Ok to start off with, this might be my new favorite commander. Esper is my favorite color combination and I've enjoyed all three of my sharuum, Arcum, and Karn decks (also Merieke). Now that we've made Karn obsolete with this massive improvement, we can basically combine the best aspects of all the decks and throw them together (along with new syngeristic cards - e.g. thornbite staff - and cards that Karn would have run if it had access to Esper - e.g. Open the Vaults and Transmute Artifact) to make this new masterpiece.
The list below is just a starting point to make sure that I'm not missing anything important, and I can work on focusing the deck from there.
I'm not super concerned about the mana base right now, I'll probably just transpose my Sharamum manabase over. The list is at 141 right now, so I have a fair amount to cut, I just would rather overshoot it and make sure I don't miss anything. Optimizing this decklist will be very difficult because there are probably 200 cards good enough to mainboard. (e.g. cards that focus better on comboing off, or aggroing , or taking advantage of lifelink or deathtouch, etc).
Ok to start off with, this might be my new favorite commander. Esper is my favorite color combination and I've enjoyed all three of my sharuum, Arcum, and Karn decks (also Merieke). Now that we've made Karn obsolete with this massive improvement, we can basically combine the best aspects of all the decks and throw them together (along with new syngeristic cards - e.g. thornbite staff - and cards that Karn would have run if it had access to Esper - e.g. Open the Vaults and Transmute Artifact) to make this new masterpiece.
The list below is just a starting point to make sure that I'm not missing anything important, and I can work on focusing the deck from there.
1 Sydri, Galvanic Genius
Artifact Creatures
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Voltaic Construct
1 Myr Retreaver
1 Junk Diver
1 Memnarch
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Mycosynth Golem
1 Shimmer Myr
1 Treskellion
1 Spellskite
1 Scarecrone
1 Duplicant
1 Etherium Sculptor
1 Magister Sphinx
1 Sharding Sphinx
1 Archbound Reclaimer
1 masticore
Colored Creatures
1 Trinket Mage
1 Treasure Mage
1 Vedalken Engineer
1 Thada Adel, Aquisitor
1 Grand Architect
1 Mikaeus, the unhallowed
1 Stoneforege Mystic
1 Master Transmuter
1 Indomitable Archangel
Utility Artifacts
1 Meekstone
1 Voltaic Key
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Liquimetal Coating
1 Sculpting Steel
1 Akroma's Memorial
1 Mimic Vat
1 Trading Post
1 Clock of Omens
1 Mycosynth Lattice
1 Mindslaver
1 Darksteel Forge
1 Torper Orb
1 Unwinding Clock
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Staff of Domination
1 Mirrorworks
1 Cauldren of Souls
1 Copy Artifact
1 Second Sunrise
1 Open the Vaults
1 Roar of Reclamation
1 Training Grounds
Ramp Artifacts
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Grim Monolith
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Blinkmoth Urn
1 Guilded Lotus
1 Orzhov Signet
2 Mirrodin Talisman
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Darksteel Ingot
Disruption
1 Spine of Ish Sah
1 All is Dust
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Mana Drain
1 Force of Will
1 Wrath of God
1 Damnation
1 Supreme Verdect
1 Terminus
1 Hinder
1 Spell Crumple
1 STP
1 Aura of Silence
1 Return to Dust
Equipment
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Skullclamp
1 Whispersilk cloak
1 Thornbite Staff
1 Scroll Rack
1 Land Tax
1 Spinny Top
1 Memory Jar
1 Mind's Eye
1 Staff of Nim
1 Bident of Thassa
1 Reshape
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Fabricate
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampric Tutor
1 Transmute Artifact
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Well of Lost Dreams
Land
37 Mana Producing Land
1 Eye of ugin
I'm not super concerned about the mana base right now, I'll probably just transpose my Sharamum manabase over. The list is at 141 right now, so I have a fair amount to cut, I just would rather overshoot it and make sure I don't miss anything. Optimizing this decklist will be very difficult because there are probably 200 cards good enough to mainboard. (e.g. cards that focus better on comboing off, or aggroing , or taking advantage of lifelink or deathtouch, etc).
Cards that I've cut
1 Pact of Negation
1 Filigree Angel
1 Scarecrone
1 UB Signet
1 UW Signet
Edric | Skithiryx | Merieke | Talrand
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Well except for pauper EDH
Garruk's Packleader | Inkfathom Witch | Gelectrode | Sigil Captain | Glider Barin | Sludge Strider | Paragon of the Ameshsa
1 Pact of Negation
1 Filigree Angel
1 Scarecrone
1 Roar of Reclamation
1 Training Grounds
1 Damnation
1 Wrath of God
1 Darksteel Plate
1 UB Signet
1 UW Signet
Edric | Skithiryx | Merieke | Talrand
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Well except for pauper EDH
Garruk's Packleader | Inkfathom Witch | Gelectrode | Sigil Captain | Glider Barin | Sludge Strider | Paragon of the Ameshsa