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Title: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 08, 2016, 02:43:02 AM

Esper Thopter Combo

60 cards, 15 sideboard


4 {Darkslick Shores}
4 {Polluted Delta}
2 {Flooded Strand}
2 {Godless Shrine}
1 {Watery Grave}
1 {Hallowed Fountain}
1 {Sunken Ruins}
2 {Island}
2 {Plains}
1 {Swamp}
2 {Shambling Vent}
1 {Academy Ruins}
1 {Vault of the Archangel}

24 lands


4 {Wall of Omens}
2 {Pack Rat}
2 {Auriok Champion}
1 {Felidar Sovereign}
1 {Grand Architect}

10 creatures


4 {Bitterblossom}
4 {Thopter Foundry}
4 {Inquisition of Kozilek}
3 {Thirst for Knowledge}
3 {Path to Exile}
3 {Sword of the Meek}
2 {Muddle the Mixture}
2 {Thoughtseize}
1 {Time Sieve}

26 other spells


3 {Fulminator Mage}
2 {Leyline of Sanctity}
2 {Surgical Extraction}
2 {Hurkyl's Recall}
2 {Disenchant}
2 {Anguished Unmaking}
1 {Relic of Progenitus}
1 {Damnation}
Sideboard

Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 08, 2016, 04:37:43 AM
So the shell I based this list on was a jund/Abzan style. I like the way Thopter foundry runs but I don't like counter spells so I chose to go with a more Grundy disruption shell with removal and threats such as {Pack Rat} and {Tasigur the golden fang} and {kitchen finks} not to mention the lingering souls will be fun.
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Z5 on May 08, 2016, 12:32:32 PM
Quote from: Codester1991 on May 08, 2016, 04:37:43 AM
So the shell I based this list on was a jund/Abzan style. I like the way Thopter foundry runs but I don't like counter spells so I chose to go with a more Grundy disruption shell with removal and threats such as {Pack Rat} and {Tasigur the golden fang} and {kitchen finks} not to mention the lingering souls will be fun.
I don't see the combo, what is it?
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 08, 2016, 12:40:14 PM
{Thopter Foundry}+{Sword of the meek}= bunch of Thopter tokens every turn

That plus the {time seive} means infinite extra turn.
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Mattao19 on May 09, 2016, 11:16:50 AM
I don't like Kathari like at all lol
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 09, 2016, 01:18:27 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on May 09, 2016, 11:16:50 AM
I don't like Kathari like at all lol

I feel like you're trying to hold your opponent off for as long as possible for the combo so a creature with a cheap regenerate and cascade seemed decent to me, although I haven't play tested yet lol
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Mattao19 on May 09, 2016, 01:51:12 PM
4 mana for an unknown card (cascade is uber powerful) but in this deck 4 mana for an 0/1 regen that hits something like Thoughtseize or even anguished on an empty board seems pretty bad to me
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 09, 2016, 02:30:41 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on May 09, 2016, 01:51:12 PM
4 mana for an unknown card (cascade is uber powerful) but in this deck 4 mana for an 0/1 regen that hits something like Thoughtseize or even anguished on an empty board seems pretty bad to me

Then consider him gone!
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 21, 2016, 01:33:07 AM
Going to run this next fnm! Updated my list.
Title: Re: Esper Thopter Combo
Post by: Codester1991 on May 21, 2016, 02:23:23 AM
Okay so ideal plays
T1 Inqu or tseize
T2 foundry or sword
T3 foundry or sword
T4 grand architect=infinite tokens

Then find a time sieve and troll them.