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Brand New Look!
The brand spankin’ new look for TheManaPool.com is here! Scott’s been working on it for a long time (as you’ve heard in the episodes), and it has paid off! I’m going to highlight a few things here so you’ll have an idea of what to look out for. If you find anything that doesn’t work, doesn’t look right, or seems broken then please let us know, either in an email or a comment so we can fix it as soon as possible!
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Tags: casual magic, Magic the Gathering, MTG, News, The Mana Pool
Mike’s Dakkon Blackblade CMDR Deck
A few weeks ago, Chewie talked me into filming a marathon session of videos for the CMDR Decks channel. Scott helped us record all four decks I had built at the time, and the first installment is my Dakkon Blackblade deck. As always, let me know what you think in the comments here, or in the comments section on YouTube if you feel so inclined. To be honest, there’s no guarantee I’ll read the YouTube comments, as I do my best to avoid reading any YouTube comments as a general rule (that stuff will rot your brain). The delivery might not be as smooth in this first video as it became in the other three, but I still think you’ll like it.
[Chewie addendum: Check out Mike's super-sweet Dakkon! And the shiny Wasteland makes my wallet hurt. Also, that's the playmat Mike talked about getting from Steve Argyle at the SCG Invitational in Charlotte - it's purty!]
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Tags: casual magic, Commander, EDH, Magic the Gathering, mike, MTG, MTG Commander, out of the deck box, The Mana Pool, Video
Episode 218 – Commander Month: Leaving a Crater w/ Laura by Spruke
Last weekend most of us went to the SCG Open in Charlotte. We played lots of EDH, so of course we’re gonna talk about some of the crazy stuff that went on in a few of those games. Bill (Bloodworth, not Spruke) and Brian played in the Standard Open. Bill’s going to write up a tourney report that I’ll put on the site once it’s done. Brian went into detail about his rounds at the beginning of this episode. If you wanna check out his deck, then I have the link for you!
http://themanapool.com/the-deck-box/brians-bw-tokens
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Tags: casual magic, Commander, EDH, guest host, Magic the Gathering, MTG, MTG Commander, podcast, scg open, story circle, The Mana Pool, tournament report
EDH Story Circle from Episode 218
Oh JAM it’s another Story Circle! As stated in the title of this post, this is from Episode 218, the episode that featured the lovely Laura Diemer and the great Bill Boulden, otherwise known as Laura by Spruke. But if you want all that information, go look at the post for that episode!
This time around, Laura had other obligations and had to cut out before we got to the Story Circle. Also, Brian was exhausted and had to leave, but not before he dropped the randomly-chosen legend on us. This guy is totally Tim the Enchanter. No really, look at him. And he Fogs every turn! What can we do with that? Well keep reading to find out! I again separated each time around the table and gave you the order so you’ll know who to blame for each card. We had entirely too much fun with this one, focusing on abilities that don’t belong in Bant colors and maximizing the use we could get out of our general’s ability. We hope you enjoy this one as much as did!
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Tags: casual magic, Commander, EDH, guest host, Magic the Gathering, MTG, MTG Commander, podcast, story circle, The Mana Pool
Brian’s Standard Black/White Tokens
Here’s the BW Tokens deck Brian took to the SCG Open in Charlotte earlier this month. If you want to hear all about how the deck worked and all the stories and whatnot that go with it, you should listen to the first part of Episode 218. He went into detail about all his rounds and how the deck was working and all that good stuff!
By the way, I’m posting this under his name because it’s his deck and so he’ll be notified of comments. He’s not pompous enough to be talking about himself in the third person.
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Tags: brian, Magic the Gathering, MTG, out of the deck box, podcast, scg open, The Mana Pool, tournament report