Common Ground MtG
By: Common Ground MtG
Language: en-us
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A Magic The Gathering podcast focused on the best (and our favorite) format: Pauper! Tune in every Thursday for metagame updates, tournament reports, lots of laughter, and interviews with members of the Pauper community!Hosted by Cameron Schindler, Thomas Gunn, and James "Hippo" Hieronimus.
Episodes
Common Ground 108: New Year, New Pauper?
Jan 08, 2026Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we're solidly into 2026 which means it's time to take stock of the Pauper format to see where we're starting things off this time around. Menaces of the last year remain at the very top of the metagame but there are lots of decks just getting started on their rise. We're looking forward to keeping up with the format churn right alongside you! Thank you as always for listening, fam!
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Duration: 01:21:51Common Ground 107: Ringing in the New Year with a Pauper Mailbag
Jan 01, 2026Welcome back Pauper fam! Happy New Year! To celebrate 2026 y'all showed up big time with plenty of questions for us to answer, so much so that we'll have to do another one in the near future! We hope your year is full of joy and we're incredibly grateful for your time and support as we enter our third year of Common Ground. Thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:12:07Common Ground 106: 2025 Pauper Review with Kalikaiz
Dec 18, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we invite Jake AKA Kalikaiz AKA saidenraiken on MTGO to join us once again for an end of the year review of the Pauper format, detailing the cards that stood out from each set release and how the format shifted throughout the year. From Pactdoll Terror to Cryogen Relic, the end of Broodscale and Kuldotha's reigns, plus an unbanning and reban of High Tide, there was a lot to reflect on. We're looking forward to another great year of Pauper in 2026, thank you for being along for the journey!
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Duration: 01:50:31Common Ground 105: Mirror Matches in Pauper
Dec 11, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week the boys answer an email prompt (thank you Skye!) and dive into the dynamics of mirror matches, both in terms of general heuristics and for a number of specific Pauper archetypes. We hope you enjoy this in-depth discussion and thank you as always for listening!
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12/13 - Win-A-Dual @ Through the Decades, Louisville KY: https://www.ttdcollectibles.com/louisville/magic
<... Duration: 01:45:21Common Ground 104: Eternally Grateful for Paupergeddon
Dec 04, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron and Hippo dissect the results from last weekend's Paupergeddon at the European Eternal Weekend. It was a diverse metagame with some splashy results and overall we think a good place for the meta to be sitting post-Tide ban. Links to decklists and the tournament coverage VODs are below, thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 00:51:25Common Ground 103: How Hasbro's Direction Led to Pauper's Renaissance with Zach Geraets
Nov 27, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron and Thomas sat down with returning guest (and Common Ground Cup 2 Champion) Zach Geraets to discuss how Hasbro and WotC's relationship with Magic and design has changed over the last few years and what that means for Pauper and the Magic community at large. It's a wide-ranging conversation that we hope you'll find insightful. We're thankful for our amazing community of listeners and the Pauper community at-large so thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:48:08Common Ground 102: Is Pauper Still "Legacy Light"? with Carson Bispels
Nov 20, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we sit down with our good friend and local Legacy advocate Carson Bispels to chat about the age-old Pauper label of "Legacy Light". It's a great conversation about card and gameplay comparisons, plus insight on the community-centered nature of both formats. We also chat about some recent MTGO developments! Big thanks to Carson for joining us and thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:27:27Common Ground 101: The Tide Goes Out, plus Avatar Spoilers
Nov 13, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Well, the dust has settled and the PFP has decided that High Tide should return to the banlist. We spend the first half of this week's show discussing this decision and the reasoning explained in Gavin's article. The rest of our time this week is dedicated to the new Avatar cards that will be available shortly! Will any of these new UB cards break through? We'll have to wait and see. Thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:13:31Common Ground 100: 100 Things We Love About Pauper
Nov 06, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! For the big 100th episode we wanted to celebrate Pauper with 100 of our favorite interactions and things we love about the format. There are so many cool things to do in Pauper and one of them also happens to be strolling down memory lane with your friends. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for hanging out with us for 100 episodes of Common Ground MtG. We wouldn't be here without y'all and we're very excited for the next 100. Thank you as always for listening!!!
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<... Duration: 01:52:53Common Ground 99: The Bant Terror Episode
Oct 30, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! It's finally time. You've all been wondering it and now we have the decklists to prove that Bant Terror can be more than just a meme! All three co-hosts brewed their own lists with some spicy includes. As much as this is a payoff for a long-running podcast lore joke, it's still another great brewing-focused episode and we hope you'll enjoy listening!
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Duration: 00:57:14Common Ground 98: CubeCon 2025
Oct 23, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Or should we say, Cube fam? It's that time of year again: The CubeCon 2025 Recap Episode! This time around we had SEVEN people in the room to record and Thomas was the only one who wasn't in Madison last weekend! There were so so many stories to share and much laughter to be had. We hope you'll enjoy another laid-back, MtG gameplay story-driven, weekend recap, explicit tagged episode of the pod; full of shenanigans! Next week, we'll be back in the Pauper brewing streets building decks inspired by ancient CGMtG lore. Thank you all so...
Duration: 03:06:33Common Ground 97: What's Paupin'? Checking In with the Post-SpooderMan Pauper Metagame
Oct 16, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we take a look at the Pauper format in broad terms to discuss the current top decks, why new or returning decks are seeing success, and the impact that the SpiderMan cards have had on the format. It's a more laidback episode on an already pretty laidback show so we hope you'll enjoy our candid takes and analysis! Thank you as always for listening!
