I love Esper Mindsplice Control, and I've played the deck a lot in recent seasons. If you've been around for a while, you saw me celebrate "Easper" Sunday with 3 videos of the deck in action during my climb to Mythic last season.
In general the deck plays a lot of control elements to hold off other decks until we can get a Mindsplice down, which will then power our big spell win conditions, like Outrageous Robbery (my favorite card from Murders at Karlov Manor).
However, it got a big upgrade from Outlaws of Thunder Junction in the form of Three Steps Ahead. TSA is a Spree counter spell, which has alternate modes that let you draw cards and/or copy something. Notably, it's non-counter modes only use generic mana, so it can be deeply discounted by Mindsplice. And best of all, the "copy" mode can target an artifact, so you can copy your Mindsplice!
It's a great addition and blasted me through Diamond and into Mythic with one of my best sustained win rates ever, an astounding 78% over 30+ games. Join me as we watch some highlights of the deck in action!
0:00 - Intro and Deck list
0:29 - Game 1 vs Rakdos Ramp
9:08 - Game 2 vs Izzet Artifacts
21:23 - Game 3 vs GW Enchantments
25:18 - Game 4 vs Orzhov Planeswalkers
33:44 - Game 5 vs Mono Red Slickshot
42:06 - Game 6 vs Mono White Serra Paragon
53:02 - Full Results
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Deck
4 Raffine's Tower (SNC) 254
1 White Sun's Twilight (ONE) 38
3 March of Wretched Sorrow (NEO) 111
2 The Celestus (MID) 252
4 Shattered Sanctum (VOW) 264
2 Caves of Koilos (DMU) 244
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268
1 Swamp (SLD) 1401
1 Plains (SLD) 1399
3 Deserted Beach (MID) 260
1 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271
3 Field of Ruin (MID) 262
2 Deadly Cover-Up (MKM) 83
3 Memory Deluge (MID) 62
2 Shipwreck Marsh (MID) 267
3 Restless Reef (LCI) 282
1 Island (BRO) 280
3 Temporary Lockdown (DMU) 36
1 Plains (LTR) 273
4 Get Lost (LCI) 14
3 Outrageous Robbery (MKM) 97
3 Mindsplice Apparatus (ONE) 63
3 Path of Peril (VOW) 124
1 March of Otherworldly Light (NEO) 28
1 Invasion of Arcavios (MOM) 61
4 Three Steps Ahead (OTJ) 75
Sideboard
1 Devious Cover-Up (MID) 48
1 Rankle's Prank (WOE) 102
1 Farewell (NEO) 13
1 Sunfall (MOM) 40
1 Void Rend (SNC) 230
1 Doppelgang (MKM) 198
1 Pilfer (DMU) 102