Quote Originally Posted by Artlee View Post
An esper list finally made it to 10th place at the SCG event this weekend


[/FONT][/COLOR]Aside from the single Council's Judgment and Painful Truths in the Sideboard, this deck looks pretty much like esper decks did before Treasure Cruise and DTT, right?
It does. Telemin's Performance is interesting in the sideboard, but it also existed pre-DTT.

I have something else to bring on. The list isn't mine, it's from a Legacy side-event in GP Nagoya. Made top 8 in 121 player event.

Judge it as you want, but the allegedly called it Esper Stoneblade. I say allegedly because it's what I was told, and I don't read Japanese to confirm on my own. So here it goes...

スイス7位
Nagaya Takenori

土地19
3《湿地の干潟/Marsh Flats》
3《汚染された三角州/Polluted Delta》
3《血染めのぬかるみ/Bloodstained Mire》
3《Underground Sea》
3《Scrubland》
3《不毛の大地/Wasteland》
1《Bayou》

クリーチャー10
4《墓忍び/Tombstalker》
3《石鍛冶の神秘家/Stoneforge Mystic》
3《死儀礼のシャーマン/Deathrite Shaman》

呪文31
4《暗黒の儀式/Dark Ritual》
4《渦まく知識/Brainstorm》
4《Hymn to Tourach》
4《ヴェールのリリアナ/Liliana of the Veil》
3《目くらまし/Daze》
3《思考囲い/Thoughtseize》
2《剣を鍬に/Swords to Plowshares》
2《思案/Ponder》
2《未練ある魂/Lingering Souls》
1《殺し/Snuff Out》
1《梅澤の十手/Umezawa’s Jitte》
1《殴打頭蓋/Batterskull》

サイドボード
2《仕組まれた疫病/Engineered Plague》
2《呪文貫き/Spell Pierce》
1《仕組まれた爆薬/Engineered Explosives》
1《真髄の針/Pithing Needle》
1《解呪/Disenchant》
1《外科的摘出/Surgical Extraction》
1《暗黒破/Darkblast》
1《寒け/Chill》
1《呪われた巻物/Cursed Scroll》
1《水流破/Hydroblast》
1《Karakas》
1《沼/Swamp》
1《虚無の呪文爆弾/Nihil Spellbomb》



I changed it a bit to suits my need, for instance I replaced the 4th Liliana with a Jace, removed the Chill and Cursed Scroll (might test the latter, later) from the sideboard, but else is... I mean, it's... fun? Refreshing? I don't know how it would feel or play in a GP, but so far the testing are fun and indeed, the deck work. Tombstalker avoid the Abrupt Decay like nothing else.

I also was skeptical vs Dark Ritual, so with the games I played, I took time to write how I was using those. I'm now convinced.

1) T1 Liliana of the Veil

2) T1 DRS/Thoughtseize + Hymn to Tourach

3) As said earlier, I was missing a Liliana so I went with 3 Lili 1 Jace, Dark Ritual allowed me to play Jace turn 2 with a Thoughtseize in protection as I played DRS turn 1. The feel was awesome.

4) Fueling Tombstalker with mana + extra Delve

5) Hardcast Batterskull

6) Cast/Equip Jitte


Thoughts??