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The Mana Pool

Chewie, Mike, Brian, and Dirk have been talking about Magic: The Gathering on the internet for almost 10 years (at the time of this writing). Since there are so many shows about strategy and tournaments, these dorks focus on all the fun you can have with the game outside of that, from flavor to philosophy to game design to history to whatever else we can come up with. We"re funny, we"re serious about what we do, and we love it!

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03:30:44

Episode 600 - Exiled!

The Mana Pool ·

2020/09/10

THIS IS IT! This number is just ridiculous, so we decided to do something ridiculous to celebrate! We are joined by four excellent guests to be contestants in the return of Exiled, our deckbuilding game show! It's like Chopped, but with Magic cards! We've got the original voice of Casual Magic himself, Anthony Alongi (@anthonyaalongi), digital alterer and longtime listener ALK Alters (@AltersALK), content creator extraordinaire DeQuan Watson (@PowrDragn), and the always infectious & enthusiastic

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01:53:52

Episode 599 - As Different As Night & Day

The Mana Pool ·

2020/08/23

The dorks are back with another edition of There's No Plane Like Home! Do you like happiness and sunshine and friendly creatures? Or do you prefer darkness, creepiness, and danger? Either way, do we have a place for you! Lorwyn is for the sunshine people, where the most dangerous thing to worry about is...well, racist elves running you through simply for being ugly. But other than that, there's not much to worry about. If horror and paranoia are more your style we've got Shadowmoor. Things wanting

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01:27:45

Episode 598 - If You're Not Draco...

The Mana Pool ·

2020/08/09

The dorks are back! After a wonderful discussion about the Cube Rule of Food Classification, which is very important by the way, we're doing another Mythic Conscription! This time we're doing Planeshift, the second set of the Invasion block. Planeshift is...problematic. You'll see what we mean. Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle

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01:51:52

Episode 597 - Double Double Toil & Trouble

The Mana Pool ·

2020/08/03

The dorks finally take a look at Double Masters! It's a reprint set, so it's a little weird to talk about all these cards that we already know about, but we managed to remember how to do it! After we give you the news about YET ANOTHER new kind of booster, that is. That doesn't show up until Zendikar Rising though, so who even cares right now, right? Set Boosters - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/set-boosters-2020-07-25 Double Masters Card Image Gallery -

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02:12:56

Episode 596 - Hello Darkness My Old Friend (Heirs of...

The Mana Pool ·

2020/07/19

Wait, what? The dorks are doing a second RPG episode...IN A ROW? Inconceivable! But yeah, with the party split during the last episode we were really hot to try to get back together, even though we literally had no idea what the other part of the group was up to. And since I haven't listened to any of the other part, I don't actually know how to write this. Let's just say some crazy stuff happens and leave it at that, shall we? Also, an update on the YouTube side of things at the end! All the Heirs

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01:43:49

Episode 595 - I Rolled...Dysentery (Heirs of Trivester)

The Mana Pool ·

2020/07/12

We return to Brian's custom-made RPG on the strange plane of Trivester! Our party (Karim, Alaric, and the Angel) are heading towards a place called Aosk to find Gandr, who is apparently some manner of evil thing? Two of our heroes have some serious problems with their rolls, as 1s are popping up and causing all kinds of havoc. And then the unthinkable happens! No no, not THAT unthinkable! Let's just say an exploding wurm splits the party! The dorks, wanting to be true to the adventure, actually take

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01:55:53

Episode 594 - Tinybones & the Muxus Cascade

The Mana Pool ·

2020/06/28

The dorks dive into Jumpstart! First we'll explain what it is, and the concept is actually pretty neat. Then we'll jump into the Card Image Gallery and go through all the new cards in it. The new cards are mostly really cool. Oh, and there are Legendary creatures that have actually interesting abilities! Remember those? Wow! Jumpstart Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/jumpstart Jumpstart Decklists:

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01:39:51

Episode 593 - Shrines & Stuff

The Mana Pool ·

2020/06/21

New Shrines! Sure there are lots of other neat cards too, but new Shrines! There are new card versions of old characters, which is pretty awesome. We get to see more of Teferi's family. There are lots of doggos and kitty-kitties! Bronto-Dave is back! There are neat twists on old standard effects (Traitorous Greed is really cool)! There are some SWEET new goblins if that's your thing! There are some nifty brain-bending pieces of art alongside nifty brain-bending card text! But really, none of that

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02:09:51

Episode 592 - The Good Boys & the Ugly Underbelly

The Mana Pool ·

2020/06/14

Hey we're back! We took a couple weeks off, first to do a non-podcast chatting stream and then out of respect for the Black Lives Matter movement. By the way, Black Lives Matter. Also, Trans Rights are Human Rights. Got that? The dorks are first concerned for Dirk, who just hadn't responded to any of our attempts to contact him when he didn't show up for the recording. Then we cover the recent racism concerns that have come to light about Wizards of the Coast, including their decision to remove card

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01:59:06

Episode 591 - The Three Tarkirs

The Mana Pool ·

2020/05/24

The dorks are back with another edition of There's No Plane Like Home! This time we're taking a look at everyone's favorite (?) time-travel affected plane, Tarkir. Tarkir is based on various real-world Asian countries, so the physical aspects of the plane don't really change through the versions. Of course, when you're hopping through timelines, it's not really the physical world you're worried about. In the past you're at war with the dragons and are in danger of getting eaten. In the Dragons