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<... Duration: 01:05:08Common Ground 96: The Boomer Cube! CubeCon Primer with Ana Paterson
Oct 09, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! It's time for another Cube episode! This week, we invited our dear friend Ana Paterson onto the show to talk about her cube "The Vintage Cube Retirement Home" (aka The Boomer Cube) which has been selected for the main event at CubeCon next weekend! We're super psyched for her and we hope this discussion about the cube environment will be helpful to anyone looking forward to drafting the cube at CubeCon and maybe inspire some folks to design other unique and interesting cubes. Thank you so much for listening!
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Duration: 01:39:49Common Ground 95: Wild Hippo Alert at MagicCon Atlanta
Oct 02, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Hippo has returned from Atlanta to tell us all about his adventures at MagicCon! Several friends (and one alum!) of the pod did very well in the Pauper Cup, congratulations to all! Cameron also updates us on his first time playing Rally Red. Thank you as always for listening!
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10/4 - Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/team-trios-copy
<... Duration: 01:08:55Common Ground 94: Pauper Brewing in Context featuring TeasdaleMTG
Sep 25, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we answer a listener question with some help from our friend and yours, TeasdaleMTG! Teasdale is a UK-based Pauper content creator and co-host of the Casting Commons podcast! Together we discuss brewing, the varying contexts of the format, and how to approach Pauper with these ideas in mind. Make sure y'all give Casting Commons a listen!
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2nd CG Cup 8/2 VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqPfmOlfwI
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Duration: 01:20:57Common Ground 93: What Your Pauper Opponent's First Land Can Teach You
Sep 18, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we discuss what your opponent's first land can tell you about what deck they're playing and what their gameplan might be. It might seem like a small thing but it has cascading effects on the game and is an important tool to help you gain crucial information. Thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:14:13Common Ground 92: Look out Pauper, it's Spiderman!
Sep 11, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! It's that time again, spoiler time! This week we discuss the truly infamous Marvel: Spiderman set and its potential impact on the Pauper format. Will enough cards rise to the top that we have to endure their awkward vibes? Or will these Universes Beyond newcomers meld seamlessly with our Squadron Hawks and Writhing Chryslers? Only time will tell. Thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:05:11Common Ground 91: We Finally Answered Some More Pauper Questions
Sep 04, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we reached deep into the mailbag to answer more of your questions about Pauper and Magic. Plus a weekend recap of the MTGO challenges featuring a win with the newest version of the Sacrifice deck! Thank you as always for listening!
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9/27 - Pauper Cup @ MagicCon Atlanta (badge required): https://mcatlanta...
Duration: 01:17:38Common Ground 90: Playing Your First Local Event
Aug 28, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we answer a long overdue listener question about how to navigate your very first event at your local game store. With Pauper growing in popularity in the States, it's important to set reasonable expectations for newer players and to remind seasoned local communities how best to welcome new folks into the fold. Hippo then walks us through his recent showing with Gardens at the Murray KY event a couple of weeks ago!
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Common Ground 89: Burn Baby Burn 2.0
Aug 21, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron and Thomas revisit Pauper's Red deck and how it has evolved since the Kuldotha Rebirth banning. Whether you like sacrificing Mountains with Guttersnipe in play or casting Burning-Tree Emissary into Rally at the Hornburg, there is a powerful red deck for everyone in this format! We'll also be recording another mailbag episode soon so send in your questions about Pauper, our co-hosts, or anything at all. Thank you as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:04:48Common Ground 88: Fog Deep Dive with CGCup2 Winner Zach Geraets
Aug 14, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! The day after the 2nd Common Ground Cup, Cameron sat down with good friend and fellow South Dakotan Zach Geraets who not only won the whole tournament but is also a BG Fog afficionado in his own right. It's a great chat about Zach's tournament experience and his insights on the deck. If you've been thinking about picking up Fog for your next event, then this is a must-listen ep!
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Duration: 01:34:10Common Ground 87: It shuffles in?? The 2nd Common Ground Cup Recap
Aug 07, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! The 2nd Common Ground Cup was a smashing success! We doubled our attendance from January and had an absolute blast bringing quality Pauper coverage to y'all. Listen in as Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo share stories from the weekend and outline the decks and players that crushed the whole thing. Tune in next week for an interview with our winner and an in-depth discussion on the Fog deck!
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Duration: 00:59:48Common Ground 86: Who's The Beatdown? Is it Spider-Man??
Jul 31, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron leads us into a Magic game-theory discussion centered around the classic article "Who's The Beatdown" by Mike Flores. For an article that's over 25 years old it's amazing how relevant these concepts are in modern Magic and especially in Pauper. Then he conversation gets derailed by the inevitable opinions about the Spider-Man spoilers that have begun to surface. Let's hope this doesn't take away the spotlight from how many sweet Edge of Eternities cards are going to see play in our format! Tune into our Common Ground Cup stream on Saturday to see...
Duration: 01:17:46Common Ground 85: Our Edge of Eternities Picks for Pauper
Jul 24, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Thomas and Hippo discuss a bevy of new cards from Edge of Eternity that might see some play in your favorite format. Plus, Hippo shares a quick recap from a win-a-box tournament he played last weekend. Thanks for listening fam!
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8/2 The 2nd Common Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN! https://topdeck.gg/event/the-2nd-common-ground-cup-a-pauper-event
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Duration: 00:45:28Common Ground 84: Pauper Lessons from Cube Weekend & Holy Terror Top 8s Batman
Jul 17, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo swap stories from their Cube Weekend vacation while discussing some takeaways from Cube that can be applied to Pauper or any game of Magic. Then the gang shifts focus to discuss the results of this past weekend's Pauper Showcase Challenge AND Super Qualifier tournaments! Lots of Pauper being played, including the Common Ground Cup coming up August 2nd!
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Duration: 01:06:40Common Ground 83: The Pauper 'Gates' Are Open Wide at Paupergeddon!
