Esper Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1596	2681–2832	48.6	5	75	89
Esper Control	197	397–334	54.3	1	11	13

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	89–63	58.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	12–8	60.0
Mono White Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	8–8	50.0
Red Deck Wins	16–11	59.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	8–5	61.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	10–6	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Merfolk	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	9–17	34.6
Affinity	5–7	41.7
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	3–8	27.3
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	4–1	80.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	3–5	37.5
Bant Humans	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Humans	2–2	50.0
Combo	86–66	56.6
Storm	43–43	50.0
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	31–20	60.8
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	8–22	26.7
Reanimator	14–11	56.0
Recurring Nightmare	9–9	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	5–7	41.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–3	25.0
Dubious Challenge	3–0	100.0
Warp World	6–1	85.7
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	6–2	75.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	62–73	45.9
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	7–7	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	7–4	63.6
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	6–20	23.1
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	4–8	33.3
Life is Ez	2–6	25.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–9	10.0
Pox	7–2	77.8
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	21–23	47.7
Aristocrats	5–11	31.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–7	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–5	37.5
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–3	57.1
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	38–43	46.9
Izzet Tempo	14–14	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–10	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–8	33.3
Dimir Tempo	5–4	55.6
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Curses	3–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–6	40.0
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	85–45	65.4
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–2	60.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–3	62.5
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	10–5	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	9–1	90.0
Five Color Hero	8–1	88.9
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	6–14	30.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	7–14	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–11	35.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–5	28.6
Gruul Post	2–6	25.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0