Legacy Esper Tempo
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Esper Tempo has slipped from ~1.4% to 0.3% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~1.4% to 0.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Legacy Esper Tempo maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 29 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm | 4.0 | 100% |
| Force of Will | 4.0 | 100% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 3.5 | 100% |
| Island | 1.1 | 90% |
| Polluted Delta | 3.8 | 90% |
| Flow State | 3.6 | 86% |
| Ponder | 3.5 | 86% |
| Underground Sea | 3.5 | 86% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.7 | 79% |
| Flooded Strand | 2.4 | 76% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.9 | 76% |
| Swamp | 1.0 | 66% |
| Reanimate | 3.6 | 59% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.2 | 52% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.6 | 52% |
| Barrowgoyf | 2.6 | 41% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 2.7 | 41% |
| Archon of Cruelty | 1.2 | 38% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 1.4 | 38% |
| Animate Dead | 3.7 | 34% |
| Wasteland | 2.8 | 34% |
| Misty Rainforest | 2.8 | 31% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 3.8 | 31% |
| Tundra | 2.6 | 31% |
| Unmarked Grave | 4.0 | 31% |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1.0 | 31% |
| Stock Up | 2.9 | 28% |
| Dark Ritual | 3.7 | 24% |
| Emeritus of Ideation | 1.0 | 24% |
| Fatal Push | 2.7 | 24% |
| Meticulous Archive | 1.0 | 24% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 1.4 | 24% |
| Abhorrent Oculus | 4.0 | 21% |
| Ancient Tomb | 3.5 | 21% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.0 | 21% |
| Thought Scour | 4.0 | 21% |
| Tropical Island | 1.8 | 21% |
| Unearth | 1.5 | 21% |
| Force of Negation | 1.6 | 17% |
| Lórien Revealed | 1.4 | 17% |
Typical Legacy Esper Tempo sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 29 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 29 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Consign to Memory | 2.3 | 97% |
| Force of Negation | 2.0 | 90% |
| Barrowgoyf | 1.9 | 59% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 2.1 | 59% |
| Fatal Push | 3.1 | 52% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 2.1 | 48% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.0 | 28% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.0 | 28% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.0 | 24% |
| Hydroblast | 1.3 | 24% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.4 | 24% |
| Carpet of Flowers | 2.3 | 21% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.5 | 21% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.5 | 14% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.8 | 14% |
| Wrath of the Skies | 2.0 | 14% |
| Deafening Silence | 2.3 | 10% |
| Massacre | 1.7 | 10% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.3 | 10% |
| Null Rod | 1.0 | 10% |
| Prismatic Ending | 2.0 | 10% |
| Serra's Emissary | 1.0 | 10% |
| Temporary Lockdown | 2.0 | 10% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 2.0 | 7% |
| Containment Priest | 1.0 | 7% |
| Disruptor Flute | 2.0 | 7% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.5 | 7% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 7% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.0 | 7% |
| Show and Tell | 2.5 | 7% |
| Snuff Out | 1.0 | 7% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 7% |
| Clarion Conqueror | 3.0 | 3% |
| Commandeer | 1.0 | 3% |
| Endurance | 2.0 | 3% |
| Erode | 1.0 | 3% |
| Force of Vigor | 2.0 | 3% |
| Gaddock Teeg | 2.0 | 3% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 2.0 | 3% |
| Meddling Mage | 1.0 | 3% |
Esper Tempo Legacy FAQ
Is Esper Tempo good in Legacy right now?
Esper Tempo is 0.3% of Legacy decklists in the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 15th (2-3) at Legacy Challenge 32 on Jul 19, 2026.
What are the key cards in Legacy Esper Tempo?
Nearly every list runs Brainstorm, Force of Will, and Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student (99%+ of Legacy Esper Tempo decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 20 Esper vs 4 WUBG lists.
What's a typical Legacy Esper Tempo sideboard?
The most common Legacy Esper Tempo sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Consign to Memory (97% of lists), Force of Negation (90% of lists), Barrowgoyf (59% of lists), and Dauthi Voidwalker (59% of lists).
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Legacy Esper Tempo decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 112 Legacy Esper Tempo decklists all-time (2 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Esper Tempo result Jul 22, 2026.