Void RendVoid Rend is an almost-ineffable catch-all answer that most Esper decks should be happy to run
Tap Kilo for mana with Relic of Legends, get a proliferate, then use Voltaic Key to untap Kilo and do it again
Red actually has some of the best sweepers in the formatnormally that mantle would belong to white, but with wraths out of the picture because they cost too much, and Pyroclasm, Anger of the Gods, Sudden Demise, and more available, red's support as a control color is felt more strongly here
At the beginning of each of your turns, you're going to get all the effects from one of your sprockets
Next, this additional mana will often slow the companion down by a turn, allowing the opponent to interact with it while in the companion players hand or otherwise giving the opponent an additional turn to plan ahead before the companion hits the battlefield. The companion nerf is significant, as Wizards explains: Its rare that we use a rules change to address metagame balance, and this isnt something we have plans to do in the future.[] We believe this solution is preferable to potentially needing to make multiple bans across different formats over time. I enjoy companions
