Esper Control

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Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
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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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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

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

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	904	1565–1419	52.4	13	99	56
Esper Control	120	233–166	58.4	3	17	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	68–41	62.4
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono White Heroic	6–3	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	12–13	48.0
Goblins	6–4	60.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	13–8	61.9
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Tempered Steel	5–3	62.5
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–28	60.6
Storm	4–4	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	4–2	66.7
Reanimator	16–12	57.1
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Reanimator	13–9	59.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–5	44.4
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Dredge	0–2	0.0
GreenTwin	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	3–0	100.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Control	31–25	55.4
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	8–8	50.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	7–6	53.8
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–3	0.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	25–20	55.6
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Boros Bombardment	2–2	50.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–9	47.1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Hushnought	4–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–4	71.4
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	24–16	60.0
Battle of Wits	4–6	40.0
Mindcrank	4–1	80.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	12–7	63.2
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	11–7	61.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Midrange	26–19	57.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–7	22.2
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	1–3	25.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–13	31.6
Cloudpost Ramp	4–11	26.7
Greenpost	3–7	30.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–3	25.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0