Esper Ephemerate 
Esper Ephemerate Pauper decklist played by PJSammy at The NYC Pauper League Season 6 Invitational (27 Sep 2026).
- Player
- PJSammy
- Finish
- #5 of 32, 4-0
- Archetype
- Esper Ephemerate
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (12)
Instants (20)
- 2 Brainstorm
- 3 Cast Down
- 4 Counterspell
- 3 Cut Down
- 3 Ephemerate
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Ride's End
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Thraben Charm
- 1 Union of the Third Path
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
- 1 Annul
- 1 Crypt Incursion
- 1 Destroy Evil
- 2 Drown in Sorrow
- 2 Duress
- 2 Dust to Dust
- 1 Envelop
- 4 Hydroblast
- 1 Negate
Compared with the average Esper Ephemerate list
Average of 25 decks in the 30 days up to Sept. 27, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Island (7 vs 3.3)
- +3 Contaminated Landscape (4 vs 1.3)
- +2 Ice Tunnel (2 vs 0.4)
- +2 Brainstorm (2 vs 0.5)
- +2 Cast Down (3 vs 1.5)
- +2 Cut Down (3 vs 1.5)
- +1 Glacial Floodplain (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 Plains (2 vs 1.0)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Dispatch (0 vs 2.8)
- -3 Mistvault Bridge (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Razortide Bridge (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Seat of the Synod (0 vs 2.2)
- -1 Refurbished Familiar (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Vault of Whispers (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Dispel (0 vs 1.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Drown in Sorrow (2 vs 0.2)
- +1 Duress (2 vs 0.9)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Arms of Hadar (0 vs 1.5)
Most unusual list in this period: Emiliano Marcellini in PORCHEDDON (33 cards away from the average)