Glint Hawk representative art for Esper Affinity

Art: Dave Allsop © Wizards of the Coast

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Esper Affinity

9 decks from 9 events · 12 Aug – 9 Sep 2026

9Decks0.6% of published lists▴ 0.3 pp vs. the 30 days before
60.0%Win rate 35.7–80.2% · 9–6–0 · 15-match sample▴ 36.9 pp vs. the 30 days before
44.7 of 75 DebatedSlots settled14 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
30.3 slotsStill argued overspread over 39 cards, in both boards

Maindeck 60 slots

4 copies in every list 4 copies in 1 list out of 4 1 copy in every list always 1 copy, sometimes 2 Grey means 80% of lists or more. Violet means fewer.

Settled core

13 cards · 41.1 slots
Ancient Den 100% Ancient Den1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 67%
Blood Fountain 100% Blood Fountain1st 100% · 2nd 100%
Cryogen Relic 100% Cryogen Relic1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 89%
Glint Hawk 100% Glint Hawk1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Mistvault Bridge 100% Mistvault Bridge1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 11%
Razortide Bridge 100% Razortide Bridge1st 100% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 11%
Refurbished Familiar 100% Refurbished Familiar1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Seat of the Synod 100% Seat of the Synod1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 67%
Thoughtcast 100% Thoughtcast1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 78%
Vault of Whispers 100% Vault of Whispers1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 67%
Myr Enforcer 89% Myr Enforcer1st 89% · 2nd 89% · 3rd 89% · 4th 89%
Reckoner's Bargain 89% Reckoner's Bargain1st 89% · 2nd 89% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Utrom Monitor 89% Utrom Monitor1st 89% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67%

Still argued over

24 cards · 18.9 slots
Nihil Spellbomb 78% Nihil Spellbomb1st 78% · 2nd 78% · 3rd 22%
Galvanic Blast 67% Galvanic Blast1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Giant's Boulder 67% Giant's Boulder1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Great Furnace 67% Great Furnace1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 56%
Makeshift Munitions 67% Makeshift Munitions1st 67%
Goldmire Bridge 44% Goldmire Bridge1st 44% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33%
Bojuka Bog 33% Bojuka Bog1st 33%
Grim Bauble 33% Grim Bauble1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Kenku Artificer 33% Kenku Artificer1st 33% · 2nd 11% · 3rd 11%
Kor Skyfisher 33% Kor Skyfisher1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33% · 4th 33%
Navigator's Compass 33% Navigator's Compass1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Sewer-veillance Cam 33% Sewer-veillance Cam1st 33%
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher 33% Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 11% · 4th 11%
Cast Down 22% Cast Down1st 22% · 2nd 22%
Island 22% Island1st 22%
Plains 22% Plains1st 22%
Prophetic Prism 22% Prophetic Prism1st 22%
Suffocating Fumes 22% Suffocating Fumes1st 22%
Swamp 22% Swamp1st 22%
Thraben Charm 22% Thraben Charm1st 22% · 2nd 22%
Ghostly Flicker 11% Ghostly Flicker1st 11% · 2nd 11%
Lembas 11% Lembas1st 11%
Metallic Rebuke 11% Metallic Rebuke1st 11% · 2nd 11% · 3rd 11%
Silverbluff Bridge 11% Silverbluff Bridge1st 11%

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Sideboard 15 slots

Settled core

1 card · 3.6 slots
Hydroblast 100% Hydroblast1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 78% · 4th 78%

Still argued over

15 cards · 11.4 slots
Nihil Spellbomb 78% Nihil Spellbomb1st 78% · 2nd 56%
Breath Weapon 67% Breath Weapon1st 67%
Extract a Confession 67% Extract a Confession1st 67% · 2nd 67%
Krark-Clan Shaman 67% Krark-Clan Shaman1st 67% · 2nd 67%
Pyroblast 67% Pyroblast1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 22% · 4th 22%
Red Elemental Blast 44% Red Elemental Blast1st 44% · 2nd 44%
Duress 33% Duress1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 11%
Dust to Dust 33% Dust to Dust1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33%
Thraben Charm 33% Thraben Charm1st 33%
Arms of Hadar 22% Arms of Hadar1st 22% · 2nd 22%
Blue Elemental Blast 22% Blue Elemental Blast1st 22% · 2nd 22%
Envelop 22% Envelop1st 22%
Navigator's Compass 22% Navigator's Compass1st 22% · 2nd 22%
Dawnbringer Cleric 11% Dawnbringer Cleric1st 11% · 2nd 11%
Drown in Sorrow 11% Drown in Sorrow1st 11% · 2nd 11%

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The lists people registered 9 published lists in this window. Pick one. The lists can reach past this window. The numbers above count only this window.

