Just played Standard Mono Blue vs Esper Approach, and an hour and fifteen minutes later I am victorious, 2-0. Out-playing a skilled opponent over 30-turn games to gain little bits of advantage (with the occasional counterspell war with 7 objects on the stack) to finally win is somehow so much more satisfying than just outracing an aggro opponent with another aggro deck. My opponent and I both had a blast, and they were entirely courteous and sporting. Games like that are why I love Magic. My list below:
4 Torrential Gearhulk
3 Search for Azcanta
4 Censor
4 Disallow
4 Essence Scatter
4 Negate
4 Glimmer of Genius
2 Hieroglyphic Illumination
4 Opt
3 Perilous Voyage
4 Desert of the Mindful
4 Irrigated Farmland
4 Fetid Pools
2 Hostile Desert
10 Island
SB:
3 Dynavolt Tower
3 Kefnet, the Mindful
2 Nimble Obstructionist
2 Shielded Aether Thief
3 Aether Meltdown
2 River’s Rebuke