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Pauper Intelligence History

A chronological record of reviewed Trend Intelligence reports that connected Pauper to deckbuilding, product, supply, pricing, or market changes.

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History Summary

What the durable links show

Reports
35 reviewed reports
First referenced
Jun 28, 2026
Latest mention
Sep 29, 2026
Signal types
6 signal types
Linked cards
83 linked cards

Recurring Signals

Repeated report patterns

3 shown

Historical recurring signal

12 reports from to

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Referenced in 12 reviewed reports across 8 days. Reports from Jun 28, 2026 to Jul 6, 2026 repeated one public signal type around the same canonical context.

Prerelease or early watch

Historical recurring signal

8 reports from to

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Referenced in 8 reviewed reports across 8 days. Reports from Jun 28, 2026 to Jul 6, 2026 repeated one public signal type around the same canonical context.

Prerelease or early watch

Reviewed Reports

Intelligence History

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2026

Confirmed market signal

Baleful Strix did not stop at a price spike. Esper Affinity using four Strixes, four Dispatches, and two Cut Downs just won a 42-player paper tournament, with the same 75 also finishing third, giving the Zeta cards their clearest competitive result yet.

This format was part of the play context.

Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.

Confirmed market signal

Baleful Strix and Cut Down really did move after The Zeta Set made them Pauper legal, but the first wave of scarcity is already becoming more complicated. Cut Down sold through a large amount of cheap supply and Baleful Strix repriced across many printings, while early paper events show the cards seeing play without immediately taking over the format.

This format was part of the play context.

Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.

Confirmed market signal

Giant's Boulder is TCGplayer's top seller, but the card is nowhere close to disappearing: Cardmarket still has 6,403 copies of the only printing. Pauper and Standard players are finding real uses for the one-mana artifact, making this confirmed demand with extremely deep supply.

This format was part of the play context.

Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.

Confirmed market signal

Refurbished Familiar keeps selling because artifact decks can cast it cheaply, attack in the air, and make the opponent discard. More than nine hundred listings mean ordinary copies are still easy to find.

This format was part of the play context.

Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.