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Episode 591 – The Three Tarkirs
The dorks are back to do a Tarkir edition of There's No Plane Like Home!

Episode 590 – Not the Bees! (Heirs of Trivester)
Another installment of Brian's custom MTG RPG! And yes, there are bees. With little swords and shields!

Episode 589 – I’m Not Going Out to Take Pictures
The dorks have entirely too much fun looking at the rest of the weirdness going on in Ikoria cards!

Episode 588 – Companions and Ultimatums
The dorks go back to Ikoria to check out more of the set!

Episode 587 – The Biggs & Wedge Commanders
The dorks cover Commander 2020 since the entire thing has been revealed!

Episode 586 – Magic Kaiju Battle Go!
The dorks cover the first news about the new Magic set, Ikoria! Yay Godzilla!

Episode 585 – Just Chatting
The dorks take a week off of Magic to give a nice big PSA about Covid-19 and then talk about whatever it is that comes to mind. Hearthstone, Castlevania, whatever. And then there's a Mad Lib!

Episode 584 – The Original Gold Set
The dorks do a Mythic Conscription for Invasion!

Episode 591 – The Three Tarkirs

By The Mana Pool | Published May 24, 2020 Leave a comment

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 timeline you’re subservient to your dragon overlords. And in the Khans timeline…well that’s actually not so bad. The one thing that is consistent throughout all timelines is that the Sultai… are just awful. The worst.

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

By The Mana Pool | Published May 10, 2020 Leave a comment

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 RPG bit the final thoughts turn back to current events. You have been warned.

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Episode 589 – I’m Not Going Out to Take Pictures

By The Mana Pool | Published April 26, 2020 Leave a comment

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!

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Episode 588 – Companions and Ultimatums

By The Mana Pool | Published April 19, 2020 Leave a comment

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 the bizarre nonsense that’s going on in this set. In the meantime let us know what you think of any of the stuff in the set whether we’ve covered it or not!

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Episode 587 – The Biggs & Wedge Commanders

By The Mana Pool | Published April 12, 2020 Leave a comment

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 cards from the set?

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