Jul 10, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! It's time for the summer edition of Paupergeddon once again and this time they're celebrating 10 years of high-level Pauper in Italy!! We discuss the decks that performed well and chat about where this could leave us over the next couple months of the format. Decklists from a myriad of events are live in the description below! Thanks as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:09:15Common Ground 82: POST-INDY CAR POD
Jul 03, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! We were so pumped from NRG Indy that we couldn't wait to get home before recording this week's episode! A couple of lav mics in a car travelling 70 mph isn't the most ideal recording studio but the vibes shine through and we wanted to capture the magic that was this past Sunday. Thank you to everyone who came out and to NRG for hosting such a fun tournament! Look out for a deeper decklist dive next week plus catching up with some other tournament results. Thank you as always for listening fam!
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Duration: 01:24:09Common Ground 81: Hippo Takes A Stand
Jun 26, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This is it. The narrative climax you've all been waiting for. Hippo shares his complete and utter disdain for High Tide and what its implications are for the play experience of our format. Cameron also shares some more experience with Naya Gates from our recent Team Trios event and Thomas wants to remind you all that the Commons At The Capitol $2k Pauper tournament with NRG is this Sunday at Noon in Indianapolis! Check out all the details in the links below. Thanks so much fam!
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Duration: 01:37:36Common Ground 80: Another Great Grassroots Pauper Event with Pauper-oncini Organizer Alex Nicewander
Jun 19, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo sit down with Alex Nicewander to chat about Pauper-oncini, a mid-west Pauper tournament that he helped organize and lead to great success! It's awesome to see so many grassroots events popping off in the states! The gang also recaps their recent monthly event at the Game Cave. Thank you so much for listening fam!
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6/21 Paup-ing off for Charity w/ U...
Duration: 01:38:27Common Ground 79: A Terror-fying Showcase Challenge
Jun 12, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, Thomas and Hippo dive into last weekend's MTGO Showcase Challenge results which include an impressive 11-1 win from DiscoverN on Mono-U Terror! The metagame feels pretty open and balanced these days so it's very interesting to see what the best players are packing for such a high stakes event. We hope y'all enjoy and thank you again for taking the time to listen!
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Duration: 01:13:05Common Ground 78: Our Final Fantasy Picks for Pauper
Jun 05, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo peruse the Final Fantasy spoiler and pick out their favorite commons for Pauper. There are a number of interesting cards to chat about and new decks to explore, whether you're a Final Fantasy fan or not! Thank you as always for listening.
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6/14 Pauper-oncini Tournament, Clinton, WI: https://spicerack.gg/events/1879100
6/21 Paup-ing off for Charity w/ Upstate NY...
Duration: 01:28:12Common Ground 77: Unscripted Talk Mostly About Magic the Gathering
May 29, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! A totally normal episode with the totally normal hosts nothing peculiar happening here! This week the crew focuses on the Magic Online challenges, but it wouldn't be a CGMTG episode without card frame bickering and cube talk. Enjoy!
Pauper To The People - Lega Pauper Lipsia - Top 8 Coverage from Leipzig, Germany (Germany's largest Pauper event ever!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Z8FLiis0o
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Duration: 00:58:18Common Ground 76: Re-Ranking the 5 Colors in Pauper & Universes Beyond Opinions
May 22, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! After an off-the-cuff opinion piece about Universes Beyond and the state of MtG, the bois discuss the 5 colors in Pauper and how they stack up against each other now that we've settled into this new version of the format. Thought to be fair, new decks are popping up almost every day! Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo also dive into the results of the latest MTGO Pauper Qualifier featuring an undefeated victor! Thank you as always for listening!
Pauper To The People - Lega Pauper Lipsia - Top 8 Coverage from Leipzig, Germany (Germany's largest Pauper...
Duration: 01:23:39Common Ground 75: Spy Combo 101 with Hunter Bisch
May 15, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! After a quick Game Cave monthly recap from Cameron and Hippo, we sit down with our local combo expert Hunter Bisch to chat about the Spy Combo decks, their history, play patterns, and how to beat them. With the emergence of the new 5 and 6 land versions of the deck, it felt like a great time to learn what these crazy lists are all about. This was a great chat and we hope y'all enjoy the episode!
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Duration: 01:28:17Common Ground 74: West Coast Pauper Open Winner Interview with Kyle Herman aka PickledHeart! Also Sprout Swarm???
May 08, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Thomas sat down with Kyle Herman (AKA PickledHeart on Discord) to chat about his recent victory with Walls at the West Coast Pauper Open hosted by Laughing Dragon in Santa Clara, CA! Then Cameron and Thomas chat about some super sweet decks popping up in recent challenge results. Thanks as always for listening!
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Duration: 01:37:41Common Ground 73: What Are The New Top Decks in Pauper?
May 01, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo share their picks for the top 3 decks in the current format, discussing which strategies are seeing success and what you need to be prepared for in your next Pauper tournament. As always, thank you so much for listening!
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6/14 Pauper-oncini Tournament, Clinton, WI: https://spicerack.gg/events/1879100
6/29 Pauper $1k+ at NRG Indianapolis! Signup link coming soon!
8/2 The 2nd...
Duration: 01:02:41Common Ground 72: A Growing US Pauper Scene & A Very Diverse Metagame
Apr 24, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo chat some podcast housekeeping (thank you all for listening!!), give a rundown of some upcoming US Pauper tournaments, and close out with reviews of the London Pauper League's event results and a wonderfully diverse set of MTGO Challenge Top 8s. Get out there and play some Pauper!
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Duration: 00:58:00Common Ground 71: The One Where Cameron Roasts Flicker Tron
Apr 17, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we have recaps galore for you all! Hippo shares his Denver adventures, Thomas complains about poor sportsmanship, and Cameron breaks down his first time playing Flicker Tron at our local monthly tournament this past weekend. As always, thank you so much for listening!
