Esper Control

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1299	1930–2309–1	45.5	2	56	34
Esper Control	104	154–219	41.3	0	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–42	38.2
Mono Black Aggro	4–0	100.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–9	25.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–9	10.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–5	16.7
Madness	2–10	16.7
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–9	18.2
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Combo	29–48	37.7
Storm	12–23	34.3
Dimir Tendrils	4–12	25.0
Dragonstorm	4–4	50.0
Simic Storm	2–2	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–4	20.0
Reanimator	4–12	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–11	26.7
Rakdos Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Control	23–30	43.4
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–5	16.7
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Life is Ez	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–15	44.4
Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	14–22	38.9
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–8	33.3
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	5–5	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	8–11	42.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–11	31.3
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–10	28.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–7	22.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Midrange	37–46	44.6
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–5	44.4
Varolz Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–5	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	12–10	54.5
Mono Black Devotion	9–5	64.3
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–9	0.0
Ramp	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	2–5	28.6
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0