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Esper Sentinel is at its best in the earliest stages of the game, where opponents have very little mana available

And, if you can flicker him multiple times (and maybe play a random artifact as you do), you can quickly fill a board with golems

What truly helps this card's case is how well the two abilities synergize with each other and with the strategy of the decks that want to play it

Sometimes, Lumra's thundering footfalls would quake the brush, and I would walk the opposite path

For just three mana, he shuts down Reanimator decks, a huge number of Combo decks, and popular mechanics like flashback and jumpstart