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4/19 West Coast Pauper Open, Santa Clara, CA: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1683085
6/14 Pauper-oncini Tournament, Clinton, WI: https://spicerack.gg/events/1879100
The 2nd Common...
Duration: 01:31:27Common Ground 70: Week One Results of Post-Ban Pauper plus Tarkir Cards!
Apr 10, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! As promised, it's time to dig into what our new Pauper format looks like post-bans & unbans. Using this past weekend's MTGO challenge results we can start to paint a picture of what decks are thriving in this new meta, how folks are building their High Tide and Prophetic Prism decks, and how to adapt when things change so drastically. We also take a quick skim through Tarkir spoilers just in time for release weekend. If you're in Denver this weekend for the Spotlight Series, say hi to Hippo!
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Duration: 01:29:05Common Ground 69: 20 Minutes of Ban Talk & MtG Tall-Tales featuring Matthew Sentilles
Apr 03, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Some nice news this past Monday from the Pauper Format Panel making some big swings at the Pauper ban list, so naturally we recorded an episode of Magic stories with CG alum Matthew Sentilles aka Silly Sentilly! We spend the first part of this week's show discussing the big shake-ups in the format before swapping battle stories and reminiscing about the Gathering. We'll chat about the bans and unbans in much more depth next week! Until then, buckle up fam, and enjoy this more laidback, once-in-a-while, shootin' the s*** style episode!
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Duration: 02:18:43Common Ground 68: Paupergeddon & The State of Our Format
Mar 27, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we take a look at this past weekend's results from Paupergeddon Lecco featuring a sweet Pactdoll Terror-inspired Gardens list that took down the tournament. We also have a lengthy discussion on ban discourse and how to navigate Pauper as it stands today with the much anticipated March 31 B&R announcement on the horizon. Thanks so much for listening!
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Paupergeddon Lecco Decklists: https://www.pauperwave.com/top-8-16-paupergeddon-lecco-2025/
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Duration: 01:04:19Common Ground 67: Another Unhinged Team Trios Recap with Derrick Smith
Mar 20, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we are once again joined by the godfather of Nashville's Pauper scene, Derrick Smith! Derrick played the Pauper seat on Thomas' team for our recent Team Trios event so we invited him back to talk about his tournament experience, Cameron's continued enjoyment of Fog, and Thomas' interest in the new Mono-Black Sacrifice deck that's been popping up. Lots of stories and fun times within, just a heads up that this one has the explicit tag and there are LOTS of Invincible spoilers at the end!
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Duration: 01:26:48Common Ground 66: Slippery, Foggy, and Competitively Groggy
Mar 13, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, Cameron and Hippo recap their rounds at the Game Cave monthly playing Bogles and BG Fog featuring plenty of fun stories along the way. Thomas returns from SCGCon Charlotte and the Modern RC that was host to a number of community dramas which gives way to a longer discussion on competitive magic and how we want to interface with it moving forward. Yet another reason to play more Pauper!
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Duration: 01:42:30Common Ground 65: Upstate NY Pauper Open Recap with Kalikaiz!
Mar 06, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Our comrades in New York had their much anticipated Inaugural Upstate NY Pauper Open this past weekend and podcast alum Jake AKA Kalikaiz was present to bring us the scoop. The event sounded like an absolute blast and we hope everyone involved had a great time! We discuss the tournament and venue vibes, Pactdoll Terror Altar Tron, and this exciting moment we find ourselves in as Pauper continues to grow in the States through these grassroots-style events.
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Duration: 01:11:49Common Ground 64: Building Pauper Community with LPL Manager Morgan Fussell
Feb 27, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we're joined by the manager of the London Pauper League (LPL), Morgan Fussell, for a conversation about building communities for Pauper and a peak behind the curtain of what it's like to work with Lega Pauper Italia, the organization behind Paupergeddon! Whether your LGS is in a small town or a big city, we hope that this episode can help folks get started if they too wish to have their very own local Pauper scene and community. Plus lots of Pauper was played around the world this past weekend, including the MTGO Pauper...
Duration: 01:32:33Common Ground 63: Updating Our Top 5 Cards in Pauper
Feb 20, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we decided to update our lists from Episode 10 when we ranked our top cards in Pauper. We each share our new Top 5 lists and chat about how MH3 has really shaken up our rankings! Plus a quick dive into last weekend's MTGO challenges and some upcoming tournament announcements!
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3/15 Team Trios @ Game Knight: https://topdeck.gg/event/team-trios-3-pauper-modern-legacy<...
Duration: 01:30:10Common Ground 62: BW Blade in 2025 with Austin Walker
Feb 13, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we sit down with our friend, teammate, and local judge Austin Walker to chat about his take on the BW Blade archetype and the preparation that led to his undefeated record in the Swiss rounds of the Common Ground Cup. Will Grim Bauble make the cut? How does BW compare to Mardu? These questions and much more are discussed at length, as well as a quick recap of the rotisserie cube draft we held over the weekend to win Cameron's foil MB2 Brainstorm!
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<... Duration: 01:31:08Common Ground 61: Start Your Engines Pauper Fam! AEtherdrift Set Review
Feb 06, 2025Welcome back pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo take a look at some new commons from the latest MtG release: AEtherdrift. Although one card may stand above the rest in terms of playability, there are still plenty of cards to talk about. The gang also, at long last, recaps the weekend's MTGO challenges and also have a quick chat about Modern and its metagame health given the financial patterns of the Horizon sets.
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Duration: 01:15:46Common Ground 60: Catching Up with Champion Michael Pfohl
Jan 30, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! Our friend Michael Pfohl joins us this week to chat about his victory at our recent Common Ground Cup! Having only picked up the deck a few days before the tournament, Michael shares his insights on Jund Broodscale and how he navigated his way through tough competition to claim the coveted trophy. We also catch up on some exciting RCQ results which leads to a thoughtful discussion on Magic, life priorities, and friendships. Thanks for listening fam!
