Esper Gates 
- Player
- Antoine Hamelin
- Finish
- #50 of 64, 0-2
- Event
- Masters,
- Archetype
- Esper Gates
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- TopDeck.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (20)
Instants (6)
Sorceries (2)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (20)
Instants (6)
Sorceries (2)
Artifacts (12)
- 4 Cryogen Relic
- 2 Giant's Boulder
- 2 Grim Bauble
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
- 2 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
Lands (20)
- 4 Basilisk Gate
- 4 Black Dragon Gate
- 4 Citadel Gate
- 1 Contaminated Landscape
- 1 Island
- 3 Plains
- 2 Sea Gate
- 1 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Esper Gates list
Average of 5 decks in the 30 days up to Oct. 3, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +2 Cryogen Relic (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Glint Hawk (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Kor Skyfisher (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Thraben Inspector (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Plains (3 vs 1.2)
- +1 Giant's Boulder (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Grim Bauble (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Jolted Awake (2 vs 0.8)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Counterspell (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Campfire (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Guardian of the Guildpact (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Journey to Nowhere (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Pestilence (0 vs 1.8)
- -1 Sea Gate (2 vs 3.2)
- -1 Cut Down (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Heap Gate (0 vs 1.2)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 An Offer You Can't Refuse (3 vs 1.2)
- +1 Faerie Macabre (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Shrivel (2 vs 0.8)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Cleansing Wildfire (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Pyroblast (0 vs 1.2)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 17 cards away from the average.