MTG >Metagame Pauper > deck Izzet Faeries
About Pauper Izzet Faeries
Belonging to the metagame from Pauper, Izzet Faeries is a deck with the following key cards: Snow-Covered Island, Lórien Revealed, Counterspell, Skred, Brainstorm, Volatile Fjord, Snow-Covered Mountain, Lightning Bolt, with an overall win percentage of 50.0% in 202 games in the last 6 months. The deck performances better against Jund Gardens and Grixis Affinity and worst against MonoBlack Arritocrats and Dimir Madness. In recent appearances Vonscharnhorst made 3V-1L at Tropical Pauper 279 - Play Point and hurricanetrailer made 3V-0L at TORNEIO PAUPER DO WEBER (10/03) - TIX PRO TOP 8.
Main Deck cards Izzet Faeries
9.2 in 100% of decks
4.0 in 100% of decks
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3.5 in 96% of decks
1.9 in 85% of decks
2.5 in 81% of decks
4.0 in 74% of decks
3.6 in 70% of decks
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2.6 in 70% of decks
1.5 in 70% of decks
1.4 in 66% of decks
1.3 in 66% of decks
1.9 in 48% of decks
1.8 in 40% of decks
Sideboard cards Izzet Faeries
2.1 in 92% of decks
2.8 in 74% of decks
2.5 in 66% of decks
2.1 in 63% of decks
2.7 in 55% of decks
2.5 in 55% of decks
2.5 in 55% of decks
3.3 in 48% of decks
Strategy
**Izzet Faeries (Pauper)** is a blue-red tempo/control deck that blends the classic *Faeries* shell with Pauper’s powerful cheap interaction and card selection. It plays a reactive game, leveraging flash creatures, efficient removal, and stack-based interaction to outmaneuver opponents while slowly turning the corner with evasive threats or big late-game creatures. --- ## 🧠 Core Strategy At its heart, Izzet Faeries is a **tempo-control deck**. You aim to: 1. **Disrupt early plays** with cheap counters and removal. 2. **Generate incremental advantage** through cantrips and value creatures. 3. **Stabilize the midgame**, then win with evasive threats or large undercosted creatures. The deck plays mostly at instant speed, keeping mana open to represent interaction. Your opponent is constantly guessing whether you’ll counter their spell, kill their creature, or flash in a threat. --- ## 🔹 Key Components ### ✨ The Faerie Tempo Package - **Spellstutter Sprite** – The centerpiece. Counters small spells while adding a flying body. Excellent against low-curve decks. - **Counterspell / Spell Pierce / Annul** – Efficient stack interaction to maintain tempo advantage. This package allows you to disrupt development while building your board. --- ### 🔥 Removal Suite - **Lightning Bolt** – Efficient removal or reach to close games. - **Skred** – Extremely strong in a snow mana base; scales into the late game and answers Gurmag Angler-sized threats. - **Cast into the Fire** – Flexible removal that can also answer artifacts. - **Breath Weapon** – Strong sweeper against go-wide creature decks. - **Pyroblast / Hydroblast / Red Elemental Blast / Blue Elemental Blast** – Highly efficient color hosers in the Pauper meta. The removal suite is one of the deck’s biggest strengths: cheap, efficient, and versatile. --- ### 📚 Card Selection & Advantage - **Brainstorm / Ponder / Preordain** – Incredible consistency tools. - **Lórien Revealed** – Early landcycling, late-game card draw. - **Frantic Inventory** – Scales into strong card advantage. - **Pieces of the Puzzle** – Refuels in grindy matchups. - **Augur of Bolas** – Digs for spells while blocking early aggression. - **Murmuring Mystic** – Turns spells into a token army, dominating grindy games. This package ensures you rarely flood or run out of interaction. --- ### ❄️ The Snow Package - **Snow-Covered Islands / Mountains** - **Volatile Fjord** - **Skred** Snow lands power up Skred into premium removal. Volatile Fjord keeps mana consistent while maintaining snow count. --- ### 🐉 Win Conditions - **Spellstutter Sprite** – Chip damage in the air. - **Murmuring Mystic** – Overwhelms the board. - **Tolarian Terror** – A huge undercosted threat after filling your graveyard. - **Crimson Fleet Commodore / Azure Fleet Admiral** – Monarch creatures that generate card advantage and pressure. Tolarian Terror often costs 1–3 mana midgame and can quickly end stalled boards. --- ## ✅ Strengths ### 1. Excellent Stack Interaction You’re favored against combo and slower control decks thanks to counters and blasts. ### 2. Flexibility The deck can: - Play aggressively (early Sprite beats), - Control the board, - Or grind long games with Mystic and Monarch. ### 3. Efficient Removal Skred + Bolt answers most creatures in Pauper. ### 4. Strong Card Selection Cantrips make the deck highly consistent and resilient. --- ## ❌ Weaknesses ### 1. Go-Wide Aggro Decks like Kuldotha Red or token swarms can overwhelm you if Breath Weapon isn’t drawn at the right time. ### 2. Monarch Mirrors If the opponent steals and keeps Monarch, it can be difficult to recover. ### 3. Graveyard Hate Tolarian Terror and Frantic Inventory are weaker versus **Relic of Progenitus** (though you also run Relic yourself). ### 4. High Skill Requirement The deck rewards tight sequencing and punishes mistakes. Misusing a Counterspell or tapping out at the wrong time can cost the game. --- ## 🆚 Matchup Overview (General) - ✅ **Strong vs Combo & Blue Control** - ✅ **Solid vs Midrange Creature Decks** - ⚖️ **Even vs Burn (depends on Hydroblast effects)** - ❌ **Can struggle vs Hyper-Aggro Swarms** - ⚖️ **Skill-intensive mirror matches** --- ## 🎯 Playstyle Summary Izzet Faeries is for players who enjoy: - Playing at instant speed - Resource management - Outmaneuvering opponents on the stack - Grinding incremental advantage - Having answers to nearly everything It’s interactive, decision-heavy, and very rewarding to master. --- If you'd like, I can also: - Break down a sample opening hand and how to play it - Explain sideboard plans for common Pauper matchups - Compare it to Mono-Blue Faeries or Jeskai Ephemerate
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