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Neverending Preview Season has returned! We're talking about all the Theros Beyond Death cards that had been previewed when we recorded! We're covering the mechanics, the planeswalkers, and everything else! We're also discussing (briefly but importantly) the lack of a colon in the title of the set, when the next set clearly has a colon in it. Chewie has a theory!

Also, it's the last episode of TMP of 2019! We hope you all have a fabulous winter holiday and the end of your year is awesome! We'll see you in 2020!

TBD Mechanics: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/theros-beyond-death-mechanics-2019-12-12
TBD Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/theros-beyond-death
TBD Variants Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/theros-beyond-death-variants


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Direct download: Episode_577_-_Theros_Beyond_Punctuation.mp3
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It's time for another installation of Brian's custom MTG RPG, Heirs of Trivester! The last time we saw our heroes they had barely taken out a vicious noggle mage controlled by Icolnir after making their way through a cavernous labyrinth. This episode picks up right there, with our weary travelers still bleeding on the floor of the cave.

We'll hear all about what is happening on this plane, get a bit of a history lesson, and manage to pick up some sweet new gear! You know, since most of ours didn't survive the boss fight. It's one of our mostly-narrative RPG episodes, but it's all stuff we're gonna need to know to find our way off of this freakin' plane!

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The dorks are back after taking the week off for Thanksgiving, and we are in rare form. The actual point of this episode is simple - do a Mythic Conscription for Urza's Legacy. Nice and simple, right?

But since the dorks were in such rare form, we sort of strayed off topic. A lot. Pretty much everyone says something that, in a perfect world, would be cut from the final podcast. But as this is not a perfect world, you get to hear all our nonsense!


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Direct download: Episode_575_-_Urzas_Mythic_Legacy.mp3
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The dorks are back with more timely content! First up we have to comment on the recent massive B&R update, because it was pretty big. But then we're shifting to the Historic Anthology announcement for Magic Arena! They're adding 20 cards from the pre-Historic era (can't believe we missed that joke on the show!) to Arena for use in the new format and Chewie thought we could totally do that too!

Each of the four dorks picked out five cards of our own to add to Historic! We each came at this from a different angle, so we ended up with a pretty sweet Historic Anthology: TMP Edition. Let us know what you'd put into Historic!

MTG Arena Historic Rollout: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/mtg-arena-historic-rollout-2019-11-13


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The dorks are back with a big episode all about Commander! First off we have to discuss all the Commander products that were announced for 2020. We'll also address the potential for supplemental product fatigue that might come from these products, but it's not as bad as you might think at first blush. Plus, find out who finally has a suggestion of legs after all these years...

From there, we're turning our attention to The Mana Pool Story Circles. Turns out it's been over a year since we did one! We'll spend a good while discussing how the changing design of legendary creatures over recent years has affected the Story Circle.

But then it's time to do the thing! I found a perfect candidate for a Commander to build around, not too narrow but not too wide open - Kykar, Wind's Fury! Twitch chat even got in on the action and helped us flesh out more cards for the deck!

Commander products for 2020: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/big-things-are-coming-commander-2020-2019-10-30


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Pioneer was announced as a brand new competitive format, which is something that hasn't happened on this scale since Modern was announced 8 years ago. We thought it would be cool to go back and look at the history of competitive Magic formats since the beginning. We're talking Type I, Type II, Type 1.5, and even Type 1.x. Remember Extended? Poor Extended.

To clarify, we're only talking about Constructed formats that were sanctioned for paper to play at premier events. No online-only formats (though we will mention a couple standouts) and no casual formats (though Commander and Brawl do get honorable mentions for being officially-sanctioned casual formats). 

And go easy on Dirk, who is 100% kitchen table and didn't even know what Pioneer was until we got to that part of the episode. We forgot he doesn't pay any attention whatsoever to Magic news.

And we finish this episode up with two quick Magic Mad Libs from Magnor Criol!

Pioneer announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-pioneer-format-2019-10-21


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Since Standard rotated with Throne of Eldraine that means Brawl rotated too! And our own rambling dork Brian is ALL ABOUT some Brawl, so he wanted to do an episode about it! So we're gonna hit what left Standard and what that means for Brawl, with Brian's decks as an example. There's a good amount of discussion with the live Twitch chat too, which is why you should come join us live on Thursday nights!

If you have any Brawl plans in the new post-rotation format, let us know!


