Esper Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2038	3122–3584	46.6	3	60	59
Esper Control	132	282–225	55.6	1	6	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–72	49.3
Heroic	13–9	59.1
Mono White Heroic	8–8	50.0
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	9–11	45.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono White Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	9–6	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–10	16.7
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	4–2	66.7
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	7–16	30.4
Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	65–37	63.7
Storm	17–18	48.6
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
High Tide	14–16	46.7
Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–2	71.4
Double Dragon	5–2	71.4
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	2–2	50.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	4–4	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	4–1	80.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	1–3	25.0
Neoform Hermit	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	3–0	100.0
Control	31–35	47.0
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–7	22.2
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–6	14.3
Guildgate Control	1–4	20.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	19–9	67.9
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	6–1	85.7
Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–5	78.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–4	66.7
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	10–13	43.5
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–10	28.6
Wildfire	4–10	28.6
Thryx-Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–7	30.0
Midrange	63–34	64.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	7–9	43.8
Wave Blink	1–9	10.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Bant Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–3	25.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–4	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	7–2	77.8
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Owling Mine	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	2–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–20	23.1
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–16	20.0
Golgari Post	0–3	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–8	11.1
Eureka!	1–3	25.0