Balustrade Spy 
Balustrade Spy Pauper decklist played by Nathan Kanzelman at NRG Series: Magic $2.5k Pauper Trial (22 Aug 2026).
- Player
- Nathan Kanzelman
- Finish
- #11 of 87, 5-2
- Archetype
- Balustrade Spy
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (42)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (4)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (42)
- 4 Balustrade Spy
- 2 Gatecreeper Vine
- 4 Generous Ent
- 2 Lotleth Giant
- 4 Masked Vandal
- 2 Mesmeric Fiend
- 4 Overgrown Battlement
- 4 Rubblebelt Maverick
- 4 Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek
- 4 Saruli Caretaker
- 2 Tinder Wall
- 2 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 4 Wall of Roots
Sorceries (14)
Lands (4)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Balustrade Spy list
Average of 22 decks in the 7 days up to Aug. 22, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Rubblebelt Maverick (4 vs 0.5)
- +2 Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek (4 vs 2.0)
- +2 Tinder Wall (2 vs 0.5)
- +1 Troll of Khazad-dûm (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Sagu Wildling (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Elves of Deep Shadow (0 vs 1.7)
- -1 Quirion Ranger (0 vs 1.5)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Avenging Hunter (3 vs 0.9)
- +2 Fume Spitter (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Gorilla Shaman (2 vs 0.4)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Writhing Chrysalis (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Vitu-Ghazi Inspector (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Nylea's Disciple (0 vs 1.1)
- -1 Healer of the Glade (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 9 cards away from the average.