/B lists, U/W (with no way to hardcast Nether Spirit) and a Grixis version (all 3 linked below). Back in the day however, the best player at my LGS would wreck me with a sweet Esper colored version, for which I can't find an online list. I'm not sure if this was a personal tweak that he played or if my google skills are just not up to par, but I'd really LOVE to rebuild something resembling that deck as closely as possible.
A lot of the core cards were the same as the other lists (Nether Spirit, Acc Knowledge, Fact or Fiction, Absorb/Undermine), it also ran Dromar's Charm and a few more cards I can't remember. Basically, I'm looking for help filling out the last few slots without destroying the curve/making the deck unplayable and rebuilding the manabase. Below is my best guess for a partial list, based off memory and the linked lists. I'm not sure if I should be adding Wraths, spot removal, discard, more counterspells or other stuff altogether.
Yeah both of those are cards I've been considering. I'm pretty sure I'll include Opt, Web will depend mostly on what other decks I decide to built to play against this one. I've got a list thrown together, I templated my manabase from the Antoine Ruel grixis list, but I'm really not sure if it's right, and my curve seems really high, but that might just be the Modern/Legacy player in me looking to maximize efficiency, perhaps for a standard deck it wouldn't be too clunky. Anyhow here's the list:
By the way, I know most lists won with only Nether Spirit, but Desolation Angel was in the deck I remember from back then, it's my favorite card, and although cutting the finisher entirely or replacing it with something that doesn't nuke my lands would most likely be correct (you always cast it with kicker obviously, but still), it just wouldn't be as much fun for me without. So I'm open to all suggestions and critiques other than cutting Deso
I used to play this day deck when it was a standard all star, I cut the fact or fictions which I know sounds crazy but they aren't really synergistic with the nether spirit and often the actual spirit was your finisher and the desolation angel as back up. But oh the games that you got to slam a desolation angel bring back fond memories. I'd recommend playing more undermine and less absorb if you want the true original version. It played a tempo style control game and the life loss goes a long way into killing someone with a 2/2. Some important cards I see missing are probe, recoil, tsabos web, and dismantling blow. And hey with the reprint of nether spirit you could play a variation in modern.
I've been doing the same thing of putting together my nostalgia decks from the past. UG madness, WG threshold, fires of yavimaya, replenish, ect.. the tricky one is my old turbo land path deck, all the dials and forces are to expensive to put that together for cheap anymore. I wish I never sold them
A lot of the core cards were the same as the other lists (Nether Spirit, Acc Knowledge, Fact or Fiction, Absorb/Undermine), it also ran Dromar's Charm and a few more cards I can't remember. Basically, I'm looking for help filling out the last few slots without destroying the curve/making the deck unplayable and rebuilding the manabase. Below is my best guess for a partial list, based off memory and the linked lists. I'm not sure if I should be adding Wraths, spot removal, discard, more counterspells or other stuff altogether.
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Fact or Fiction
4 Counterspell
4 Absorb
2 Undermine
+ 22-25 lands
Thanks!
U/B list (PT Chicago): https://archive.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010212a
U/W list (proposed update to PT Chicago list): https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010219a
Grixis list (Worlds 2001): http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=9240&d=253039&f=ST
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Fact or Fiction
2 Duress
4 Counterspell
4 Absorb
2 Undermine
2 Dromar's Charm
4 Terror
3 Wrath of God
1 Desolation Angel
8 Island
4 Salt Marsh
4 Underground River
3 Adarkar Wastes
1 Caves of Koilos
3 Coastal Tower
By the way, I know most lists won with only Nether Spirit, but Desolation Angel was in the deck I remember from back then, it's my favorite card, and although cutting the finisher entirely or replacing it with something that doesn't nuke my lands would most likely be correct (you always cast it with kicker obviously, but still), it just wouldn't be as much fun for me without. So I'm open to all suggestions and critiques other than cutting Deso
I've been doing the same thing of putting together my nostalgia decks from the past. UG madness, WG threshold, fires of yavimaya, replenish, ect.. the tricky one is my old turbo land path deck, all the dials and forces are to expensive to put that together for cheap anymore. I wish I never sold them