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Episode 558 – But No One’s Riding the Goblin
The dorks cover the latest big Arena announcement and even more Core Set 2020!

Episode 557 – Cavaliers, Dinosaurs, and Gang Signs
The dorks discuss GP DC, a mystery package, and all the M20 previews we can fit in! With a Sam Quiz at the beginning for good measure!

Episode 556 – Yeah, It’s a Book
The dorks cover the new Chandras &, the Netflix show then do a Mythic Conscription for Weatherlight!

Episode 555 – Dorky Truisms
The dorks spout pointless truisms, do a listener Mad Lib, and hit even more Modern Horizons previews!

Episode 554 – Time Spiral Two Point Oh
The dorks cover even more Modern Horizons previews!

Episode 553 – Mauled By a Bear
Modern Horizons previews are here!

Episode 552 – Flavor Fight: Planeswalker Edition
The dorks run through a bracket of planeswalkers for a knock-down, drag-out Flavor Fight!

Episode 551 – War of the Spark Prerelease Field Recordings
The dorks are at the War of the Spark Prerelease with some special guests!

Episode 558 – But No One’s Riding the Goblin

By The Mana Pool | Published June 30, 2019 Leave a comment

The dorks begin this episode by discussing the MTG Arena State of the Beta announcement. There are elemental cats, a Battle Pass, and the Historic format. Oh, and the London Mulligan and Core Set 2020. Those are important too I guess.

After that, the dorks turn their attentions to the full set of Core Set 2020. We’re checking out the rest of the mythics and cycles that weren’t finished last episode, then jumping around and looking at whatever catches our eye. Hate cards, colored artifacts, legendary creatures, you name it! This Core Set looks really awesome!

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Episode 557 – Cavaliers, Dinosaurs, and Gang Signs

By The Mana Pool | Published June 23, 2019 Leave a comment

First, we have another adorable Sam Quiz! Then Mike & Brian do their brief recap of their time at MagicFest Washington DC. After that we’re talking about a gift that we got from a longtime listener after well over a year of work!

And then we get to the main topic, going over Core Set 2020 previews! These cards are pretty nuts for a Core Set, and we’re very excited to dig our teeth into them!

At the end there’s a bit of a tangent about year-round school vs. a huge summer break, pretty much out of nowhere. Because we’re cool like that.

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Episode 556 – Yeah, It’s a Book

By The Mana Pool | Published June 16, 2019 Leave a comment

We begin this episode with brief discussions about losing power. Then we’re off to review the three new versions of Chandra that were revealed recently. After that we realized we sort of forgot to mention the upcoming animated Netflix MTG series on this show!

The main topic of this episode, however, is a Mythic Conscription for Weatherlight! Since we just wrapped up a years-long storyline, we thought we’d go back to the beginning of the original years-long storyline!

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Episode 555 – Dorky Truisms

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The dorks are back with a listener Mad Lib, even more Modern Horizons cards to talk about, and a whole slew of completely pointless truisms!

There’s also the full list of Horizons mechanics – but can Chewie read through it all in one breath? Or will he die trying? He better not, otherwise no one’s getting this episode!

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Episode 554 – Time Spiral Two Point Oh

By The Mana Pool | Published June 2, 2019 Leave a comment

We’re back with more Modern Horizons previews! I’ve been saying it for a couple weeks now, but this set really is Time Spiral all over again. There’s a ridiculous amount of old mechanics coming back, and so many cards are not only good on their own, but are also references to many things throughout the history of Magic. It’s so great!

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