Esper Control is a near-mirror matchup where both sides are playing the long game with Orim's Chant, Counterspell, and Teferi — the key differentiator is resolving and protecting your planeswalkers while denying theirs. Mystical Dispute is exceptional here since nearly every threat and answer in their deck is blue, and Consign to Memory handles the Isochron Scepter imprinting Orim's Chant that would otherwise lock you out of the game. High Noon punishes their fetchland-heavy manabase, slowing their ability to deploy multiple spells per turn and creating significant resource pressure over a long game. Kaheera functions as a companion in this list since your mainboard runs no non-Human, non-Elemental creatures, providing a guaranteed card advantage engine in a grindy matchup. The creature sweepers come out entirely since neither deck runs meaningful threat-creatures — this becomes a war of counters and Teferi value, so maximize your counterspell density.