Mon, 20 December 2021
The dorks are back with an episode, as the title says, inspired by some actual emails we got from actual listeners! Remember email? Wow! So we're starting with a Story Circle! It's been a while, so the Story Circle is where we pick a legendary creature to be the Commander and go around in a circle one by one and add cards to the deck until we have a tiny skeleton that could be built upon. It's a feature we used to do a LOT until WotC's legendary creature design took a turn to cater to the Commander crowd, making many of them either too narrow or too broad for this exercise. After that, we have a listener-submitted Magic Mad Lib! Thanks to Peter for sending us another fun one, this time based on our recent milestone episode. Yay! And then we decided to give the Kamigawa stuff a miss until next year and do ANOTHER Story Circle! Ha!
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Direct download: Episode_640_-_Inspired_by_Listener_Mail.mp3
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Mon, 13 December 2021
The dorks return with a regular podcast episode! This week we're doing a Mythic Conscription, and the target is Torment! This was the first set that was heavily intentionally weighted towards one color, and at the expense of two others! How does that affect the rares and their possible Mythic-ness? Guess you'll have to listen to find out won't you?
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Direct download: Episode_639_-_Why_Do_You_Torment_Me_So.mp3
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Mon, 6 December 2021
Because of a potential lack of Brian, we decided to do a Just Chatting stream instead of a proper podcast episode this week. We talk about Skyrim being rereleased AGAIN, a particularly vicious bout of hiccups that had after effects, and then Brian shows up, and we spent a few minutes trying to figure out what was up with his computer. Then we went into beat 'em up games and X-Men games, followed by the Legend of Zelda cartoon. Mike tells us about the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit he saw, and from there somehow we end up on video ads. Then a brief discussion of how to pronounce omicron and booster shot stories. Then Chewie has some stories about a bug, DoorDash, and a video intro animation. Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Podcast RSS Feed: https://themanapool.libsyn.com/rss Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Thanksgiving_Beat_Em_Ups__More_-_Dorks_Just_Chatting_12-02-2021.mp3
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Mon, 15 November 2021
The Mana Pool turned 14! We spend the first chunk of the episode looking back at where the world was, and where we were, waaaaay back in 2007. Turns out things were pretty okay back then. After that we dive back into Crimson Vow just to see if we missed anything else. There was a whole other planeswalker that was revealed in an email the day we recorded the last episode! Thank you all so much for all the support over these fourteen years! We love you all! Crimson Vow CIG - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/innistrad-crimson-vow
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Mon, 8 November 2021
Most of the dorks are back to look again at Crimson Vow! We're looking at Chandra's new finery, because of course her name inspired the name of this episode. For the rest of the episode we're bouncing around the CIG, trying to find good stuff. We'll cover most of the Cemetery cycle, sexy vampires (like seriously though), cards that have mechanics related to dancing, the moose wolf bear, an old friend who has fallen to the dark side, and a surprise kraken horror. Crimson Vow CIG - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/innistrad-crimson-vow
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Mon, 1 November 2021
Neverending Preview Season stays true to its name, and Crimson Vow is the next set to pop up. Since this was recorded on the first day of previews, we're explaining the mechanics and hitting as many cards as we can. We'll talk about how Cleave is a dumb name for a clever mechanic (possibly too clever), an artist that appears to have "borrowed" a cosplayer's likeness, and the importance of remembering your invitation. Oh, and vampires. Lots of vampires. Even Dracula shows up a couple times. Crimson Vow CIG - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/innistrad-crimson-vow
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Direct download: Episode_636_-_Do_NOT_Forget_Your_Invitation.mp3
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Mon, 25 October 2021
Is that another RPG episode? Wow! Sorry about the delay, we just let the time get away from us. Brian has done some retooling of the systems in the meantime, so that's neat. Our newly-vampiric friend Karim gets a probably-important scroll snatched right out from under his nose. After that we're heading back into the forest to follow the thief and return to Donothir's tower. Along the way shenanigans ensue, because of course they do.
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Direct download: Episode_635_-_The_Stolen_Scroll_MTG_RPG.mp3
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Mon, 18 October 2021
The dorks take a look at movies based on video games! Yes, we are reliving the horror, although there are a lot more that aren't absolutely terrible than you might think at first. After we draw some conclusions about why the movies were bad but have been improving over the years, we dive into the future! We're each trying to find games that we think would make a good movie or series, and of course discussing why we think it! What game or series do you think would lend itself well to the movie format?
