The PDH Pod

We got new cards -- YAY! This week, the crew goes over their picks for the best commons and potential PDH commanders from Lorwyn Eclipsed. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the SMBS stream HERE

While most Magic: The Gathering content creators kick off the new year with their various and sundry MTG resolutions , here at The PDH Pod, we will be talking about how to take the stress off yourself via MTG simplifications. Finding easier, more streamlined ways to build or cut-down a Pauper Commander deck is what we're all about this year. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Fo...

This week, we're kicking off 2026 with a 4x4 deckbuilding episode to celebrate some of the coolest commanders that saw their first ever printing last year! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday PDH streams HERE

As we end another fantastic year of Pauper Commander, the crew -- nay, the entire PDH community -- celebrates the best and worst that Magic: The Gathering has brought our fair format this year. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the SMBS stream HERE

It's not all about you, okay? Our duty as Pauper Commander players is to see that everyone at the table has a memorable and FUN experience. The InfamousFridge joins us this week to talk about how to do exactly that! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Morning Breakfast Serial streams HERE

This week, Dew joins the crew talk about a very uncomfortable topic -- how to brew outside of your comfort zone in Pauper Commander. Whether it's taking on a new color-pair, brewing an archetype you're unfamiliar with, or even looking deep into the command zone, we explore all those weird and uncomfortable places. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch...

This week, The PDH Mean Girls have taken over again. This time, they're bringing you holiday CHEER in the form of Pauper Commander COMPLAINTS and GRIEVANCES. But it's all done with love... right? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Find the MEAN GIRLS in The PDH Pod Discord server HERE

This week, MacB joins us in the PDH Pod studios as we build some decks using commander only ever printed in Universes Beyond products. There is a surprisingly large number of potential commanders out there for Pauper Commander. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out Alk's SMBS streams HERE

This week, tournament winner, MIZU, stops by The PDH Pod studios to talk about all the sweet commons and ucommons from the various Avatar the Last Airbender sets we're getting. There are some sweet toys in this set for Pauper Commander, so buckle up! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE

This week, longtime friend of the show, and competitive Pauper Commander TOURNAMENT WINNER, Scarecrow, joins the gang to talk about all the recent happenings in cPDH. From tournament results to data-driven deck decisions, Scarecrow covers it all. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Follow Scarecrow HERE And get all your cPDH data HERE

This week, the crew takes on the historied Magic: The Gathering deckbuilding technique of using templates to dictate what goes in a deck, what doesn't go in a deck, and how much of whatever do you actually need... or don't need. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out Scooby and Bobby's decks HERE & HERE

This week, it's a SIMIC TAKEOVER of The PDH Pod studios! HELP! No, wait. Don't help; just listen. Listen to all the beautiful, combo-riffic Gretchen Tichwillow talk from the masters of this PDH powerhouse. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out Lobbert's Gretchen deck HERE Check out Puzzle & Xylrlrl's deck HERE And Bfine's deck HERE

This week, 2/3rds of the crew take on a patron suggestion by talking the various ways to approach and build typal decks in Pauper Commander! Birds, angels, and even mono black... Elves?? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE

This week, Brad and Liam spend some time talking about the past, present, and future aspects of Magic: The Gathering that keep us coming back for more! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Play some Saturday Morning PDH HERE

This week, the most Professional of all Humans, Derek, joins the crew to talk about some of the ways we, as PDH brewers, can solve age-old deck-building problems with new approaches and methodologies. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Follow Derek HERE

This week, we harken back to episode 11 to revisit our very first 3x3, VOLTRON, but this time as a 4x4 with VonSchiller! What Pauper Commander deckbuilding skills have we learned in our 3 years of podcasting...? Eh... not much. We're still up to the same old nonsense. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE

It's time for MTG TRIVIA! Strap those thinking caps and see if you can outsmart these Pauper Commander smarty pants! Good luck! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Check out all of Clay's hard work HERE

This week, we travel to yet another Universe Beyond to talk about a handful of new commons and uncommons from the upcoming Spidey Sets. How good will these be for Pauper Commander, and are there any PDH commanders the crew is really excited about!? Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Watch the Saturday Serial Streamers HERE

This week, we are joined in the studio by the one and only Lobbert to discuss some PDH commanders that are bad, when you read them, but actually pretty decent when you play them! It might a little hard work, but finding that obscure powerhouse might be easier than you think. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Follow Lobbert everywhere as Lobbert!

We're back from our lightyear (two week)-long journey around the Multiverse to bring you some amazing (maybe not so amazing) Spacecraft decks for Pauper Commander from Edge of Eternities with Daxx! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE Donate to our 12-hour PDH stream HERE

The MEAN GIRLS of PDH are here, and they've taken over the PDH Pod studios! Help! Or don't and just have a listen to a trio of baddies talk about Pauper Commander while Brad, Dave, and Liam take a week off. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE

This week, the crew fixes all the mistakes WotC has made since FIRE design, and even some from before then. We're taking a pile of unplayable commons and uncommons and making them highly effective additions to the Pauper Commander format! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Follow the show HERE

This week, BeachBod Adam joins the crew to talk about all of our favorite pet cards for Pauper Commander and why we will never stop playing them! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Speak to the show HERE Follow the show HERE

It's time for another 3x3, but this time we let the Patrons choose the archetype! Thankfully, all the votes for a full Gretchen 3x3 were banned, and we got to go with any signpost uncommon from any Magic: The Gathering set as long as the deck included as many cards from that set as possible. Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Talk to the show HERE Follow the show HERE

This week, 2/3s of the crew talks about all the sweet new cards for Pauper Commander that CAME FROM OUTER SPACE with our Edge of Eternity set review! Socials Support the show HERE Email the show HERE Speak to the show HERE Follow the show HERE