We expect Esper to become a powerhouse in the Control archetype after this rotation as most of the card are not affected and the plus of having new components to add from Throne of Eldraine. One notable card that I think would be a relevant option for the deck is today’s card preview, Realm-Cloaked Giant. Check out the card below.

A mass removal on a stick or whatever you may call it, is a two-for-one card advantage itself. We would only expect at least of a Giant Tribal deck in the metagame to make this adventure useless. Following it with a 7/7 Vigilance threat is maybe just unanswerable in most matchups.

In the Esper build, two copies are already enough as you would already have your spot removals and another sweep spell, Kaya’s Wrath, to deal with your opponents’ creatures.

In mirror matchups, it would not go to waste as you can hard cast is as a 7/7 creature for seven mana. That is an additional threat for them to get rid of in case you were trading discard spells and killing off each other’s planeswalkers.

Overall, it is a pretty good card for a Mythic slot in the set. I would not expect it at a high price once it stabilizes but expect initial preorders to be at around 500 to 600 each.

That is a wrap for Realm-Cloaked Giant. Until the next blog post.