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02:07:52

Episode 590 - Not the Bees! (Heirs of Trivester)

The Mana Pool ·

2020/05/10

We now return to Trivester for another installment of Brian's custom MTG RPG! After the last installment's massive exposition dump Karim, Alaric, and the Angel are off to track down someone else that might have some idea what's going on. Along the way we'll be accosted by various critters that could potentially want to kill us. And of course, our beloved soldier boy really has a hang-up about fighting animals. Even when they're killer bees with little swords and shields! After we're done with the

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01:53:31

Episode 589 - I'm Not Going Out to Take Pictures

The Mana Pool ·

2020/04/26

The dorks head back to the Ikoria Card Image Gallery to take a look at all the weird stuff this plane has going on. We begin, of course, with the actual Sharknado. From there we find more shark things, a ridiculous number of mashed-up creatures (like a Porcuparrot and a Tigorilla), and the usual assortment of neat spells, stories told through cards, and assorted other weirdness. I'm still not going outside to take pictures of ANY of these critters! Ikoria Card Image Gallery

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01:55:57

Episode 588 - Companions and Ultimatums

The Mana Pool ·

2020/04/19

The dorks are back on Ikoria! Since time is forever limited we weren't able to take a look at the ENTIRE set, but we did hit a lot of the high points. Brian is blown away by the Triomes (for some reason), the new cycle of wedge Ultimatums are pretty amazing, and the rest of the Companions are bizarrely entertaining. Then we circle around and hit the rest of the Mythic Rares that we hadn't covered yet and called it a night. On the next episode we're gonna come back to Ikoria and take a look at all

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01:53:57

Episode 587 - The Biggs & Wedge Commanders

The Mana Pool ·

2020/04/12

Right smack in the middle of Ikoria previews, WotC decided to preview all of Commander 2020. Since that was confusing for a lot of people, we've decided to separate C20 and Ikoria previews on The Mana Pool. This episode is all about Commander, in case you couldn't tell from the title. We're starting with the three-color legends and moving into the partnered legends. From there it's a free-for-all as we bounce around the card image gallery and call out whatever looks awesome. What are your favorite

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02:09:36

Episode 586 - Magic Kaiju Battle Go!

The Mana Pool ·

2020/04/05

The dorks are back! Why are we back? Because Godzilla! No, seriously. Godzilla cards. In Magic. Like for real. Well, sort of for real. It's...bizarre. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths previews are here! And there's some pretty awesome stuff here other than just the inclusion of everyone's favorite Kaiju. Join us as we talk about all the awesome new stuff! Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ikoria-lair-behemoths Variants Gallery:

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01:55:35

Episode 585 - Just Chatting

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2020/03/22

This episode is going be a bit different. With all the coronavirus stuff going on across the world and tensions running high everywhere, the dorks couldn't just ignore it all and talk about Magic. While escapism is great, sometimes you've got to face the facts. So the first part of this episode is all about how COVID-19 is affecting us and why we need to embrace social distancing. This is genuinely important. Please stay home unless you HAVE to leave. But after that, we decided to do something

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01:47:48

Episode 584 - The Original Gold Set

The Mana Pool ·

2020/03/15

The dorks are back! We're doing a Mythic Conscription for the original Gold set, Invasion! This was before they really figured out how to do a set focused on multicolored well, so there's some bizarre stuff in here. The gold cards are, by and large, REALLY good. The monocolored stuff is...well it's definitely monocolored. And yes, we did talk about Fact or Fiction. A couple times. There was an excellent Sam Quiz at the beginning too, don't forget that! She's getting much better at describing card

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02:00:47

Episode 583 - Just Talking Dragons

The Mana Pool ·

2020/03/01

You like dragons, right? Of course you like dragons! Who doesn't like dragons? Dragons are quite possibly the biggest and most well known...thing to come out of fantasy. Ever. They're all over the place these days, from video games to a mega popular HBO series. And we love dragons too! And since this is a Magic podcast, we're actually just going to talk about dragons in Magic. Like, the cards. Not a history lesson, not a biology lesson, none of that. We're just looking back at some of our favorite

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01:55:35

Episode 582 - Everything Changed When the Kami Nation...

The Mana Pool ·

2020/02/23

The dorks are back, now that Chewie is no longer a walking corpse! And what are we doing for our triumphant return? We're doing another installment of There's No Plane Like Home, where we take a look at one of the planes of Magic to determine if it would be a good place to live. We'll take a look at the different locations of Kamigawa, the different groups and races that live in those locations, and of course the constant threat of getting murdered by random Kami. But hey, there are Ninja! That

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01:28:14

Episode 581 - Urza's Salad

The Mana Pool ·

2020/02/09

The dorks are finishing up their Mythic Conscription of the Urza block with the final set, Urza's Destiny! As is usually the case with older sets, some colors have plenty of possible mythics, and some just...don't. Old sets are kind of inconsistent like that. Also, Chewie blows his own mind with a pair of clever ways to remember the order of the Urza block sets. Oh, and there's a brief discussion of hippos. And the horrible weather we were having. And probably a few other things. Come join us in

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