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The dorks are back from a two week podcasting break, and we're coming out firing! We're giving the Mythic Conscription treatment to a notoriously overpowered set, Urza's Saga! In this discussion we'll point out the difference between powerful cards and, well, design mistakes. Which color is loaded with potential mythics? Which color just doesn't seem to have much for the discussion? And what about Tolarian Academy?


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It's Prerelease time again! Chewie, Mike, Brian, and Sam (!) all went to House of Cards in Winston-Salem NC to play! First, Chewie tells the story of the weekend of Scott's wedding and the horrible, horrible sunburn while he & Mike are in the car on the way to the shop. We didn't get any pre-tournament recordings with Brian & Sam because they were playing a game of Brawl.

Once the tournament begins you'll get to hear from us all between rounds as we discuss how the games went. Which dork will be undefeated? Which dork couldn't win even if his opponent left halfway through the round? I guess you'll just have to listen!


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Direct download: Episode_569_-_Throne_of_Eldraine_Prerelease_Field_Recordings.mp3
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The dorks dive once more into the Throne of Eldraine previews! We've got plenty of cycles to finish - hybrid cards, lands, uncommon knights, legendary creatures and artifacts, lots of stuff! While we're at it we're bouncing around and hitting whatever other good stuff we can find, whether it's super flavorful, an obvious fairy tale reference, or blatantly powerful. We'll even hit that one blue mythic (yeah, you know the one) and discuss reasons it could be mythic and just how powerful it really could be.

Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine
Varient Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine-variants


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Direct download: Episode_568_-_Happily_Ever_After.mp3
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The dorks are back to discuss even more Throne of Eldraine cards! You like fairy tales? What about knights? What about fairy tales...with knights? What about flavorful cards? Or billy goats? Big bad wolf? Excalibur? Trolls? The Questing Beast? The way every fairy tale begins? Randomly suplexing bears? Is any of this sounding good yet?

...what if I offered you a Bog Naughty?

Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine
Varient Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine-variants


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Direct download: Episode_567_-_Run_Run_As_Fast_As_You_Can.mp3
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Throne of Eldraine is almost upon us, so we're here to talk about as much of the new stuff as we can! We've got Adventures, we've got Food, we've got Knights, we've got Brawl legendaries...there's a lot going on here. And all of it looks neat! So join the dorks as we discuss the cards, the flavor, and the art of a bunch of the Eldraine set!

Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine
Varient Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine-variants
Mechanics: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/throne-eldraine-mechanics-2019-09-04
Further clarifications for Adventures: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/d03ui9/eld_mechanic_spotlight_adventures/


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We're doing another edition of There's No Plane Like Home, where we take a look at one of the many planes of the Magic multiverse and try to figure out if we'd actually mind living there. This time we're focusing on the home of both Chandra Nalaar and the Inventors' Fair. So fire up the aether harvester, hop in your filigreed race car, and decorate some giants - we're going to Kaladesh!


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Direct download: Episode_565_-_Form_Function_and_Filigree.mp3
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Back in June, I got a mystery package in the mail from longtime listener Magnor Criol. Inside was an amazing thing that took an insane amount of time, effort, and dedication to create. We've decided to call it the Magnor Stack. It was a collection of cards, real and custom, that represented a new way for us dorks to play Magic whenever we get together. The custom cards were all in-jokes of some sort, and a lot of the real cards had new flavor text that were references to our silliness.

We finally got together to play this weekend, and 2/3 of our games were played with the Magnor Stack. And IT. WAS. AWESOME! On this episode we're just going to show off a bunch of the cards from the Stack that we played and what was going on when we played them.

Huge huge HUGE thanks to Magnor Criol for the amazing gift! We love it and we're totally gonna keep playing with it whenever possible!

Opening a Mystery Package: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4suED1FIoMk
Historic Cards in the Stack: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Historic-Dork-Cards.pdf
Custom Dork Cards: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Custom-Dork-Cards.pdf
Dork Deck Sagas: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Dork-Deck-Sagas.pdf


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It turns out Commander 2019 was too big for one podcast! So we're back this week with our look at the Naya Populate deck and the Rakdos Madness deck! And we're joined by Chase from Best of 3, who you might remember from our War of the Spark prerelease episode. She's really into eggs. Like...REALLY into them. Like damn.

And I assure you we didn't actually kidnap her. She was totally on the show of her own free will. Seriously! 


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Follow Chase directly @Manacurves

Commander 2019 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-2019-edition
Commander 2019 Decklists - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/decks-commander-2019-edition-2019-08-08


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Direct download: Episode_563_-_Commander_2019_Eggstravaganza.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

 

Commander 2019 is upon us! And since our Mike can't be with us this week, we grabbed another Mike to join us - L2 judge and cohost of the Best of 3 podcast, Mike Moore!

