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BS angels are good. But they are almost guaranteed to die in this removal heavy meta. I'd run 2-3 Jwar Isle instead and perhaps no angels at all. This will turn all of opponent's removal into dead car ...

I tried to build a competitive Esper deck post ZEN. It just wasn't good enough. Most of esper's strong cards have high cc. There's very little you can play in the early game to fend off aggro decks ef ...

vampires can only kill on turn 4 with 1 drop, 2 drop, 2 drop and 1 drop, nocturnous. i like sweepers better than creatures that block any day of the week. obv day of judgement isnt good against rdw, ...

From play testing a control deck in the new ZEN meta...this is what I discovered.

Play more creatures! Instead of clearing the board then playing a fatty, I found that playing creatures is often mu ...

I'd cut birds and keep hierach.

Cut Spearbreaker Behemoth. 7 mana is way above the curve for aggro.

Add Figure of Destiny, you'll need to adjust your mana base to accomodate but it's worthwhil ...

4x cryptic command main. Any deck with blue needs to run cryptic command. Cards like sludge strider and parasitic strix aren't that great. Kaleidostone is also not a good card for tourney level decks. ...

Here's the thing with competitive magic: Don't build around a mechanic. Build around a winning strategy and use a mechanic if it's compatible with that strategy.

Building around exalted is inhere ...

Don't try to make a deck named 5c PW control and then try to cram in PWs. Instead, make a 5c control deck then try to see if any PWs fit with your deck's strategy.

Garruk for example, is a great c ...

I've once tried an artifact control deck. Here are my comments.

-There are 2 routes to go with an esper deck. One is aggro where you run cards like master of etherium and sculptor. The other route ...

You don't run cards because the have exalted. You run good cards and some of them just happen to have exalted (Like Hiearch and Rafiq).

Exactly. Constructed worthy decks are generally not about the ...

A good beatdown deck needs a way to survive mass removal which is rampant in this meta. Wrath of God, Volcanic Fallout, infest, firespout, and sometimes even pyroclasm. You want to have some gas left ...

I'd do this...

-cut manamorphose. You can improve your mana base with some combination of reflecting pools, flooded grove, wooded bastion and mystic gate. Add some painlands too. Basically you'll b ...

Like nearly every set, some cards will see immediate play, some will be sleepers. I think Conflux have a more obvious impact than Alara.

Some cards are giving esper, naya, and green fat another lo ...

Piper has multiple purposes.

-It dodges counterspells
-It gives "flash"
-Gives discount
-You can still put stuff on the board after realm razer removes lands

If you call it a 1/1 for 4 mana, ...

4 Oona is too many. A lot of games vs aggro will end with 1 sitting in your hand. 1-2 is enough.

I recommend plumveil. It's a creature heavy format. The main control deck is 5cc control. Even they ...