[Standard] EsperShift

by raggedjoe on 06 September 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (2)


Sorceries (4)

Planeswalkers (1)


Artifacts (4)


Enchantments (4)

Submit a list of cards below to bulk import them all into your sideboard. Post one card per line using a format like "4x Birds of Paradise" or "1 Blaze", you can even enter just the card name by itself like "Wrath of God" for single cards.


Deck Description

Caw-Blade control with discard and the best T2 manland. Then I decided to add Shift, and it got much better, fast!

Deck Tags

  • Control

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

1
Like

This deck has been viewed 1,135 times.

Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

13181000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for [Standard] EsperShift

isn't gravitational shift anti-synergetic with said best t2 manland? :P
it's not really that important, just saying haha.

overall, really good deck. I don't really agree with 4 spell pierce, though. usually 2 pierce, 3 leak is good. maybe a negate or two? they're actually really swell.
Also, no day of judgement? :c I love day of judgment, oh my god. In my u/w i run 3 main, 1 board. And now with snapcaster mage I essentially run 6 main, lol. I HATE birthing pod, with a graveeeee passion. So i like to ensure i win against it (:

besides the no doj, the main is extremely solid, mainly the landbase. It's actually quite impressive, how you set up your landbase to be able to survive tec edge quite easily. well done.
p.s. no dismember? whatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. card's too good to not include, lol.

moving onto the sideboard, though, why 4 torpor orb? sure, they stop twin and opposing hawks, but that's about it... titan's initial smack down, sure, but that's not really stopping anything, just delaying. I don't feel they're necessary. You'd be better off with celestial purge and another spellskite, or a few ratchet bombs. twin will probably be a rough match for this deck, and dismember + purge makes it really easily. v.s. twin mana leaks are basically useless, where as the games go so late, so I actually board a few of them out. negate, as I mentioned previously, is really good in the current meta. maybe some sideboard? your call.

last fnm I beat a splintertwin deck, and man ever since then it scared the hell out of me. he won game 1, and by this time I was thinking "oh god, thats it, my perfect record ruined..", then just sideboaring out a few things gave me the edge.
tip; ALWAYS counter the shrine of piercing vision, ALWAYS. it's toooooo good for them, especially in the counter war o.o

but thats enough of my ranting, haha. overall, great deck man! i enjoy it a lot. (:

0
Posted 06 September 2011 at 07:59

Permalink

Wow. That's a long post :P

This is kind of my 'Get back into T2 deck' Thanks for all the tips

0
Posted 07 September 2011 at 00:41

Permalink

How is dismember better than gftT?

0
Posted 07 September 2011 at 00:48

Permalink

Hahaha I do what I can.
And dismember is better than go for the throat for numerous reasons;
1. it requires only 1 "mana", not 2.
2. it can target pretty much anything, no restrictions.
3. it can be used with ANY color, it's beautiful hahaha

sure, 4 life might seem like a lot, but it's actually nothing in the long run of things. an opposing baneslayer angel could be swinging me down for 5 and gaining 5 a turn, or I could pay 4 life and end it then and there.
i love dismember. it's being called a mistake for a reason, and that reason is its insanely good. lol

and it is a long post, but meh, you always give me advice, so I decided I'd try my best to fill you in on standard atm :P

0
Posted 07 September 2011 at 01:57

Permalink

Sure, it's amazing for the splashability... But I'm already running black! GftT handles everything Dismember does, plus more!

0
Posted 07 September 2011 at 03:53

Permalink

i'd run some combination of both. one reason i loved dismember was because with all the metamorphs going around, if they copied an obliterator, that's it. it's a black artifact... can't doom blade or gftt it. dismember hits it, though ;P

0
Posted 07 September 2011 at 04:30

Permalink