Esper Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1792	2757–3159	46.6	17	128	71
Esper Control	120	187–191	49.5	2	12	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–46	41.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–8	27.3
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–5	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–9	25.0
Affinity	1–5	16.7
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hateful Auras	2–2	50.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	4–4	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–29	59.7
Storm	16–15	51.6
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	13–15	46.4
Song Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–2	66.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	3–2	60.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–3	25.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	23–26	46.9
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–5	44.4
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–6	25.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	21–24	46.7
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	13–16	44.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	13–16	44.8
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–7	53.3
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–11	60.7
Curses	4–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–10	41.2
Jokulhaups Control	7–10	41.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–7	30.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	40–34	54.1
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	5–6	45.5
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–10	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	3–14	17.6
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–8	0.0
Greenpost	0–8	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–3	25.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0