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Episode 34 - Eventide Previews and Multiplayer Free-For-All Extravaganza 2 Jul 02, 2008

Show notes

In this episode, we take on the nine new Eventide cards that have been previewed on the Magic site since the last episode. Not only the cards in the visual spoiler and the day's articles, but also a few cards that showed up in the Eventide primer video in Monday's Arcana. Tuesday's video had no new cards, but it's a good way to familiarize yourself with Chroma, the new ability word in Eventide. Here are the relevant links.

Eventide Visual Spoiler:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/eventide/spoiler

Eventide Video #1: Hybrid:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/arcana/1622

Eventide Video #2: Chroma:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/arcana/1623

But now for the meat of the episode. The last two game sets of Tribal Month have been pushed back yet again by a momentous gathering of the dorks. This past weekend, your host dorks (that's Mike, Brian, Dirk, and me, Chewie) gathered at my lovely girlfriend's house (she has the most room) to play Magic. We were joined in this gathering by one of our college dorks who is now in grad school way out of town, the oft-mentioned AJ. It was a lot of fun to have AJ playing around the table with us again, even when he won with a Mana Echoes-fueled Fireball out of nowhere in the first game. We were finally able to put our mantra of "Kill AJ" to good use again, since he was actually sitting there with us. Seven games were played, and we took notes to pass the games along with you listeners, since everyone seemed to enjoy the last time we did it.

That was Episode 15 just in case you missed it and enjoy that sort of thing. Thanks everyone for listening, and if you've stumbled upon this episode because of the Eventide previews, feel free to give some of the rest of the episodes a chance. Just excuse the first episode, we didn't quite know what we were doing yet.

Music for this episode: Together Again by The Muppets

You might recognize this, it's the opening song from The Muppets Take Manhattan, played here in honor of having AJ back with us.

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Episode 33 - Eventide Previews and More Jul 01, 2008

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In this episode, we give you the result of the Onslaught vs. Lorwyn Goblin Tribal War thing. The captain for the Onslaught deck was the Goblin Warchief, and the Lorwyn deck got the Mad Auntie. Who won? I'm not going tell you. You'll just have to listen. You can find the decklists for these two decks here, eventually:

http://cardshark.freeforums.org/tribal-month-t179.html

Then, Tribal Month gets preempted by the Eventide previews, which have started just a bit early. We'll get back to the various things we wanted to discuss eventually, but as big breaking news, the previews just won't wait. We cover all the officially spoiled cards as of the week before official previews started. Starting from the bottom of the page and going up, we go from Doomgape to Thunderblust. I really wish I was making that up, because it sounds quite silly. Anyway, stay tuned for multiple episodes a week for the preview weeks, where we'll be going over all the cards found there. You can find the full visual spoiler here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/eventide/spoiler

Then, we decided to go back a bit and cover some news we missed. First off is the announcement of From the Vault: Dragons, a Limited Edition boxed set. It includes 15 foil dragons from the history of Magic, including a new dragon that will appear in Shards of Alara. Of the 15, 6 will have newly commissioned art. Find the full announcement here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/arcana/1589

And finally, we hit the relatively recent announcement of a second edition of Duel Decks. Last time we had Elves vs. Goblins, but this time we get Jace vs. Chandra. Some of the best control and burn cards from the history of the game will be featured in these ready to play 60 card decks, along with foil alternate-art versions of those mighty planeswalkers, Jace Beleren and Chandra Nalaar. Find the full announcement here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/arcana/1608

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Episode 32 - The Minority Report Jun 20, 2008

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In this episode we are Dirkless. Whoa, that looks like a real word. Playing the role of Dirk in this episode is Thomas, Mike's brother, who you may remember from the episode that discussed how Time Spiral had several hints about the tribes that were going to appear in Lorwyn. Okay, so he's not playing the role of Dirk. He's playing the role of Thomas. He's a natural for the role, oddly enough.

Since it's Tribal Month here on the Mana Pool, we decided we should do more than just focus on the tribes everyone knows. Elves and Goblins get all the glory. What about some of the lesser known tribes? Speaking of which, what makes a tribe a tribe? Is it a number? The presence of a "lord" of some type? Or is it all psychological? We'll discuss all this and more, as well as go into a few other areas of tribal concern.

