Welcome 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!

Kyle's Winning Walls Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/yk_Kt-CrKUeBjY-oFfJuwg

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Upcoming Pauper Events:

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 Common Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN! Signup link coming soon!

8/9 Upstate NY Pauper Open II in Rochester, NY: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1947943

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Welcome 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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Upcoming Pauper Events:

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 Common Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN! Signup link coming soon!

8/9 Upstate NY Pauper Open II in Rochester, NY: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1947943

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MagicCon Las Vegas Information: https://mcvegas.mtgfestivals.com/en-us.html

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 Common Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN! Signup link coming soon!

8/9 Upstate NY Pauper Open II in Rochester, NY: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1947943

4/19 Decklists from London Pauper League's Deadliest Dispute and the West Coast Pauper Open:
https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/london-pauper-showdown-2-the-deadliest-dispute-tournament-184282
https://www.spicerack.gg/events/decklists?event_id=1683085

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Welcome 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 Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) will be Saturday August 2nd @ Game Knight, Columbia TN!

Info on NRG Indy's Pauper $1k on June 29th coming soon!

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Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

Welcome 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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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 Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) will be Saturday August 2nd @ Game Knight, Columbia TN!

Info on NRG Indy's Pauper $1k in June coming soon!

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Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

Welcome 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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B&R Announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-announcement-march-31-2025

PFP B&R Write-Up from Gavin Verhey: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/explanation-of-pauper-bans-for-march-31-2025

4/19 West Coast Pauper Open, Santa Clara, CA: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1683085

The 2nd Common Ground Cup (Pauper $1k+) will be Saturday August 2nd @ Game Knight, Columbia TN!

Info on NRG Indy's Pauper $1k in June coming soon!

Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com

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Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

Welcome 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/

4/19 West Coast Pauper Open, Santa Clara, CA: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1683085

Common Ground Cup 2 will be Saturday August 2nd @ Game Knight, Columbia TN!

Info on NRG Indy's Pauper $1k in June coming soon!

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Welcome 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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Derrick's Mono-Red Dredge Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/ZeHCoqwNEU2TFNuPEcS6wQ

Cameron's BG Fog Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/SyAodn8enUyBTMHZ_uYXPg

Team Trios Coverage Round 1 featuring Derrick VS Cameron: https://www.youtube.com/live/4DazJWY9F5s?si=hUWN1TkGLNHdh1ov&t=3875

Medvedev's Mono-Black Sacrifice Decklist: https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/mono-black-sacrifice-decklist-by-medvedev-2408126

4/19 West Coast Pauper Open, Santa Clara, CA: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/1683085

Info on NRG Indy's Pauper $1k and the 2nd Common Ground Cup at Game Knight coming soon!

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