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Episode 320 - The Full Journey Into Nyx Apr 29, 2014

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We grabbed Bill, or Squee, or whatever (@SqueeGoblnNabob) to join us for the full run-through of Journey Into Nyx now that it's all out there for all to see. There was a bit of news too, the PAX East Magic Panel, some Conspiracy news, some Duels news, and lotsa other stuff. So...enjoy!

Journey Into Nyx Card Image Gallery - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/journeyintonyx/cigM14 Gold Bundle on Steam - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1476PAX East Magic Panel - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1478Dack Fayden! - http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/promotional/a84rgerig9u8/jkaskjldamnwsd9sdk2d_EN.jpg

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – No time for love Dr. Jones!

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Episode 319 - The Baddest Chimera Ever (JOU Previews) Apr 21, 2014

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It's still Journey Into Nyx preview season! That's pretty much it. You know the drill by now, there's really nothing much else going on. Except for the Designer Cards from Magic 2015. Those are pretty cool. I love that they're using nerd designers instead of nerd celebrities, you know?

But seriously, have you seen the art for Riptide Chimera? Holy crap that thing is terrifying. Nightmare fuel for sure.

There's also a nice little list of YouTube videos that came up during recording, they're listed below.

Journey Into Nyx Card Image Gallery - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/journeyintonyx/cigM15 Designer Cards - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1473Frozen: How It Should Have Ended - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ThvBNZdGcQDorkly: Luke Won't Forgive Anakin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBZGlkVzl0Death Battle Royale: Starter Pokemon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcUSRT7CFPs

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – No time for love Dr. Jones!

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Episode 318 - Get On the Boat! (JOU Previews) Apr 16, 2014

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It's been a while since we recorded, so we've got news! An article on Gathering Magic about Vorthos podcasts (we got an honorable mention!), new Duel Decks, and a new eBook are all on the docket, so do enjoy that.

Then we get to the fun part, the first of the Journey Into Nyx previews! There's a god, there's all the mechanics (old and new), there's lots of crazy stuff, and there's a boat that screeches to a halt. Oh, and the credit card mask! Holy crap the credit card mask! GET ON THE BOAT!

We finish up the episode with the announcement of the first video on The Mana Pool's YouTube channel! It's a new Whazzap! video, so go watch it and enjoy and subscribe, because there will be more stuff in the future! We also spend a good amount of time thanking a listener for a major out-of-the-blue donation. If you'd like to send us money...don't. Just trust me on this one. Hang onto it for a couple weeks, it'll be worth your time, I assure you.

- Our first YouTube video! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQcc9e-sxI4- Mike Linneman's Vorthos & Podcasting article - http://www.gatheringmagic.com/podcasting-and-vorthos/- Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1463- Godsend eBook on sale now - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1462- Godsend sample chapter - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/293- Mechanics article - http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/journeyintonyxmechanics- Promos - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1468

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Journey to the Moon by MelodySheep – http://www.melodysheep.com

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Bonus Episode - Commercial Outtakes Apr 10, 2014

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So we're sure you've noticed that Episode 318 has yet to follow Episode 317. You are correct. Mike and Chewie hopped on to explain what happened. To make it up to you, we've included the outtakes from the recording of Episode 317's commercials. Some of these are pretty funny, so we hope you enjoy!

The first video on The Mana Pool's YouTube channel is now up, you should go check it out! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQcc9e-sxI4

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Episode 317 - The Future Is Amazing Apr 01, 2014

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On this very special episode of The Mana Pool, the dorks are finally opening up to all the big plans they've had in the works for many months now. From e-books to quantum computing apps and everything in between, we're revealing everything! This will also mark the first episode all our new sponsors are on board with some nice, unobtrusive commercials to help us pay for all these amazing plans. Oh, we also covered a few bits of news that we thought might be interesting. You can find the links right down there. See them? There you go.

Thanks so much to all of you for sticking with us all this time and making this all happen! We wouldn't be here without any of you!

Clash Packs: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1443

How to Write an Article by MaRo: http://wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/291

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Choco Rocks Music - Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod - http://incompetech.com

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Episode 316 - Live from Our Secret Undersea Base Mar 27, 2014

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Remember Commander Shenanigans 2? It was episode 303. Later that day, we recorded another episode. This is it. For some reason, when we record one live episode it records through the USB mic, which is why CS2 sounded good. When we record a second one, it defaults to the built-in laptop mic. That happened here, and we didn't catch it. This episode is a few days late because I decided to try to make it sound better, because it really sounded like crap. Sorry about that, but hopefully you'll think it was worth the wait.

Since there were five of us (the usual four dorks and Brian's buddy Jon Raymer), we decided to play a game of Assassin, since it is easily one of Chewie's favorite game types ever. This episode is actually a really good way to learn that everyone plays the game differently, as evidenced by some of our reactions to the way Jon started the game (really Chewie was just irritiable at having his Titan killed).

After the Assassin game, Dirk had to leave. The rest of us took advantage of having time left at the end of the first game to play a "lightning round". We all grabbed EDH decks that would lead to relatively quick games and played. It turns out it wasn't quite a "lightning" fast game, but it was still quicker than our usual games. Hope you guys enjoy!

