Pauper Commander - Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Alejandro checks out the jankiest deck in pauper, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker. Is an undead army of 1/1s really that powerful?
Alejandro Fuentes's a nerd from Austin Texas who likes building the most unreasonable decks possible, then optimizing them till they're actually good. In his free time, he's either trying to fit complex time signatures into death metal epics, or writing fantasy novels.
Alejandro checks out the jankiest deck in pauper, Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker. Is an undead army of 1/1s really that powerful?
Alejandro rebuilds the first every pauper deck he made, Minthara, Merciless Soul. This time, he uses a blink and rebirth theme.
Alejandro improves an old deck by giving it a new commander. Does Balmor, Battlemage Captain upgrade the aggro-spellslinger strategy?
Araumi of the Dead Tide is a powerful commander in EDH, and is even stronger in Pauper Commander. What can we do when we get three times the commons?
Alejandro reviews the commons and uncommons of Aetherdrift. Which budget cards will become the new staples?
Alejandro builds a pauper deck around a soldier spawning monk, and questions the storm archetype.
Alejandro optimizes a Dina, Soul Steeper deck by building around a creature theme rather than a lifegain theme. How well does that work?
Alejandro builds a fiery deck around Zada, Hedron Grinder, one of, if not the best commander in all of Pauper EDH.
Alejandro builds the top tier pauper deck, Fynn the Fangbearer. What is it that's so great about a bunch of little deathtouch creatures?
Alejandro further explores the top of the pEDH meta by dissecting a Tatyova, Benthic Druid landfall deck.
Alejandro builds a deck around one of pEDH's most commonly played commanders, Soulherder.
Alejandro builds a deck full of ornament wielding Christmas trees ready to lumber into battle shouting "Merry Christmas!"
Alejandro builds a snow themed PauperEDH deck ready for the holiday season. Stay warm, y'all!
Alejandro builds a Neva Commander deck around letting your auras and enchantments go to the graveyard, and taking advantage of it.
Alejandro builds another sliver deck, this time with the help of Fusion Elemental as a secret commander to unlock the true power of slivers in Commander.
Alejandro builds a pauper EDH deck inspired by the basic cycle of life and death with the help of Poison-Tip Archer.
Alejandro builds a Pauper Commander deck around an anthem in the command zone with the help of Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider.
Alejandro review the commons and uncommons from Foundations. Are we standing on solid ground?
Alejandro builds a deck designed to break the limits of Pauper and the small numbers that fill the format. How many spiders can he make?
Play artifacts, get a major discount on your commander, and cascade your way to victory with this Ethersworn Sphinx pauper deck!
Alejandro builds a deck full of small artifacts that he uses to untap creatures and ping opponents to death.
Alejandro experiments with several different Boros commanders and finds the ideal leader of a boros token deck.
Alejandro combines the bogles archetype with infect to create a terrifying pauper Trygon Prime deck.
Alejandro builds a deck around Displaced Dinosaurs, that turn history into hitting power.
Alejandro relieves your wallet of a scare by reviewing the budget cards from Duskmourn: House of Horror.
Alejandro tries to build a combo deck around a good boy that untaps creatures, Chakram Retriever. But will the combo be consistent?
Alejandro gives madness cards a new home in a pauper deck helmed by Cormela, Glamour Thief.
Alejandro builds a deck around a commander that's been put in charge of the wrong deck a few too many times, Azra Oddsmaker.