UWb Spirit Control
UWb Spirit Control by Mike Beckwith (@RogueInsight on twitter, and rogueinsight.blogspot.com)
2 Phantasmal Image
4 Drogskol Captain
4 Lingering Souls
1 Sun Titan
1 Batterskull
3 Geist of St. Traft
1 Drogskol Reaver
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Dead Weight
3 Pristine Talisman
2 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Gideon Jura
3 Mortarpod
3 Day of Judgment
1 Karn Liberated
5 plains
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Drowned Catacomb
1 Isolated Chapel
4 Island
2 Swamp
1 Haunted Fengraf
3 Evolving Wilds
2 Vault of the Archangel
Ratchet Bomb and Lingering Souls to stall out the Delver decks, Day of Judgments and dead weight to help shore up the other aggro matches. Quick kills through lingering souls drogskol captains and lots of flyers. Geist of St Traft to help fight other Geist decks, and because it gets pumped by your captains, making your Geists almost always better than their blocker. Late game card draw with pristine talisman and Drogskol Reaver which will hopefully have hexproof and draw you a ton of cards. I felt like Sun Titan was better in this build than Consecrated Sphinx as it'll usually draw you the card you want as opposed to two random cards off the top. Sun Titan is almost as good as a tutor here, getting you lands, life gain, targeted creature removal, targeted permanent removal, sweeper effects, and kill conditions.
Against most of standard currently, this is the control deck, hoping to stall the board and live until the late game cards and mana come online. However it also has the ability to turn the corner into an aggressive deck VERY quickly, and can kill out of nowhere. As Jon Finkel and his compatriots proved at PTDKA, the combo of Drogskol Captain and Lingering Souls is a really powerful and fast kill.
Venser is a utility walker for the control matches and a surprise kill when you've stabilized in the aggro match ups. The list doesn't have any of the Stonehorn Dignitary shenanigans, but does have the ability to make Karn into Spine of Ish Sah, allow Gideon to reset himself when he gets low, and get Drogskol Reaver through for double strike lifegainy goodness.
Being Esper colors, we have access to some of the best sideboard cards in the format. I'm not going to post a Sideboard as it'll depend on your meta, but you'd probably want some Nihil Spellbombs, more Dead Weights, Mana Leaks or other permission, and Jace.
Hope you like the list!
2 Phantasmal Image
4 Drogskol Captain
4 Lingering Souls
1 Sun Titan
1 Batterskull
3 Geist of St. Traft
1 Drogskol Reaver
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Dead Weight
3 Pristine Talisman
2 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Gideon Jura
3 Mortarpod
3 Day of Judgment
1 Karn Liberated
5 plains
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Drowned Catacomb
1 Isolated Chapel
4 Island
2 Swamp
1 Haunted Fengraf
3 Evolving Wilds
2 Vault of the Archangel
Ratchet Bomb and Lingering Souls to stall out the Delver decks, Day of Judgments and dead weight to help shore up the other aggro matches. Quick kills through lingering souls drogskol captains and lots of flyers. Geist of St Traft to help fight other Geist decks, and because it gets pumped by your captains, making your Geists almost always better than their blocker. Late game card draw with pristine talisman and Drogskol Reaver which will hopefully have hexproof and draw you a ton of cards. I felt like Sun Titan was better in this build than Consecrated Sphinx as it'll usually draw you the card you want as opposed to two random cards off the top. Sun Titan is almost as good as a tutor here, getting you lands, life gain, targeted creature removal, targeted permanent removal, sweeper effects, and kill conditions.
Against most of standard currently, this is the control deck, hoping to stall the board and live until the late game cards and mana come online. However it also has the ability to turn the corner into an aggressive deck VERY quickly, and can kill out of nowhere. As Jon Finkel and his compatriots proved at PTDKA, the combo of Drogskol Captain and Lingering Souls is a really powerful and fast kill.
Venser is a utility walker for the control matches and a surprise kill when you've stabilized in the aggro match ups. The list doesn't have any of the Stonehorn Dignitary shenanigans, but does have the ability to make Karn into Spine of Ish Sah, allow Gideon to reset himself when he gets low, and get Drogskol Reaver through for double strike lifegainy goodness.
Being Esper colors, we have access to some of the best sideboard cards in the format. I'm not going to post a Sideboard as it'll depend on your meta, but you'd probably want some Nihil Spellbombs, more Dead Weights, Mana Leaks or other permission, and Jace.
Hope you like the list!
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