Spy Combo Reaches 5.5% of Published Pauper Lists

golfsapao and Oceansoul92 both finished 5-2 before losing in Pauper Challenge quarterfinals.

Multiverse Dispatch · 4 November 2026, 21:15

Spy Combo’s share of published Pauper lists rose from 1.3% to 5.5% across consecutive seven-day samples, more than quadrupling. That means 10 of 181 lists in the latest sample, against 3 of 224 previously. Meanwhile, Ruby Storm rose from 6.7% to 8.3%, and Madness remained the leader, climbing from 16.1% to 18.8%.

Spy Combo · share of Pauper decks, week by week

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Published MTGO decks (challenges and qualifiers).

Spy Combo accounted for 9 of 217 published lists in the calendar week of October 26, 2026.

MTGO’s published results show golfsapao finishing 5-2 on October 29, 2026, and Oceansoul92 finishing 5-2 on November 1, 2026. Both lost in the quarterfinals, leaving Spy Combo with 2 top eights and 0 wins in the latest seven-day sample. We see growing adoption rather than tournament dominance. Its small recorded top-eight matchup sample is 0-3 against Madness and 0-1 each against Faeries, Ruby Storm and Tron.