Okay I've tested both builds now and I gotta say, Glimpse/Chill seems wayyyyy stronger than the Brutality build. What worries me is that if your opponent has unanswered grave hate the deck is reeeeeeally bad. The Brutality build can still fight with big Trolls, but it's also just so much slower/less consistent. Would be really nice to find a healthy middle ground
There's some Esper Gifts talk in the 4C Gifts thread.
I run it some times but there's a bunch of different ways to build it and Esper isn't especially popular in the first place so it's hard to say if one version is strictly better than another. I think it's more of a tailor to your meta type of deal
With a couple of Blood Moons and some number of Terminates/Dreadbore/Anger of the Gods taken from the SB into MB, you've basically got a RB control deck with a Demigod beatdown plan. I've faced a deck like that at my local FNMs, and it stomps the living daylights out of many a greedy midrange decks. I don't see a reason why this deck would perform much worse.
My guess is Lashwrithe is too cute, just 1-2 Demigods in and of themselves should be sufficient to kill your opponent. I'd be in for a couple of Risk Factor in a deck like this, perhaps in the SB, as well as a couple of Sweltering Suns in MB if your meta has Humans/Spirits or any other swarm type decks.
There's actually a thread in here for that deck already
I play a GW Eldrazi deck that takes advantage of value creatures and Eldritch Evolution. Can confirm Gearhulk is an absolute HOUSE. Resolved Gearhulk has won me 100% of games against Merfolk, Humans, and Jund (since they go pretty wide with BBE now)
I'm gonna make the same suggestion I make every time: I'd suggest getting rid of some of those excess trackers and mainboarding Reflector Mages. It almost ensures you don't lose against other Midrange decks (especially Shadow). This would also allow you to diversify your sideboard. Here's my list
I board in the Midrange threats like Nissa #2, Gideon AoZ, and Kitchen Finks. I also sometimes board in some counterspells. I used to bring in Dawn/Dusk but I'm honestly considering removing it from my sideboard. It's always either too late or unnecessary. Courser really helps with getting land drops, doesn't die to bolt, free blocks BBE, keeps your life total up, etc.
I wouldn't drop Nissa. She's great and especially helpful against discard strategies like Jund. She helps setup your topdecks, generates card advantage, and BGx manabase + Bob often puts them pretty close to dying to her ult. I had a game last week where I was able to play her for X=4 in a board stall pretty much guaranteeing the win unless he hit an abrupt decay or maelstrom pulse on his turn. But even then I was able to scry a CoCo to the top with the +2. I wouldn't dream of cutting her but if she's been underperforming for you, Gideon is always great
I think 22 lands 7 dorks is a trap. I would suggest cutting one of your Trackers for a land. I also disagree with not mainboarding Reflector mage, but it could just be that your meta is more than half non-creature MUs?
If you expect to face a lot of uninteractive unfair decks like Tron, scapeshift, and storm I have no clue why you wouldn't be playing Retreat since its your best shot at winning those games. Teeg is also great for those matchups.
No Gavony Township?
Sideboard still seems a little narrow. I'm assuming Ewit is for the grindy matches? I'd opt for more hard to deal with Midrange threats instead (Thrun, Gideon Ally, Sigarda, etc) but if you really like Ewit, I'd run one in the main instead. Hitting her off a CoCo is insane value, but I feel like there's more impactful cards you can SB.
I'd also push for Reflector Mage #3 over Revoker #3. The decks Reflector is good against, it's REALLY good against (pretty much any Midrange deck. Sometimes bouncing an opposing dork turn 2 can be a big enough tempo swing to run away with a game before it starts)
Also I personally don't like Bog, but if you see a lot of Dredge and Griselbrand, it should be decent
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Also, is there a discord server anywhere?
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I run it some times but there's a bunch of different ways to build it and Esper isn't especially popular in the first place so it's hard to say if one version is strictly better than another. I think it's more of a tailor to your meta type of deal
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It's been pretty inactive for a while
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There's actually a thread in here for that deck already
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http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/26-06-17-knightfall/?cat=&sort=cost
I board in the Midrange threats like Nissa #2, Gideon AoZ, and Kitchen Finks. I also sometimes board in some counterspells. I used to bring in Dawn/Dusk but I'm honestly considering removing it from my sideboard. It's always either too late or unnecessary. Courser really helps with getting land drops, doesn't die to bolt, free blocks BBE, keeps your life total up, etc.
I wouldn't drop Nissa. She's great and especially helpful against discard strategies like Jund. She helps setup your topdecks, generates card advantage, and BGx manabase + Bob often puts them pretty close to dying to her ult. I had a game last week where I was able to play her for X=4 in a board stall pretty much guaranteeing the win unless he hit an abrupt decay or maelstrom pulse on his turn. But even then I was able to scry a CoCo to the top with the +2. I wouldn't dream of cutting her but if she's been underperforming for you, Gideon is always great
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If you expect to face a lot of uninteractive unfair decks like Tron, scapeshift, and storm I have no clue why you wouldn't be playing Retreat since its your best shot at winning those games. Teeg is also great for those matchups.
No Gavony Township?
Sideboard still seems a little narrow. I'm assuming Ewit is for the grindy matches? I'd opt for more hard to deal with Midrange threats instead (Thrun, Gideon Ally, Sigarda, etc) but if you really like Ewit, I'd run one in the main instead. Hitting her off a CoCo is insane value, but I feel like there's more impactful cards you can SB.
I'd also push for Reflector Mage #3 over Revoker #3. The decks Reflector is good against, it's REALLY good against (pretty much any Midrange deck. Sometimes bouncing an opposing dork turn 2 can be a big enough tempo swing to run away with a game before it starts)
Also I personally don't like Bog, but if you see a lot of Dredge and Griselbrand, it should be decent