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As a long-time Esper player, primarily in Standard, I've always focused on the Control strategies of Esper - building decks that seeked to slowly dismantle my opponents, only to eventually outpower them in terms of resources

Voice of Zendikar is one of the safest three mana walkers you can make and so while her effects are often quite low value they will still often dominate a game

Notably, Mox Opal counts itself, so you only need two more Artifacts in play to allow it to tap for mana

Next, imagine that my opponent wants to cast another spell that turn which targets Aegis Turtle

These probably shouldnt be played in every single deck that is in each of these wedges, but if you could use some creatures that have valuable effects in the mid-to-late game, you cant really go wrong with these