We are a Magic The Gathering podcast focused on the best and our favorite format Pauper. Hosted by Cameron Schindler, Thomas Gunn, and James Hieronimus. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/ThomasDoesALot https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
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Common Ground 38: We Want These Downshifts
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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 Paup…
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Common Ground 37: Brews, Challenges, & Locals
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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 thei…
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Common Ground 36: Three Gruul Players One Podcast
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Welcome 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 Sen…
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Common Ground 35: Polarity of Pauper a Symptom of Format Diversity
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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 divers…
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Common Ground 34: Cute Critters From Bloomburrow For Pauper
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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.…
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Common Ground 33: A New Gleeful Combo Deck
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Welcome 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 towar…
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Common Ground 32: Common-tating Magic & Pauper with Will Hall
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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 w…
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Common Ground 31: Rakdos Phoenix in Pauper
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Welcome 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 de…
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Common Ground 30: The Crew Fights Over Paupergeddon Pisa 2024
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Welcome 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…
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Common Ground 29: A Little of This a Little of That
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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 …
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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 ca…
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Common Ground 27: Modern Horizon's 3 Pauper Set Review
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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! Any questions for us? Email them to commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com Follow Cameron, Thomas, and James on twitter https://twitter.com/Cam…
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Hey Folks sorry for the delay. We had a bit of a scheduling issue but will have an ep coming out Saturday!By Common Ground MTG
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Welcome 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 …
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Common Ground 25: Why is Green so Awful in Pauper?
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Welcome 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 b…
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Common Ground 24: All That Get-Outta-Heres!
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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…
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Welcome 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 a…
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Common Ground 22: The Versatility of Experimental Synthesizer
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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 b…
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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! Any questions f…
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Common Ground 20: What Cards Would We Downshift? Mailbag Episode!
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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 ever…
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Common Ground 19: Pauper but With Cowboy Hats
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Howdy 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! …
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Common Ground 18: The New Package of Creatures Taking Over
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Welcome 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 consisten…
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Welcome 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! Any questions for us? Email them to commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com Follow Cameron, Thomas ,and James on twitter https://twitter.co…
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Common Ground 16: The one about Mulligans and Sideboarding
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Welcome 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…
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Common Ground 15: Flopping Locals and Brewing Decks
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Welcome 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 discuss…
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Common Ground 14: All That Glitters is Gold
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Welcome 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! Any questions for us? …
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Common Ground 13: Breaking Down Pauper Cup Chicago
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Welcome 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! Any questions for…
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Common Ground 12: Chicago Pauper Prep
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Welcome 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 Satur…
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Common Ground 11: Jeskai & Burn & Blade, Oh My!
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Welcome 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! Any quest…
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Common Ground 10: Top 10 Cards In Pauper
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Welcome back Pauper fam! This week join Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo in celebrating the Podcast's 10th episode! We went with a fun idea of each of us making our own top 10 list of Pauper cards. While Cameron's and Thomas's lists focus more on power and influence over the format, Hippo's list is his favorite common cards. To wrap up we discuss the wee…
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Common Ground 9: Murders at Karlov Manor Pauper Review
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Welcome back Pauper fam! This week is Prerelease weekend for Magic's newest set Muders at Karlov Manor, a murder mystery theme set taking place on Ravnica. Join Cameron, Thomas, and Hippo as they discuss new commons that might make a splash in Pauper. Many laughs in this episode enjoy! MKM all commons: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name…
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Common Ground 8: Controlling Pauper
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Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, and James discuss how the Control archetype fits into the Pauper format. Control in Pauper looks very different from what we may think of Control in other formats. Join the crew in some fun as they discuss these differences and what makes Control in Pauper unique. Mono Red Tron gameplay: https://w…
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Hello Pauper fam! This week the crew had to record remotely due to some hazardous weather conditions. This episode Cameron and Thomas give their tournament report from their local Pauper monthly that happened on January 13th. Cameron went back to his baby Gardens, while Thomas tried something new in Mono Blue Terror. Hippo played in a Legacy invite…
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Hello Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, & James dive deep into Mono Red as an archetype in the Pauper format. Mono Red comes in two forms in the current meta, Pingers and Kuldotha. The crew goes over both decks and discusses their respective advantages and disadvantages. The crew also goes over what matchups Mono Red does and doesn't want to s…
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Common Ground 5: History of Pauper's Banned List
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Though a format with only commons may seem innocuous, Pauper is the furthest thing from. With access to all cards printed at common ever, Pauper is often referred to as legacy lite. Sometimes even commons are proven to strong and need to be banned. In this action pact episode Cameron, Thomas, & Hippo go through the Pauper banned list and discuss wh…
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Common Ground 4: Reflection of 2023 for Pauper
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Happy Holidays Pauper fam! This week Cameron, Thomas, & James take a step back and look at how 2023 impacted our beloved format. Lots of crazy sets that caused big shake ups this year. Also the crew takes a look at some Murders at Karlov Manor spoilers. Any questions for us? Email them to commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com Murders at Karlov Manor first l…
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Hello Pauper fam! This episode the crew has a few Pauper related topics to dive into. First and most importantly Cameron, Hippo, and Thomas discuss the recent ban in Pauper and how it will impact the format going forward. Cameron and Hippo played in a paper event and break down how their tournament went. Lastly the crew goes over some Pauper challe…
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Common Ground 2: Paupergeddon Autumn 2023 Breakdown
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This episode Cameron, Thomas, and James breakdown Pauper's biggest tournament series, Paupergeddon, that happened in Roma, Italy on 11/19/23. Lots of big shake ups happening with the introduction of Lost Caverns of Ixalan. We even get to see the birth of a new deck combining two pre existing decks do extremely well! Lots of fun and pauper to be hav…
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Common Ground 1: Pauper the People's Format
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This episode Cameron, Thomas, and James discuss the meta of Pauper in broad terms. Pauper is looking healthy and diverse right now with many great decks to choose from! What's not to love? The crew also discusses The 5th God of Pauper tournament that took place in Tokyo, Japan on 11/01/23. Follow Thomas and James on twitter https://twitter.com/Thom…
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