Esper Blink 
Esper Blink Modern decklist played by hichigg at Advantage Games Saturday Modern RCQ Round 1 2026 Season (9 May 2026).
- Player
- hichigg
- Finish
- #18 of 20, 0-2
- Archetype
- Esper Blink
- Staples
- Esper Blink
- Format
- Modern
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (27)
- 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 2 Flickerwisp
- 4 Orcish Bowmasters
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 4 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury Banned
- 4 Solitude
- 3 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
Instants (8)
Sorceries (6)
Lands (19)
- 2 Arena of Glory
- 4 Arid Mesa
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 4 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Plains
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Esper Blink list
Average of 6 decks in the 30 days up to May 9, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Arid Mesa (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Galvanic Discharge (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Orcish Bowmasters (4 vs 1.0)
- +2 Arena of Glory (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 March of Otherworldly Light (2 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Flooded Strand (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Fatal Push (0 vs 3.2)
- -3 Quantum Riddler (0 vs 3.2)
- -2 Emperor of Bones (1 vs 2.7)
- -1 Teferi, Time Raveler (0 vs 1.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Wear // Tear (3 vs 0.5)
- +2 Obsidian Charmaw (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Surgical Extraction (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Clarion Conqueror (2 vs 0.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Consign to Memory (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Damping Sphere (0 vs 2.2)
- -1 Wrath of the Skies (2 vs 3.3)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 16 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.07 average mana value · 2.56 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
19 31.7% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 69.3%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 59.3%
- Same, on the draw
- 68.0%
Colors: costs and sources
-
29 symbols (52.7%)
16 sources (35.6%)
-
18 symbols (32.7%)
14 sources (31.1%)
-
8 symbols (14.5%)
15 sources (33.3%)
Card types
- Creatures 27 (45.0%)
- Instants 8 (13.3%)
- Sorceries 6 (10.0%)
- Lands 19 (31.7%)