Comments on: Esper Control: Approaching Perfection

By: Ian Robertson

Ian Robertson — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:23:43 +0000

Disappointing the author cannot be bothered to reply to the (few) comments on his articles.

By: Alexis Fougères

Alexis Fougères — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:12:38 +0000

I used to play this deck a few years ago. Back then i felt that spell snare was very good because falling behind early is the biggest issue with the deck. I’m a bit out of touch with modern right now. Is spell snare not good anymore?

By: Tyskmannen

Tyskmannen — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:27:48 +0000

Hey Trevor,

awesome to find someone playing esper and writing about it 🙂
I would be interested in a sideboard guide just for comparison. I think that is one of the most difficult part of the deck.
I am most interested in how you board vs Abzan, Shadow and Eldrazi Tron.
Not sure if you are intending to write more about Esper but I would love to hear more of your thoughts about it 🙂

By: Chris Watson

Chris Watson — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:39:19 +0000

Amen on now being the best time for Esper Control in modern. I started playing it 2 weeks ago and am having a blast.

Trevor: do you like mana leak? I’m running 3 Logic Knot and 1 Negate instead. I just hate the idea of it being dead later in the game when I lean on counter magic to beat combo decks.

scale.E: I thought a lot about Gearhulk but sided against it because it doesn’t work with Logic Knot. Instead I’ve opted for Clique as my SB card that can be used to increase your clock. I like having that ability against decks like Tron for the same reasons Trevor used in justifying the ambush viper use of snapcaster mage.

I’ll also just mention that I’ve been running Runed Halo and have been a pretty big fan so far. It’s so useful in every matchup where removal is bad.

By: scale.E

scale.E — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:24:12 +0000

Would torrential gearhulk be an option in this deck? While it is not as versatile as snapcaster mage, the big body is nice, and flashing back esper charm/cryptic command seems really strong. But is the body redundant, making it simply a less versatile snapcaster? I have no experience playing a deck like Esper Control, but I’d like to, and am just wondering if the gearhulk would be worth adding.