The PDH Pod

This week, the crew revisits a previous conversation topic: is the juice worth the squeeze. How much synergy do you need to have to add a card, or suite of cards to your deck and what are the benefits? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out the Jalapeno Paupers YouTube HERE Show the Mean Girls some love HERE Watch the Saturday Morning streams HERE

It's time for another Mean Girls takeover of The PDH Pod! This week, they've brought a slew of super-happy-smile time-awesome announcements! What the heck is a PDHPalooza, anyway?? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out all the happenings with the Mean Girls of PDH HERE and HERE

With Break the Rules Month (July 2026) right around the corner, we decided to build some decks centered around said broken rules. In just a couple short weeks, all colorless commanders can be given a single color pip of your choice! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Streams HERE

Hey... know what? It's time for new cards again. And we're here to talk about them! Between commons and uncommons, MCU is giving us ~300 cards to choose from, and we try to whittle those down to a consumable chunk of only the best cards for Pauper Commander. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE

A long time ago, on a YouTube channel far, far away, (okay, not "far", but it would've sounded weird otherwise) -- The Jalapeno Paupers ranked and drafted all the best mana rocks in Pauper Commander. It only felt right to record our own version of a mana rock tier and draft list! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Breakfa...

We're still working our way through the color pie with a Mono Red 3x3. Red has gotten a ton of new toys lately, and we're here to exploit every damn one of them! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Breakfast Serial streams HERE

Recently, a patron asked Alkadron the question "What's up with Rhystic and Mystic being banned in Pauper Commander". To answer that question, Alk replied, "Well, why don't you come on the show and we'll talk about it!" So that's what we did :) Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE

The Patrons have spoken! This week, Daxx hit us with an episode topic-suggestion: build a deck without knowing the commander until it too late - muah hahaha! We polled our discord patrons for commander options and Fridge was brought aboard to present them to us. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Streams HERE

Fresh of his trip to MC Vegas, Lobbert joins the pod to talk about all the do's and don'ts of travelling to high-profile conventions and what to expect if you're attending your first! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday streams HERE Check out Lobberts videos HERE

This week, the Professional Human himself, Derek, joins the crew as we revisiting one of our earliest 4x4 deckbuilding episodes with the Spellslinger archetype! We've gotten a lot of new toys and tools that make this archetype really zing, so let's see what we've come up with. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out Derek's deckbuilding stre...

The BBB (on the TPP) was a deckbuilding competition hosted through Ginger's Wanderer's Pauper Commander League. The goal was to build the most unique deck around a mono-colored, 6+ mana commander. There were a ton of great decks this time around, but only ONE can take home the Baloney Trophy. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday streams...

This week we officially hit 200 episodes! This is where a proper episode would get a description, but we cover myriad casual conversations, so... enjoy? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE

It's time for new cards... again, and we are here to talk about all the cool commons and powerful potential Pauper Commanders -- and, boy, there's a lot of good ones in this set! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE

This week, the crew hops their way through multiple holiday themed archetypes, strategies, decks, and commanders for your next Pauper Commander list. Socials: Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Streams HERE

This week, we're back with another 4x4 deckbuilding episode focused on not just combat, and not just aggression, but all those tricky maneuvers we can do to speed up the life-going-down'en-ing of our opponents! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday streams HERE Check out all our 3/4 x 3/4 decks HERE

It's time to check in on the competitive Pauper Commander meta! This week, we've brought MagusOftheJank into the studio to talk about some new trends, new tournaments, and innovative brews going around the various tables. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE Get your PDH League action HERE

This week, The Mean Girls of PDH are back in the studio to talk about a topic that many Magic: The Gathering players face -- BURNOUT! What can be done? How can you tell it's happening to you? And what can you do about it in the future? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Streams HERE

This week, the crew is back together and ranking the myriad cycles of nonbasic lands available in Pauper Commander. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday streams HERE

We've either never done a Mono Green 3x3 or it's been so long since we did one that we don't remember; time is fake. Regardless, Scarecrow joins us in the studio to talk about some excellent Mono Green decks! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out Scarecrow's work HERE

It's time for new cards again! Wait... isn't it always time for new cards? Regardless, we are here to talk to you about all the best new commons and uncommons for Pauper Commander! #TeamSpicyFeet! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday streams HERE

It's Liam's turn for a game show, so we've gathered up prominent PDH folks to play some Family Feud! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Breakfast Serial streams HERE

This week, we bring back one of our earliest 3x3 archetypes to see what sort of new and interesting additions WotC has given us over the years. Years? Really? We're talking about filling your playmat with as many creatures as inhumanly possible with Go Wide! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Streams HERE

This week, the crew discusses the myriad resources available to a player in a game of Pauper Commander. Which ones are important enough to affect the outcome, and which ones have been a bit exagerrated? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning streams HERE

This week, Ginger joins us in the studio to talk about the new and exciting things that are happening in the realm of Pauper Commander Leagues! Social Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Streams HERE Check out everything Ginger has been up to HERE

This week, competitive pauper commander writer and content-creator, BeachBodGod, joins the crew to talk about the various and sundry ways that acting politically can affect a game of Pauper Commander! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the SMBS PDH streams HERE Get your cPDH fix HERE