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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - July 9, 2014

Champion’s Deck – Esper Control by Gerard Fabiano (1st at ...

Esper Control by Gerard Fabiano 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 7/5/2014 As we get ready for a little metagame shake-up from the upcoming release of Magic 2015 we finish up the lame duck Standard with a final tournament. This one continues... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - March 26, 2014

Champion’s Deck – Esper Control by Kyle Boggemes (1st at G...

Esper Control Kyle Boggemes 1st Place at Grand Prix on 3/23/2014 With the metagame in Standard much more defined now then it was a few months back it has slowly become time for the Control decks to shine. Once the major... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - October 22, 2013

Deck of the Day: Esper Control (Grand Prix Louisville – Top 8 Theros...

Esper Control Alex Sittner – Grand Prix Louisville – Top 8 Standard Main Deck 60 cards 4  Godless Shrine 4  Hallowed Fountain 4  Island 2  Plains 1  Swamp 4  Temple of Deceit 4  Temple of Silence 4  Watery Grave 27 lands 1  Ætherling 1 creature 4  Azorius Charm 2  Detention Sphere... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - October 3, 2013

Deck of the Day: Esper Control (Theros standard)

Esper Control Jared Boettcher 6th Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 9/29/2013 Planeswalkers (9) 3 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver 2 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 4 Jace, Architect of Thought Lands (26) 4 Island 2 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Azorius Guildgate 4 Godless Shrine 4 Hallowed Fountain 3 Temple of Deceit 3 Temple of Silence... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - December 9, 2013

Champion’s Deck – Esper Stoneblade Control Charles Gordon (1st Pla...

Esper Stoneblade Charles Gordon 1st Place at StarCityGamesLegacy Open on 12/8/2013 Lands (23) 2 Island 1 Plains 1 Swamp 4 Flooded Strand 3 Marsh Flats 4 Polluted Delta 1 Scrubland 3 Tundra 3 Underground Sea 1 Karakas Creatures (10) 2 Snapcaster Mage 4 Stoneforge Mystic 3 True-Name Nemesis 1 Vendilion Clique Planeswalkers (2) 2 Jace, the... Read More
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Bruce Gray - August 17, 2014

A Brave New World (Grixis control standard)

A Brave New World (Grixis control standard) by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters   Well, the summer Pro-Tour has come and gone and we have seen the full evolution of Standard.  The match play was terrific with some hugely entertaining... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - April 23, 2014

Champion’s Deck – UW Control by Simon Stahl (1st at SCG De...

U/W Control Simon Stahl 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 4/19/2014 While it’s not a newcomer to the top of the pile this weeks winner was able to wrestle dominance away from the big bad Mono-Black menace. One of the... Read More
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Gerald Knight - March 31, 2014

Knight’s Booty: Missing Piece [Modern, Mono-Black control]

Welcome back to Knight’s Booty.  I’m sorry but I don’t have a short story for you this week.  Instead I have a deck that I’ve been testing out in Modern that fills a gap that is missing in the... Read More
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Gregoire Thibault - January 4, 2014

Deck of the Day – UB Control by Shouta Yasooka (4th place Grand ...

UB Control – Dimir Control Yasooka, Shouta 4th place GP Shizuoka 2013 Lands (26) 2  Dimir Guildgate 7  Island 4  Mutavault 5  Swamp 4  Temple of Deceit 4  Watery Grave Creatures (4) 2  Master of Waves 2  Prognostic Sphinx Other Spells (24) 1  Devour Flesh 3  Dissolve 2  Domestication 1  Doom... Read More
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Gregoire Thibault - December 31, 2013

Deck of the Day – Esper Human by Shota Takao (2nd Place Grand Pr...

Esper Human – Esper Midrange Takao, Shota 2nd place at GP Shizuoka 2013 Top 8 Lands (25) 4  Godless Shrine 4  Hallowed Fountain 2  Mutavault 3  Plains 1  Swamp 3  Temple of Deceit 4  Temple of Silence 4  Watery Grave Creatures (24) 1  Cartel Aristocrat 3  Daring Skyjek 3  Desecration... Read More
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Samuel Carrier - September 9, 2015

Battle for Zendikar Promos

Battle for Zendikar Promos All week long during each week of September, the WotC R&D team brings us new spoilers from the long anticipated Battle for Zendikar. Today was no exception and delivered us new additions to the actual spoiler with all... Read More
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Bruce Gray - January 16, 2015

Fate Reforged Reviews: Top 10 cards for Standard

Fate Reforged Previews: Top 10 cards for Standard By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters So, I’ve already gone and taken a look at Fate Reforged for Casual play…how about we explore a little Constructed play…namely Standard?  Let’s get right... Read More