When Shards of Alara came out, I got some cards, and in a couple of weeks, I had enough to build a deck for each shard.
So far, the decks are quite fun to play, with the one I have been having trouble lately to win is with the Esper one, since I don't own the most powerful cards of that theme (Tezzeret, Sharuum, Transmuter), I decided to go the cheap way and try to build a fast deck with those cards I have, this is what I got by now, the name is because of the precon I based it:
Deathrenders and Mask of Riddles give the smaller creatures a fighting chance so they won't be dead draws in the late game, playing Deathrender on Etherium Sculptor will basically say the opponents "Kill it, and you'll face a 9/13 Leviathan :D".
Esper charm draws cards, deals with enchantments or can even take the last two cards from someone's hand, the borderposts power Esper Stormblade and reduce this deck's weakness to land destruction (Which runs rampant in my meta). Prophetic prism + Esperzoa should help draw more cards faster. The Capsules are to destroy some threats, and Countersquall stops nasty sweepers.
I was testing the deck, and found that its weak point was mass removal, one single sweeper like Day of judgment or Destructive force that connects will be game over for this deck, so I'm thinking to cut some cards to include four Negates (Negate because it's easier to splash than Counterspell). I'm also thinking to include the four Mask of riddles to work with Razormane Masticore
I have a set of Voltaic Keys laying around, are they good for a deck like this or they work better for a slower deck?
Any thoughts on the deck as well as suggestions are welcome.
So far, the decks are quite fun to play, with the one I have been having trouble lately to win is with the Esper one, since I don't own the most powerful cards of that theme (Tezzeret, Sharuum, Transmuter), I decided to go the cheap way and try to build a fast deck with those cards I have, this is what I got by now, the name is because of the precon I based it:
5 Plains
7 Island
4 Swamp
Creatures (19)
4 Etherium Sculptor
4 Esperzoa
2 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Inkwell Leviathan
4 Tidehollow Sculler
4 Esper Stormblade
2 Dispeller's capsule
2 Executioner's capsule
4 Mistfield borderpost
4 Countersquall
2 Mask of riddles
4 Mistvein borderpost
3 Esper charm
1 Prophetic prism
3 Deathrender
The point of the deck is simple, put a critter, attack until opponent is defeated, Etherium Sculptor serves as some sort of acceleration, Tidehollow Sculler messes with opponent's hands, Ethersworn Adjudicator, Esperzoa, Esper Stormblade and Inkwell Leviathan are the attackers, and most of them have some sort of evasion to hit.
Deathrenders and Mask of Riddles give the smaller creatures a fighting chance so they won't be dead draws in the late game, playing Deathrender on Etherium Sculptor will basically say the opponents "Kill it, and you'll face a 9/13 Leviathan :D".
Esper charm draws cards, deals with enchantments or can even take the last two cards from someone's hand, the borderposts power Esper Stormblade and reduce this deck's weakness to land destruction (Which runs rampant in my meta). Prophetic prism + Esperzoa should help draw more cards faster. The Capsules are to destroy some threats, and Countersquall stops nasty sweepers.
I was testing the deck, and found that its weak point was mass removal, one single sweeper like Day of judgment or Destructive force that connects will be game over for this deck, so I'm thinking to cut some cards to include four Negates (Negate because it's easier to splash than Counterspell). I'm also thinking to include the four Mask of riddles to work with Razormane Masticore
I have a set of Voltaic Keys laying around, are they good for a deck like this or they work better for a slower deck?
Any thoughts on the deck as well as suggestions are welcome.
Fan of Both old and new Slivers (But the new ones are still better anyway)
C Call of Emrakul - G vs R DD: Elves vs. Goblins - W vs B DD: Divine vs. Demonic - WUB Esper Artifice - RGW Aura Dancers
WUBRG Wrath of the Reaper King - WB Men of Faith - B Mercenaries - UB Phyrexian Assault 2.0 - WU Artifacts of Empires
BR Skeleton Warriors - RG Night of The Howlpack - B Bog Murderers - BR Eldrazi Assault - BGU Ulamog's Swarm