esper 1 by user4314047

Format: Commander

Commander: Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper artifacts-matter deck helmed by Noctis, Prince of Lucis, whose lifelink body and graveyard-artifact-casting ability turn the graveyard into a second hand. The primary plan is to flood the board with cheap artifacts and Equipment, recur them from the graveyard via Noctis, Emry, Lurker of the Loch, and Open the Vaults, then close the game with Monumental Corruption (X = artifacts you control), a suited-up combat swing (Machinist's Arsenal, Caduceus, Staff of Hermes, Aettir and Priwen), or Golbez, Crystal Collector's end-step drain. A secondary Assassin subtheme (Roshan, Hidden Magister, Ratonhnhake ton, Desmond Miles) provides card advantage and token generation. The deck is a midrange value engine with strong recursion but a slow, incremental clock and a thin tutor suite.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 A.I.M. Synthoids
• 1 Adventurer's Airship
• 1 Adventurer's Inn
• 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
• 1 Aerial Doombot
• 1 Aerith Gainsborough
• 1 Aettir and Priwen
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
• 1 Beatrix, Loyal General
• 1 Benedikta Harman
• 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
• 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
• 1 Cid, Timeless Artificer
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contaminated Aquifer
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dependable Quinjet
• 1 Desmond Miles
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1 Etherium Sculptor
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fiendish Panda
• 1 Fisk Tower
• 1 Foundry Inspector
• 1 Futurist Forge
• 1 Golbez, Crystal Collector
• 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
• 1 Hidden Blade
• 1 Hidden Lair
• 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
• 1 Hookblade
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 1 Insomnia, Crown City
• 1 Instant Ramen
• 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
• 8 Island
• 1 Kid Loki
• 1 Lavaspur Boots
• 1 Lion Heart
• 1 Locke Cole
• 1 Machinist's Arsenal
• 1 Magic Pot
• 1 Magitek Scythe
• 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
• 1 Monumental Corruption
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Noctis, Prince of Lucis
• 1 Open the Vaults
• 1 Overkill
• 9 Plains
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Prophetic Beginning
• 1 Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
• 1 Ring of the Lucii
• 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
• 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
• 1 SP//dr, Piloted by Peni
• 1 Shadowbringers
• 1 Shay Cormac
• 1 Silver Myr
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spellbook
• 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
• 1 Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
• 1 Sun-Spider, Nimble Webber
• 1 Super Suit
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Syncopate
• 1 Tidus, Blitzball Star
• 1 Treno, Dark City
• 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
• 1 Vampiric Link
• 1 White Auracite
• 1 World Map
• 1 Zack Fair
• 1 Zombify