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Episode 294 - Theros Spoilers with MTG Radio Sep 16, 2013

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We're joined this week by Tom Delia, formerly of the now-defunct MTG Radio podcast, current streaming guy on TwitchTV, and member of this year's winning Community Cup team!

After talking a bit with Tom, which is only fair because he's on the show and all, we jump right into the previews! And goodness knows there are lots. And lots. And we didn't even get them all. Seriously. But anyway, enjoy our ranting about new cards!

Theros Card Image Gallery: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/theros/cig

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftbandBreak Music - Hero of the Day by Metallica - http://www.metallica.comThis episode’s post: http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-294 Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-294-theros-spoilers-with-mtg-radio-t952.html Check out our archive at http://themanapool.com/category/podcast Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPool Our Google+ page: http://gplus.to/themanapool Email us at dorks@themanapool.com Follow us on Twitter at @TheManaPool Cardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspx Subscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Episode 293 - Theros Spoilers with the Final Boss Sep 11, 2013

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Preview season is alive and well here on The Mana Pool! Since we're short one Mike, we decided to draft one of our oldest young listeners, Ben Ahrendt! He's been around for almost as long as we have! You can follow him on Twitter @Panahinuva.

But there's really nothing else going on, so here's the link to the Card Image Gallery: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/theros/cig

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftbandBreak Music - Heroes by The Wallflowers - http://www.thewallflowers.com/This episode’s post: http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-293 Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-293-theros-spoilers-with-the-final-boss-t951.html Check out our archive at http://themanapool.com/category/podcast Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPool Our Google+ page: http://gplus.to/themanapool Email us at dorks@themanapool.com Follow us on Twitter at @TheManaPool Cardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspx Subscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Episode 292 - Izzet Theros Time Already? Sep 04, 2013

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Hey look, there's a small handful of Theros previews out already! And then an Izzet Old vs. New. Izzet Old vs. New? Yes, yes it is! Look, these are the jokes, get used to them. But we didn't do it that many times. I don't think. Anyway, we did those two things. We also took a look at Mark Rosewater's State of Design column and the Theros teasers contained within. That was pretty much it. It was a lot of fun though, so I hope everyone enjoys it!

Theros Intro Pack Rares - http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1307Mark Rosewater's State of Design column with Theros teasers - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/262

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftbandBreak Music - Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler - http://www.bonnietyler.com/This episode’s post: http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-292 Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-292-izzet-theros-time-already-t950.html Check out our archive at http://themanapool.com/category/podcast Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPool Our Google+ page: http://gplus.to/themanapool Email us at dorks@themanapool.com Follow us on Twitter at @TheManaPool Cardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspx Subscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Episode 291 - Old Monsters vs. New Heroes Aug 28, 2013

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The decklists for Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters have been revealed, and with them two of the mechanics from Theros along with a small handful of cards. The dorks go over all of this new stuff and and decks themselves. Spoiler alert: They look like fun.After that, we did another Old vs. New, this time focusing on the horrific antics of the Rakdos guild. Two versions of Rakdos himself, a pair of Blood Witches, and of course the guildmages face off to determine whether the old guard or the new hotness are superior. You know, once we remembered what we were doing.We finished it off by reading a pair of very inspiring and wonderful listener emails. This led to us being exceptionally mushy and giving out some of our patented life-enriching advice. Well, patent-pending. It's good stuff though, so do enjoy.By the way, here's where you can find the list for the Duel Decks: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/261And here's the link to the first reveal of Rakdos Augermage that we discussed: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/bd223

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftbandBreak Music - The Munsters' Theme by Jack MarshallThis episode’s post: http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-291 Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-291-old-monsters-vs-new-heroes-t947.html Check out our archive at http://themanapool.com/category/podcast Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPool Our Google+ page: http://gplus.to/themanapool Email us at dorks@themanapool.com Follow us on Twitter at @TheManaPool Cardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspx Subscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Episode 290 - Horde Magic of Two Varieties (Live) Aug 22, 2013

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Hey look, another live episode! The dorks gathered at Dirk's house to hang out, play some Magic, and try to remember what each of us actually look like. Oddly enough we look just like our cartoons on the website, only slightly less cartoony. Hey, I said slightly!We played a rousing game of Commander right off the bat, with some happenings that happened that were seriously awesome. Okay, so I either don't want to spoil anything or I don't actually remember anything that happened. I'll leave that up to your imagination. Either way is fine. It was a pretty good game though.Then we took a short break and played a game of Horde Magic with the deck sent to us by a listener, Lou. Of course, he built it for other more intricate reasons, but my incredibly well-prepared self had neglected to bring the rules he made up for the alternate format. So we played a simple game of Horde Magic, treating all the */* Minion tokens as 2/2 zombies. Then we played another one, treating them as having power and toughness equal to the number of them on the battlefield. Both were fun games, and we hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed playing them!