Spaceninja posted in the Pimp My Deckbox thread about his Pegasus deck and asked what everyone's favorite B-list tribes were. So of course we had to rattle off a few of those. Thanks for the inspiration!

And speaking of B-list tribes, we take a look at Brian's deck built around the Assembly-Worker creature type (quite possibly a U or V-list tribe) and Thomas' deck built around Skeletons. Boy are they, um, resilient.

Brian's Assembly-Worker Deck

10: Forest

4: Urza's Factory

3: Urza's Mine

3: Urza's Power Plant

3: Urza's Tower

1: Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

4: Assembly-Worker

4: Woodland Changeling

2: Game-Trail Changeling

2: Joiner Adept

1: Seedborn Muse

1: Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

2: Garruk Wildspeaker

2: Door of Destinies

2: Riptide Replicator

2: Doubling Cube

1: Mindslaver

2: Doubling Season

3: Reap and Sow

3: Recross the Paths

2: Sylvan Scrying

3: Luminescent Rain

Thomas' Skeleton Deck

20 Swamp

Artifacts

2 Banshee's Blade

2 Bonesplitter

3 Demon's Horn

2 Carrionette

2 Corrosive Mentor

2 Drudge Skeletons

3 Flayed Nim

2 Kjeldoran Dead

4 Lim-Dûl's High Guard

3 Skeleton Scavengers

3 Unworthy Dead

2 Bad Moon

1 Drudge Spell

2 Unholy Strength

3 Lose Hope

2 Steal Strength

2 Night's Whisper

Music for this episode: The Nightlife by ARDEN

Check out ARDEN at www.myspace.com/thebandarden

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Episode 31 - Soldiers and Zombies and Merfolk Oh My Jun 16, 2008

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Welcome back to Tribal Month! This time, we start off with a quick discussion of the Eventide Booster Pack preview that showed up on the Magic website for a few days. Here's the link that worked for us after they took it down, hopefully by the time you read this it'll still be working. Be sure to run your mouse over the Overbeing of Myth to see the full text.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/preview/evepack

Next up we have the results of the first Old School vs. New School Tribal Decks Overly Long Named Thing, Onslaught Soldiers vs. Lorwyn Soldiers! Who won? Well you'll just have to listen to find out, won't you? Remember, we went with an almost Highlander deck for each one, only including cards that dealt specifically with Soldiers from each block, with one Captain as a four-of. The Captains were chosen by a vote on the forums, so thanks very much for everyone that participated in that. You can keep voting for non-Soldiers if you like. There was a bit of a problem with this format though. The Lorwyn Soldiers are woefully underrepresented, so we decided to allow for backup from Knights (slightly better class of soldier, right?), flavorful cards from the Lorwyn block (Coordinated Barrage, Daily Regimen), Kithkin cards (Wizened Cenn, Kithkin Harbinger), and finally non-rare Changelings (Changeling Sentinel, Avian Changeling). They also get two Captains, just to keep the numbers the same. The Onslaught Captain is Daru Warchief, and the Lorwyn Captains are Kinsbaile Borderguard (unanimous vote!) and Cenn's Tactician. The full decklists will be published in the Tribal Month thread on the forums (also where you can vote for the rest of the tribes), found here:

http://cardshark.freeforums.org/tribal-month-t179.html

In honor of Tribal Month here on the Mana Pool, we decided to dig around and find a tribal deck we could bring Out of the Deck Box for your listening pleasure. Since 3/4 of us have Zombie decks, we decided to go with that. Here are the decklists for those lovable undead guys.

