Esper by Jermaine

Format: Commander

Commander: Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Tymna the Weaver

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Esper partner deck is a patient control/value deck that turns Tymna's card draw and Ishai's flying threat into a late-game life-drain combo. The primary path is to establish early mana rocks, deploy Tymna to draw cards, protect Ishai while he grows, and use counters/removal to stabilize. The main deterministic kill is Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond, triggered by a lifelink hit or Exsanguinate; secondary lines use Reanimate/Rite of the Moth to resurrect Griselbrand or Elesh Norn and win through evasive beatdown. Grand Arbiter, Narset, and Smothering Tithe accelerate the game plan while denying opponents. Ishai and Tymna are complementary rather than essential; the deck functions as Esper good-stuff if both are kept off the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crafty Cutpurse
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Griselbrand
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Killian's Confidence
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Locke Cole
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Loran, Disciple of History
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rite of the Moth
  • 1 Salvation Colossus
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Saruman the White
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Woman, Stunning Savior
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Destined Thief
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Wraith, Vicious Vigilante
  • 1 Zombify