BBD VS. Brad: Abzan Control VS. Esper Dragons

As the Standard metagame continues to shift and Abzan Aggro has taken the forefront, is it control’s time to reassert itself in the next wave of the metagame cycle? BBD and Brad battle head to head in order to figure out which control deck might be king: Abzan, or Esper Dragons?

By Brian Braun-Duin

August 19, 2015January 28, 2021

Games

Abzan Control Brian Braun-Duin

Standard

Article Deck

Aug 18, 2015

Creature (11)

4

Courser of Kruphix

3

4

Planeswalker (4)

3

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

1

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (6)

2

4

Instant (13)

4

2

1

Dromoka's Command

4

Hero's Downfall

2

Land (26)

1

Caves of Koilos

3

3

Llanowar Wastes

2

4

Sandsteppe Citadel

4

Temple of Malady

4

Temple of Silence

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4

Windswept Heath

Sideboard

3

2

Dromoka's Command

2

Drown in Sorrow

1

1

End Hostilities

1

Glare of Heresy

2

2

1

Revoke Existence

Esper Dragons Brad Nelson

Standard

Article Deck

Aug 18, 2015

Creature (5)

4

Dragonlord Ojutai

1

Dragonlord Silumgar

Planeswalker (2)

1

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

1

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (5)

1

1

3

Instant (21)

1

2

4

Dig Through Time

2

2

Foul-Tongue Invocation

4

Hero's Downfall

4

Silumgar's Scorn

2

Land (27)

3

Caves of Koilos

4

Dismal Backwater

1

2

Haven of the Spirit Dragon

3

4

2

Swamp

4

Temple of Deceit

3

Temple of Enlightenment

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard

1

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

1

Dragonlord Silumgar

2

Dragonlord's Prerogative

2

Drown in Sorrow

1

Foul-Tongue Invocation

3

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound

1

2

1

Tasigur, the Golden Fang

1