Esper Theft/flicker by ZeGendetWheel

Format: Commander

Commander: Merieke Ri Berit

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper control deck uses Merieke Ri Berit to steal opposing creatures and remove them when she untaps or leaves play. You disrupt opponents in the early turns using targeted removal, counterspells, and hand disruption while setting up card advantage engines like Phyrexian Arena. You then use untap effects like Shore Up, Twiddle, and Jolt alongside blink spells to cycle Merieke's ability, destroying target threats and stealing new ones. In the late game, you win by turning stolen creatures against their owners, reanimating key threats with Shark Shredder, Killer Clone or Fire Lord Sozin, and multiplying a dominant board with Multiversal Incursion.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Iceberg
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Azula, Cunning Usurper
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Binding Grasp
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Conciliator's Duelist
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Daydream
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Depower
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragon Mask
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Energybending
  • 1 Ennis, Debate Moderator
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Immobilizing Ink
  • 1 Indestructible Aura
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jolt
  • 1 Kitnap
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Merieke Ri Berit
  • 1 Misty Palms Oasis
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Otterball Antics
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plumecreed Escort
  • 1 Plumecreed Mentor
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Salvation Swan
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard
  • 1 Skyskipper Duo
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Spider-Man, Web-Slinger
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Tune the Narrative
  • 1 Twiddle
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Undiscovered Paradise
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wiccan, Rising Magician
  • 1 Winnowing