The Mana Pool Podcast Episodes

For You (Mana Pool Mix) – Spruke (mix by Daniel Beach)

As featured in Episode 216, here is the awesome new audio montage made for us by Daniel Beach (who was also a guest host on that one).  He took an unfinished Sprukestep track from the upcoming Factor Friction album (that Spruke posted up to SoundCloud) and peppered in a lot of random Mana Pool goodness. He said he did it entirely in Audacity, which is pretty ridiculous for a free program.

Just like Jungle Rat Rob before him, Beach has managed to capture the essence of The Mana Pool.  As I’ve been saying for a very long time now, we’re here for your entertainment first and foremost.  If you learn something along the way, that’s freakin’ great, but our primary function is just to ensure that you have fun listening to us.

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Episode 217 – Commander Month: You Don’t Know Jack!

sharuum Episode 217   Commander Month: You Dont Know Jack!It finally happened!  Yes, we finally remembered to grab none other than Jack Antonio Sabato De La Hoya Other Name Lacroix to guest host!  And let me just tell you, this guy is a wealth of information.  We talked briefly about the the latest SCG Open results, and Jack gave us some of his insight there.  With his help, we also covered a wide variety of Commander topics, such as the importance of versatility, misconceptions about the format, proper threat density, the number of lands and mana rocks you should play, politics, and who knows what else.  Well if you listen, you’ll know what else!

But that’s not all!  We did a Story Circle!  If you want to check out the full result list from that, there’s a link right below this paragraph.  And of course we can’t have an episode of The Mana Pool without a requisite amount of random nonsense, right?  Of course not.  It’s there.  Trust me on this.  Would I lie to you?  About the important stuff, that is.  The answer I’m looking for here is no, by the way.  Jeez.
http://themanapool.com/the-deck-box/storycircle217edh/

Follow Jack on Twitter: @JackLacroix
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Episode 216 – Commander Month: A Day at the Beach

 Episode 216   Commander Month: A Day at the BeachWelcome to the first show of Commander Month here on The Mana Pool!  We’re kicking it off with one of our long time listeners and constant source of good ideas, Daniel Beach.  If you enjoyed Episode 214, he was the inspiration behind having the ACS guys on again.  If you didn’t enjoy it…blame Beach for that.

But because it’s Commander Month, we’ve asked Beach to do an Out of the Deck Box for one of his decks, and he chose the one he’s named Progenitalia and Friends.  Back in Episode 192 I pulled my Progenitalia deck Out of the Deck Box, and it was fascinating to see just how incredibly different Beach’s deck was from mine.  That’s probably because he’s a better player than me, just so we’re clear.  If you want to check out either of these decks, you’ll find a link on the next line down.

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Episode 215 – DKA Prerelease and Mailbag

 Episode 215   DKA Prerelease and MailbagWell, it’s the week after the prerelease, so you know what that means, right?  We’ve got to tell you all about how we did!  Find out who did well, who didn’t do well, and how the webmaster Scott did in his first tournament ever!

But of course, prerelease episodes are more than just Sealed tourney reports.  We also took the second half of the show to run through some of the listener mail that needs to be read on-air.  Rules questions, prerelease stories, and general hilarity.  Interspersed throughout the episode are rants and discussions of various things.  These things include lame intro packs, a good game of EDH at Lucky’s, Chewie not playing Thalia, Columbia House and BMG, and this one highly obnoxious guy who seems to run through the whole account of the prerelease.  We hope you enjoy!
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Episode 214 – Crisis II: Dork Harder (DKA Preview 3)

 Episode 214   Crisis II: Dork Harder (DKA Preview 3)Yes, we’re doing it again.  Joining us on this episode are Bryan and Christian from the currently on-hiatus Avant-Card Show, and as always they are entirely too much fun.  This one’s a little weird though (even for us) as life gets in the way a bit.  We started one host down and we lose two more hosts over the course of the show, but we still end the show with three of us!  Multiple guest hosts are cool.

Of course, we’re gonna talk about the rest of the Dark Ascension spoiler now that it’s all been revealed.  (Sorry I didn’t get this up before the Prerelease, but it’s not like we’re giving you any vital information, right?)  But before that, we have to talk about what we think should go into a From the Vault: Casual.  We kicked around a lot of ideas both good and bad.  What would you put in there?

Of course, there’s plenty of discussion of the flavor of certain cards, Bryan being old, the price of chase rares, how a Justin Bieber shirt almost destroyed Bryan’s life, Edward G. Robinson, website development, Magic as Satan’s Game, and lots of other nonsense.  And what episode would be complete without a little dig or two at Chris Lansdell?  HOpe you guys enjoy all this random conversating as much as we did!

 

Find Bryan and Christian over on http://avantcardshow.com

Intro and Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.swift-band.com
Break Music – Double Dragon (Opening Theme) by Kazunaka Yamane

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