Pauper Commander - Soulherder

The Best Pauper Commanders
On this series, I mostly try to build decks around commanders that are less played, even within the Pauper EDH format. But pEDH, like any format, has its own meta, with some very strong builds that I haven't highlighted at all. There are quite a few interesting decks at the head of Pauper, and the format is filled with variety.
You've got spellslinger decks, land decks, combo decks, and even a pirate kindred deck. There's everything from an initiative deck to a single power creatures deck heading up common-only-commander.
Honestly, this format has one of the most diverse metas I've seen across Magic: The Gathering, and it means I don't need to dig as deep as I have been to highlight some really cool decks.
So let's start with arguably the strongest commander of the format, Soulherder
What are you supposed to do when you're opponent is drawing two extra cards every turn with a Mulldrifter
Blink and You'll Miss Me!
Soulherder
Plenty of cards fulfill that criteria, from Flicker of Fate
We shouldn't have any trouble, but there are still a few more ways to maximize our blinkage. By running Archaeomancer
There's a load of Archaeomancer
There and Back Again
But what other things can we blink? Obviously, we're gonna have Mulldrifter
Then, we have the iconic Peregrine Drake
Then we have the big, juicy, blink targets. When building blink decks, I feel like people often forget that they only have to pay mana once. Why in the world would I run Thraben Inspector
If I play a six-drop and then blink it for just two mana, I'm gaining significantly more value, especially if that six-drop has a strong ETB, so instead of a bunch of tiny value creatures, we're going to be running the biggest, coolest things we can find.
How about an Ivory Giant
Eagles of the North
Bits and Pieces
Like any deck, we need removal and ramp to make our gameplan function. Nothing complicated, just the typical white and blue removal package, Unsummon
Pauper Commander - Soul Herder
View on ArchidektCommander (1)
Instants (15)
Creatures (35)
- 1 Aethersnipe
- 1 Alabaster Host Intercessor
- 1 Archaeomancer
- 1 Augur of Bolas
- 1 Azorius Arrester
- 1 Canal Courier
- 1 Cloud of Faeries
- 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
- 1 Dwarven Lightsmith
- 1 Eagles of the North
- 1 Faerie Seer
- 1 Floodchaser
- 1 Goliath Paladin
- 1 Inspiring Overseer
- 1 Ivory Giant
- 1 Kor Cartographer
- 1 Man-o'-War
- 1 Militia Bugler
- 1 Mnemonic Wall
- 1 Mulldrifter
- 1 Palace Sentinels
- 1 Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal
- 1 Peregrine Drake
- 1 Pondering Mage
- 1 Priest of Ancient Lore
- 1 Saltskitter
- 1 Salvager of Secrets
- 1 Scion of Stygia
- 1 Scrivener
- 1 Sea Gate Oracle
- 1 Sensor Splicer
- 1 Shipwreck Dowser
- 1 Spirited Companion
- 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
- 1 Sunscape Familiar
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
Artifacts (8)
Sorceries (3)
That's it! This is your tutorial for building a blink deck, both in Pauper, and in EDH. If you take one thing away from this article it should be to please, for the love of Heliod, stop running Thraben Inspector if you have to use a targeted blink spell on it. One Clue is not good enough!
Anyways, what part of the pEDH meta should I examine next? A combo deck? The deck that runs nothing but one-mana creatures with deathtouch? Let me know!