This week, Bradjamin Draconius V and the rest of the crew is joined by first time guest and pillar of the Pauper Commander community, Fyndhorn Brownie, to talk about brewing some decks that care about going VROOOOOOM!

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This week, Brad sits down with Alkadron, Bobby Bfine, and Sniffhow from the PALS STUDIO to chat about their most recent 24-hour Pauper Commander stream.

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It's that time again - PDHPALS time! This week, we are joined for the seventh time by The PDH Pals to talk about the not-so-many differences between casual and competitive Pauper Commander. What's are their thoughts on being sweaty, being cool, and what's the deal with 30 life??

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This week, we continue our series on brewing up the different archetypes available in MTG with Go-Wide! Brad, Dave, and Liam each choose a commander and build deck around them, trying to achieve the ultimate in Go-Wideness! 

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Brad: Evangel of Heliod

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BJq_znxSnEqsuoU17SJtGw

Dave: League Guildmage

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/ZEp07sWTpku-Y7_ShRdyzA

Liam: Maja

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/PcCZzWfBp0CcBbBibJITLw

Woohoo! We just couldn't wait to get this episode into your ears, so it's going up a day early! This week, the crew goes over all the new toys WoTC gave us in Dominaria United! What do we think of the set and what new commanders will have an impact on the format? You'll have to listen to find out. 

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Apologies for the late upload! This week, Liam, Dave, and Brad sit down with Cory and Chev to talk about the Competitive Pauper Commander Deck Database (the cPDHDDB) to learn about its creation, its purpose, and how competitive brewers can use this resource to take their gameplay to the next level. 

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This week, the Pod begins a new - of what we hope will be a popular - segment where we pick an archetype, then each go into the commander we chose for said archetype and our approach to building a deck for them. This week - Voltron!  Get your dice and counters ready, 'cause we swingin' in for big-time damage!

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Alkadron's Rabid Wombat - https://www.moxfield.com/decks/HvGqka9C3Eq_xeU9ne2R4g

Liam's Yargle - https://www.moxfield.com/decks/2ugkWJPokk2soLriYoDpXQ

Brad's Killian - https://www.moxfield.com/decks/P8tzITPle0ilQnQu0z2JqQ

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This week, Brad, Liam, and Dave take their table all the way to Australia to interview one of the more creative PDH deck-builders in the format, Dallas, AKA CommonCommander on Twitter. We talk about the necessary paths to building good decks and how interpretations of commanders can vary from player to player. 

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First off, sorry for a bit of a delay in getting this out to everyone! 

This week, Alkadron, Liam, and Brad continue their series on what is and what is not allowed in the Command Zone! For this round, we're diving into Uncommon creatures, and why we're not harnessed by the Legendary rule for your commanders. 

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This week, we are joined by co-creator of the cPDH Tier List, Crash! He comes to us all the way from Germany to share his format knowledge and what makes these top-tier decks heads and shoulders above the rest. 

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This week, the pod sits down to talk about one of the most popular questions surrounding the format -- can Planeswalkers be your commander? No? Why not? 

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We've got full pod this week as the The PDH Pod welcomes Papa Pauper, Ryan Roberts, onto the show to talk about his experiences in both PDH as well as 60-Pauper and some of the major differences between the two formats. 

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This week, Brad and Alk sit down to talk about how some cards - particularly staples - are vastly different when viewed through the PDH lens as opposed to EDH. 

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This week, we finish up our Modern Horizons set review by going over some handpicked, potential commanders for yours and our next PDH deck, or two, or three... or... five?

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This week, Brad and Liam sit down with the guys from The Hexdrinkers to go over the more impactful common and uncommon downshifts from Double Masters 2 to see if they have what it takes to be full-time PDH players. 

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In part two of our Commander Legends: Baldur's Gate set review we go over our individual favorite commons from the set.

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Today, we start part I of our Commander Legends: Baldur's Gate PDH set review by going over the uncommon commanders as well as all the backgrounds that can be in the Command Zone. 

We had some technical issues with the recording (and editing on my part), so we ended up completely missing our review of Rasaad yn Bashir. Apologies. TL;DR - we all love it. 

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In the very first episode of The PDH Pod, Brad, Alkadron, and TPC introduce themselves and the lovely format of Pauper Commander to the listeners. 

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There are just too many new and awesome cards for Pauper Commander to try and jam them all into one long episode, so we're starting our set review off this week with the commons from Modern Horzions 3!

