The overview only shows Legacy. Let me check if Esper Blink exists in other formats and get more detailed card data.
The data is very limited for Esper Blink in Legacy - only a single tournament entry exists in the database. Let me check if this archetype exists in other formats too, particularly Modern and Pioneer where Ephemerate/blink strategies are also common.
Esper Blink is clearly a Modern archetype primarily. Let me get the full Modern picture.
Here is what the data shows for Esper Blink in Modern, which is where this archetype is most active.
The core mainboard package (present in 90%+ of lists over the last 3 months) is:
4 Solitude, 4 Overlord of the Balemurk, 4 Marsh Flats, 4 Flooded Strand, ~3-4 Ephemerate, ~4 Quantum Riddler, ~4 Fatal Push, ~4 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow, ~4 Thoughtseize, ~3 Flickerwisp, ~3 Emperor of Bones, ~2-3 Phelia Exuberant Shepherd, ~2 Teferi Time Raveler. The mana base runs Shadowy Backstreet, Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog, Undercity Sewers, Godless Shrine, Watery Grave, Hallowed Fountain, Meticulous Archive, and a Plains and Swamp alongside the fetchlands.
About 24% of lists also fit Orcish Bowmasters, and a smaller slice (7%) runs Psychic Frog as a threat. Dreams of Steel and Oil shows up in roughly 25% of lists as supplementary card advantage. Prismatic Ending rounds out the interaction suite in about 89% of decks.
For the sideboard, the standard configuration is 3 Wrath of the Skies, 3 Consign to Memory, ~2-3 Damping Sphere, ~2-3 High Noon, ~1-2 Clarion Conqueror, and ~2 Mystical Dispute. About 20% of sideboards include Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as a blink target / lock piece, and another 20% run Ashiok, Dream Render for graveyard/search hate.
Performance over the last 3 months: Esper Blink posted a 54.2% non-mirror winrate across 763 matches (175 tournament entries). The deck has been trending upward recently -- 69.8% winrate the week of Feb 23, 57.9% and 59.3% in the two weeks prior. That makes it one of the stronger-performing blink variants right now versus Jeskai Blink (which has significantly more volume) or Azorius Blink.
Sources: Data from 102 Modern tournaments (Dec 11, 2025 -- Mar 11, 2026), 78% MTGO and 22% Melee.