The StarcityGames Invitational Season One was the first major event wherein Dragons of Tarkir becomes legal to play in Standard. One of the deck archetypes that got an update from the set is Esper Control with the obvious inclusion of Narset planeswalker, and below is a decklist that performed well from the tournament.

Esper Control by James Buckingham

Maindeck
3 Dragonlord Ojutai
1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death

4 Silumgar’s Scorn
1 Ojutai’s Command
1 Foul-Tongue Invocation
2 Narset Transcendent
4 Anticipate
2 Crux of Fate
4 Dig Through Time
1 Utter End
3 Bile Blight
4 Dissolve
4 Hero’s Downfall

2 Dismal Backwater
3 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Temple of Deceit
3 Temple of Silence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Polluted Delta
4 Island
3 Swamp
2 Caves of Koilos

Sideboard
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Ojutai’s Command
1 Foul-Tongue Invocation
2 Arashin Cleric
2 Utter End
3 Drown in Sorrow
2 Negate
3 Duress

The recent update on the Mtg Standard metagame came from the Starcity Games Open Series tournament in Sacramento. The winning archetype is Esper Control, piloted by Beaux Bruggman. Bruggman was able to grab the last spot of the top eight and proved the power of the deck by defeating the top seed Wolf Run Ramp by David Myers.

A similar Esper Control deck also made the top 8. Here is Beaux Bruggman’s winning list.

Maindeck
Artifacts
1 Batterskull

Creatures
2 Consecrated Sphinx
2 Snapcaster Mage

Enchantments
2 Curse of Death’s Hold
1 Oblivion Ring

Instants
1 Doom Blade
2 Forbidden Alchemy
1 Go for the Throat
4 Mana Leak
3 Think Twice
2 Tragic Slip

Planeswalkers
2 Gideon Jura
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Sorceries
2 Day of Judgment
3 Lingering Souls
1 Sever the Bloodline

Basic Lands
2 Island
4 Plains
4 Swamp

Lands
2 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
3 Evolving Wilds
2 Glacial Fortress
3 Isolated Chapel
4 Seachrome Coast

Sideboard
1 Batterskull
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Volition Reins
2 Celestial Purge
3 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Karn Liberated
3 Despise