Quote Originally Posted by AEnesidem View Post
Yeah, i had my fun with bant but in the end esperblade is the better deck IMO. Discard and lingering souls create a lot of flexibility and make this deck extremely adaptable. I also believe these tools make this the better jace deck. It has the same 50-50 mu's as bant but without the horrid elves and maverick matchup. Not only that but also flavorwise this deck corresponds to me more. I like it so much that i'm foiling it out. I've never been a fan of creatures an playing mor than 14 creatures and starting to cut blue is just impossible for me :p.

What do you guys think about the "deathblade" deck. I tested it on cockatrice yesterday and it wxa indeed a strong deck although i disliked the way the deck played. Sometimes you just open with thoughtseze->bob->geist and you win, but sometimes you draw dew multiple geists, DRS and discard spells in the late game and you can't do a,nything to your opponent who dominates the field.
I've tried getting DRS working in Esper for awhile, my biggest issue is you have to cut lands in order to play DRS and vs Jund you'll get yourself into DRS wars where they leave their DRS untapped in order to counter your acceleration and then Hymn to Tourach, Wasteland and Sinkhole your manabase away. You also run into the issue of making your sweepers bad value, you destroy more of your own creatures with Supreme Verdict and Perish is no longer asymetrical either.

You pretty much lose your removal options and take the beat down roll, altho' I prefer Clique way more to Geist.