It turns out that talking about Commander cards takes a while, so it turns out we're only doing the first two decks this week - the Sultai Morph deck and the Jeskai Flashback deck. We're going into detail on all the new cards in each deck and then taking a look at the reprints that make up the rest. Turns out the new cards are pretty good. Who'da thunk it?

Check out Best of 3 - best-of-3.com
@ListentoBo3 on Twitter
Follow Mike directly @ohmalley_ 

Commander 2019 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-2019-edition
Commander 2019 Decklists - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/decks-commander-2019-edition-2019-08-08


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Direct download: Episode_562_-_Commander_2019_Part_1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

What's that? Another episode of Brian's custom MTG RPG already? Why yes actually! Before Neverending Preview Season(tm) kicks off yet again, we're seizing the opportunity to follow up on the semi-cliffhanger from two episodes ago! We're heading into the mountain to see what sort of trial Icolnir has (almost literally it turns out) cooked up for us!

Treasure? Check! Brutal combat? Check! Party wipe? I guess you'll just have to see won't you?


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Direct download: Episode_561_-_The_Trial_of_Icolnir.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

Magic was at San Diego Comic-Con this year, and boy did they drop some doozies on us! On this episode the dorks are diving right into all the art and information revealed about Throne of Eldraine, the next Magic set. Be warned: there's a lot of random speculation and nonsense. And yes we even talked about poop, albeit briefly.

After that we're diving into the booster changes outlined in Mark Rosewater's Project Booster Fun article. We'll go over all the new flavors of boosters that aren't new, the one that is new, and all the new promo cards (most of which aren't new).

Let us know what you think about this unstructured discussion of news, which isn't usually something we do.

Project Booster Fun - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20
New Era of Brawl - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/new-era-brawl-2019-07-22


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Direct download: Episode_560_-_Down_the_Eldraine.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

The dorks dive back into the Heirs of Trivester, Brian's custom-made Magic-based RPG game! Last time Karim, Alaric, and the Angel were bumbling around the forest fighting big ants and big cats, but now we're finally getting closer to tracking down the mysterious Icolnir. Apparently we're not supposed to trust her appearance but we are supposed to show her great respect. No problem, right?

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 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-407/
Part 1 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-423
Part 2 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-430
Part 3 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-450
Part 4 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-471
Part 5 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-521
Part 6 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-531
Part 7 – themanapool.com/podcast/episode-543/

The Trivester Map, courtesy of Jars Cristobal: http://themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trivester-map-logo.png


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Direct download: Episode_559_-_In_Search_of_Icolnir_Mistress_of_the_Mountain.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

The dorks begin this episode by discussing the MTG Arena State of the Beta announcement. There are elemental cats, a Battle Pass, and the Historic format. Oh, and the London Mulligan and Core Set 2020. Those are important too I guess.

After that, the dorks turn their attentions to the full set of Core Set 2020. We're checking out the rest of the mythics and cycles that weren't finished last episode, then jumping around and looking at whatever catches our eye. Hate cards, colored artifacts, legendary creatures, you name it! This Core Set looks really awesome!

Core Set 2020 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/core-set-2020
MTG Arena State of the Beta - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/mtg-arena-state-beta-june-27-2019


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Direct download: Episode_558_-_But_No_Ones_Riding_the_Goblin.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

First, we have another adorable Sam Quiz! Then Mike & Brian do their brief recap of their time at MagicFest Washington DC. After that we're talking about a gift that we got from a longtime listener after well over a year of work!

And then we get to the main topic, going over Core Set 2020 previews! These cards are pretty nuts for a Core Set, and we're very excited to dig our teeth into them!

At the end there's a bit of a tangent about year-round school vs. a huge summer break, pretty much out of nowhere. Because we're cool like that.

Opening the Mystery Package - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4suED1FIoMk
Core Set 2020 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/core-set-2020


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Direct download: Episode_557_-_Cavaliers_Dinosaurs_and_Gang_Signs.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

We begin this episode with brief discussions about losing power. Then we're off to review the three new versions of Chandra that were revealed recently. After that we realized we sort of forgot to mention the upcoming animated Netflix MTG series on this show! 

The main topic of this episode, however, is a Mythic Conscription for Weatherlight! Since we just wrapped up a years-long storyline, we thought we'd go back to the beginning of the original years-long storyline! 