Michael's Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/MGDnqVikdkGkauUVZszoAA
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Common Ground 59: The First Common Ground Cup Recap!
Jan 23, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! With the first Common Ground Cup finished the bois are back to recap everything about it. They recap the tournament itself with a meta and top 8 break down. The crew talk about their experiences commentating with it being Thomas's and Camerons first time doing such. It was a blast thank y'all for the support!
Top 8 decklists
https://moxfield.com/bookmarks/Mzw7j-common-ground-cup-1-18-25
Livestream Vod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyAO-oFPH3c&t=21320s
https://www.twitch.tv/gameknighttn/video/2356806871
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Common Ground 58: The Grab Bag Calm Before the Tournament Storm
Jan 16, 2025Welcome back Pauper fam! With the first Common Ground Cup on the horizon, the gang discuss a grab bag of topics this week: Thomas catches us up on his Atlanta stories, we evaluate a couple of downshifts from Innistrad Remastered, and briefly share what we would play if we were not on commentary this weekend. Plus, now that the MTGO lag is fixed, the Sunday challenge boasts some interesting innovations!
Common Ground Cup 1/18 @ Game Knight, Columbia TN:
https://topdeck.gg/event/lryw2na0BOoPWDmA9yAX
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Common Ground 57: Is Pauper Actually Stale? feat. Atlanta Recap
Jan 09, 2025Cameron and Hippo cover for an ailing Thomas and cover their trip to SCGCON Atlanta, the latest challenge decklists, and the current discourse of whether Pauper is feeling stale and needs a shake-up.
Common Ground Cup 1/18 @ Game Knight, Columbia TN:
https://topdeck.gg/event/lryw2na0BOoPWDmA9yAX
Upstate NY Pauper Open: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1580224
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Common Ground 56: White Elephant Brews
Jan 02, 2025 Welcome back fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo did some special brewing for their local pauper event. The trio was assigned a different person to brew for and that person didn't see the deck until they drew their opening hand round 1. The crew had a blast brewing and playing something off the beaten path. Enjoy!
1/18/25 Common Ground Cup @ Game Knight, Columbia, TN signups:
https://topdeck.gg/event/lryw2na0BOoPWDmA9yAX
White Elephant decklists:
UB Kenku Unearth: https://moxfield.com/decks/jAWU0K7YU0ytqyAf7_XffQ
Common Ground 55: 2024 Recap with Kalikaiz
Dec 19, 2024It's been a whole trip around the sun and this week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo tag in Kalikaiz to help them recap 2024 in Pauper! It was quite a year for our beloved format, featuring influential tournaments, additions to the banlist, and a huge wave of new cards from Modern Horizons 3. Follow along as we walk back through the year and chat about our favorite cards and how we got to where we are today. Make sure to follow and subscribe to Kalikaiz for even more awesome Pauper content!
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Common Ground 54: We're Back On Simic Terror, Mail Bag
Dec 12, 2024Welcome back fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo go over a few questions the listeners have. The crew delves into topics from Simic Terror all the way to side boarding with certain decks. The crew also returns to reviewing the challenges after a couple week hiatus. Shockingly, after Broadscale's dominance over Paupergeddon we see MTGO players adjust to it in the challenges. Lots of fun topics this week, enjoy!
1/18/25 Common Ground Cup @ Game Knight, Columbia, TN signups:
https://topdeck.gg/event/lryw2na0BOoPWDmA9yAX
Findlay's Simic Terror decklists:
https://archidekt...
Common Ground 53: The New Faerie King: Interview with Skura
Dec 05, 2024Welcome back fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are joined by special guest Skura, also known as Islandsinfront. For those unfamiliar, Skura is a European caster and content creator who just crushed Pauper over the past couple weeks with Mono Blue Faeries. Skura went to Paupergeddon Roma winning the team trios and placing 4th among the fierce competition. The following weekend, Skura wins the Polish Pauper Nationals, ending the three tournaments with a 29-3 record with Fae! The crew takes this opportunity to pick Skura's brain on the deck. For those wanting more information on the deck, or...
Duration: 01:19:31Common Ground 52: Jund Takes Over Paupergeddon Roma
Nov 28, 2024 Welcome back fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo take a look at Paupergeddon Roma. Italy showing us their love of Pauper with 690 people battling it out. Jund glee combo was a big standout of the event with 13 out of the top 32. The color black seemed to overrepresent the meta as well. Deadly dispute feels like the thing to be doing now. Join the crew as they break down all of this and how it relates to the health of the format. Thank you!
Top 8 Paupergeddon:
https://www.pauperwave.com/top-8-paupergeddon-roma-2024/
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Common Ground 51: Pauper Trios The Sequel
Nov 21, 2024 This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are joined by special guest and friend of the podcast Derrick. The four participated in a team trios event hosted by Game Knight in Columbia TN this last Saturday November 16th. Derrick played the pauper seat for Thomas's team because Thomas hates the format ;). The crew shares their tournament reports and experiences from the day. Overall team trios is always a blast to play in and you can watch coverage from the event in the link below. This episode was a hoot to record enjoy!
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Common Ground 50: Foundations Edition
Nov 14, 2024The big 5-0! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo discuss a handful of new Pauper cards and downshifts from Foundations, as well as a quick listener question on what a Jund sacrifice deck might look like in Pauper.
Come play Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN 11/16: https://topdeck.gg/event/0zTk7VVEpHtNbbfAfStp
Team Trios Live Coverage: https://www.twitch.tv/gameknighttn
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Common Ground 49: Midrange Madness
Nov 07, 2024 Welcome back fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo tackle two questions this week! Firstly the crew quickly goes over a listener question about Pauper cube and how to curate archetypes based on color. After a quick cube discussion the crew shifts back to pauper to talk about midrange. A listener asked what does midrange look like in Pauper. There is a lot to unpack in this question so strap in and enjoy! Thank you!
