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!

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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/

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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!

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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: [email protected]

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https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

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!

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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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

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!

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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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

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

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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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

Welcome back Pauper fam! It's finally time. You've all been wondering it and now we have the decklists to prove that Bant Terror can be more than just a meme! All three co-hosts brewed their own lists with some spicy includes. As much as this is a payoff for a long-running podcast lore joke, it's still another great brewing-focused episode and we hope you'll enjoy listening!

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Hippo's Bant Terror Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/OizC4wD97UmqbmBwNsz4YQ

Cameron's Bant Terror Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/4sBBs5VacUyaVv5i4NXStg

Thomas' Bant Terror Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/-fJ2gqkHr0aNChtiourGlw

Upcoming Pauper Events:

11/1 - Court of Commons Quarterly @ Enchanted Gaming Emporium, Murray KY: https://topdeck.gg/event/court-of-commons-quarterly-the-holloween-edition

11/2 - NRG Pauper $1k @ Elmhurst, IL: https://www.nrgseries.com/events/nrg-series-double-showdown-weekend-elmhurst-il-87

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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

Welcome back Pauper fam! Or should we say, Cube fam? It's that time of year again: The CubeCon 2025 Recap Episode! This time around we had SEVEN people in the room to record and Thomas was the only one who wasn't in Madison last weekend! There were so so many stories to share and much laughter to be had. We hope you'll enjoy another laid-back, MtG gameplay story-driven, weekend recap, explicit tagged episode of the pod; full of shenanigans! Next week, we'll be back in the Pauper brewing streets building decks inspired by ancient CGMtG lore. Thank you all so much for listening! 

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CubeCon 2025 Cubes: https://cubecon.org/cubes/2025

Dan's Deserts of Arrakis Dune Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/a8421597-297e-4114-9241-1d031baf16fc

Hana Kahn "Rosie" Single Release Livestream Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rosie-single-release-show-tickets-1766548065819 (Note from Thomas: I forgot about the Eventbrite fees so tickets are actually $7.18 ($5 plus $2.18 in fees))

Upcoming Pauper Events:

11/1 - Court of Commons Quarterly @ Enchanted Gaming Emporium, Murray KY: https://topdeck.gg/event/court-of-commons-quarterly-the-holloween-edition

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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

Welcome back Pauper fam! This week we take a look at the Pauper format in broad terms to discuss the current top decks, why new or returning decks are seeing success, and the impact that the SpiderMan cards have had on the format. It's a more laidback episode on an already pretty laidback show so we hope you'll enjoy our candid takes and analysis! Thank you as always for listening!

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Upcoming Pauper Events:

10/18 - London Pauper Showdown 3 "The Dreaded Return" IPT w/ London Pauper League: https://www.badgerbadger.org/event/london-pauper-showdown-3-the-dreaded-return/

10/18 - Pauper $SomethingK @ Aegis Games, Bellingham WA: https://www.aegislgs.com/product/pauper-something-k/IG3XFKZAXT5F3JTNLGM6Y5CJ?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=SY7BW2QXU7RBTHTWXCEITA62

11/1 - Court of Commons Quarterly @ Enchanted Gaming Emporium, Murray KY: https://topdeck.gg/event/court-of-commons-quarterly-the-holloween-edition

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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

Welcome back Pauper fam! It's time for another Cube episode! This week, we invited our dear friend Ana Paterson onto the show to talk about her cube "The Vintage Cube Retirement Home" (aka The Boomer Cube) which has been selected for the main event at CubeCon next weekend! We're super psyched for her and we hope this discussion about the cube environment will be helpful to anyone looking forward to drafting the cube at CubeCon and maybe inspire some folks to design other unique and interesting cubes. Thank you so much for listening!

Cube List: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/077a945b-f5b0-403c-8900-27bfda429257

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/kdvSavFkpz

Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonGroundMTG

Upcoming Pauper Events:

10/18 - London Pauper Showdown 3 "The Dreaded Return" IPT w/ London Pauper League: https://www.badgerbadger.org/event/london-pauper-showdown-3-the-dreaded-return/

10/18 - Pauper $SomethingK @ Aegis Games, Bellingham WA: https://www.aegislgs.com/product/pauper-something-k/IG3XFKZAXT5F3JTNLGM6Y5CJ?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=SY7BW2QXU7RBTHTWXCEITA62

11/1 - Court of Commons Quarterly @ Enchanted Gaming Emporium, Murray KY: https://topdeck.gg/event/court-of-commons-quarterly-the-holloween-edition

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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social 

Welcome back Pauper fam! Hippo has returned from Atlanta to tell us all about his adventures at MagicCon! Several friends (and one alum!) of the pod did very well in the Pauper Cup, congratulations to all! Cameron also updates us on his first time playing Rally Red. Thank you as always for listening!

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Upcoming Pauper Events:

10/4 - Team Trios (Pauper/Standard/Legacy) @ Game Knight, Columbia TN: https://topdeck.gg/event/team-trios-copy

10/18 - London Pauper Showdown 3 "The Dreaded Return" IPT w/ London Pauper League: https://www.badgerbadger.org/event/london-pauper-showdown-3-the-dreaded-return/

10/18 - Pauper $SomethingK @ Aegis Games, Bellingham WA: https://www.aegislgs.com/product/pauper-something-k/IG3XFKZAXT5F3JTNLGM6Y5CJ?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=SY7BW2QXU7RBTHTWXCEITA62

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: [email protected]

https://twitter.com/CamPlaysMagic
https://twitter.com/Hippo_1124
Thomas' BlueSky: @thomasdoesalot.bsky.social 
Hippo's BlueSky: @hippo2112.bsky.social