MTG Salvation

I havent tested the list much past just jamming a few games against a proxy gauntlet, so I'm not really certain about a lot of the list yet, but I had some similar concerns for a couple of the cards.

Queller: Coming from bant where this guy is awesome, I figured he would slot in nicely, but like you mentioned as one of the only good targets for removal in the deck, my opponent would usually have something for it. It might be better in a smaller number, as it has still been good in the late game in grindy matches, where it can last for a while after catching someones only card with it. Maybe the answer is shaving a couple for another Geist or two instead and focusing on pushing geist damage through.

Snaps: 2 was intentional because I wasnt sure I had enough high value targets to flash back, though I can definitely see wanting a third just for consistency after playing the deck a bit.

Snare: I really like playing with spell snare, it catches a lot in the early game that you can let slip through hand disruption to focus on taking higher impact cards, if you have a mana up for the snare. Some of my favorite turn 2's are a hand disruption spell seeing a 2-drop and taking something else, then snaring it right after. In the late game it does a good job of protecting colonnade from terminate in Jund/Grixis matchups which are always big in my local meta at least, though with field of ruin seeing more play, people have other answers for creature lands too right now. Also catches a lot of annoyances like Thalia and red Eidolon in the first couple turns.

Reinforcements: I didnt put a lot of thought into the board yet to be honest, and these are definitely cards I'm not fully tied to having here. At the same time though, in bant at least, I have always been underwhelemed by Blessed Alliance. Maybe if boggles sees a rise in popularity or is common in your meta, but I don't like it much for the lifegain mode.

As a side note for the sidebaord, I've also been considering Zealous Persecution for the Pyromancer matchups, my friend playing Abzan has been loving having 2-3 in his board.

I've been messing around with decks that could play Jace and Geist and ended up revisiting this archetype that I used to play a lot. I was thinking something along the lines of this for the decklist. There has been a lot of discussion in the Bant Knightfall forum about whether Jace is "worth it" in the deck. The consensus and my opinion as well was along the lines of - "When the format unbans one of the best midrange grind tools in the colours of your midrange deck, you should probably try to play it." I think that same logic works with this archetype as well.

Hi all, not sure how active this board is anymore, but I've been messing around with a bunch of Esper Tempo/Midrange variants since Aether Revolt gave us Fatal Push. I ended up pushing pretty hard to create a good shell for Geist of Saint Traft with how I developed my version of the deck.

So far from the games I played, I think I need to find some more early game pressure. So far with this list, I think that the Resto Angels have been less impactful and slower than I wanted, also I think between IoK, Thoughtseize, and Collective Brutality, I can probably shave a hand disruption spell. With ~3 slots to play with, does anyone have a suggestion for a low (1-2) CMC threat that might compliment what I am doing here? I could also likely find another cut if I wanted to bring in a full playset of something, the Steel of the Godhead is a spicy 1-of for Geist, but can probably go if I need the slot.

Is Delver of secrets a decent option here? I was thinking maybe even some seeker of the way.

Besides the changes I am looking to make, anyone else have suggestions for an Esper Geist list like mine?

Here is my current list: