Balustrade Spy (Pauper) 
Balustrade Spy is 4.6% of the Pauper metagame in the last 30 days (34 of 739 decks), with 4 top 8 finishes. Core cards: Balustrade Spy, Dread Return, Generous Ent.
In tournaments (leagues excluded) its decks won 0% of their 2 matches; all published decks win 54% on average, because MTGO publishes only the best results.
Official MTGO results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
34 decks
Latest top 8 list
Pauper staples: the most played cards of the format
Most played cards
| Card | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|
| Balustrade Spy | 100% | 4.0 |
| Dread Return | 100% | 2.0 |
| Forest | 100% | 3.1 |
| Generous Ent | 100% | 4.0 |
| Land Grant | 100% | 4.0 |
| Lead the Stampede | 100% | 4.0 |
| Lotleth Giant | 100% | 2.0 |
| Masked Vandal | 100% | 3.6 |
| Overgrown Battlement | 100% | 4.0 |
| Saruli Caretaker | 100% | 3.9 |
| Swamp | 100% | 1.0 |
| Wall of Roots | 100% | 3.4 |
| Winding Way | 100% | 4.0 |
| Gatecreeper Vine | 97% | 3.2 |
| Elves of Deep Shadow | 91% | 2.5 |
| Mesmeric Fiend | 91% | 2.7 |
| Nyxborn Hydra | 74% | 2.0 |
| Quirion Ranger | 74% | 2.0 |
| Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek | 68% | 4.0 |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 50% | 1.1 |
| Lotus Petal | 44% | 1.3 |
| Sagu Wildling | 32% | 4.0 |
| Avenging Hunter | 18% | 2.7 |
| Tinder Wall | 12% | 1.3 |
| Acorn Harvest | 9% | 1.0 |
| Jaspera Sentinel | 9% | 1.0 |
| Axebane Guardian | 6% | 1.0 |
| Faerie Macabre | 3% | 2.0 |
| Flaring Pain | 3% | 1.0 |
| Malevolent Rumble | 3% | 1.0 |
| Old Thrush | 3% | 3.0 |
| Quirion Elves | 3% | 1.0 |
Recent decks
| Player | Event | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| AlessandroPiraccini | Pauper Challenge 16 |
#31 0-2 |
| MoxlessGuy | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| Jonathan Collins | Pauper Regional Qualifier |
#14 2-3 |
| Joseph Cooper | Pauper Regional Qualifier |
#18 1-3 |
| Robert White | Pauper Regional Qualifier |
#19 1-4 |
| Benoît Antoniotti | LyonPauper Jeudi 15 octobre 2026 |
#4 3-1 |
| David Krieger [CBS] | From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K |
#18 3-3 |
| Dylan Coe | From The Vault: Pauper 10 $1K |
#25 3-3 |
| Alban Zkw | the300 |
#4 7-1 |
| Lukas Unbekandt | the300 |
#19 6-2 |
| Enzo Guinat | the300 |
#26 6-2 |
| Colin | the300 |
#28 6-2 |
| Kevin BARLET | the300 |
#41 5-3 |
| Gradoz | the300 |
#43 5-3 |
| Thibault GIBOIRE | the300 |
#47 5-3 |
| Gariston Yoan | the300 |
#53 5-3 |
| Sylvain Meunier | the300 |
#56 5-3 |
| Jerome N | the300 |
#67 5-3 |
| Pablo Jiménez | the300 |
#68 5-3 |
| Louis Richez | the300 |
#125 4-4 |
| PLfou | the300 |
#171 3-3 |
| Antoine Dejob | the300 |
#184 2-4 |
| Lukas Unbekandt | Rebound Samedi |
#19 3-3 |
| Ettore Cerracchio | Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026 |
#5 4-1 |
| Gianvito Taneburgo | Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026 |
#12 4-2 |
| Leonardo Paternotte | Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026 |
#39 2-3 |
| Pablo Jiménez | FirstQualifier |
#3 5-1 |
| Arbi56 | FirstQualifier |
#43 2-3 |
| Antoine Dejob | FirstQualifier |
#58 2-4 |
| Louis Richez | FirstQualifier |
#81 1-2 |
| Hippolyte Sève | FirstQualifier |
#82 1-3 |
| Gariston Yoan | Masters |
#19 3-2 |
| Benoît Antoniotti | Masters |
#31 3-3 |
| Lukas Unbekandt | Masters |
#40 2-2 |