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A Magic The Gathering podcast focused on the best (and our favorite) format: Pauper! Tune in every Thursday for metagame updates, tournament reports, lots of laughter, and interviews with members of the Pauper community!Hosted by Cameron Schindler, Thomas Gunn, and James "Hippo" Hieronimus.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Common Ground 107: Ringing in the New Year with a Pauper Mailbag

    Welcome back Pauper fam! Happy New Year! To celebrate 2026 y'all showed up big time with plenty of questions for us to answer, so much so that we'll have to do another one in the near future! We hope your year is full of joy and we're incredibly grateful for your time and support as we enter our third year of Common Ground. Thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG 12/20 Upstate NY Pauper Charity Event Decklists: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/decklists?event_id=2710557 Check out Patrick Sullivan's show "The Resleevables": https://www.youtube.com/@TheResleevables Upcoming Pauper Events: 1/9-1/11 - SCGCON Atlanta - Pauper $1ks on Friday @ 10am & Sunday @ 9am: https://scgcon.starcitygames.com/schedule/scg-con-atlanta-2026/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup ($2k Pauper Tournament) - Saturday January 31st @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/the-3rd-common-ground-cup Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 12m

  2. 18/12/2025

    Common Ground 106: 2025 Pauper Review with Kalikaiz

    Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we invite Jake AKA Kalikaiz AKA saidenraiken on MTGO to join us once again for an end of the year review of the Pauper format, detailing the cards that stood out from each set release and how the format shifted throughout the year. From Pactdoll Terror to Cryogen Relic, the end of Broodscale and Kuldotha's reigns, plus an unbanning and reban of High Tide, there was a lot to reflect on. We're looking forward to another great year of Pauper in 2026, thank you for being along for the journey! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG Upcoming Pauper Events: 12/20 - Upstate NY Pauper - "Pauping Off For Charity" - Holiday Edition! @ Rochester NY: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/2710557 1/9-1/11 - SCGCON Atlanta - Pauper $1ks on Friday @ 10am & Sunday @ 9am: https://scgcon.starcitygames.com/schedule/scg-con-atlanta-2026/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup ($2k Pauper Tournament) - Saturday January 31st @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/the-3rd-common-ground-cup Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 51m
  3. Common Ground 105: Mirror Matches in Pauper

    11/12/2025

    Common Ground 105: Mirror Matches in Pauper

    Welcome back Pauper fam! This week the boys answer an email prompt (thank you Skye!) and dive into the dynamics of mirror matches, both in terms of general heuristics and for a number of specific Pauper archetypes. We hope you enjoy this in-depth discussion and thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG Upcoming Pauper Events: 12/13 - Win-A-Dual @ Through the Decades, Louisville KY: https://www.ttdcollectibles.com/louisville/magic 12/14 - Pauper Wonderland* @ Dice Dojo, Chicago IL: https://chicagolandgames.company.site/products/pauper-wonderland-event *(Thomas misspoke, it's a 64 cap event!) 12/20 - Upstate NY Pauper - Pauping Off For Charity - Holiday Edition! @ Rochester NY: https://www.spicerack.gg/events/2710557 1/9-1/11 - SCGCON Atlanta - Pauper $1ks on Friday @ 10am & Sunday @ 9am: https://scgcon.starcitygames.com/schedule/scg-con-atlanta-2026/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup ($2k Pauper Tournament) - Saturday January 31st @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/the-3rd-common-ground-cup Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 45m

  4. 04/12/2025

    Common Ground 104: Eternally Grateful for Paupergeddon

    Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron and Hippo dissect the results from last weekend's Paupergeddon at the European Eternal Weekend. It was a diverse metagame with some splashy results and overall we think a good place for the meta to be sitting post-Tide ban. Links to decklists and the tournament coverage VODs are below, thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG Paupergeddon Decklists: https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/paupergeddon-lucca-eternal-edition-2025-tournament-224633 Paupergeddon VODs: https://www.twitch.tv/legapauperitalia/videos The 3rd Common Ground Cup ($2k Pauper Tournament) - Saturday January 31st @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/the-3rd-common-ground-cup Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    51 min

