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Episode 570 – The Saga Conscription
The dorks come back from a two week break to do a Mythic Conscription for a notoriously overpowered set - Urza's Saga!

Episode 569 – Throne of Eldraine Prerelease Field Recordings
Three dorks and a Sam head to the Eldraine Prerelease!

Episode 568 – Happily Ever After
The dorks dive back into Throne of Eldraine previews as they finish up cycles and dig into even more awesome & flavorful cards!

Episode 567 – Run, Run As Fast As You Can
The dorks are back to cover even more fairytale goodness with Throne of Eldraine previews!

Episode 566 – The Eldraine Adventure
The dorks cover lots of cards in the first big wave of Throne of Eldraine previews!

Episode 565 – Form, Function, and Filigree
The dorks go to Kaladesh to determine if it would be cool to live there in the latest edition of There's No Plane Like Home

Episode 564 – The Magnor Stack
The dorks talk about a gift that we finally got to play with, the Magnor Stack! It's a collection of real and custom cards that supplements our games of Magic, creating a new way for us to play!

Episode 563 – Commander 2019 Eggstravaganza
The dorks are joined by Chase from Best of 3 to cover the rest of the Commander 2019 cards & decks! She has a bit of an egg fascination going - you've been warned.

Episode 570 – The Saga Conscription

By The Mana Pool | Published October 13, 2019 Leave a comment

The dorks are back from a two week podcasting break, and we’re coming out firing! We’re giving the Mythic Conscription treatment to a notoriously overpowered set, Urza’s Saga! In this discussion we’ll point out the difference between powerful cards and, well, design mistakes. Which color is loaded with potential mythics? Which color just doesn’t seem to have much for the discussion? And what about Tolarian Academy?

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Episode 569 – Throne of Eldraine Prerelease Field Recordings

By The Mana Pool | Published October 6, 2019 Leave a comment

It’s Prerelease time again! Chewie, Mike, Brian, and Sam (!) all went to House of Cards in Winston-Salem NC to play! First, Chewie tells the story of the weekend of Scott’s wedding and the horrible, horrible sunburn while he & Mike are in the car on the way to the shop. We didn’t get any pre-tournament recordings with Brian & Sam because they were playing a game of Brawl.

Once the tournament begins you’ll get to hear from us all between rounds as we discuss how the games went. Which dork will be undefeated? Which dork couldn’t win even if his opponent left halfway through the round? I guess you’ll just have to listen!

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Episode 568 – Happily Ever After

By The Mana Pool | Published September 22, 2019 1 Comment

The dorks dive once more into the Throne of Eldraine previews! We’ve got plenty of cycles to finish – hybrid cards, lands, uncommon knights, legendary creatures and artifacts, lots of stuff! While we’re at it we’re bouncing around and hitting whatever other good stuff we can find, whether it’s super flavorful, an obvious fairy tale reference, or blatantly powerful. We’ll even hit that one blue mythic (yeah, you know the one) and discuss reasons it could be mythic and just how powerful it really could be.

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Episode 567 – Run, Run As Fast As You Can

By The Mana Pool | Published September 15, 2019 Leave a comment

The dorks are back to discuss even more Throne of Eldraine cards! You like fairy tales? What about knights? What about fairy tales…with knights? What about flavorful cards? Or billy goats? Big bad wolf? Excalibur? Trolls? The Questing Beast? The way every fairy tale begins? Randomly suplexing bears? Is any of this sounding good yet?

…what if I offered you a Bog Naughty?

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Episode 566 – The Eldraine Adventure

By The Mana Pool | Published September 8, 2019 Leave a comment

Throne of Eldraine is almost upon us, so we’re here to talk about as much of the new stuff as we can! We’ve got Adventures, we’ve got Food, we’ve got Knights, we’ve got Brawl legendaries…there’s a lot going on here. And all of it looks neat! So join the dorks as we discuss the cards, the flavor, and the art of a bunch of the Eldraine set!

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