Common Ground 130: Pauper Questions from The Notorious E.L.L.I.O.T.
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, we catch up with a handful of emails from our most frequent emailer Elliot! He has some good thinkers for us that lead into some fun discussions and general nonsens...
11 Juni 1h 13min
Common Ground 129: Elves Deep Dive & PauperGenesis Jeskai Testing with Derrick Smith
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, Derrick Smith returns for another very fun episode where we dive into the Elves deck, how it works, and how to play against it. We also dig into Thomas' testing wit...
4 Juni 1h 37min
Common Ground 128: A Vacation's Worth of Pauper Challenges featuring Cube Weekend 2026 Stories
Welcome back Pauper fam! We just got back (for Cameron, within hours) from our annual Cube Weekend and have some catching up to do with the past weekend's Pauper events! Will Infect stick around? How ...
28 Maj 1h 21min
Common Ground 127: Bonders Rejoice!
Welcome back Pauper fam! Bonder's Ornament is unbanned! Will it finally propel Tron to the top of the metagame? Will the midrange/control decks pick up a singleton copy? James and Cameron discuss thes...
21 Maj 1h 1min
Common Ground 126: Getting Silly with Jund Wildfire featuring Matthew "Silly" Sentilles
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, we're joined by Alum of the Pod Matthew "Silly" Sentilles for a DEEP dive into the Jund Wildfire deck! If you enjoy the "slop" midrange decks of the format or enjoy...
14 Maj 1h 59min
Common Ground 125: THINK MARK - Pauper Metagame Catchup
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, we check the pulse on the current state of the Pauper format and the neat decks that have been reshaping the metagame. Between some new additions from TMNT and Stri...
7 Maj 1h 32min
Common Ground 124: PauperGenesis & NYC Pauper League with Chris/nyc-mtg
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, we invited Chris from NYC Pauper League onto the show to learn more about NYC's incredible League and the upcoming PauperGenesis tournament this July! Chris and her...
30 Apr 1h 8min
Common Ground 123: Big Games VS Small Games in Pauper
Welcome back Pauper fam! This week, we discuss a Sam Black theory article that breaks down card advantage into two major concept pillars of Big Games and Small Games. We apply these concepts to Pauper...
23 Apr 1h 23min
