Esper Control

This guide to the **Esper Control** deck was put together by linguo by rifling through MTG Top 8 with very bad python code. As such it might not be very encyclopedic.

## SOI Standard

### Core Maindeck Cards

* Island

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Languish

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Prairie Stream

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Shambling Vent

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sunken Hollow

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Swamp

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Flexible Maindeck Cards

* Anguished Unmaking

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Anticipate

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Caves of Koilos

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Choked Estuary

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dragonlord Ojutai

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dragonlord Silumgar

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Evolving Wilds

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Foul-Tongue Invocation

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Grasp of Darkness

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ob Nixilis Reignited

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* Painful Truths

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* Plains

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* Port Town

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* Read the Bones

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* Ruinous Path

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Silumgar's Command

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Silumgar's Scorn

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Transgress the Mind

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ultimate Price

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Standard Sideboard Cards

* Dark Petition

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Duress

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Infinite Obliteration

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Negate

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Virulent Plague

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Unusual Meta Cards

* Angelic Purge

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Archangel Avacyn

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Blood-Cursed Knight

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Bloodstained Mire

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Clash of Wills

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Complete Disregard

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Crux of Fate

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dead Weight

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Declaration in Stone

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Demonic Pact

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Descend upon the Sinful

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dig Through Time

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dispel

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* Disperse

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dragonlord's Prerogative

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Epiphany at the Drownyard

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Flaying Tendrils

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Flooded Strand

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Hallowed Moonlight

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Hangarback Walker

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Haven of the Spirit Dragon

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Hedron Alignment

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Icefall Regent

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Linvala, the Preserver

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Narset Transcendent

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Oath of Jace

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ojutai's Command

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pick the Brain

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pitiless Horde

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Planar Outburst

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Polluted Delta

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Risen Executioner

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Scatter to the Winds

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Secure the Wastes

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Silkwrap

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sinister Concoction

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spell Shrivel

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sphinx of the Final Word

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Starfield of Nyx

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Stasis Snare

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Stratus Dancer

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Submerged Boneyard

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* To the Slaughter

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Tragic Arrogance

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* True-Faith Censer

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ugin's Insight

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Utter End

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Void Shatter

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Wasteland Strangler

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Westvale Abbey

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.