Come play Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN 11/16: https://topdeck.gg/event/0zTk7VVEpHtNbbfAfStp
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Common Ground 48: Is This How to Beat Combo?
Oct 31, 2024 Welcome back everybody to another Episode of the Common Ground Pod. The crew is back with Pauper again!!!! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo dive into a listener question "Why doesn't dark ritual see a lot of play in Pauper?" This leads them into a discussion about combo decks in Pauper. The crew yaps about what combo decks see the most play and how to combat them. As always thank you for listening!
Come play Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN 11/16: https://topdeck.gg/event/0zTk7VVEpHtNbbfAfStp
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Common Ground 47: CubeCon Recap!
Oct 24, 2024Buckle up fam! When Cameron said he wanted to high-jack the pod to talk about CubeCon he wasn't kidding! Your favorite Pauper bois are joined by local limited legends Matthew Sentilles and Dan Kiridly to help Cameron recap their CubeCon experience. After a quick MTGO Challenge review, settle in for an in-depth chat about another incredible community-driven MtG format and its premier annual event in Madison, Wisconsin.
Cubes of CubeCon 2024: https://cubecon.org/cubes/2024
Come play Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN 11/16: https://topdeck.gg/event/0zTk7VVEpHtNbbfAfStp
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Common Ground 46: To Fog or Not to Fog? That was Hippo's Question
Oct 17, 2024This week Cameron and James update Thomas on the results from our local monthly, as well as a deeper dive into the card Divest, and the best decks from an almost 200 player MTGO Qualifier!
Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN 11/16: https://topdeck.gg/event/0zTk7VVEpHtNbbfAfStp
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Common Ground 45: Tempo Is Power
Oct 10, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo tackle tempo! They go over what tempo is and how it applies to the pauper format!
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Common Ground 44: Shaking Out The Mail Bag
Oct 03, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week no Thomas at all so apologizes in advance if the editing isn't up to par, fear not he'll return next week! The show must go on with Cameron and Hippo reaching into the mail bag for various topics. Cameron and Hippo go over a couple brews sent in by listeners, a bit more ban discussion, and of course recap the Pauper Challenges from the weekend. Thank You!
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Common Ground 43: Duskmourn Pauper Set Review
Sep 26, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo take a gander at Magic's newest standard set Duskmourn and talk about some potential Pauper playables. The crew also takes some time to look over the weekend's Magic Online Pauper challenges. Enjoy stay spooky!
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Common Ground 42: Thomas Is Back and Victorious
Sep 19, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo have a lot of tournament recap to do. Thomas is back in Nashville and all three got to play in their locals together for the first time in a while. After Pauper locals Thomas and Hippo hop in a car and journey over to NRG Louisville for a Pauper 1k. Lots of good matches this episode enjoy!
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Common Ground 41: Hottest Takes In Pauper
Sep 12, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo gathered your hot takes and react to them. Thank you to everyone who sent in, this episode is a blast!
***NRG Pauper 1k Pre-Registration***
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Common Ground 40: Second Time's the Charm: Downshifts Part 2
Sep 05, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo had some technical difficulties, lost the original audio but re-recorded the next day just because they love you. This week the full crew back together and they continue the downshift conversation from ep 38. Don't forget to sign up for the Pauper 1k hosted by NRG in Louisville Sunday September 15th. As well as send us your hottest Pauper takes for Ep 40! Peace and Enjoy!
NRG Pauper 1k sign ups and info
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Common Ground 39: Pauper 1k Incoming!
Aug 29, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week no Hippo as he was not feeling the bestest. Wish him a quick Hippo recovery! The show goes on with Cameron and Thomas discussing up coming NRG event in Louisville with a pauper 1k on Sunday. Cameron and Thomas go into the challenges and some data courtesy of Kirblinxy as always. Enjoy!
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Common Ground 38: We Want These Downshifts
Aug 22, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo discuss cards they would love to see downshifted to common! The crew each picks a card from blue to black that they would love to see introduced to the Pauper format. Thought experiments are fun! Enjoy!
Thomas Gameplay Mono U Terror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrnZjJxC8E
Poland Pauper trios
https://cmonmagic.pl/blog/tickets-available-now
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Common Ground 37: Brews, Challenges, & Locals
Aug 15, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo go over a variety of different topics. Firstly Thomas shout outs upcoming NRG Louisville in hopes of getting a Pauper 1k side event if enough interest is shown. The crew goes over a brew listener Puddles sent in (link below). Cameron and Hippo talk about their tournament report from their monthly local event. Lastly the crew spends a little extra time on the Challenge results from MODO since last week they brushed them by.
Puddles Lizard Brew
https://archidekt.com/decks/8585055/lizzid_wizzid
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Common Ground 36: Three Gruul Players One Podcast
Aug 08, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are joined by a special guess Matthew Sentilles. Sentilles is a friend of the Pod and a Gruul Ponza connoisseur in Pauper. The four of them have LOTS to talk about. Firstly everyone but Thomas played in a team trio's event in the Pauper seat at Game Knight in Columbia TN. Cameron and Sentilles both played Gruul Ponza yes with the land destruction. Hippo continued with his Mono White gaming. Hippo plays in the Sunday Challenge piloting Gruul Monsters to a top 10 finish. This episode turns into an everything...
Duration: 01:40:57Common Ground 35: Polarity of Pauper a Symptom of Format Diversity
Aug 01, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week's topic is inspired from a friend of the show's question "Do you think Pauper is a polarized format?". The crew takes this question and look at the current meta to help answer. It is common to hear someone refer to a format as diverse when in reality five decks are reasonable choices. Pauper though is truly diverse with many many decks landing in the solid tier two range which can lead to some Polarized games with so many unique deck choices. Join the crew as they break this thesis down. Enjoy!
