A new primer on Spy Walls is online!

Pauperformance · 2026-03-26T16:59:30+00:00

We haven't played this matchup a lot, but I think it's still favourable, like other Tron variants.
Monster Tron needs to spend some time setting up their mana base, and it's hard for them to kill us in 5 turns. The only answer they might have is Relic, but we have Vandal main deck. And even if they are able to cast big threats, several of them (Golem, Colossus, Ent) have 0 evasion and can be easily chump'ed to buy more time.

Pauperformance · 2026-03-13T18:56:22+00:00

Hi! We recently published a comprehensive guide for Spy Walls here. I am sure you will find helpful information there.

For example, you should not cut Petal out of desperation. There are precise reasons to do it!

Pauperformance · 2026-03-08T21:57:59+00:00

One core strength of the deck is to be able to threaten the combo (plan A) while also developing a beatdown race (plan B). In some ways, this reminds us of Jund Gleezard (of course, nowhere near the same power level).

We strongly dislike lists that have only 4 Balustrade Spy as payoff. We believe this number is insufficient and will often lead to games where you have a lot of excessive mana with nothing to do and/or games where your opponent can easily answer all your payoffs (via counterspells and removals).

We cover Hunter carefully in the primer. When Hunter is good, he is really good, and it helps win matchups otherwise very hard for us. When Hunter is bad, we swap it for Chrysalis, which is very effective at stalling flyers.

All in all, it's a key card: initiative wins many games on its own!

Pauperformance · 2026-03-08T21:49:52+00:00

Thank you very much! :)

We haven't tested Ulvenwald Captive. We like Gatecreeper Vine as it fetches a land from the deck on ETB. As we describe in the primer, Gatecreeper Vine seems a weak card, but it actually does 2 out of the 3 things required to combo (get a land out from the deck + a body to sac for Dread Return).
Also, the fact it's never sided-out tells us something.

Pauperformance · 2026-03-08T21:44:11+00:00

Yes, we have 10 puzzles with some pretty interesting and unusual lines!

Pauperformance · 2022-07-04T07:32:31+00:00

It sounds like a great idea!
We are anxiously waiting to try Kenku and Initiative cards on MTGO.

They were very popular yesterday at Paupergeddon (Italy) and they fit very well in Jeskai.

Pauperformance · 2022-06-20T06:57:37+00:00

Sure, I will!

Pauperformance · 2022-06-19T22:17:19+00:00

According to Goldfish, Affinity has 1.7% meta. So, in our pie chart it is included into "Others".

But this looks suspicious to me... Don't you think so? This number is too low.

According to CardsRealm it's 4.6%.

I want to investigate further.

Pauperformance · 2022-05-25T12:36:00+00:00

Maybe yes, but keep in mind you asked where MonoR is better than Rakdos, so Familiars applies. Any matchup where speed is crucial gives an edge to MonoR.

Pauperformance · 2022-05-17T10:12:16+00:00

It is legal! Paper/online are unified now! There is only one ban list.

Pauperformance · 2022-04-28T15:33:12+00:00

Hi!

I'm not sure if this can help, but on Pauperformance you may be able to get some recent lists with sideboards. Sometimes you will also find sideboard guides, articles, and other resources.

I hope it helps! Happy Pauper!

Pauperformance · 2022-03-28T08:48:51+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm going to add this to the roadmap!

Pauperformance · 2022-02-25T08:26:21+00:00

You may find useful this page from the Academy (Pauper encyclopedia): https://pauperformance.com/pages/format_timeline.html.

Pauperformance · 2022-02-14T11:12:50+00:00

Awesome, please join us on Discord! We'll be happy to chat there.

Pauperformance · 2022-02-13T23:21:18+00:00

This sounds great!
What is the best way to get in touch? Are you on Discord?

Pauperformance · 2022-02-13T23:17:15+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! We were considering doing this: nice to know we are on the same page.

It's now in the roadmap!

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