Esper Mill

[Drgnwr1]

Going to be taking this deck to FNM this week. Any suggestions for me?

[iTzTowelie404]

Drop {Duress} to SB and 2 {Terminus} in place IMO

[Harmon74]

I lost twice to esper mill decks at the last fnm.  Some differences I see from your deck from theirs is:
{Snapcaster Mage} use your spells more than once.
{Augur of Bolas} digs for spells, and helps with agro
{Lingering Souls} chump blockers
{Restoration Angel} good blocker/attacker, and you can use your augur, and snapcaster again.
{Merciless Eviction} wipe whatever you want.

[Drgnwr1]

Deck list has been updated. Went 2-3 at FNM. The 3 losses were all really close instead of being blowouts like they had been before. When I get my hands on 2  {Terminus} they will replace the  {Mind Grind} and the  {Murder}. But until then, I don't quite know what to do. Every time I was playing tonight, I'd draw either of those cards and think to myself, "you know, being a miricled  {Terminus} right now would be awesome."

[Drgnwr1]

I do have a  {Tribute to Hunger} that I could put in in the place of the  {Murder}

[brybry723]

 {Murder} I think Is the better choice unless either A.) your having trouble casting it due to the double black or B.) your having issues with your life.  {Murder} let's you choose what you want from them which I personally think is a little better with so many big creatures out there. And it's probably just ,y luck but my  {Tribute to Hunger} usually catch a spirit or human token lol

[Drgnwr1]

Updated the deck list. Would like to get my hands on 1 or 2 more  {Terminus} and  {Snapcaster Mage}. Don't really know what else to do any more. Might have to change my mana base. 4x  {Godless Shrine} into 4x  {Hallowed Fountain} since the deck currently has 39 blue sources and only 19 black. While only my  4x {Glacial Fortress} are the mana not providing black mana

[brybry723]

Your not running enough land. For control decks you want 25+ most control decks are going to run 27. The reason being. It's very important for you to hit land drops almost every turn. Because you want to not only be able to cast something to control the board (either counter spell or removal) but you also want enough mana to be able to use some draw card to refill your hand. Plus playing  {Sphinx's Revelation} the more lands you have available, the more cards/life your getting.

[Drgnwr1]

I am in the process of obtaining 2 more {Hallowed Fountain}, 1 or 2 more  {Terminus}, and maybe another  {Snapcaster Mage}. Just don't know what I would take out for them.

[Drgnwr1]

Updated decklist

[Dudecore]

I mention in all the Esper decks, I don't know why anyone is afraid of playing {Snapcaster Mage} lately. I haven't seen any matchups where it does not make any sense to run that card. I play 4-of and can't honestly understand why certain decks play 1-2of. If anyone has an explanation I'd be extremely happy to hear it.

Is it fear of running into {Rest in Peace}? Anyone running main board Snappy hate is doing it for {Unburial Rites}, then consequently they're not beating {Supreme Verdict} or {Sphinx's Revelation}.

I watch a lot of pros like LSV play, and he does the reduced Snap too. Everytime he drops a game, it seems like Snappy would have helped. The only logical thing I could see is that {Snapcaster} forces you to play a certain line, which reduces the effectiveness vs. knowledgable opponents.

I'm personably going to run him out until i see different results.

[Drgnwr1]

For me it is because I have been having troubles getting my hands on them. Just managed to get that one a week ago

[Drgnwr1]

Don't really know how good {Reap Intellect} is going to be, but updated deck list as it stands now