Every list

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Show decklist for TheJunkDog
#1 TheJunkDog Pauper Challenge 32 · 2026-09-07 · 8-1-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
  • 1 Prophetic Prism 22%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 4 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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#12 ThiagoGuerra Pauper Challenge 32 · 2026-09-05 · 4-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (18)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Kor Skyfisher 33%
  • 1 Kenku Artificer 33%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 1 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (3)
  • 3 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (7)
  • 2 Cast Down 22%
  • 2 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
  • 2 Thraben Charm 22%
  • 1 Suffocating Fumes 22%
Artifacts (12)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 2 Grim Bauble 33%
  • 2 Navigator's Compass 33%
  • 3 Cryogen Relic 100%
  • 1 Lembas 11%
  • 2 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher 33%
Lands (20)
  • 2 Ancient Den 100%
  • 1 Bojuka Bog 33%
  • 3 Goldmire Bridge 44%
  • 1 Island 22%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Plains 22%
  • 2 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 3 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 1 Swamp 22%
  • 3 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Blue Elemental Blast 22%
  • 2 Duress 33%
  • 1 Envelop 22%
  • 2 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Navigator's Compass 22%
  • 1 Thraben Charm 33%
  • 3 Dust to Dust 33%
  • 2 Arms of Hadar 22%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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5–0 TheJunkDog Pauper League · 2026-09-02 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
  • 1 Prophetic Prism 22%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 4 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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5–0 TheJunkDog Pauper League · 2026-09-01 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam 33%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 2 Ancient Den 100%
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge 44%
  • 3 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge 11%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 2 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Red Elemental Blast 44%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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5–0 TheJunkDog Pauper League · 2026-08-30 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam 33%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 4 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 2 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Red Elemental Blast 44%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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5–0 TheJunkDog Pauper League · 2026-08-26 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam 33%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 4 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 2 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Red Elemental Blast 44%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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5–0 TheJunkDog Pauper League · 2026-08-24 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 3 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (8)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 67%
  • 4 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
Artifacts (13)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 4 Giant's Boulder 67%
  • 3 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Makeshift Munitions 67%
Lands (19)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 4 Great Furnace 67%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 4 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 4 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 67%
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 2 Pyroblast 67%
  • 2 Red Elemental Blast 44%
  • 2 Extract a Confession 67%
  • 1 Thraben Charm 33%
  • 1 Breath Weapon 67%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for someoldguy
5–0 someoldguy Pauper League · 2026-08-15 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (61)

Creatures (15)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Kor Skyfisher 33%
  • 3 Kenku Artificer 33%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (5)
  • 2 Ghostly Flicker 11%
  • 3 Metallic Rebuke 11%
Artifacts (17)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 2 Grim Bauble 33%
  • 2 Navigator's Compass 33%
  • 3 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
  • 4 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher 33%
Lands (20)
  • 3 Ancient Den 100%
  • 1 Bojuka Bog 33%
  • 3 Goldmire Bridge 44%
  • 4 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 3 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 3 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 3 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 3 Duress 33%
  • 4 Hydroblast 100%
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb 78%
  • 2 Dawnbringer Cleric 11%
  • 2 Drown in Sorrow 11%
  • 3 Dust to Dust 33%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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#23 ThiagoGuerra Pauper Challenge 32 · 2026-08-13 · 3-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (18)
  • 4 Glint Hawk 100%
  • 4 Kor Skyfisher 33%
  • 1 Kenku Artificer 33%
  • 4 Refurbished Familiar 100%
  • 1 Utrom Monitor 89%
  • 4 Myr Enforcer 89%
Sorceries (3)
  • 3 Thoughtcast 100%
Instants (7)
  • 2 Cast Down 22%
  • 2 Reckoner's Bargain 89%
  • 2 Thraben Charm 22%
  • 1 Suffocating Fumes 22%
Artifacts (12)
  • 2 Blood Fountain 100%
  • 2 Grim Bauble 33%
  • 2 Navigator's Compass 33%
  • 4 Cryogen Relic 100%
  • 2 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher 33%
Lands (20)
  • 2 Ancient Den 100%
  • 1 Bojuka Bog 33%
  • 3 Goldmire Bridge 44%
  • 1 Island 22%
  • 3 Mistvault Bridge 100%
  • 1 Plains 22%
  • 2 Razortide Bridge 100%
  • 3 Seat of the Synod 100%
  • 1 Swamp 22%
  • 3 Vault of Whispers 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Blue Elemental Blast 22%
  • 2 Duress 33%
  • 1 Envelop 22%
  • 2 Hydroblast 100%
  • 2 Navigator's Compass 22%
  • 1 Thraben Charm 33%
  • 3 Dust to Dust 33%
  • 2 Arms of Hadar 22%
Glint Hawk
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.

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Method

A slot is one card in the average list. For each card, we count the lists that play at least one copy, then at least two, then at least three. We add those shares. Add every card and the boards total 60 and 15.

The settled bound is chosen at 80% of published lists. Settled slots are grey. Other slots are violet. Cards in fewer than 10% of lists still count in the argued-over total, but their rows are not shown.

The band bounds are chosen. Locked starts at 60 settled slots out of 75. Consolidated starts at 50. Debated starts at 40. Open is below 40. A locked deck is not a better deck.

Share is share of published decklists, not of the field. MTGO publishes exactly 32 decklists per Challenge, whatever the field size. A 448-player event gives the same 32 lists as a 32-player one. Those 32 lists lean heavily toward the top of the standings.

Leagues publish 5–0 decklists and no match data. They count in the deck total, in the share, in the card slots, and in the pilots, because a registered list is a registered list. They stay out of the win rate, because there is no match to count. So deck counts and shares cover all published decklists, and win rates cover paired events only.

Preliminaries contribute nothing. They publish match records but no decklists, so their matches have no archetype to attach to.

Win rates count only matches where both players published a decklist. The published 32 are the top finishers. Counting their matches against players who did not publish a list would push every archetype's rate up. With both sides counted, every win has a matching loss. So the pool always balances at exactly 50% wins.