Dirk's Zombies20 Swamps1 Lord of the Undead1 Vengeful Dead2 Boneknitter 2 Noxious Ghoul2 Severed Legion 2 Soulless One2 Twisted Abomination2 Undead Warchief3 Shepherd of Rot4 Festering Goblin4 Gravedigger1 Aphetto Dredging1 Debtor's Knell 2 Bubbling Muck2 Cruel Revival2 Dark Banishing2 Eradicate2 Patriarch's Bidding3 Consume Spirit

Mike's Zombies

17 Swamp3 Spawning Pool1 Unholy Grotto4 Soulless One4 Stromgald Crusader4 Twisted Abomination4 Undead Warchief3 Bone Dancer2 Grave Defiler2 Gravedigger2 Gravespawn Sovereign1 Grotesque Hybrid1 Helldozer1 Lord of the Undead4 Innocent Blood4 Strongarm Tactics3 Feast or Famine Chewie's Zombies18 Swamp2 Barren Moor2 Unholy Grotto2 Carrion Feeder4 Festering Goblin2 Skirk Ridge Exhumer2 Rakdos Guildmage2 Zombie Master2 Lord of the Undead1 Zombie Trailblazer1 Undead Gladiator2 Vengeful Dead2 Brain Gorgers3 Soulless One3 Undead Warchief1 Balthor the Defiled2 Noxious Ghoul2 Twisted Abomination2 Gempalm Polluter1 Nefashu2 Gravespawn Sovereign2 Feeding Frenzy2 Zombie Infestation

And finally, we finish up by taking a quick look at Brian's experience at Regionals, where he piloted, appropriately enough, a Merfolk tribal deck. And since that's a complete episode, we decided to stop there.

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Episode 30 - And Now For Something Not Completely Different Jun 06, 2008

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Well, this was going to be our first Tribal Month episode, but Wizards went and threw a curve ball at us. There's a big bunch of announcements that appeared this week, and we're here to give you our two cents' worth. Well, there's four of us, so that's eight cents. Don't spend it all in one place. We discuss the changes, talk about some of the things Mark Rosewater said about the changes, and then talk about the changes some more. There's a new rarity (mythic rare!), a land in each booster (one less common), and smaller set sizes from here out (compensates for the other two changes). Also, they're changing up the way preconstructed decks are put together (still the same price though) and how the Magic novels are published (not that anyone's really going to notice). Now that I've typed all that, you can go listen to us rant about each of these tidbits. Find those announcements here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/20080602

And Rosewater's article here:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr334

Then there's the obligatory discussion about the Old vs. New Tribal War that we're going to wage. Onslaught vs. Lorwyn, with the four tribes that cross over going head to head. Elves, Goblins, Soldiers, and Wizards from each block will attempt to beat the living crap out of the other block's tribe. But each deck needs a captain, and that's where you guys come in. We need you to hit the forums and let us know which option for captain is the best one. You can find those options in the forums, here:

http://cardshark.freeforums.org/tribal-month-t179.html

And last but not least, we bring Dirk's infamous Elf deck Out of the Deck Box, courtesy of a request by Mayshod. And speaking of which, here it is. It might not look utterly terrifying, but in a game consisting of 4-8 people, it's pretty freakin' scary. Trust us all on this. Freakin' scary.

Land

18 Forest

Creatures1 Allosaurus Rider1 Civic Wayfinder1 Elvish Soultiller1 Seedborn Muse1 Wren's Run Packmaster2 Elvish Champion2 Elvish Riders2 Imperious Perfect2 Nath's Elite2 Voice of the Wood3 Immaculate Magistrate3 Lys Alana Huntmaster4 Heedless One4 Llanowar Elf4 Wellwisher4 Wirewood Channeler

Other Spells1 Gaea's Anthem2 Naturalize2 Privileged Position

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Episode 29 - To the Third Power (Cubed) May 30, 2008

Show notes

In our triumphant return from a vacation hiatus, we promptly decided to skip the show we were going to do and do this one instead. Please forgive the quality of this episode, both content and sound quality, as it was kind of slapdash. On Memorial Day, your host dorks got together along with Chris (PhoenixRising422 on the forums) and Michael (Science_Fixes_Everything on the forums) to do a bit of dorking. Not just any dorking, it turns out, we did a Cube Draft! After we were done with all that, we rolled over to my apartment to record the show. So there were six of us sitting in my bedroom (only four real chairs, a video game chair on the floor, and the bed) trying desperately to be heard by the mic. Plus, I was getting sick when we recorded (am fully sick as I post this episode now) so I might sound a little...terrible. But enough excuses, what about this Cube thing?

