Modern Esper Control
Esper Control is a Modern control strategy that usually features Counterspell, Sink into Stupor, and Force of Negation.
Meta
0.6%
Colors
Shift
+16%
Variability
High
ApproachesAllTamiyo, Inquisitive Student16 · 24%Wrath of the Skies10 · 15%Stock Up8 · 12%Stock32 · 48%
75 decks in Wrath of the Skies
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21 | View | ipadkid | Modern Challenge 64 | 25th | 4-3 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Jun 30 | View | xXEvers | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Jun 29 | View | Salvatto | Modern Challenge 96 | 25th | 4-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jun 19 | View | Salvatto | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 18 | View | Salvatto | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 15 | View | Gods_Shadow | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jun 14 | View | toto_2295 | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 13 | View | levunga21 | Modern Showcase Challenge | 28th | 6-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jun 11 | View | PurpleSlime | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jun 2 | View | Gods_Shadow | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| May 26 | View | flamedragons2 | Modern Challenge 64 | 3rd | 7-2 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| May 21 | View | Fatal_Vlad | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| May 3 | View | VampireDiaries | Modern Challenge 32 2026-05-03 | 13th | 3-3 | Unique · band 10 of 10 · 10 | |
| Apr 16 | View | LangeBastian | Modern Challenge 64 | 17th | 4-3 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Apr 8 | View | levunga21 | Modern Challenge 64 | 16th | 5-2 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Apr 4 | View | ganache1127 | Modern Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-4 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Apr 2 | View | levunga21 | Modern Challenge 64 2026-04-02 | 12th | 5-2 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Mar 25 | View | levunga21 | Modern Challenge 64 | 14th | 5-2 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Mar 24 | View | levunga21 | Modern Challenge 64 | 30th | 3-4 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Mar 23 | View | levunga21 | Modern Last Chance | — | 4-1 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Feb 16 | View | strgn7 | Modern Challenge 32 | 10th | 4-2 | Unique · band 10 of 10 · 10 | |
| Jan 31 | View | VampireDiaries | Modern Challenge 64 2026-01-31 | 32nd | 4-3 | Unique · band 10 of 10 · 10 | |
| Jan 1 | View | tA326_ | Modern Challenge 64 | 9th | — | Unique · band 10 of 10 · 10 | |
| Dec 30, 2025 | View | PieGonti | Modern Challenge 64 2025-12-30 | 27th | — | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Dec 3, 2025 | View | SB3K | Modern Challenge 32 2025-12-03 | 23rd | — | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 |
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Esper Control has slipped from ~1.6% to 0.6% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~1.6% to 0.6% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Modern Esper Control maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 79 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Island | 2.8 | 99% |
| Flooded Strand | 3.2 | 89% |
| Counterspell | 3.9 | 81% |
| Sink into Stupor | 1.7 | 80% |
| Force of Negation | 2.3 | 78% |
| Spell Snare | 2.5 | 78% |
| Undercity Sewers | 2.1 | 71% |
| Wan Shi Tong, Librarian | 2.4 | 71% |
| Polluted Delta | 3.9 | 70% |
| Subtlety | 2.9 | 70% |
| Watery Grave | 2.5 | 67% |
| Fatal Push | 4.0 | 66% |
| Swamp | 1.1 | 66% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 3.8 | 63% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.9 | 62% |
| Cling to Dust | 1.6 | 59% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.2 | 56% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 1.7 | 49% |
| Consult the Star Charts | 3.1 | 44% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 1.3 | 44% |
| Meticulous Archive | 1.5 | 44% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 44% |
| Quantum Riddler | 3.2 | 43% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.5 | 39% |
| Psychic Frog | 4.0 | 38% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.0 | 35% |
| Snapcaster Mage | 2.1 | 34% |
| Field of Ruin | 4.0 | 33% |
| Misty Rainforest | 1.8 | 33% |
| Plains | 2.0 | 33% |
| Prismatic Ending | 3.6 | 30% |
| Darkslick Shores | 1.5 | 29% |
| Solitude | 3.8 | 29% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 3.8 | 28% |
| Drown in the Loch | 1.6 | 25% |
| Orim's Chant | 3.9 | 25% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 1.8 | 25% |
| Arid Mesa | 2.8 | 23% |
| Day's Undoing | 1.9 | 22% |
| Narset, Parter of Veils | 3.9 | 22% |
Typical Modern Esper Control sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 79 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 79 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mystical Dispute | 2.7 | 94% |
| Consign to Memory | 3.6 | 92% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.7 | 44% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.4 | 37% |
| Harbinger of the Seas | 2.1 | 35% |
| High Noon | 1.9 | 34% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.1 | 29% |
| Break the Ice | 2.2 | 23% |
| Stern Scolding | 1.4 | 20% |
| Dress Down | 1.5 | 19% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.3 | 18% |
| Celestial Purge | 1.7 | 16% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.5 | 16% |
| Rest in Peace | 1.8 | 16% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 2.6 | 16% |
| Requiting Hex | 1.3 | 15% |
| Pest Control | 1.6 | 14% |
| Strategic Betrayal | 1.0 | 13% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.4 | 13% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.1 | 11% |
| Temporary Lockdown | 1.0 | 10% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.1 | 10% |
| Damnation | 1.6 | 9% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 9% |
| Force of Despair | 1.8 | 8% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 1.5 | 8% |
| Wear/Tear | 1.8 | 8% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.0 | 6% |
| Kaheera, the Orphanguard | 1.0 | 6% |
| Wrath of the Skies | 1.8 | 6% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.0 | 5% |
| Chalice of the Void | 1.8 | 5% |
| March of Otherworldly Light | 2.3 | 5% |
| Stony Silence | 2.0 | 5% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 1.0 | 5% |
| Commandeer | 2.0 | 4% |
| Hallowed Moonlight | 1.7 | 4% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 1.0 | 4% |
| Orim's Chant | 2.3 | 4% |
| Void Mirror | 1.3 | 4% |