There are just too many new and awesome cards for Pauper Commander to try and jam them all into one long episode, so we're starting our set review off this week with the commons from Modern Horzions 3!

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This week, we have a nice long discussion about a sometimes very important pregame discussion: Rule 0! How does this conversation set the table for the game and how does it explain your fun but illegal Pauper Commander deck to the other players? Socials Email the show HERE Support the show HERE Speak to the show HERE Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE Sign up for the next Common Cause tournament HERE Check out Scooby's Nazgûl deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rPYEB3nCSEKs43QZu-IHXg

This week we revisit the general deck-building topic we started in episode 96 by talking about all those friendly, fuzzy, and fantastic pet cards... that must be cut! Everyone has them. Everyone loves them. But they gotta go. The only problem with Pauper Commander is that there are too many pet cards!

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100 EPISODES?? What an amazing ride it has been so far! This week, to celebrate this milestone, we are taking a casual approach to the show topic by answering some community questions mixed with a bit of reflection about the show and Pauper Commander in general.

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This week, we welcome Abi back into the studio after 90 or so episodes to help us build some very fun, very casual Pauper Commander partner decks! We've got a background pairing, Rule 0 partners, "Partner with", and traditional partners spread amongst all four decks.

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This week, most of the crew is joined by Ryan, A.K.A. Papa Pauper, to talk about current trends and shifts in the competitive Pauper Commander metagame! We also dive into discussions about power-creep, deck-building philosophies, and being a good Magic: The Gathering pilot.

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This week, we revisit a similar archetype, from 80 episodes ago, for our newest 3x3 episode: Sacrifice! No, not Aristocrats -- SACRIFICE! Are we doing aristocrat-y things? Sure. Do our decks seem vaguely like aristocrat decks? Perhaps. However, the differences between Sacrifice and Aristocrats Pauper Commander decks are subtle but there are many!

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This week, the crew learns a thing or two about our individual Magic: the Gathering philosophies when it comes to cutting those last few cards from our PDH decks or making painful swaps for the shiny toys from each new set.

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Not too long ago, the crew ranked every (basically ever) board wipe in the Pauper Commander format. This week, we're ranking spells and abilities that can save your entire board from one of those wipes - ANTHEMS! Which one(s) end up at the tippy top and which one(s) are literally unplayable?

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Howdy, y'all! If you got a hankering for from new commons and uncommons for Pauper Commander, then you've got to the right place! Does Outlaws of Thunder Junction, Magic: The Gathering's 100th(?) set, have what it takes to wrangle up some good reviews? Saddle up, gather 'round, and listen in!

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Somehow, we've gone 93 episodes without having Ankylosaur on the show, so we rectified that this week! Dave, the Ankylosaur, joins the crew to talk about his brewing process, his playtesting procedures, and the successes he's had in the world of 60-card Pauper and in Pauper Commander!

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This week, Blake joins us in the studio to dive into another patron-chosen, patent-pending 4x4 PDH deckbuilding episode! We are going to tackle the "top deck matters" strategy! Do we have enough pieces at common or even in the command zone to make an MTG archetype like this viable?

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This week, we've brought a super special, recent-ish MTG PDH champion on the show to help us talk about how to identify weaknesses in your Pauper Commander deck and what to do about them? It's not always just a skill issue...

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This week, we wrap up our 2CUDS Series of episodes by looking back at all the sets from original Ravnica up to Conspiracy. How many commanders from this era of Magic: the Gathering have helped to shape the Pauper Commander format into what it is now, and which sets were just, well... duds? And what, if anything, does this all have to do with skeletons??

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How often does The PDH Pod, The PDH Pals, and a set review converge? Not often enough! Thankfully, this sixth return of the Pals synched perfectly with our Fallout set review! How many good Pauper Commanders did we get from this mtg commander-precon-only set? The Pals chose seven. Let's see if Brad, Dave, and Liam can come close to that. 

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We are back with another 3x3 deckbuilding episode, but +1! Lands Matter is a very popular archetype across many Magic: The Gathering formats, so it was only right that we... dig... deep into this strategy. We've invited noted Toggo brewer, Lee, onto the show to walk us through some of the key points for that rock-flinging, lands-mattering commander as well as our own! Teaser: only most of the Pauper commander are based in green.

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Well, we've turned a simple listener question into a multi-episode series! This week we sit down to talk about the two-color-uncommons-signpost creatures from Throne of Eldraine all the way back to Core Set 2015! How do some of these potential Pauper commanders hold up to FIRE design and current Magic: The Gathering power creep?

