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I haven't played magic in a while, but I retweaked my old list to swap DRS for Mother of Runes, Probe for Preordain, and Cabal Therapy for Thoughtseize. I also cut the JTMS for Predict...

I agree that Intuition becomes a fantastic card again with DRS gone, but using it to grab Lingering Souls is silly. Intuition can grab Loam/Stage/Depths and just win the game, instead of making a...

Deck would have been just fine if it was just a DRS ban, but losing Probe pretty much kills this deck for me, unfortunately.

The best advice I can give is to play more magic. If you're new, the best thing to do to get better is to play as much as you can. Things like XMage or MTGO are great places to get in extra games if...

Thanks for the link to his stream. It's always great to watch games with this deck. I especially liked how he ran over BUG Midrange in games 2 and 3 with Mentor. I feel like his Goblins opponent...

Meddling Mage is much more versatile. The sideboard is already extremely tight, and Mage is good against matchups where only Canonist is good, as well as matchups where only Containment Priest is...

I don’t even own a working computer, so most likely not.

I dunno, I think SFM does that role just fine. I know people have been hesitant to play equipment lately because of K Command, but I've done just fine against Czech Pile... feels like a 50/50 matchup...

If I were to run Sylvan, it would be a sideboard card vs decks like Czech Pile and Miracles where I'm not afraid of Wasteland. I'm a firm believer in the basics in this deck. The ability to function...

Well, I agree that my list with SFM isn't soft to Pyroblast, as the only worthwhile targets are JTMS and FoW, and I cut JTMS vs non-BUG Delver and some amount of FoW against Czech Pile... but if...

I get that Pyroblast is everywhere, but you're already vulnerable to it. It's like trying to run basics when you're playing a 4 color deck with greedy color requirements... you're still soft to...

I've made a couple of tweaks to my board since the last time I posted, but they are only minor. For the most part, the board doesn't need to be an identical copy of mine, so long as you have a solid...

Looks like an Esper Mentor deck made Top 32 at SCG Worcester.

http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=119260

His list forgoes the Stoneblade package for...

Against combo, it's pretty easy to identify the bad cards to cut. Swords to Plowshares (unless against Reanimator), TNN, and SFM + equipment tend to be the worst cards depending on the specific...

SFM isn't a necessity for Esper Mentor. The core is the cantrip package, Therapy, and Mentor. The rest of the deck can be designed in different ways.

I personally prefer the Deathblade approach. I...

I have it on a word doc on my work computer, but I don't have a personal computer these days, and typing it all up on my phone would be a huge pain. So maybe at some point I will, but I don't feel...

You're right, Mentor is strong against alot of decks, that's why this deck is so good. Mentor is a rediculously powerful card.

That doesn't make TNN any less good in a deck with equipment,...

I haven't tried it yet. I won't get to try it until next week.

SFM isn't impressive in every match. Against Storm, it's not great and gets trimmed postboard.

SFM is at it's best against Delver and aggro decks, although it's quite solid against control as...

So I lost against D&T at my LGS last night due to some fairly bad draws... mana flooded both games, little to no creature removal drawn, etc.

At any rate, my loss to D&T got me thinking. While...

Toxic Deluge, Council’s Judgment, and Engineered Explosives all deal with Leovold cleanly, i.e without card disadvantage.

Most lists aren't running Gurmag. Regardless, Council’s Judgment and Jace...

My current sideboard plan vs Czech Pile is:

-1 Deathrite Shaman
-2 Force of Will
-4 Swords to Plowshares
+1 Flusterstorm
+1 Council's Judgment
+1 Toxic Deluge
+1 Back to Basics
+2...

Czech Pile feels like a 50/50 for my list. Both decks are vying for control of resources, so it is very much a back and forth battle of attrition. Sometimes this deck can go on the beatdown with...

This jus seems way too greedy to me. Honestly, I think you'd have a better deck if you cut out white. You don't need Mentor or Swords to Plowshares in this shell. Grixis Pyromancer with Punishing...

I mean, you could do that, sure. Without black, it wouldn't really belong in the Esper Mentor thread, though.

Personally, I'd much rather have Cabal Therapy.

I don’t think a 5c version (Esper...