M20 Chandras reveal article - https://io9.gizmodo.com/get-to-know-magics-most-famous-fire-mage-in-these-brand-1835412320
Magic Netflix show announced - https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/03/netflix-magic-the-gathering-series-joe-anthony-russo/


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Direct download: Episode_556_-_Yeah_Its_a_Book.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

The dorks are back with a listener Mad Lib, even more Modern Horizons cards to talk about, and a whole slew of completely pointless truisms!

There's also the full list of Horizons mechanics - but can Chewie read through it all in one breath? Or will he die trying? He better not, otherwise no one's getting this episode!

Modern Horizons Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/modern-horizons-mechanics-2019-05-31
Modern Horizons Tokens - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/modern-horizons-tokens-and-art-series-2019-05-30
Modern Horizons Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/modernhorizons/cards


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Direct download: Episode_555_-_Dorky_Truisms.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

We're back with more Modern Horizons previews! I've been saying it for a couple weeks now, but this set really is Time Spiral all over again. There's a ridiculous amount of old mechanics coming back, and so many cards are not only good on their own, but are also references to many things throughout the history of Magic. It's so great!

Modern Horizons Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/modernhorizons/cards


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Direct download: Episode_554_-_Time_Spiral_Two_Point_Oh.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

Modern Horizons previews have begun! This set is like another version of Time Spiral, with old keywords and references to all kinds of old Magic things. So the dorks are going through as many of the previewed cards as we can!

Also, Mike may or may not be getting mauled by a bear during the show. No one knows for sure. All hail Queen Ayula!

Modern Horizons Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/modernhorizons/cards
Where to Find Modern Horizons Previews - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/where-find-modern-horizons-previews-2019-05-16 


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Direct download: Episode_553_-_Mauled_By_a_Bear.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

It's time for another Flavor Fight! This time the contestants are mustard, mayo, honey, and...wait, what? NO!

Okay, now that THAT'S out of the way, let's actually do another Flavor Fight! As you might have been able to tell from the title and/or thumbnail, we're doing a Planeswalker Flavor Fight!

But also because I'm pretty sick of hearing about the 37 planeswalkers that got cards in War of the Spark, we're limiting our contestants to ones that A) had no card in War and 2) we know more than two lines' worth of information about. Sorry to all you Will & Rowan Kenrith fans out there - both of you.

 

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Direct download: Episode_552_-_Flavor_Fight_Planeswalker_Edition.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

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 of Cards, took her under her wing to help her build her deck and play her games! And she even finished with a better record than one of the dorks! Holy crap!

 

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Direct download: Episode_551_-_War_of_the_Spark_Prerelease_Field_Recordings.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:38am EDT

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 Spark Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/war-spark
Signature Spellbook reveal: https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/18/18412105/magic-the-gathering-war-of-the-spark-planeswalker-death 

 

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Direct download: Episode_550_-_The_Atrocity_Buffet.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

 

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/content/war-story-scenes
War of the Spark Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/war-spark

 

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Direct download: Episode_549_-_Its_Almost_Noon_What_Are_You_Doing_With_Your_Life.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

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/archive/feature/war-spark-mechanics-2019-03-31
War of the Spark story scenes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes
War of the Spark Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/war-spark

 

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Direct download: Episode_548_-_Epic_War_of_the_Spark_Previews_with_Exclusives.mp3
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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 ready to face off in a battle of Vorthosian proportions! This one got a little out of hand since I was kind of delirious when I made up the bracket. But bear with us! It is, as the title says, an epic flavor fight!

And don't forget, next week we finally get to show our FIVE War of the Spark preview cards as part of that day's scene! For more information there's a link down below!

Oh, and I was watching the Mythic Invitational while doing the editing, so if there are any problems I apologize.


Valor's Reach: https://toucharcade.com/2019/03/22/valors-reach-announced/
War of the Spark previews will tell a story: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/war-spark-preview-season-will-tell-story-2019-03-27


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Direct download: Episode_547_-_One_Epic_Flavor_Fight.mp3
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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!


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Direct download: Episode_546_-_Tolkien_with_More_Clanking_and_Meowing.mp3
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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!


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Direct download: Episode_545_-_Firebreathing_and_Tree_Pants.mp3
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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/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-modern-horizons-2019-02-28


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Direct download: Episode_544_-_Dorky_Deckbuilding_Advice.mp3
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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/podcast/episode-423
Part 2 – http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-430
Part 3 – http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-450
Part 4 – http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-471
Part 5 – http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-521
Part 6 - http://themanapool.com/podcast/episode-531

The Trivester Map, courtesy of Jars Cristobal: http://themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trivester-map-logo.png


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Direct download: Episode_543_-_Jungles__Panthers__Ants_Oh_My.mp3
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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!

