Episode 551 – War of the Spark Prerelease Field Recordings
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5y ago
The War of the Spark is upon us! That means it’s time for another Prerelease! Three of the dorks are at House of Cards in Winston-Salem, NC to go to battle! But this episode isn’t just Chewie, Mike, and Brian talking about their pools! We have a variety of guests on this episode! Mike’s cousin Joseph showed up for the Prerelease too! Mike & Brian both played against the lovely Chase (@ManaCurves on Twitter), so she joined us for two round recaps! But our super special guest was none other than one Samantha Baker, who was playing in her VERY FIRST prerelease! Tara, the manager of House o ..read more
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Episode 550 – The Atrocity Buffet
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5y ago
We’ve made it to 550! To celebrate, we apparently killed two of our hosts. Hopefully our reanimation spells will resolve before the end of the episode. It’s the end of the story of War of the Spark! We’re covering all the story-focused cards we can find, so hey, spoiler warning! We’re going all the way to the conclusion and talking all about it! Get ready to feel some feels, because once that’s all done we’re even going to mention the new Signature Spellbook that was revealed by Polygon! War of the Spark story scenes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes War of the S ..read more
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Episode 549 – It’s Almost Noon, What Are You Doing With Your Life?
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5y ago
The dorks are back with even more War of the Spark previews! We’re starting off with all the cards in the Story Scenes, because the story is the whole point of this episode! Then we’re jumping around to the planeswalkers we missed, the Gods (who were being previewed while we were recording), and a few other highlights. And don’t worry about the lack of Mike at the beginning, he’ll show up partway through the episode. You won’t have to do without the beard for an entire show! RE: the title – it’ll make sense, I promise. War of the Spark story scenes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/co ..read more
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Episode 548 – Epic War of the Spark Previews (with Exclusives!)
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by The Mana Pool, Podcast – The Mana Pool – Magic the Gathering Podcast
5y ago
War of the Spark previews are upon us! And we just happen to have FIVE cards to show off! We’re doing something a little different with our previews this time, we hope you enjoy it! Yay free previews! But first Samantha joins us for a Sam Quiz! After that it’s time to hit the War of the Spark mechanics and check out all the cards from the story scenes thus far! After finally finishing with all that we’ll jump over to the Card Image Gallery to pick out a few more neat ones before we wrap up this epic length episode! War of the Spark mechanics: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/arc ..read more
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Episode 547 – One Epic Flavor Fight
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5y ago
The dorks have a fun little episode this week, even though Dirk is missing. For…reasons. Also, we weren’t able to live stream this episode because of some bizarre issues. Sorry about that. We begin with some news, some of which is real and some of which Brian may have found in questionable corners of the internet. Then it’s time for another of Brian’s Magic Mad Libs, which are always a hoot. Even though there are only two of us to give him cards, we still managed to make it pretty funny. From there we go on to what we have decided to call a Flavor Fight! We’ve got a bracket of creatures ..read more
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Episode 546 – Tolkien, with More Clanking and Meowing
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5y ago
The dorks are back with another edition of There’s No Plane Like Home! We’re tackling (sort of) three planes this episode…and they’re all the same plane! We’re starting on Argentum, then moving on to Mirrodin, and ending on New Phyrexia! From quiet empty paradise to mostly good generic fantasy world (plus metal) to horrific war zone, we’re covering the entire history of the plane! Doesn’t that sound like fun? It’s actually not as bad as you might think! You know, until the Phyrexians show up and everything falls apart. Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays aroun ..read more
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Episode 545 – Firebreathing and Tree Pants
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5y ago
After some technological difficulties on Mike’s part, the dorks decide to forge ahead without him! We’re doing a Mythic Conscription for Visions, the follow up to Mirage. But where Mirage was loaded with good fodder for a Mythic Conscription, Visions is a little less…diverse. But hey, at least we got Mike back partway through the episode! Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – https://www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – https://www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool& ..read more
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Episode 544 – Dorky Deckbuilding Advice
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5y ago
First up the dorks are taking a look at the brand new reveal of Modern Horizons! Two of them hadn’t seen it yet, so we get actual first impressions! Then it’s time for the main topic of this week’s episode, suggested by the TMP Discord server – deckbuilding! We’ll explain why some old deckbuilding rules we learned aren’t great and offer up plenty of actual tips. And we’ll even go further than that and discuss building for different environments and playgroups with plenty of personal experiences thrown in for good measure. Let us know what we missed! Modern Horizons: https://magic.wizards.com/e ..read more
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Episode 543 – Jungles & Panthers & Ants Oh My
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5y ago
The dorks are back on Trivester with Brian’s custom MTG RPG! This episode is pretty heavy on the combat encounters and light on the narrative, but I’m sure we’ll get back to the mystery in the next installment! If you want to know who gets mauled horribly out of nowhere, who is stalking the party through the jungle, and who you should have rolling your D20s, you’re in for a treat! If you have no idea what’s going on here, please refer to these episodes for the full story of Heirs of Trivester: Character Creation – http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-407/ Part 1 – http://themanapool.com ..read more
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Episode 542 – Dirk Ruins Everything
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5y ago
Don’t worry, Dirk doesn’t really ruin EVERYTHING. In fact, Dirk was on fire for most of this episode. Like in Overwatch or NBA Jam, not like actual fire. Anyway… This episode we’re putting Mirage through a Mythic Conscription. And unlike several of the Conscriptions we’ve done for older sets, this one actually has plenty of cards to talk about. During the episode we even dig up some actual recent evidence for why certain cards would be mythic! Be sure to let us know what you think about Mirage’s potential mythics! Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) East ..read more
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