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Da Funk by Daft Punk - http://daftpunk.com

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Three Questions: GP Pittsburgh - Sunday Mar 18, 2014

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Chewie enjoyed asking people Three Questions at GP Charlotte so much that he decided to truck up to Pittsburgh and do it again! As always, Chewie’s asking Three Questions to anyone willing to answer them, whether they’re a listener, judge, pro player, innocent bystander, or just someone that catches his eye.

The real purpose of this show, like most of the stuff Chewie does, is to entertain you, the listener. Rather than asking the same old questions that everyone else does, he’s looking to give you a slightly more off-the-wall look into these Magic players and judges and what-have-you by catching them off guard and putting them on the spot.

This episode covers Day 2 of GP Pittsburgh. I tracked down a few fellow podcasters (remember Scrubland?), some pros (Willy Edel and Owen Turtenwald, among others), some judges (like the guy with the bucket!), and generally just people who caught my attention (like the guy with the epic mustache).

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what your answers would be! And keep an eye out for the Three Questions from Grand Prix Vegas coming soon!

Your host: Chewie Twitter: @TheManaPool Email: chewie@mtgcast.comMusic: The Journey Continues by Kazunaka Yamane (from Double Dragon)

Episode 315 - The GP Richmond Episode Mar 16, 2014

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Following a week off to prepare for the insanity that was Grand Prix Richmond, here is the GP Richmond episode! It's just Chewie and Mike from the standard-issue dorks, so to help us out we brought on two special Richmond dorks! First up is our (very) old pal, Level 3 Judge, podcaster, and horrible person Bryan Prillaman! You might remember him from the Avant-Card Show back in the day or his current podcasting deal, JudgeCast. Our second guest dork is Corvin Powell, a LONG-TIME listener we met in Richmond. He was pretty awesome and he was playing a deck running Mike's favorite unplayed Modern-legal card.

We spent the entire episode talking all about the insane event. We had Mike and Corvin talking about their Death Cloud decks. Prillaman explained how the logistics of such a crazy event work. Chewie and Mike told us all about the friends and listeners we met while we were there. We even took a few minutes to talk about the whole image gallery that has become known as CrackGate, so keep an ear out for that.

Mike's Death Tron deck: http://themanapool.com/the-deck-box/mikes-modern-death-tron-deck/Corvin's Death Cloud Rock deck: http://themanapool.com/the-deck-box/corvin-powells-death-cloud-rock-deck/

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Funky Smoke (Deep Purple vs. Daft Punk vs. Usher vs. Ludacris) by DJ Lobsterdust - http://djlobsterdust.com

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Three Questions: GP Pittsburgh - Saturday Pt 2 Mar 07, 2014

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This episode covers the end of Saturday of GP Pittsburgh. There are a lot of good answers on this one, holy crap. Because it was after round three, I tracked down a LOT of pros. We're talking pros like David Ochoa, Jackie Lee, Shahar Shenhar, Sam Black, Eric Froelich, LSV, Josh Utter-Leyton, Gaudenis Vidugiris, Tom Martel, Alex Hayne, Conley Woods, James Searles, Jon Stern, Melissa De Tora, and Ari Lax! And that's not even all of them, because I also bumped into two of the greatest strategy writers ever, Zvi Mowshowitz and Frank Karsten! There are also a few listeners, a former podcaster, and a high-level judge (Jared Sylva, he's so dreamy). I managed to grab two other names from the community - Planeswalker Nate Holt and alterer extraordinaire Eric Klug! This one is a great one, so never mind the fact that it's almost a year old, give it a listen!

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what your answers would be!

Your host: Chewie Twitter: @TheManaPool Email: chewie@mtgcast.com

Episode 314 - Kitchen 2 Tourney: The Sequel Mar 02, 2014

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Hey look, we actually did the follow-up to last week's episode! Because this was a topic suggested by our friend JT (@NerdPop140), we brought him on this week to help us tell you all about it. But first, we have news! Anyone under 18 planning to attend Grand Prix Vienna needs to have written parental permission, so click the link below for all that information. WotC also released the full decklists for the upcoming Jace vs. Vraska Duel Decks, so we're gonna tell you all about that. They're mostly singleton decks, and we think that's pretty good.

But on to the main topic at hand! Last week we told you all about the mental preparation for you to make the move from the kitchen table to the FNM or some other tournament scene. This time we're focusing on the deck itself. How do you come up with an idea for your first tournament deck? How do you go about acquiring the cards for said deck? And how do you tweak the deck to make sure it'll do the best it can? We'll discuss all of that and more on this episode! As always, if you guys have any other ideas for any of this, let us know!

We hope this episode helps you out as much as possible! And for those of you that are already in the tourney scene, we hope you enjoy our hijinks!

GP Vienna important information - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/021202014Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska decklists - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1438

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Smash My Bitch Up (Smashing Pumpkins vs. Prodigy) by DJ Lobsterdust - http://djlobsterdust.com

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