Brian, being as he has more free time than he has sense now that his finals are over, decided to create a Cube so we could do a draft. A Cube is a whole mess of cards put together for the purpose of being drafted. He put a lot of effort into balancing the colors, the curve of each color, and putting in plenty of threats as well as answers, and it really turned out to be a whole mess of fun. So join us as all six of us discuss our decks as well as the games we played. You can find the entire list of the contents of the Cube on our website. Here's the link: http://themanapool.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=344508

Or if you'd rather download the Word file that lists the Cube contents in a handy-dandy table, then there's a link to that too!http://media.libsyn.com/media/themanapool/Brians_Cube.doc

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This episode's music: No music this time, I'm sick.

The Cube List May 30, 2008

Show notes

Pay no attention to the image on the right. This is NOT what we meant when we said that Brian created a Cube of Magic cards. Although that is pretty freakin' cool over there. Yeah, check that out. *Ahem* Here is the list of cards in Brian's cube, separated by color. Feel free to peruse and offer feedback and comments in the forums. The Cube episode was Episode 29 - To the Third Power (Cubed), and the link to the forum thread can be found here:http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-29-to-the-third-power-cubed-t180.htmlAnd for those of you who'd rather have a table than a list, here's where the Word file with the Cube is currently being held:http://media.libsyn.com/media/themanapool/Brians_Cube.doc

White

Exalted Angel

Mageta the Lion

Glory

Savannah Lions

Blinking Spirit

Divine Presence

Second Sunrise

Delaying Shield

Pulse of the Fields

Intervention Pact

Pristine Angel

Oracle's Attendants

Solar Tide

Weathered Bodyguards

Tivadar of Thorn

Glarecaster

Akroma's Vengeance

Knight of the Holy Nimbus

Charmed Griffin

Heavy Ballista

Crowd Favorites

Gallantry

To Arms!