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music 1 – Rickroll/Mario Mix by I Fight Dragons - http://ifightdragons.comBreak Music 2 – Under the Sea by Samuel E. Wright (as Sebastian the Crab) from Disney's The Little Mermaid

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Episode 289 - Vault Boy Turns Twenty Aug 13, 2013

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On this episode, the dorks take a nice long look at From the Vault: Twenty. We're taking a long look at each card in it and explaining (to the best of our ability anyway) why it deserves to be there. Of course, with an in-depth discussion of each card, this topic went on longer than we thought it would. So after that we did some quickfire news, taking a look at the Hall of Fame, Worlds, and the new Holiday Gift Box before calling it an episode. Hope everyone enjoys!

From the Vault: Twenty - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/rc/259

Worlds coverage - http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wc13/welcome

Hall of Fame inductees - http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/258

Holiday Gift Box - http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1290

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – nope, not this week

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Episode 288 - All That Old News (And Then Some) Aug 06, 2013

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So by now you've heard all about this from any number of other sources, but you still haven't heard it from us! At the San Diego Comic Con and Pax Australia, Wizards decided to announce a lot of nonsense about the future of Magic. So of course, we decided to give our two cents about all of that. There's plenty of talk about some upcoming Helvault-style silliness for Theros, From the Vault: Twenty reveals, Commander previews, and probably some other stuff.

Then we went with a listener idea! Our old buddy Beach (no longer Beach, but it's how everyone knows him) asked us to hit the Commander Banned List and give our opinions on the cards there. So we went through all of them, rattling off reasons why we think each card should or should not be on the list. Then we threw out a few cards that we think probably should be on there that currently aren't. It was a fun discussion, we hope you guys enjoy it!

The Deck Brian likedhttp://admin.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=57494SCG's SDCC rounduphttp://www.starcitygames.com/news/177_Theros+Information+and+more!GM's SDCC rounduphttp://www.gatheringmagic.com/greg-haenig-news-07202013-san-diego-comiccon-panel-roundup/Commander preview cardshttp://mtgcommander.net/rules.phpNew Commander producthttp://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1281Extended is deadhttp://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/07222013

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Not Afraid by Eminrm - http://www.eminem.com

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Episode 287 - M14 Prerelease Field Recordings Jul 29, 2013

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Hey look, here's the episode you probably should have gotten last time. But you didn't, you got it this time. So there.Chewie, Mike, and Brian set out for Atomic Empire in Durham, North Carolina for the Magic 2014 Core Set Release. While there, we met up with our old buddy AJ, everyone's favorite bowtie wearing L2 Cluze, and several other assorted listeners, opponents, judges, and what-have-you. As always with these episodes, you'll be hearing what happens as it happens rather than having to listen to us fumble around for what happened days later. And I especially hope you'll enjoy the talk with the guy who opened a truly ridiculous sliver deck.Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – nope, not this week

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Episode 286 - The Post-Pre-Release Episode Pre-Pre-Release Episode Jul 24, 2013

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This episode is going to sound a little silly. You see, we recorded a bunch of stuff at the M14 Prerelease, but I wanted to do some more. So we recorded a "quick" Old vs. New to append to the end and have a full episode. Of course, we're pretty much incapable of doing anything quickly, so we ended up with an hour and a half of Golgari discussion. You know how we do it.So, rather than release a 3 hour episode, I decided to release them separately. But because the prerelease stuff was a live episode, I needed to actually listen to it, and the weekend was full of surprise familial visits, so I didn't have time to do so. So I released them in reverse order to keep from delaying the release of an episode any further! Look for the prerelease episode soon!Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – nope, not this week

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Episode 285 - Mike Rosewater's Vial of Leech Jul 16, 2013

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Hey look, it's the full Magic 2014 set! That's what we've got this episode. It's all M14 all the time! And because it's tradition, we brought our old buddy Bill Bloodworth to talk spoilers. Or the full set. Or whatever. He's @SqueeGoblnNabob on Twitter, and you should totally follow him. But yeah, there's nothing else to say here. We did the Card Image Gallery the whole episode. I should probably give you the link, I guess. Here, hope you guys enjoy: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/magic2014coreset/cigIntro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – nope, not this week

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