Number 1 rated deck on MTG Arena

Decklist:
Deck
2 Cut Down (DMU) 89
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (DKA) 24
2 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243
2 Underground River (BRO) 267
3 Caves of Koilos (DMU) 244
1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (MID) 1
3 Brutal Cathar (MID) 7
1 Infernal Grasp (MID) 107
4 Dennick, Pious Apprentice (MID) 217
1 Ludevic, Necrogenius (MID) 233
2 Deserted Beach (MID) 260
2 Shipwreck Marsh (MID) 267
3 Shattered Sanctum (VOW) 264
3 Ao, the Dawn Sky (NEO) 2
2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268
3 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (NEO) 278
1 Tenacious Underdog (SNC) 97
4 Raffine, Scheming Seer (SNC) 213
4 Raffine's Tower (SNC) 254
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (DMU) 107
1 Ertai Resurrected (DMU) 199
4 Plaza of Heroes (DMU) 252
2 Steel Seraph (BRO) 38
1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (BRO) 95
1 Harbin, Vanguard Aviator (BRO) 212
Sideboard
2 Cut Down (DMU) 89
2 Go for the Throat (BRO) 102
3 Spell Pierce (XLN) 81
1 Disdainful Stroke (GRN) 37
1 Brutal Cathar (MID) 7
1 Parasitic Grasp (VOW) 123
1 The Wandering Emperor (NEO) 42
2 Knockout Blow (SNC) 20
1 Sanctuary Warden (SNC) 30
1 Loran of the Third Path (BRO) 12
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Esper MTG
MTG Arena Esper Deck
Standard Esper
Team Liquid
The Brothers' War
Magic: The Gathering Arena
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[@Glitterblossom]

I reeeeally love these videos where you talk through your thought process a lot more. The stuff about the sideboard was fascinating.

[@BrunoRodrigues-qg4zu]

Found the channel recently, you’re one of the best players I’ve seen on best of 3. And one of the few that plays best of 3 on KZbin .

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

When you have a sideboard that slots in and out that cleanly, it truly is a thing of beauty. *Chef's Kiss*.

[@dragade101]

Sweet list! I like when you place the format in the title or thumbnail (ideally both)

[@spencerbeard3904]

Esper has been #1 since Shards of Alara 😒

[@testsignupagain7449]

cool deck bro

[@kylearmstrong7583]

i like ur content

[@AndrewVM11]

Thanks for the content! Have you considered adding a little background music to your gameplay? I think it would go a long way :)

[@LUNIMIS]

The amount of times i try to hover over a card to see what it does while watching the video is sad af.

[@Kuryux]

Every deck is number #1 XDD This meta surely changing fast, eh? XDD

[@jamesmorayforamerica]

At the end he states: #1 in the past week in mythic

[@Jaxtor1]

Anyone else play a game where you try to guess what move Crokeyz is going to do next?

[@KalosPVP]

1st

[@Repaurcas]

If they would have played obliterating Bolt on the Ao in the final Game, I think you would have been in a lot of Trouble

[@rudiboyrip]

39th like

[@theprogressivecynic2407]

Honestly, this deck concerns me going into the new meta. Add Thrummingbird + Skrelv for early game and it could be really gross--Thrummingbird lets you attack with Raffine for the connive buff, then proliferate the counters, while Skrelv lets you protect your key creatures with that hexproof ability, and makes your big threats much harder to block.

[@l0lan00b3]

So if I don't invest it this than I should definitely invest in field wipes?

[@theprogressivecynic2407]

@@l0lan00b3 It's going to be a poison meta, so removal isn't really optional if you are running a deck that isn't just going to blitz the opponent. One thing that does concern me is that there are a lot of good proliferation spells, so poison decks are going to have a ton of non-contact finishers, thus countering those spells might also be important. It could be a much more polarized meta, between fast toxic and heavy control.

[@3th3rx]

Why not add a couple of void rend?

[@absence9443]

High cost

[@Kuryux]

he aint brewing here, he playing the "best deck"

[@AutkastKain]

You should probably put the format in the thumbnail. Just a suggestion, since you play multiple formats for videos.

[@nijian32]

So the same pile as last month? *yawn* Oh, plus a land or two.

[@GooneliusPH]

real 1st - person below me is a mono blue player 😴

[@TheThiccestChungus]

22 minutes after lmao

[@MrDankDro]

Esper legends is good in best of 3 because its a format for soft magic players that need information and time to prepare to beat an opponent. One of the softest formats on Arena second only to historic brawl

[@danielbovv5441]

Ignoring sideboard that's 57 out of 60 cards that are Mythic and Rare's XD, doesn't look nearly as difficult to beat as the Alchemy Esper Diviner nonsense though. I'd rather match up against these decks than mono red/blue (blue is 10x worse). At least these decks rely on playing strong/fun magic cards whereas mono red/blue rely on taking you out before you can even play magic, counter spell Andy is no doubt way worse than the mono red aggro players.

[@kresimirsusac2075]

Salty

[@absence9443]

Good esper players are definitely stronger than mono blue/red right now.

[@danielbovv5441]

@@absence9443 They are but I find it a lot more fun to play against Esper and other midrange/over the top decks

[@absence9443]

@@danielbovv5441 that's true, in around 10 days you'll likely experience a shift towards less boring aggro decks I'd presume, at least the current card previews suggest so.