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Mon, 4 October 2021
The dorks return with another Mythic Conscription! This time we're taking a look at Odyssey, the first set of the...well, the Odyssey Block. Some sets are great for the Mythic Conscription treatment, giving us plenty of good stuff to talk about. This is not one of those sets. Luckily we still had plenty to talk about all the same!
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Direct download: Episode_633_-_A_Mythic_Conscription_Odyssey.mp3
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Mon, 27 September 2021
Hey Mike's back! In this non-TMP recording, we finally get his take on the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt mechanics since he missed the two preview episodes. From there we head into some of the announcements made in the Nintendo Direct that had just finished a few hours before recording. First up, the Castlevania Advance Collection, which makes Chewie very happy. That leads us to talk about our experiences with the games and the various other Castlevanias, and Chewie's recent forays into patching old video games. This also serves as a reminder to go listen to the School of Movies episode about the Castlevania games that Chewie was on! Then we hit the big news, that the other dorks actually didn't know about yet. The existence and the cast of the Mario movie was revealed! After going over that, we ended up looking into Illumination's film history and then looking at the history of other CG animation studios. And we touch on Star Wars: Visions for a bit, which leads us to talk about The Animatrix too. After that, we talk about the Zelda cartoon for a bit, and rip into the second Fantastic Beasts movie for a bit, and a few other bits and bobs. And hey if you enjoyed this, I should tell you that this is what the Odds & Ends are always like and why you should become a Lifeguard! Midnight Hunt Mechanics: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/innistrad-midnight-hunt-mechanics-2021-09-02
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Direct download: The_Mario_Movie__More_-_Dorks_Just_Chatting_9-23-2021.mp3
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Mon, 20 September 2021
The dorks return to the Midnight Hunt to check out more of the cards! There's really not much else to add. That's what we did this episode. I guess I'm just filling space here. Stop reading this and go listen to the show. There's really nothing else going on here. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/innistrad-midnight-hunt Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Podcast RSS Feed: https://themanapool.libsyn.com/rss Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_632_-_The_Morning_Sun_Has_Vanquished_the_Horrible_Night.mp3
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Tue, 7 September 2021
The dorks take a first look at the mechanics of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt! The big addition, of course, is the addition of a day/night cycle to Magic! It's a little weird, but ultimately it does make sense. Then there's the usual preview episode shenanigans of course. Let us know what you think of the new cards and mechanics! Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/innistrad-midnight-hunt
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Direct download: Episode_631_-_What_a_Horrible_Night_to_Have_a_Curse.mp3
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Mon, 30 August 2021
I assure you this isn't a Monday Night Magic episode, even though we're essentially just hitting the news of the day. Seemingly out of nowhere last week Wizards of the Coast dumped all the news of next year's big products on our laps, including a first look at all the Standard sets and the first batch of Universes Beyond IP crossover products. The dorks take a look at all of it. You'll never guess who's the most jaded dork on the show! Chewie is. You probably did guess that. But he's only jaded about WotC business practices, not Universes Beyond itself! No really! The Showcase 2021 article - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/what-happened-magic-showcase-2021-08-24
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Direct download: Episode_630_-_The_Showcase_2021_Episode.mp3
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Tue, 17 August 2021
The dorks take on a controversial topic that came up lately in the MTG world - cards and mechanics that only exist on Magic Arena. This conversation wanders all over the place, but we're primarily talking about the fact that these cards exist rather than looking at the cards themselves, because what they actually do matters a lot less than them being there in the first place. After that, we do actually hit up the few Innistrad: Midnight Hunt previews that were shown just before we did the Just Chatting stream last week. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons info - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/jumpstart-historic-horizons
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Direct download: Episode_629_-_The_Arena-Only_Card_Discussion.mp3
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Thu, 12 August 2021
Since we haven't done an actual podcast episode in a couple weeks I decided to put the Just Chatting stream we did on July 29th up on the podcast feed to see what you all thought! There's a bit more swearing than you're used to (because it wasn't a podcast episode), and we went in with no plan whatsoever. Topics include video games, Activision Blizzard's repulsive nonsense (though not in any detail, because ew), modern remakes of nostalgic cartoons, comedians, and ice cream! Let me know if this is a thing I should do in the future so the podcast feed doesn't just sit here empty!