Return to Dust

Griffin Guide

White Knight

Eiganjo Free-Riders

Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Nagao, Bound by Honor

Descendant of Kiyomaro

Phantom Flock

Mistral Charger

Belfry Spirit

Oathsworn Giant

Mycologist

Calciderm

Mistmeadow Skulk

Daru Warchief

Slith Ascendant

Whipcorder

Voice of All

Silver Knight

Ghostly Prison

Unquestioned Authority

Bathe in Light

Wing Shards

Swords to Plowshares

Purge

Faith's Fetters

Test of Faith

Oblivion Ring

Genju of the Fields

Blue

Great Whale

Chronozoa

Fleeting Image

Shapesharer

Volrath's Shapeshifter

Intruder Alarm

Charisma

Juxtapose

Followed Footsteps

Ertai's Meddling

Aeon Chronicler

Quicksilver Elemental

Quicksilver Dragon

Spawnbroker

Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Ambassador Laquatus

Mischievous Quanar

Psychic Membrane

Puppeteer

Tinker

Pemmin's Aura

Telling Time

Riftwing Cloudskate

Standstill

Metamorphose

Circular Logic

Chamber of Manipulation

Covert Operative

Fledgling Mawcor

Foil

Eyes of the Watcher

Hinder

Chain of Vapor

Pongify

Master of the Veil

Wash Out

Zephid's Embrace

Plasma Elemental

Reality Strobe

Kajin of the Vanishing Touch

Remand

Delay

Thought Eater

Primoc Escapee

Belltower Sphinx

Graxiplon

Thieving Magpie

Slith Strider

Soratami Savant

Merfolk Looter

Jetting Glasskite

Mistform Shrieker

Black

Laquatus's Champion

Sutured Ghoul

Sorceress Queen

Chainer, Dementia Master

Mindwarper

Vampiric Tutor

Dregs of Sorrow

Twilight's Call

Animate Dead

Phyrexian Arena

Phage the Untouchable

Death Cloud

Woebringer Demon

Skeletal Vampire

Beacon of Unrest

Sengir Vampire

Undead Gladiator

Filth

Wall of Souls

Dark Ritual

Betrayal of Flesh

Nezumi Graverobber

Withered Wretch

Zombie Infestation

Simulacrum

Zombify

Shrouded Lore

Enslave

Fallen Ideal

Night's Whisper

Devour in Shadow

Chainer's Edict

Cabal Therapy

Razorjaw Oni

Bottomless Pit

Nantuko Husk

Skull Collector

Throat Slitter

Hand of Cruelty

Plagued Rusalka

Infest

Ebon Drake

Flayed Nim

Slith Bloodletter

Cabal Executioner

Consume Spirit

Terror

Knight of Stromgald

Grotesque Hybrid

Crypt Rats

Phyrexian Defiler

Phyrexian Gargantua

Red

Shivan Phoenix

Fledgling Dragon

Crater Hellion

Ashling the Pilgrim

Starke of Rath

Breaking Point

Inferno

Bedlam

Starstorm

Final Fortune

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Hammerfist Giant

Skarrgan Firebird

Hamletback Goliath

Bloodfire Colossus

Sulfuric Vortex

Decree of Annihilation

Sudden Shock

Goblin Warchief

Flame Javelin

Pyrohemia

Rough//Tumble

Chain of Plasma

Oni of Wild Places

Genju of the Spires

Flame Wave

Vulshok Sorcerer

Frenetic Raptor

Greater Forgeling

Gempalm Incinerator

Atog

Skirk Volcanist

Shattering Spree

Pain Kami

Cleansing Beam

Threaten

Anarchist

Blood Rites

Captive Flame

Scorched Rusalka

Ridgetop Raptor

Shaleskin Bruiser

Snapping Thragg

Mogg Fanatic

Frenzied Goblin

Carbonize

Magma Jet

Slith Firewalker

Custody Battle

Prodigal Pyromancer

Slice and Dice

Flames of the Blood Hand

Green

Kavu Titan

Glissa Sunseeker

Krosan Cloudscraper

Molder Slug

Thriss, Nantuko Primus

Wild Pair

Saproling Burst

Natural Affinity

Squall Line

Nostalgic Dreams

Timbermare

Plated Slagwurm

Rite of Passage

Ursapine

Gaea's Anthem

Tempting Wurm

Ambush Commander

Stand Together

Deep Reconnaissance

Centaur Glade

Genju of the Cedars

Lure

Time of Need

Explosive Vegetation

Primal Boost

Chain of Acid

Overrun

Might of Old Krosa

Krosan Grip

Harmonize

Creeping Mold

Phantom Wurm

Sporesower Thallid

Deadwood Treefolk

Nacatl War-Pride

Psychotrope Thallid

Nullmage Shepherd

Gristleback

Indrik Stomphowler

Trophy Hunter

Scryb Ranger

Imperiosaur

Brontotherium

Rooting Kavu

Kavu Chameleon

Brawn

Venomspout Brackus

Slith Predator

Hunted Wumpus

Elven Riders

Karstoderm

Krosan Warchief

Artifact

Masticore

Thran Golem

Darksteel Colossus

Eater of Days

Dupliant

Howling Mine

Chimeric Staff

Oblivion Stone

Mesmeric Orb

Crumbling Sanctuary

Damping Matrix

Whirling Catapult

Engineered Explosives

Culling Scales

Liar's Pendulum

Gauntlet of Power

Cloud Key

Stuffy Doll

Grafted Wargear

Spawning Pit

Darksteel Brute

Skullclamp

Aether Vial

Juggernaut

Arcbound Slith

Myr Retriever

Mourner's Shield

Ornithoper

Sun Droplet

Mirror Golem

Bottle Gnomes

Cathodion

Mask of Memory

Phyrexian War Beast

Heartsone

Zuran Orb

Black Vise

Fodder Cannon

Guardian Idol

Ensouled Scimitar

Gemstone Array

Vulshok Morningstar

Icy Manipulator

Land

Kor Haven

Academy Ruins

Lake of the Dead

Kher Keeper

Desert

Svogthos, the Restless Tomb

Blinkmoth Well

Skarrg, the Rage Pits

Duskmantle, House of Shadow