 

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Direct download: Episode_542_-_Dirk_Ruins_Everything.mp3
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The dorks begin with an oddly appropriate Magic Mad Lib (written by Chewie this time!) and then dive into another edition of There's No Plane Like Home. To follow up last week's Theros episode we decided to go to the OTHER plane where the gods are definitely real and you can totally talk to them: Amonkhet.

It turns out the Amonkhet discussion is really...weird. Compared to other planes, Amonkhet really doesn't have normal life exactly. It's not really a place to live, it's a Nicol Bolas warrior factory. 

With the subject matter of the Mad Lib and the harsh reality of Amonkhet, this episode is surprisingly somber at times. But don't worry, we're still just as happy and dorky as usual!
 

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Direct download: Episode_541_-_Dont_Live_on_Amonkhet.mp3
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The dorks are back! We've got an epic-length Mad Lib that Brian wrote! It's seriously long, but the payoff is totally worth it. Just don't deathtouch yourselves, please.

After that it's time to return to a segment we started late last year! It's (now) called There's No Plane Like Home! We're looking at how everyday life on the various planes of Magic might be. This episode we're focusing on Theros, the plane based on ancient Hellenic Greece. The gods are real and they are not to be trifled with. And watch out for hydras. And those savage brutes, the minotaurs. But don't worry, it's not all bad! Now offer up a sacrifice to John, God of Toilets and enjoy civilization!

Oh yeah, and there are tangents involving Super Smash Bros and Kingdom Hearts. You know, because reasons.
 

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Direct download: Episode_540_-_Theres_No_Plane_Like_Home_Theros.mp3
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The dorks are live at the Ravnica Allegiance Prerelease! Brian, Mike, and Chewie went to House of Cards in Winston-Salem, NC to partake in this sweet guildy goodness! Brian got his second choice (Gruul, they were out of Orzhov), Mike got his first choice (Gruul), and Chewie asked for the least popular guild and ended up with Azorius!

How'd we do? What'd we open? Who is this weird guy whose name is almost Chewie's? Find out these answers and more in this episode of The Mana Pool!

RNA Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ravnica-allegiance-2018-12-17
 

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Direct download: Episode_539_-_Ravnica_Allegiance_Prerelease_Field_Recordings.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:57pm EDT

Not only are there more Ravnica Allegiance cards to talk about, but there's also actual news! News that dropped on the day of recording, so we can get in there early! Ravnica Allegiance: Mythic Edition was announced, complete with a less-stupid way to buy it and more super sweet planeswalker art! And that's not even the big news! The next set is called War of the Spark! And...okay that's literally all we know, but still.

Then it's time to dive into the RNA previews! these cards are awesome, the big-picture flavor is on point, the individual card flavor is AMAZING, and it just looks like a lot of fun. I can't wait to get my hands on some of these. And it looks like good news for some Ravnican citizens since the Orzhov seems to be relinquishing their hold on everyone's spiritual debts.  

RNA Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ravnica-allegiance-2018-12-17
RNA Tokens - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/tokens-ravnica-allegiance-2019-01-09
War of the Spark - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/coming-soon
RNA Mythic Edition - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/ravnica-allegiance-mythic-edition-2019-01-10
RNA Planeswalker Decks - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/ravnica-allegiance-planeswalker-deck-lists-2019-01-10
RNA Arena codes - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/ravnica-allegiance-prerelease-codes-mtg-arena-2019-01-10

 

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Direct download: Episode_538_-_Debt_Forgiveness_Anyone.mp3
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We're back for 2019! And so is preview season! That's right, it's time to take a look at the entire mess of new Ravnica Allegiance cards that have popped up since our last episode. We've got planeswalkers, four-power fliers, and...a mutant. Not any special kind of mutant. Not a Fish Crab Mutant or a Jellyfish Hydra Beast Mutant, just a mutant. He was made from the vat of forearm juice, apparently.

Also at the end there's a brief explanation (more of a rant really) about what's happened to MTGCast. If you've been curious about what's going on over there, this will give you a little bit of an idea, which is all we've got ourselves. 

Allegiance Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ravnica-allegiance-2018-12-17

 

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Direct download: Episode_537_-_The_Vat_of_Forearm_Juice.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:00am EDT