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Wed, 28 July 2021
After an unexpected week off, the dorks return with the D&D set Commander cards! We're looking at all the Commanders of course, then we're hopping around the card image gallery to take a look at whatever else grabs our attention. Warning: I'm not sure why, but this episode is full of dumb jokes. From Extract Brian to Blink Dog to OH YEAH! we're not even holding back. We apologize for nothing and are not liable for any potential accidents that happen if you start giggling uncontrollably while listening. Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms-commander
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Tue, 13 July 2021
The dorks head back into the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Card Image Gallery to check out even more awesome D&D related cards! We'll go through all the Class cards, which are really a neat idea. There are more planeswalkers and flavor words and utter weirdness of course, but that's not what's most important. They have properly given us Minsc and his miniature giant space hamster Boo! Nothing else matters! GO FOR THE EYES BOO! Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/adventures-forgotten-realms-mechanics-2021-07-02 Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Podcast RSS Feed: https://themanapool.libsyn.com/rss Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband |
Mon, 5 July 2021
The dorks return to guide you through their first look at the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, or the Magic D&D set. We'll venture into dungeons, roll lots of d20s, and discuss the merits of flavor words on cards! You'll meet goblins, see guards approaching, find some prisoners, and have to make plenty of decisions along the way. There will be modules and monsters and planeswalkers (oh my)! Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/adventures-forgotten-realms-mechanics-2021-07-02 Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Podcast RSS Feed: https://themanapool.libsyn.com/rss Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_626_-_The_Pool_of_the_Dorks_of_Mana.mp3
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Tue, 29 June 2021
What's up with Red Rares? Not the dragons and phoenixes and big burn spells, those are all pretty self-explanatory. We mean those...OTHER Red Rares. You know the ones. The dorks dive into the different flavors of these bizarre cards and try to figure out why they are the way they are. Also, there are a LOT of examples. Just LOADS of them. Holy crap.
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Direct download: Episode_625_-_Whats_Up_with_Red_Rares.mp3
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Thu, 10 June 2021
The dorks are back (sorry for the delay getting the show posted by the way) and we're looking at more Modern Horizons 2! There's a lot of really neat and bizarre stuff in here, but none of that really matters compared to the one major revelation. Travis is back! All hail the unluckiest planeswalker ever! Modern Horizons 2 Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/modern-horizons-2
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Direct download: Episode_624_-_The_Return_of_Travis_the_Cursed.mp3
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Tue, 1 June 2021
The dorks return to look at the Modern Horizons 2 previews! This set is truly bizarre. It feels more like a Commander set or another Time Spiral set with all the in-jokes and callbacks and utterly ridiculous card designs! Of course there's the one that everyone is talking about...but no one can say. No one, that is, except Mike! It's eerie how quickly he's able to rattle off the name without any kind of practice whatsoever. Modern Horizons 2 Card Image Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/modern-horizons-2
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Mon, 17 May 2021
The dorks take a week off from MTG to talk about something else entirely - the Marvel Cinematic Universe! It's just a big fun discussion about how ridiculous it is that the MCU even exists, some of our favorite moments, and other topics of that sort. What's your favorite Stan Lee cameo? There will be spoilers for things released before last year, but nothing from WandaVision & The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Also Chewie will be making an announcement about an upcoming project that may or may not be related (it is totally related). List of MCU films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films
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Mon, 10 May 2021
The dorks each create a School of Magic for the forthcoming TMP University of the Arcane! And as usual, each of us took the same idea and each took our own unique take on it. Brian created an entire university (misunderstanding the idea slightly), Dirk focused on flavor and mechanics, Mike honed in on the topics his school would teach, and Chewie prioritized his school's teaching methods and philosophies. This one's a lot of fun and I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks! Which school will you join at the TMP University of the Arcane?
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Direct download: Episode_621_-_The_Schools_of_the_TMP_University_of_the_Arcane.mp3
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Mon, 3 May 2021
So incredibly sorry for the delay on this episode! Chewie had lots of real-life stuff come up so he couldn't actually get it all put together for a week. The dorks (most of them anyway) are back to look at Commander 2021 since it has been revealed! Will this be yet another case of a handful of boring Commanders with the usual abilities that are some variation of "whenever you draw a card, draw a card"? Let's find out! And you get to hear the bizarre tale of the theft of our Twitter account. That was frustrating and awful. Also, PLEASE make sure your podcast app of choice is subscribed to the right RSS feed, because the Feedburner feed will soon stop updating with new episodes!