Vitu-Ghazi, the City Tree

Archaeological Dig

Quicksand

Mirrodin's Core

Stalking Stones

Terrain Generator

Ancient Tomb

Nantuko Monastery

Barbarian Ring

Centaur Garden

Temple of the False God

Multicolor

Shadowmage Infiltrator

Simic Sky Swallower

Vhati il-Dal

Razia, Boros Archangel

Stonebrown, Krosan Hero

Autochthon Wurm

Anthem of Rakdos

Invoke the Firemind

Aethermage's Touch

Death Grasp

Guided Passage

Fervent Charge

Mistmeadow Witch

Inkfathom Infiltrator

Traitor's Roar

Tattermunge Witch

Mercy Killing

Terminate

Steel of the Godhead

Helm of the Ghastlord

Shield of the Oversoul

Psychatog

Jagged Poppet

Armadillo Cloak

Watchwolf

Consume Strength

Lightning Helix

Plaxcaster Frogling

Mortify

Putrefy

Fire//Ice

Simoon

Charging Troll

Samite Archer

Backlash

Urborg Drake

Runes of the Deus

Vacation! May 15, 2008

Show notes

Hey everybody! I just thought I'd let everyone know that there won't be a new episode of The Mana Pool for a week or so. Two of your hosts, including myself who is the one who does all the uploading and whatnot, are going on a week-long vacation to Walt Disney World. We're leaving tomorrow and I'll be back next Wednesday. Brian has a second bit of vacation after that, so he won't be back until the following Sunday. If you've been enjoying the show, please go check out the forums. I have a small questionnaire posted there that I'd like as many of you as possible to answer. It's a series of questions involving some concerns I've had since I started doing the show several months ago. I'd like you guys to answer honestly and give me some real opinions. Once we get back, we're all going to go over all the answers we got and use those answers to shape the direction future episodes will take. Thanks a lot everyone!

Episode 28 - A Two-Man Assortment May 08, 2008

Show notes

There is two of us! If you don't get the reference, please refer to Ali and Ali's sister. If you don't get that reference, then I bet you don't know how to type with boxing gloves on. If you didn't get that one either, you apparently haven't been subjected to the joy that is Strong Bad. But that's for neither here nor there, this is a Magic podcast! So back to the subject at hand.

There is two of us! This time, due to finals, dead internets, and various other issues, Mike and I are the only hosts. But that's okay, because we said so. This is sort of a potpourri episode, where we throw lots of things at you. We figured out a few more slang terms that we didn't cover last time, so first we handle those. Then, of course, we have to talk about the Shadowmoor Launch Party and how we all did there. Spoiler: We didn't all fail horribly this time. We then finish up with a quick announcement about an upcoming project that we want to tackle, but we need your input to help us out. So roll on over to the forums and let us know what you think!

Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-28-a-two-man-assortment-t172.htmlEmail us at themanapool@cardshark.com Send me an article at submissions@cardshark.com Cardshark located at http://www.cardshark.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool This episode's music: The Search by Swift Check Swift out at http://www.swift-band.com

Episode 27b - Talking the Talk part 2 May 05, 2008

Show notes

In this episode Mike, Dirk, and I finish the discussion of the many, many terms that get thrown around in a game of Magic. Not the usual things like keyword abilities and phases of the turn and whatnot. Oh no, we're talking about the unique language that Magic players have invented to describe what's going on. Have you ever topdecked a fatty? Have you ever looted into burn? How about that time your opponent was tapped out and you decided to roll with an alpha strike, only to have him pitch a card to use his trick? And everyone has chumped with a weenie, whether they want to admit it or not. If you have no idea just what in the name of Jonny Magic I'm talking about, then this is definitely the episode for you. Since the discussion ran so incredibly long, I had to split it up into two parts. This is the last hour of that discussion, where we cram in more slang than you can fog an alpha strike with. Did that sentence make any sense at all? Keep listening to find out. Forum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-27b-talking-the-talk-part-2-t169.html Email us at themanapool@cardshark.com Send me an article at submissions@cardshark.com Cardshark located at http://www.cardshark.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool This episode's music: M-16 by Ill Mic Check Ill Mic out at http://www.illmic.com

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