An...
Common Ground 34: Cute Critters From Bloomburrow For Pauper
Jul 25, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This weekend is prerelease for Magic's newest standard set Bloomburrow. Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo go over spoilers and pick out commons from the set that look interesting for Pauper. Cameron and Hippo also played more paper Pauper. Both talk about their tournament experience with Rakdos Madness and Mono White respectfully. Lastly the crew glances over some challenge data courtesy of Kirblinxy as always. Enjoy!
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Common Ground 33: A New Gleeful Combo Deck
Jul 18, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week the crew goes over a couple different topics. Firstly Hippo goes over a local tournament he played in with BG Dredge. Then the crew talks about the new combo deck on the block Sadistic Glee combo. Glee combo can be built in a few ways mainly Jund midrangey and Golgari more all in. The crew tends to gravitate towards the Jund deck as it reminds them of Splintertwin of the olden days. The Jund version is unique in Pauper as its a combo deck that can also win a fair game unlike most ot...
Duration: 01:08:51Common Ground 32: Common-tating Magic & Pauper with Will Hall
Jul 11, 2024 Get it "Commontating" because Pauper, its funny. Welcome back Pauper fam! This week no Hippo but Cameron and Thomas are joined by a very special guest Will Hall! Will has done many works in coverage including all the European RCs, Pro tours, and even Paupergeddon! Cameron, Thomas, and Will have a long conversation about commentating in general as well as Will's experience working the Pauper shows he has done. Will brings a fresh and enthusiastic pair of eyes on our beloved format and it was a joy of a conversation. Hope you love it!
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Common Ground 31: Rakdos Phoenix in Pauper
Jul 04, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week no Thomas as he is traveling for some well deserved relax time, drive safe! The show continues with Cameron and Hippo talking about a Pauper local Cameron played in with Rakdos Madness burn. Rakdos Madness is compared to Phoenix this episode because of the card Sneaky Snacker. At heart this deck is still a burn deck that focuses on putting your opponents life total to zero while padding your life with drain spells. Lots of fun to be had!
Paupergeddon Rakdos winning list Cameron played (minus Trespasser's Curse added Duress)
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Common Ground 30: The Crew Fights Over Paupergeddon Pisa 2024
Jun 27, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo answer a listener's question about the Bridge cycle in Pauper. Followed by a lengthy discussion about Paupergeddon Pisa 2024. With 638 Pauper players battling lots of new MH3 cards cemented themselves as potential staples. Midway through Cameron and Hippo fist fight over Nylea’s Disciple. Lots of banter and fun to be had more than usual!
Link to Paupergeddon 2024 results and stats
https://www.pauperwave.com/top-8-paupergeddon-pisa-2024/
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Duration: 01:28:44Common Ground 29: A Little of This a Little of That
Jun 20, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! A lot going on this episode. Cam & Hippo played in a paper Pauper event hosted by a friend of the show. Hippo played BG Dredge and Cam played Mardu Synth. The crew answers a listener question "Is Glorious Anthem okay for Pauper?". Lastly they go over the Pauper challenges from Magic Online with the new MH3 cards! Grab your popcorn y'all!
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Common Ground 28: New MH3 Brews!
Jun 13, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo each bring to the table a Pauper brew centered around new MH3 cards. Cameron gets wild with a black green combo deck around Basking Broodscale that will make an infinite power creature and exile the opponent's library! Hippo keeps it nice and clean with adding some new efficient white cards to the mono white aggro shell. Thomas gets spicy with a 4-color Energy deck that plays efficient interaction that gains energy, then eventually starts turning that energy into damage with Consulate Turret. Lots of exciting brewskis happening!<...
Duration: 01:03:00Common Ground 28: New MH3 Brews!
Jun 13, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo each bring to the table a Pauper brew centered around new MH3 cards. Cameron gets wild with a black green combo deck around Basking Broodscale that will make an infinite power creature and exile the opponent's library! Hippo keeps it nice and clean with adding some new efficient white cards to the mono white agro shell. Thomas gets spicy with a jeskai energy deck that plays efficient interaction that gain energy then eventually starts turning that energy into damage with Consulate Turret. Lots of exciting brewskies happening!
Tho...
Common Ground 27: Modern Horizon's 3 Pauper Set Review
Jun 08, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! Sorry for the late upload but better late than never! This week the crew discusses MH3 spoilers for Pauper. MH3 is a straight to modern set with lots of powerful commons. Lots of fun this ep!
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MH3 Set Review Coming Soon....
Jun 06, 2024Hey Folks sorry for the delay. We had a bit of a scheduling issue but will have an ep coming out Saturday!
Duration: 00:01:00Common Ground 26: Ramming Through Pauper
May 30, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo couldn't resist discussing the highly hot spoiler card from Modern Horizons 3 Cranial Ram. Cranial Ram was confirmed by Gavin Verhey to be the card he teased not lasting very long in Pauper. The crew talks about what shells might be built around this new card as well as take bets on how long until it is banned. The crew will discuss the full commons from MH3 next week. In addition to the weekly challenges there was also a Pauper showcase and some data to go along with it curtesy of...
Duration: 00:53:44Common Ground 25: Why is Green so Awful in Pauper?
May 23, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, Hippo, and the Cicadas talk about Green in Pauper and why it doesn't seem to be up to pair compared to the other colors. Disclaimer we do not think green is unplayable or even awful in Pauper but seems to lack that powerful backbone the other colors have. Though the crew discusses why green is a bit subpair they also go into green's strengths and its roles in the format. They also discuss what would help green out as well as ideas they'd like to see from future sets like Modern Ho...
Duration: 00:56:48Common Ground 24: All That Get-Outta-Heres!
