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Esper Control — Modern metagame & decklists | CastHaven
Modern archetype
Esper Control
Meta share · 30d
0.2%
n=3,235 decks
Top 8s · 30d
0
finishes of 8th or better
Best finish
11th
Modern Challenge 64, Jun 9, 2026
Current top-performing list
Esper Control — 11th place
Modern Challenge 64 · Jun 9, 2026 · DB_cntrlfreak_ttv
via mtgo.com
Modern
Creatures · 16
4
Psychic Frog
4
Subtlety
3
Orcish Bowmasters
3
Quantum Riddler
2
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Planeswalkers · 2
2
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
Spells · 21
4
Counterspell
4
Fatal Push
4
Thoughtseize
3
Force of Negation
2
Drown in the Loch
2
Spell Snare
1
Shoot the Sheriff
Lands · 21
4
Polluted Delta
2
Flooded Strand
2
Island
2
Marsh Flats
2
Scalding Tarn
2
Undercity Sewers
2
Watery Grave
Sideboard · 15
4
Consign to Memory
3
Mystical Dispute
3
Pest Control
2
Harbinger of the Seas
1
Nihil Spellbomb
1
Stony Silence
Core vs. flex
Staples
In ≥90% of lists (modal quantity shown) · mainboard · last 30 days · n=5 lists
Insufficient data (n=5)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Past top performers
No top finishes in the window yet
Top 8 results for Esper Control land here as events report — check back after the next nightly ingest.
Trends
Esper Control adoption
% of classified Modern decks · weekly · n=33,079
View as table
Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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1
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
1
Darkslick Shores
1
Hallowed Fountain
1
Meticulous Archive
1
Otawara, Soaring City
1
Swamp
1
Teferi, Time Raveler
Flex slots
Inclusion rate · mainboard · last 30 days · n=5 lists · top 12 of 31
Insufficient data (n=5)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Rotated out
Harbinger of the Seas
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Jun 24, 2025 · avg 1.8× per list
Nihil Spellbomb
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Jun 30, 2025 · avg 1.4× per list
Orcish Bowmasters
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Jun 24, 2025 · avg 3.1× per list
Quantum Riddler
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Aug 12, 2025 · avg 3× per list
Shoot the Sheriff
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Jun 30, 2025 · avg 1× per list
Thoughtseize
last seen Jun 9, 2026 · in lists since Jun 24, 2025 · avg 3× per list
Ghost Vacuum
last seen Jun 5, 2026 · in lists since Jul 27, 2025 · avg 1× per list
Sheoldred's Edict
last seen Jun 5, 2026 · in lists since Jul 27, 2025 · avg 1.9× per list
Cards this deck used to play, from the archetype’s full card-pool history — when they were last seen and how many copies lists ran.
0.2%
▲ 0.2 pts since Jun 9
Jun 9
Jun 8
Finish distribution
Final standings finishes · last 30 days · n=2 decks
View as table
1st
0
2nd
0
Top 4
0
Top 8
0
Other
2
Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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