Esper Dragons

by chissa on 03 July 2016

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

This deck is from ChannelFireball's site.

For more information about this deck and how to play go to:

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/teamcfb-deck-guide-standard-esper-dragons/

How to Play

Control the early phase of the game with a mix of countermagic and removal spells and win with your large hexproof Dragons (Dragonlord Ojutai and Silumgar).

There are several cheap Dragon-powered spells that allow you to get to that point. Silumgar’s Scorn is an incredibly powerful card if you have a Dragon in hand. It’s been a long time since Wizards printed Counterspell but this is about as close as it gets. A 2-mana answer that can deal with any threat at any point in the game is incredibly powerful, and a big draw to playing the deck. Foul-Tongue Invocation is also quite powerful, as the 4 life buys you the time to get to the late game.

Esper Dragons is particularly strong against mid­range decks that can’t pressure you enough in the early game. Green-based mid­range decks can’t do much about Esper’s late-game strategy of:

1. Play Ojutai
2. Attack with Ojutai and protect it with counterspells
3. Profit

Esper was one of my top choices in the weeks leading up to the tournament, but the recent addition of Crackling Doom to Jeskai closed the gap in what used to be a great matchup.

Deck Tags

  • Esper Dragons
  • White
  • Blue
  • Black

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

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