Esper Control

Esper Control is 1.2% of the Modern metagame over the last 30 days, with 67 results in the last 60 days. Updated October 12, 2026.

Average main deck

4 Flooded Strand
2 Island
2 Hallowed Fountain
2 Meticulous Archive (in 97% of lists)
2 Spell Snare (in 97% of lists)
2 Plains (in 94% of lists)
4 Solitude (in 93% of lists)
4 Teferi, Time Raveler (in 91% of lists)
3 Wrath of the Skies (in 91% of lists)
1 Mystic Gate (in 90% of lists)
2 Prismatic Ending (in 88% of lists)
2 Consult the Star Charts (in 87% of lists)
4 Narset, Parter of Veils (in 85% of lists)
2 Polluted Delta (in 85% of lists)
3 Day's Undoing (in 84% of lists)
1 Monumental Henge (in 84% of lists)
2 Supreme Verdict (in 82% of lists)
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium (in 82% of lists)
2 Sink into Stupor (in 81% of lists)
4 Orim's Chant (in 79% of lists)
1 Godless Shrine (in 78% of lists)
1 Isochron Scepter (in 76% of lists)
3 Silence (in 73% of lists)
3 Arid Mesa (in 72% of lists)
1 Thundering Falls (in 70% of lists)
1 March of Otherworldly Light (in 67% of lists)
1 Otawara, Soaring City (in 63% of lists)
1 Force of Negation (in 60% of lists)
1 Consign to Memory (in 42% of lists)
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor (in 33% of lists)
1 Watery Grave (in 28% of lists)
1 Theorist's Sanctum (in 25% of lists)
4 Counterspell (in 21% of lists)
1 Lórien Revealed (in 21% of lists)
2 Undercity Sewers (in 19% of lists)
1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren (in 19% of lists)
2 Marsh Flats (in 18% of lists)
1 The Mind Stone (in 18% of lists)
1 Hall of Storm Giants (in 16% of lists)
1 Swamp (in 16% of lists)
3 Fatal Push (in 15% of lists)
2 Scalding Tarn (in 12% of lists)
3 Field of Ruin (in 10% of lists)
2 Sheoldred's Edict (in 10% of lists)
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (in 10% of lists)
1 Erode (in 10% of lists)
4 Psychic Frog (in 7% of lists)
4 Quantum Riddler (in 7% of lists)
4 Thoughtseize (in 7% of lists)
3 Plunder the Trollshaws (in 7% of lists)
3 Subtlety (in 7% of lists)
3 Kaya's Guile (in 6% of lists)
3 Orcish Bowmasters (in 6% of lists)
2 Path to Exile (in 6% of lists)
2 Misty Rainforest (in 6% of lists)
1 Cling to Dust (in 6% of lists)
1 The Wandering Emperor (in 6% of lists)
1 Floodfarm Verge (in 6% of lists)
1 Shadowy Backstreet (in 6% of lists)
1 Get Lost (in 6% of lists)
1 Ashiok, Dream Render (in 6% of lists)
1 Murktide Regent (in 6% of lists)
2 Tune the Narrative (in 4% of lists)
2 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (in 4% of lists)
2 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student (in 4% of lists)
2 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares (in 4% of lists)
1 Castle Vantress (in 4% of lists)
1 Spell Pierce (in 4% of lists)
1 Darkslick Shores (in 4% of lists)
4 Relic of Progenitus (in 3% of lists)
4 Ketramose, the New Dawn (in 3% of lists)
4 Brainsurge (in 3% of lists)
2 Snapcaster Mage (in 3% of lists)
1 Bleachbone Verge (in 3% of lists)
1 Pest Control (in 3% of lists)

Sideboard

4 Consign to Memory
3 Mystical Dispute
3 High Noon (in 82% of lists)
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard (in 78% of lists)
1 Surgical Extraction (in 76% of lists)
1 Spell Snare (in 61% of lists)
1 Ashiok, Dream Render (in 58% of lists)
1 Beza, the Bounding Spring (in 57% of lists)
1 Wrath of the Skies (in 46% of lists)
1 The Wandering Emperor (in 19% of lists)
1 Celestial Purge (in 15% of lists)
1 Supreme Verdict (in 15% of lists)
1 Test of Talents (in 12% of lists)
2 Pest Control (in 9% of lists)
1 Nihil Spellbomb (in 7% of lists)
2 Damping Sphere (in 6% of lists)
2 Path to Exile (in 6% of lists)
2 Thoughtseize (in 6% of lists)
2 Break the Ice (in 6% of lists)
1 Erode (in 6% of lists)
1 Force of Negation (in 6% of lists)
2 Harbinger of the Seas (in 4% of lists)
1 Rest in Peace (in 4% of lists)
1 Teferi, Time Raveler (in 4% of lists)
1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (in 4% of lists)
1 Day's Undoing (in 4% of lists)
2 Containment Priest (in 3% of lists)
2 Toxic Deluge (in 3% of lists)
1 Grafdigger's Cage (in 3% of lists)
1 Dress Down (in 3% of lists)
1 Ghost Vacuum (in 3% of lists)
1 Force of Despair (in 3% of lists)
1 Stern Scolding (in 3% of lists)
1 Prismatic Ending (in 3% of lists)
4 Sanctum Prelate (in 1% of lists)
3 Vindicate (in 1% of lists)
2 Fatal Push (in 1% of lists)
1 End of the Hunt (in 1% of lists)
1 Damnation (in 1% of lists)
1 Requiting Hex (in 1% of lists)
1 Kaya's Guile (in 1% of lists)
1 Exorcise (in 1% of lists)
1 Fracture (in 1% of lists)
1 Dovin's Veto (in 1% of lists)
1 Temporary Lockdown (in 1% of lists)

Spicy tech

Stern Scolding, played by lukeli6 (Top 4 at LCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Friday - 5:00 pm)
Brainsurge, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Logic Knot, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Kaya's Guile, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Pest Control, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Unmoored Ego, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Shadow of Doubt, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Snapcaster Mage, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Secluded Starforge, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)
Plunder the Trollshaws, played by GWT (Top 4 at Modern Challenge 16)

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Esper Control

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