Location:
United States
Description:
A Magic: The Gathering podcast focused on the Pauper Commander format. Plenty of interesting topics, fun conversations, and knowledgeable guests every week to fill your PDH needs!
Language:
English
Website:
https://anchor.fm/thepdhpod
Episodes
Episode 100: Preshow Vibes & Celebration!
5/17/2024
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.
Socials
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE
Leave a message for the show HERE
Duration:01:55:59
Episode 99: 4x4 Casual Partners w/ The CommonCommander!
5/10/2024
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.
Socials
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE
Also, follow Abi HERE!
Sign up for the SanctuaryPDH Tournament HERE
Duration:01:44:47
Episode 98: cPDH Quadrimesterly Update w/ PapaPauper!
5/3/2024
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.
Socials
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE
And pop in on Papa Ryan and the other Common Connoisseurs HERE!
Duration:02:20:08
Episode 97: 3x3 Sacrifice... Not Aristocrats
4/26/2024
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!
Socials:
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Find most of our 3x3 decks HERE
Duration:01:48:00
Episode 96: Making the Final Cuts
4/19/2024
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.
Socials:
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Duration:01:32:04
Episode 95: Outlaws Duel at High Review
4/12/2024
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!
Socials
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Check out show merch on Inked Gaming HERE
Duration:02:17:05
Episode 94: Brewin' 'n Testin' 'n Pauper
4/5/2024
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!
Socials
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Check out Ankylosaur's awesome Pauper content HERE!
Duration:01:36:21
Episode 93: 4x4 Top Deck Matters w/ Blake the Battlefrog!
3/29/2024
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?
Socials
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE
Sign up for the next SanctuaryPDH event HERE!
Duration:01:54:37
Episode 92: Identifying and Obliterating Weaknesses
3/22/2024
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...
Socials:
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, Brad HERE, and Mizu HERE.
Sign up for the Common Cause Pauper Commander Tournament HERE
Duration:01:40:37
Episode 91: Finalizing the 2CUDS Conversation!
3/15/2024
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??
Socials:
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Get in on the cPDH action HERE
Duration:02:31:11
Episode 90: The Pals 6: Fallout and other Rad stuff!
3/8/2024
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.
Socials
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, Brad HERE, and The Pals HERE.
Sign up for the SanctuaryPDH Open Series HERE.
Duration:02:28:17
Episode 89: 4x4 Lands Matter w/ Lee!
3/1/2024
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.
Socials:
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Duration:01:52:21
Episode 88: Continuing the 2CUDS Conversation
2/23/2024
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?
Socials:
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Duration:02:05:37
Episode 87: Love is in the air...
2/16/2024
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.
Socials:
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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, and Brad HERE
Sign up for the SanctuaryPDH Tournament HERE
Duration:01:22:38
Episode 86: 3x3 Patron's Choice!
2/9/2024
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...?
Socials
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Decklists:
Clone
The IMP
Sengir Vamp
Duration:01:22:16
Episode 85: Only Murders in the Studio... for the MKM Set Review!
2/2/2024
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.
Socials
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Duration:02:16:12
Episode 83: A Listener Question About 2CUDS
1/19/2024
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?
Socials
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Duration:02:06:40
Episode 82: Ravnica Remix w/ Clay!
1/12/2024
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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Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, Brad HERE, and Clay HERE!
Duration:01:43:40
Episode 81: 2024 Quadrimesterly Update #1 w/ GatorBaitTV and the cPDH Meta Theory Development
1/5/2024
Say that episode name three times fast!
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...
Socials
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Support the show on Patreon HERE
Follow the show HERE, Liam HERE, Brad HERE, and for more competitive Pauper Commander, you can find the Common Theory Podcast HERE!
Duration:01:36:22
Episode 80: 3x3 Das Boot(y) & Toughness Matters
12/29/2023
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?
Socials
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Deck lists:
Brad's Catapult Fodder
Dave's Huatli Stompy
Liam's Bloodsucker
Duration:01:23:46