So ever since I got into commander I've been a gruul player. My main decks were Xenagos and Omnath-Rage. Our playgroup has been changing up it's strategies and I thought that Esper would be a nice change for me. Some of the esper decks seem...too oppressive, but she seems perfect. My question is how do most people run her? Straight control, just good stuff, or is there a more kill-oriented strategy for her that's more cutthroat? I'm looking for advice on how to pump this up to a little above the standard 75% commander deck. I want her to be feared. I think my creature base and enchantments may need the most work:
I lucked out and traded for a couple before the price spike a while back. Since you're playing Intruder Alarm, you could go for combos like Thraben Doomsayer and Bloodline Keeper. Watch about for opposing combos, though, because Intruder Alarm enables a bunch of them.
Key question: How do you pronounce Merieke Ri Berit? I don't know of an official answer.
1x Adarkar Wastes
1x Arcane Sanctum
1x Arid Mesa
1x Bad River
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Celestial Colonnade
1x Command Tower
1x Darkwater Catacombs
1x Drowned Catacomb
1x Flood Plain
1x Flooded Strand
1x Glacial Fortress
1x Godless Shrine
1x Hallowed Fountain
3x Island
1x Isolated Chapel
2x Plains
1x Prairie Stream
1x Reflecting Pool
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Skycloud Expanse
1x Sunken Hollow
2x Swamp
1x Tainted Field
1x Tainted Isle
1x Temple of Deceit
1x Temple of Enlightenment
1x Temple of Silence
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Watery Grave
1x Windswept Heath
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
1x Venser, the Sojourner
Creature
1x Angel of Despair
1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
1x Archaeomancer
1x Ashen Rider
1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
1x Clever Impersonator
1x Deadeye Navigator
1x Drift of Phantasms
1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
1x Evil Twin
1x Fatestitcher
1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1x Guile
1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1x Magister Sphinx
1x Myojin of Night's Reach
1x Peregrine Drake
1x Sen Triplets
1x Sire of Stagnation
1x Solemn Simulacrum
Sorcery
1x Black Sun's Zenith
1x Dark Petition
1x Day of Judgment
1x Diabolic Revelation
1x Idyllic Tutor
1x Merciless Eviction
1x Ponder
1x Rite of Replication
1x Supreme Verdict
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Ensnaring Bridge
1x Illusionist's Bracers
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Sol Ring
1x Swiftfoot Boots
1x Temple Bell
1x Thousand-Year Elixir
Enchantment
1x Aura of Silence
1x Freed from the Real
1x Ghostly Prison
1x Intruder Alarm
1x Mind Over Matter
1x Necropotence
1x Pemmin's Aura
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Propaganda
1x Retreat to Coralhelm
Instant
1x Brainstorm
1x Counterspell
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Dark Ritual
1x Dissipate
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Esper Charm
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Mortify
1x Path to Exile
1x Render Silent
1x Sphinx's Revelation
1x Utter End
Key question: How do you pronounce Merieke Ri Berit? I don't know of an official answer.
I've been saying it like Mer'eek. Kinda like 'shriek'.