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Jeskai and Esper Blink Deck Performance

1 requestsStarted 10/13/2025, 1:14:41 PM
can you look at the performance of blink decks depending on archetypes ? I want jeskai builds with Phlage, Phelia, Solitude and Esper builds which are divided in two, the ones that contain solitudes and the ones that do not contain solitude

I'll analyze the performance of blink decks in Modern, comparing Jeskai builds (with Phlage, Phelia, Solitude) against Esper builds (with and without Solitude). Let me gather the data.

Now let me look for blink-related archetypes to understand the naming conventions:

The Esper Blink result is from Legacy. Let me check for Modern Esper blink variants:

🛠️QueryBlink Archetypes Across Different Color Combinations

Great! Now let me analyze the performance of these blink archetypes over the last 60 days, focusing on the specific card combinations you mentioned:

Now let me check which Jeskai Blink decks contain the specific cards you mentioned:

🛠️QueryTournament Performance by Archetype Deck Composition

Now let me analyze Esper Blink decks with and without Solitude:

🛠️QuerySolitude Impact on Tournament Entries and Performance

Let me also get the specific performance breakdown for Jeskai builds with your target cards:

🛠️QueryJeskai Deck Performance by Card Package Composition

Now let me get sources for this analysis:

Blink Deck Performance Analysis (Last 60 Days)

Overall Performance:

  • Jeskai Blink: 50.0% winrate (15-15, 30 matches)
  • Esper Blink: 50.7% winrate (610-594, 1,204 non-draw matches)

Jeskai Builds with Phlage + Phelia + Solitude:

  • 5 tournament entries with the full package
  • 53.8% winrate (14-12 record)
  • Significantly outperformed other Jeskai variants (1-3 record from other builds)

Esper Blink by Solitude Usage:

  • With Solitude (295 entries): 50.5% winrate (642-630)
  • Without Solitude (1 entry): 66.7% winrate (8-4) very small sample

Key Insights:
• Jeskai builds with the complete Phlage/Phelia/Solitude package perform notably better than other Jeskai variants
• Esper Blink heavily favors Solitude, with 99.7% of entries including it
• Esper Blink has much higher tournament presence (296 entries vs 6 Jeskai entries)
• Both archetypes hover around 50% winrate, suggesting balanced but not dominant strategies

Recommendation: The Jeskai package of Phlage + Phelia + Solitude appears to be the optimal configuration for Jeskai Blink, while Esper Blink is essentially standardized around Solitude as a core card.

Sources:
Data from 115 Modern tournaments (81.7% MTGO, 18.3% Melee). Recent events: 2nd Chance PTQ, Modern Challenge 32, Modern Challenge 32