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Due to the lovely loving holiday, we're a co-host short this week, but Dave and Brad (mostly Dave) fill you in on all the hot goss from around the Magic: The Gathering world and fandom in regard to who's in love with who and who ain't being true. Listen in as we run down some of those most popular and sought after MTG relationships. There may even be a few Pauper Commander lovers getting some attention.

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This week, the crew returns with another fan-favorite 3x3. but with a twist -- we let our patrons choose the commanders this time! Well, the era from which our commanders must originate. How do you build around cards with such limited mechanics? What would you build from back in the day...?

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Clone

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Sengir Vamp

This week, we take a step back from the product-overload train and the flurry of competitive Pauper Commander event results to chill with YOU! Episode 112 is the audio-only version of our live Twitch stream from Wednesday, August 7th, 2024. This VOD will be up on The PDH Pod YouTube channel if you'd like to give it a watch... or a rewatch.

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Do you know what time it is? That's right! It's time for new cards! 2024 begins with a splash of murder, a handful of clues, and decent amount of sweet new commons and uncommons for Pauper Commander. Have a listen as Brad, Dave, and Liam investigate some of their favorite new cards from Murders at Karlov Manor.

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By now, the crew has done a pile of 3x3 deckbuilding episodes where we take commanders from a specific set and brew decks around them. We recently received a listener question asking us what our favorite cycle of signpost uncommons are, so we're making an entire episode about them! Since FIRE design, how have the various sets impacted the Pauper Commander format and what has our experience playing with them been like?

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Back-to-back amazing guests?! What a great couple weeks it has been in The PDH Pod studios! This week, Clay helps us navigate through the smattering of downshifts for Pauper from Ravnica Remastered, followed by some community-oriented philosophizing. Socials

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This week, we've got GatorBaitTV in the studio to talk anything and everything that had to do with the competitive Pauper Commander metagame, deck development, and a bit of game theory. You think your new brew has what it takes to beat the Big 3 Gatekeepers of the format?? You may want to rethink that notion...

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This week, we're continuing our 3x3 deck-building series by working around Pauper commanders that care about how much junk you're carrying around in that trunk. How big can we make these behinds and how do we end our opponents with them?

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Brad's Catapult Fodder

Dave's Huatli Stompy

Liam's Bloodsucker

We are truly honored to be back and bringing you the 2nd annual Yargle Awards! Some of the categories include best common of the year, most interesting commander, worst set of the year, and more! All the categories will be brought to you by special guests that we've had on the show this past year and regular members of our Pauper Commander streams.

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Clay

Jeremy/Jon/Sniff (The PDH Pals)

Derek

Ms.Eldritch

This week, the crew dives in the opposite direction of last week by going over some of the more overrated cards in Pauper Commander. What are some common trap-cards we as players get tricked into playing, and how can we avoid the staleness of the status quo to liven up our gameplay experience?

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This week, the crew talks about some of their favorite obscure and/or underrated cards for Pauper Commander. We couldn't possibly get through every single underrate and/or obscure card ever printed at common, so picked a handful of each color and went from there! Some of these cards are pet-cards and some are genuine diamonds in the MTG rough! Socials:

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This week, we've got yet another installment of our internationally acclaimed and recognized 3x3 series with everyone's favorite card-type... Enchantments! That's right! Sit back and listen in as the crew talks about the various ways to use this inherently disadvantageous card-type to your... well... to your advantage. Are auras and enchantments powerful enough to shake your casual or competitive Pauper Commander table?

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Azorius Aethermage

Hateful Eidolon

Graceblade Artisan

It's that time again! Time for The PDH PALS! This time around, we are joined by Jon and Erich to discuss the multitude of game options that the Pals play on their Pauper Commander streams. From Planechase to Heroes of Theros, listen in to learn some ways you too can spice up your kitchen table Magic: The Gathering. Socials:

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We've done Rule 0 episodes before, but not like this! This week, the crew invites first-time guest, TooMuchDew, into the studio to talk about all the fun and craziness of an entire pod of Rule 0 PDH decks!

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This week, the crew gets into the relaxing, holiday spirit with some food talk. Not human food, though -- but those sweet, sweet pieces of cardboard that WoTC keeps giving us! How viable are food strategies in Pauper Commander and what are some of the best uncommon creatures that care about food? Listen in to find out! Plus, you get some listener-inspired storytime near the end, so stay tuned!

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