Esper Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1015	1560–1767	46.9	8	67	37
Esper Control	75	153–125	55.0	0	5	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–35	40.7
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–3	50.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–4	42.9
Hateful Auras	3–4	42.9
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–6	14.3
AggroSlide	1–5	16.7
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–18	60.9
Storm	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–5	37.5
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	6–5	54.5
Oops All Spells	6–5	54.5
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	25–14	64.1
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–7	63.2
Cawblade	5–3	62.5
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–3	70.0
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–16	52.9
Izzet Tempo	4–7	36.4
Wizards	7–1	87.5
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	12–13	48.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–9	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–9	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–5	44.4
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	29–18	61.7
Blink	5–1	83.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–9	30.8
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ramp	10–8	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	4–6	40.0
Greenpost	3–6	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0