Well, it's been a great time. We're going on an indefinite hiatus after much deliberation, and wanted to send things off in a delightfully ramshackle way with a last call for listener questions. We would like to take a moment to thank each and

Color Commontary 159: Finally Unified

Jul 16th, 2019 51m 45s

While we were busy with reintroducing the format and taking vacations, a huge announcement hit! After years of outcry from players, Wizards of the Coast has unified the paper and Magic Online card pools! We're going through some of the cards li

Color Commontary 158: Reintroduction to Pauper Part 3/Core Set 2020

Jul 10th, 2019 48m 28s

We're rounding out this reintroduction to pauper with combo! come with us as we explore the wild and wacky combo decks as Mike struggles to get to the vague understanding he has of how various decks actually function. We also delve into the ver

Color Commontary 157: Reintroduction to Pauper Part 2

Jun 26th, 2019 47m 58s

This week we're continuing our series covering the various archetypes within pauper as a format! This week it's Midrange and Control decks!Deck ListsWB Decks: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/pauper-black-white-control https://www.mtggol

Color Commontary 156: Reintroduction to Pauper Part 1

Jun 21st, 2019 46m 57s

It's been a while, and it's time for us to revisit our Introduction to Pauper series from way back. This week we're talking about Aggro and Tempo decks in the format and next week we'll be back with other super-archetypes.Decks covered this we

Color Commontary 155: Sailing to the Horizon

Jun 12th, 2019 42m 59s

We've had almost a full wee with Modern Horizons, so we're delving into the most recent challenge results with an eye for new inclusions!Deck Lists: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pauper-challenge-2019-06-10Suppo

Color Commontary 154: Modern Horizons Set Review for Pauper

Jun 4th, 2019 1h 13m

It's new set time and what a doozy this one was. Hopefully Wizards continues with products like this as Modern Horizons is primed to shake up an already wide open metagame.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colorcommontaryYou Can

Color Commontary 153: Back on the Beat

May 29th, 2019 48m 46s

With the recent bannings the meta has been shaken to its very core. This week we delve into lists from the most recent challenge to see what new spice can be found in the wake of some unprecedented bannings in pauper. An old favorite of Mike's

Color Commontary 152: The Post-Gush Era

May 22nd, 2019 1h 8m

Gush is gone. The biggest surprise was what went with it. With such a massive shake up to the metagame we had to invite our spikiest of friends on the show to discuss the fallout of this huge decision, so we of course turned to Kendra, aka The

Color Commontary 151: Hypernormalisation in Pauper

May 15th, 2019 53m 3s

Here it is, we took a week off to bring you a real experiment in the format of our podcast. This week we're on the eve of a B&R announcement and wanted to talk about the discourse surrounding it from a slightly more academic perspective than we

Color Commontary 150: Three Years

May 2nd, 2019 43m 40s

This week we take a moment to get to know one another better and let you the listener be a fly on the wall! We'll be back next week with more magic related content, but for the time being, pull up a chair and enjoy a casual episode!Support us

Color Commontary 149: War of the Spark Set Review

Apr 23rd, 2019 1h

It's that time again! A whole new set, new toys for the format and most relevant, a new collection of takes on things entering the format! We've tried a return to the old format for set reviews where we cut a lot of the chaff to make for a more

Color Commontary 148: The Tax Man Cometh

Apr 16th, 2019 52m 9s

With Tax Day just having passed us by, we figured there's no better time to talk about a classic standby in other formats: Death and Taxes. What would some of the classic pieces of this deck look like if they were shifted to common? It might ha

Color Commontary 147: A Talent Agency

Apr 9th, 2019 56m 38s

We're returning to an oldie but a goodie, Golgari Aristocrats has been putting up results again and we wanted to look at what's making the deck tick these days and even a new potential inclusion from the upcoming War of the Spark!Deck Lists: h

Color Commontary 146: War Approaches

Apr 4th, 2019 42m 45s

With a so-so week for pauper results, it came as a pleasant surprise to both see some War of the Spark spoilers at common as well as an uplifting tweet that could indicate what the future of commons in standard sets could look like. Come along

Color Commontary 145: The Prince and the Peasant

Mar 28th, 2019 55m 43s

This week we head to the far off land of... Europe? That's right, we're doing an episode looking into the world of the French/German dominated format of peasant to see if we can glean anything from our cousin format!Deck lists: https://mtg-pea

Color Commontary 144: The Cat Came Back

Mar 21st, 2019 49m 35s

This was a slow week for pauper as a whole, so we're diving into challenge results to find a spicy number reminiscent of Kor Skyfisher decks of yore, with some added spicy (Cards that draw 5 anyone?)Deck list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/

Color Commontary 143: 10 Things We Love About Pauper

Mar 12th, 2019 58m 48s

After a no banning announcement, we've got a down week and wanted to take some time to talk about our 10 favorite cards in the format! Lots of older tech that isn't seen much these days as we walk through the things that just make us happy!Sup

Color Commontary 142: Qualified

Mar 7th, 2019 57m 36s

The first Pauper Mythic Championship qualifier is in the book so of course we're trying to delve into the lists, the impact the event has on the format and what the future looks like. Wizards has also announced the next supplemental set, Modern

Color Commontary 141: 88 Miles Per Hour

Feb 27th, 2019 44m

We're hopping in a time machine this week, but first we've gotta talk the future of mulligans with the proposed changes for Mythic Championship London. Then it's a trip down memory lane to revisit a deck of the past, goblins, the former midrang

Color Commontary 140: Mono Blackish

Feb 20th, 2019 53m 46s

It's been a while since we've seen mono black control, a former vanguard of the format really have a solid place in the metagame. Turns out all it needed was a little drop of blue to put up a 12th place finish in last week's challenge. Check ou

Color Commontary 139: A Petition for Standard Pauper

Feb 13th, 2019 49m 47s

This week, Arena Pauper makes its monthly appearance, this time with the notable new inclusion of Persistent Petitioners. With many calling for this card to get the ax in Arena Pauper, we had to delve into this unique new threat to Arena Pauper

Color Commontary 138: Toasty

Feb 6th, 2019 46m 20s

This week we're taking a look into the sudden resurgence of burn. What on earth in this metagame is motivating people to move back towards the trusty stand by of Bolts and strange utility creatures.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.co

Color Commontary 137: Adam Styborski Talks Pauper Cube!

Jan 30th, 2019 1h 13m

Adrian's off for this week because Mike has to settle up on a bet. Adam Styborski is one of the faces of pauper cubing and has been for almost a decade. In this episode Mike pokes and prods at the ins and outs of pauper cubing, and asks Adam to

Color Commontary 136: Tales From The Fringe

Jan 23rd, 2019 58m 50s

This week we had a slight audio mishap and apologize for the quality of this recording.With that out of the way, we're talking to Jake Mannella who works on our videos series On The Fringe. We talk about the B&R announcement and where brewers