{"id":4472,"date":"2026-02-27T21:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:53:58","slug":"mtg-vintage-esper-faeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/4472","title":{"rendered":"MtG: Vintage Esper Faeries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About a year ago, Max randomly dropped the bomb that he had started playing Magic the Gathering. Immediately I panicked, scrambling to throw together a working deck that would make up for the head start he had gotten. I had never played or even looked into it, but I guess I was MtG-curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FF to one year later: we have semi-annual meetups now to play a few rounds. I guess I have a decent beginner’s understanding of the game and have a few hundred cards and about 10 playable 60-card decks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I’m kind of proud of what I have cobbled together using Moxfield, Cardmarket, Liberproxies and ChatGPT, I’d like to highlight a few decks I have played and note my learnings here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night I got to try out my new deck: Esper Faeries<\/strong>! It was supposed to be a counter to Max’ Goblin deck, but it did perform decently in a variety of matchups (against other noobs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the list. And below are my observations and the performance of individual cards.<\/p>\n\n\n

Mainboard<\/h3>
Amount<\/th>CI<\/th>Mana<\/th>Card<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
White<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>W<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>W<\/span><\/span><\/td>Stoneforge Mystic<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Blue<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Brainstorm<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Daze<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>3<\/span>U<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Force of Will<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>3<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Mistbind Clique<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Ponder<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Preordain<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Scion of Oona<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Spellstutter Sprite<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>U<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Vendilion Clique<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Black<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>B<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Bitterbloom Bearer<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Bitterblossom<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Engineered Plague<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Fatal Push<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Multicolor<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Alela, Cunning Conqueror<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WUB<\/span><\/td>W<\/span>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Esper Charm<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>WB<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>W<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Kaya's Guile<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WU<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>W<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Spell Queller<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Talion, the Kindly Lord<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Colorless<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>C<\/span><\/td>5<\/span><\/span><\/td>Batterskull<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>C<\/span><\/td><\/td>Brazen Borrower<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>C<\/span><\/td>3<\/span><\/span><\/td>Sword of Fire and Ice<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>C<\/span><\/td>2<\/span><\/span><\/td>Umezawa's Jitte<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Lands<\/h4>
Amount<\/th>CI<\/th>Mana<\/th>Card<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Darkslick Shores<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>C<\/span><\/td><\/td>Flooded Strand<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Godless Shrine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WU<\/span><\/td><\/td>Hallowed Fountain<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td><\/td>Island<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>C<\/span><\/td><\/td>Polluted Delta<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WUB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Raffine's Tower<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Scrubland<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Secluded Glen<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td><\/td>Swamp<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WU<\/span><\/td><\/td>Tundra<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Underground Sea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td><\/td>Watery Grave<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/section>

Sideboard<\/h3>
Amount<\/th>CI<\/th>Mana<\/th>Card<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Blue<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>U<\/span><\/td>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Spell Pierce<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Black<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>B<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Crippling Fear<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Crypt Incursion<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Engineered Plague<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>B<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Golden Demise<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>B\/P<\/span><\/span><\/td>Surgical Extraction<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>X<\/span>B<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>The Meathook Massacre<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>2<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Toxic Deluge<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>B<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>B<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Witch's Vengeance<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Multicolor<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WU<\/span><\/td>W<\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/td>Dovin's Veto<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UB<\/span><\/td>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Drown in the Loch<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WUB<\/span><\/td>W<\/span>U<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Esper Charm<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WB<\/span><\/td>1<\/span>W<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Kaya's Guile<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>WB<\/span><\/td>W<\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/td>Zealous Persecution<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/section><\/div>