Esper Control

"Esper Control by Alex Sittner, 4th place at Grand Prix Louisville on 10/20/2013"

• Creatures (1)
• 1 Aetherling

• Planeswalkers (6)
• 2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 4 Jace, Architect of Thought

• Spells (26)
• 1 Ultimate Price
• 3 Dissolve
• 3 Doom Blade
• 2 Far // Away
• 3 Sphinx's Revelation
• 4 Azorius Charm
• 4 Hero's Downfall
• 4 Supreme Verdict
• 2 Detention Sphere

• Lands (27)
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Plains
• 4 Island
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Deceit
• 4 Temple of Silence
• 4 Watery Grave

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Gainsay
• 3 Negate
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 1 Aetherling
• 1 Devour Flesh
• 2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 2 Pithing Needle

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Other examples:

• This version with Obzedat, Ghost Council finished fourth at StarCityGames Open Seattle.
• A creatureless version finished third at StarCityGames Open Milwaukee.

G/R Monsters

"G/R Monsters by Jon Stern, 2nd place at Grand Prix Louisville on 10/20/2013"

• Creatures (27)
• 2 Mistcutter Hydra
• 2 Scavenging Ooze
• 3 Sylvan Caryatid
• 4 Boon Satyr
• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 4 Kalonian Tusker
• 4 Stormbreath Dragon
• 4 Polukranos, World Eater

• Planeswalkers (6)
• 2 Xenagos, the Reveler
• 4 Domri Rade

• Spells (3)
• 3 Mizzium Mortars

• Lands (24)
• 10 Forest
• 6 Mountain
• 4 Stomping Ground
• 4 Temple of Abandon

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Mistcutter Hydra
• 2 Shock
• 1 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 2 Fade into Antiquity
• 2 Time to Feed
• 1 Burning Earth
• 2 Arbor Colossus
• 2 Plummet

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Other examples:

• This third-place StarCityGames Open Seattle deck ditches Stormbreath Dragon to show some devotion toward Nylea, God of the Hunt. It also includes Garruk, Caller of Beasts.
• This deck includes Ghor-Clam Rampager, Flesh // Blood (really just Blood), and Mizzium Mortars.

Mono-Red Aggro

"Mono-Red Aggro by Jeremy Stowe, 2nd place at StarCityGames Open Milwaukee on 10/13/2013"

• Creatures (28)
• 4 Ash Zealot
• 4 Boros Reckoner
• 4 Burning-Tree Emissary
• 4 Chandra's Phoenix
• 4 Fanatic of Mogis
• 4 Firefist Striker
• 4 Rakdos Cackler

• Spells (9)
• 4 Lightning Strike
• 4 Shock
• 1 Hammer of Purphoros

• Lands (23)
• 21 Mountain
• 2 Mutavault

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Hammer of Purphoros
• 3 Burning Earth
• 2 Skullcrack
• 2 Mizzium Mortars
• 3 Frostburn Weird
• 1 Flames of the Firebrand
• 2 Ratchet Bomb
• 1 Mutavault

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Other Archetypes

"Mono-Blue Devotion by Sam Black, 5th place at Grand Prix Louisville on 10/20/2013"

• Creatures (26)
• 2 Judge's Familiar
• 4 Cloudfin Raptor
• 4 Frostburn Weird
• 4 Master of Waves
• 4 Nightveil Specter
• 4 Tidebinder Mage
• 4 Thassa, God of the Sea

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Jace, Architect of Thought

• Spells (7)
• 3 Rapid Hybridization
• 2 Cyclonic Rift
• 2 Bident of Thassa

• Lands (25)
• 20 Island
• 4 Mutavault
• 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Judge's Familiar
• 2 Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Domestication
• 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1 Negate
• 4 Gainsay
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Dissolve
• 1 Aetherling

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"R/W Aggro by Justin Herrell, 9th place at Grand Prix Louisville on 10/20/2013"

• Creatures (26)
• 3 Imposing Sovereign
• 3 Precinct Captain
• 4 Banisher Priest
• 4 Daring Skyjek
• 4 Dryad Militant
• 4 Judge's Familiar
• 4 Soldier of the Pantheon

• Spells (11)
• 4 Boros Charm
• 4 Brave the Elements
• 3 Spear of Heliod

• Lands (23)
• 11 Plains
• 4 Mutavault
• 4 Sacred Foundry
• 4 Temple of Triumph

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Boros Reckoner
• 2 Fiendslayer Paladin
• 1 Precinct Captain
• 2 Last Breath
• 2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
• 1 Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 3 Glare of Heresy
• 2 Pacifism

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"Mono-Black Devotion by Brian Braun-Duin, 1st place at Grand Prix Louisville on 10/20/2013"

• Creatures (15)
• 2 Pack Rat
• 4 Desecration Demon
• 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4 Nightveil Specter
• 1 Erebos, God of the Dead

• Spells (20)
• 2 Devour Flesh
• 2 Doom Blade
• 2 Ultimate Price
• 4 Hero's Downfall
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 4 Underworld Connections
• 2 Whip of Erebos

• Lands (25)
• 19 Swamp
• 2 Temple of Deceit
• 4 Mutavault

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Pack Rat
• 1 Dark Betrayal
• 2 Doom Blade
• 3 Lifebane Zombie
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 2 Devour Flesh
• 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
• 3 Duress

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More top decks:

• A W/B Midrange deck finished second at StarCityGames Open Seattle playing Soldier of the Pantheon, Banisher Priest, and Whip of Erebos.
• This B/G Midrange deck finished fifth at StarCityGames Open Seattle featuring Nightveil Specter, Desecration Demon, Reaper of the Wilds, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
• This Jund Monsters deck adds black for Dreg Mangler, Varolz, the Scar Striped, Reaper of the Wilds, Dreadbore, and Rakdos's Return.