May 16, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week All That Glitters along with sticker and attraction cards bite the dust in Pauper. Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo talk about how this will effect the format as well as what they think will come out on top. Thomas and Hippo also recap their monthly paper Pauper tournament.
Pauper Ban announcement:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/explanation-of-pauper-bans-for-may-13-2024
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Common Ground 23: Managing TILT
May 09, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo talk about tilt. Tilt is a word to describe that angry frustration feeling that can occur in games of Magic and also real life. The crew is all too familiar with tilting even naming their team and friend group "Team Tilt". It is okay and normal to tilt in Magic, controlling how you act and expressing it appropriately is important as to keep a healthy play environment and social life. The crew discusses stories when they have tilted off and how they deal with this angry feeling. Really fun ep...
Duration: 01:06:46Common Ground 22: The Versatility of Experimental Synthesizer
May 02, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo take a deep look into the card Experimental Synthesizer. Synthesizer was first printed in Kamigawa Neon Dynasty and quickly became a format staple creating new archtypes. The crew will exam the play patterns of this card, what types of decks it lends itself too, and how to get the must bang out of your own Synths. Hope you enjoy!
P.S. Shout out to Hippo for the sick synth noises.
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Common Ground 21: Show Casing the Format
Apr 25, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo discuss the Magic Online Pauper Showcase event that happened April 20th. These showcase challenges happen sparingly for Pauper so its a great opportunity to look at the meta. The crew also goes through four Pauper challenges on Magic Online. Best of luck gamers and enjoy!
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Common Ground 20: What Cards Would We Downshift? Mailbag Episode!
Apr 18, 2024 Welcome back Pauper fam! We made it to 20 lets goooo! Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo decided to reach into their email and do a little QnA for this occasion. The crew is more laxed this episode and using some swears so viewer discretion is advised. There were many fun and thought provoking questions sent in so we hope you enjoy. A big thank you to everyone who has listen thus far we couldn't do it without you. A bigger thank you to those who sent in questions.
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Common Ground 19: Pauper but With Cowboy Hats
Apr 11, 2024Howdy Stranger grab a chair sit back kick your feet up and relax and tune into this weeks Common Ground episode. Round up your listening devices and join Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo as they talk about Magic's newest set Outlaws of Thunder Junction through the lens on Pauper. Lots of fun to be had so saddle up and get ready partner. YEEEEEE-HAAAAAA!
!!!!!!Ep 20 will be a mailbag!!!!!!
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Common Ground 18: The New Package of Creatures Taking Over
Apr 04, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are discussing a new core package of creatures recently infecting the metagame. With Murders at Karlov Manner a new functional printing of Thraben Inspector, Novice Inspector, saw print. Novice Inspector lets people run eight copies of the functionally same card, giving lots of consistency to decks that care about trinket artifacts that come from the eight creatures. With these Inspectors came many people running Glint Hawk and Kor Skyfisher to synergize with the Inspectors and the cards they encouraged to play. This new “16 creature package” has shown up in many...
Duration: 01:07:29Common Ground 17: Paupergeddon Lecco
Mar 28, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are here to breakdown the top 16 of Paupergeddon Lecco. Paupergeddon is a quarterly Pauper tournament that takes place in Italy and always gets a good showing!
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Common Ground 16: The one about Mulligans and Sideboarding
Mar 21, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This episode was inspired by an email from Andrew sent to the show looking for advice on Mulligans and Sideboarding. Mulligans and Sideboarding is one of the most difficult parts of the game and is often overlooked. Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo have lots of advice and insight to share on these topics. Though the discussion is based around the format of Pauper, it also pertains to other Magic formats. Join the crew as they put on their thinking hats and try their best to put their Magic philosophy into words.
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Common Ground 15: Flopping Locals and Brewing Decks
Mar 14, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week the crew has many topics to discuss. To start us off Cameron and Hippo discuss how their monthly Pauper locals went. Cameron played something new in UW Familiars (spoilers and hated it) and Hippo played some good ole Flicker Tron. The crew answers an email on why Sink Hole should stay banned. Then the crew discusses the rules of engagement in Pauper and how that relates to brewing a Pauper deck. To pair with brewing Thomas shares with us a blue green deck he's been working on to give us an insight on...
Duration: 01:27:00Common Ground 14: All That Glitters is Gold
Mar 07, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are here to breakdown some Pauper Challenges and other big results from this weekend. Blue White Glitters had an outstanding performance this weekend, so the crew discusses that deck's role in the meta and if its gone too far. As always thank you for joining along!
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Common Ground 13: Breaking Down Pauper Cup Chicago
Feb 29, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week a tired Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo are back home from Chicago and have plenty of stories from the weekend. Cameron and Thomas discuss their runs in the Pauper Cup. The crew breaks down the top 8 of the Cup as well as the three MTGO challenges this weekend. Lots of fun this episode hope you enjoy!
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Common Ground 12: Chicago Pauper Prep
Feb 22, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo prepare to head off to Magic Con Chicago. Lots of topics discussed this week primary the Pauper meta, competitive REL rules, and overall con expectations. Gunn most likely will not be battling in the Pauper cup as he will be playing the Pro Tour Friday with plans of playing day two Saturday. Cameron however will be slinging commons Saturday aiming for that trophy. James sadly did not get a badge to Magic con but might try to get in someway somehow. If you're playing in anything in Chicago this...
Duration: 01:16:49Common Ground 11: Jeskai & Burn & Blade, Oh My!
Feb 15, 2024Welcome back Pauper fam! This week the crew goes over their monthly local Pauper event that took place on February 10th. Cameron plays Orzhov Blade, Thomas is back on burn, and Hippo is on Jeskai ephemerate. The crew only has one challenge to review as Magic Online had issues on Sunday. A last still plenty of common discussions to be had!
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