I'm a long time follower of this forum, but this is one of my first posts. I've been playing control decks for all of my Magic 'career' and I especially love Esper. I'll share my decklist:
This list brought me to a 5-2 finish on one of the biggest tournament in The Netherlands. It felt really solid and the Kaya's (Planeswalkers) really surprised me. In many match ups they did so much work. Against mono red/blue it's a removal spell and lifegain. Against BG(U) it's a constant removal of creatures in the graveyard they could eventually return with Find//Finality. Especially removing a Carnage Tyrant with Thought Erasure and then removing it with Kaya has been real sweet. Against the Drakes/Phoenix decks Kaya was great and in the mirror it stopped my opponents Search for Azcanta from transforming and providing a clock they couldn't deal with as they lacked Vraska's Contempt #3 and #4 (or else they had to deal with Teferi).
I'm a long time follower of this forum, but this is one of my first posts. I've been playing control decks for all of my Magic 'career' and I especially love Esper. I'll share my decklist:
2 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
3 Cast Down
2 Syncopate
4 Thought Erasure
4 Absorb
2 Mortify
2 Chemister's Insight
2 Vraska's Contempt
4 Kaya's Wrath
1 Precognitive Perception
1 Notion Rain
2 Search for Azcanta
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Godless Shrine
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
1 Swamp
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Watery Grave
Sideboard:
3 Deputy of Detention
3 Thief of Sanity
2 Lyra Dawnbringer
2 Duress
2 Negate
1 Settle the Wreckage
2 Disdainful Stroke
This list brought me to a 5-2 finish on one of the biggest tournament in The Netherlands. It felt really solid and the Kaya's (Planeswalkers) really surprised me. In many match ups they did so much work. Against mono red/blue it's a removal spell and lifegain. Against BG(U) it's a constant removal of creatures in the graveyard they could eventually return with Find//Finality. Especially removing a Carnage Tyrant with Thought Erasure and then removing it with Kaya has been real sweet. Against the Drakes/Phoenix decks Kaya was great and in the mirror it stopped my opponents Search for Azcanta from transforming and providing a clock they couldn't deal with as they lacked Vraska's Contempt #3 and #4 (or else they had to deal with Teferi).
Cards I'd like to try out are: Dawn of Hope and a second Precognitive Perception in the main. For the sideboard I'd like to try Unmoored Ego. They seem nice in the mirror and look like they could do work against the Nexus of Fate decks.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Suggestions are welcome aswell!
- Vuuyi