  5. 27/11/2025

    Common Ground 103: How Hasbro's Direction Led to Pauper's Renaissance with Zach Geraets

    Welcome back Pauper fam! This week Cameron and Thomas sat down with returning guest (and Common Ground Cup 2 Champion) Zach Geraets to discuss how Hasbro and WotC's relationship with Magic and design has changed over the last few years and what that means for Pauper and the Magic community at large. It's a wide-ranging conversation that we hope you'll find insightful. We're thankful for our amazing community of listeners and the Pauper community at-large so thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG Videos Referenced in the Episode: -Bans Don't Matter (Blood Artist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxolLDBupp0 -Why Magic is How it Is in 2025 and Why Everything Changed (MTGGoldfish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNNqz6qNwOo The 3rd Common Ground Cup ($2k Pauper Tournament) - Saturday January 31st @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/the-3rd-common-ground-cup Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 48m

  6. 20/11/2025

    Common Ground 102: Is Pauper Still "Legacy Light"? with Carson Bispels

    Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we sit down with our good friend and local Legacy advocate Carson Bispels to chat about the age-old Pauper label of "Legacy Light". It's a great conversation about card and gameplay comparisons, plus insight on the community-centered nature of both formats. We also chat about some recent MTGO developments! Big thanks to Carson for joining us and thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG MTGO Special Challenge Decklists: https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/mtgo-pauper-championship-week-finals-12824377-tournament-222652 Wolf777's W Heroic Decklist: https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/white-weenie-decklist-by-wolf777-2700446 Carson's Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/carson_bis Twitter: https://x.com/carchump Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup will be Saturday January 31st at Game Knight in Columbia TN! More details TBA! Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 27m

  7. 13/11/2025

    Common Ground 101: The Tide Goes Out, plus Avatar Spoilers

    Welcome back Pauper fam! Well, the dust has settled and the PFP has decided that High Tide should return to the banlist. We spend the first half of this week's show discussing this decision and the reasoning explained in Gavin's article. The rest of our time this week is dedicated to the new Avatar cards that will be available shortly! Will any of these new UB cards break through? We'll have to wait and see. Thank you as always for listening! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG PFP Explanations: Gavin's Article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/explanation-of-the-pauper-high-tide-ban-for-november-10-2025 Gavin's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onk5zYBJGjk Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup will be Saturday January 31st at Game Knight in Columbia TN! More details TBA! Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 14m

  8. 06/11/2025

    Common Ground 100: 100 Things We Love About Pauper

    Welcome back Pauper fam! For the big 100th episode we wanted to celebrate Pauper with 100 of our favorite interactions and things we love about the format. There are so many cool things to do in Pauper and one of them also happens to be strolling down memory lane with your friends. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for hanging out with us for 100 episodes of Common Ground MtG. We wouldn't be here without y'all and we're very excited for the next 100. Thank you as always for listening!!! Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG Nashville-Area Thursday Pauper League @ Middle TN Gaming in Bellevue: https://www.facebook.com/p/Middle-Tennessee-Gaming-61567309793600/ The 3rd Common Ground Cup will be Saturday January 31st at Game Knight in Columbia TN! More details TBA! Any questions or feedback for us? Email us at: commongroundmtgpod@gmail.com https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124 Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social  Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social

    1h 53m
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A Magic The Gathering podcast focused on the best (and our favorite) format: Pauper! Tune in every Thursday for metagame updates, tournament reports, lots of laughter, and interviews with members of the Pauper community!Hosted by Cameron Schindler, Thomas Gunn, and James "Hippo" Hieronimus.

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  • Creator
    Common Ground MtG
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    108
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Common Ground MtG
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