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Direct download: Episode_620_-_Omnisword_of_Ultimate_Badassness.mp3
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Mon, 12 April 2021
The full Strixhaven set has been revealed, so the dorks are combing through it looking for the neat stuff. We've got the Mastery spells, an Eye Bat, a...trudge?, a cycle of weirdly-costed multicolored hybrid cards, and an 11/10 creature for...four mana. Wait, WHAT? Also, PLEASE make sure your podcast app of choice is subscribed to the right RSS feed, because the Feedburner feed will soon stop updating with new episodes! Strixhaven Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/strixhaven
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Mon, 5 April 2021
The dorks continue with Neverending Preview Season! Strixhaven previews are in full swing, so of course that's our focus for this episode. After hitting the mythics that have been revealed (as is our tradition) we take a look at all the various Deans of Strixhaven. There are a LOT of Deans at Strixhaven. Holy crap. Also, PLEASE make sure your podcast app of choice is subscribed to the right RSS feed, because the Feedburner feed will soon stop updating with new episodes! Strixhaven Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/strixhaven
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Mon, 29 March 2021
Neverending Preview Season is upon us again, and the dorks jump headfirst into Strixhaven! We've got a few new mechanics, but nothing overly complicated. Among the revealed cards we find: 1) Chewie's new bae, Professor Onyx (please step on me) Also, PLEASE make sure your podcast app of choice is subscribed to the right RSS feed, because the Feedburner feed will soon stop updating with new episodes! Strixhaven Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/kaldheim
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Mon, 22 March 2021
The dorks make some announcements about the TMP podcast and website, discuss their Covid-19 vaccine experiences (for a good long while because it's important), then look at the freshly released full schedule of Magic sets for the rest of the year. After that, we head into Magic Legends. The open beta begins extremely soon, so we decided to review the videos on DailyMTG and try to figure out what we think without actually playing the game. We're looking at deckbuilding, artifacts, and equipment at first, and then moving into economy things and more information about loadouts. It looks pretty cool, actually! 2021 Magic set release schedule - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/strixhaven-school-mages-previews-and-more-2021-magic-release-dates-2021-03-18
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Direct download: Episode_616_-_Magic_Legends_A_First_Look.mp3
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Tue, 16 March 2021
The dorks are back with another non-Magic episode! This time we're talking about music, and this episode, as it is with all the good ones, ended up being more about us than the topic at hand. We'll discuss our history with music, the stuff we like, the stuff we don't like, what we use music for, our history with live music, all kinds of neat stuff. Also, Chewie announces the dissolution of the TMP Facebook page and the TMP website, but everything else will stay the same. Just trimming away excess work to focus on the important parts!
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Mon, 1 March 2021
The dorks are back with another surprise news-related episode! Wizards made a massive announcement about upcoming products that are branded with non-Magic properties. The two examples given were Warhammer 40K and...Lord of the Rings? Whaaaaa? So the dorks spend an entire episode discussing this, figuring out what it could mean for the future, and trying to come up with more properties that could totally be turned into Magic products. And Dirk reveals a potentially unhealthy obsession with Planechase... Universes Beyond announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/magics-voyages-universes-beyond-2021-02-25
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Direct download: Episode_614_-_More_Universes_Beyond.mp3
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Mon, 22 February 2021
The dorks are back with...Monday Night Magic? Wait, this can't be right, let me go look. Yeah, the dorks are actually looking at the news! First up, WotC swung their banhammer wide, with a massive pile of casualties across many many formats. Holy crap. And then there was actual timely news! The day of recording, WotC unexpectedly revealed some information about the next set, Strixhaven. They explained what the five schools of magic are and showed us a Command from each school. Yup, that kind of Command. B&R update: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/february-15-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-613 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband |
Mon, 15 February 2021
The dorks are back on card games this week! We begin by taking a look at a very important nugget of information hidden in an advertisement - the first time a ban was announced somewhere other than, you know, a ban announcement. Then we're changing gears to talk about what could very well be the biggest news Hearthstone has ever seen. Then we shift into high gear to do a Magic Mad Lib with Twitch Chat! Hearthstone's Core Set - https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23620129/introducing-the-core-set-and-classic-format
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-612 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_612_-_The_Surprise_Ban__Other_Stories.mp3
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Mon, 8 February 2021
This is our first non-Magic podcast episode! To help us out on this momentous occasion, we are joined by Squee, formerly of Monday Night Magic. We're taking a look at remakes, reboots, remasters, rereleases, and legacy sequels across several different media - movies, tv shows, and video games. First up we try to define what we mean by all of these different varieties and then discuss why they might be made in the first place. Then the five of us go over many (many) examples across all of those to try to determine what makes one good or bad. This was a fun discussion with quite a few twists, turns and tangents (of course). Let us know what you thought! And if you have any ideas for topics for other non-MTG episodes, be sure to let us know!
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-611 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband |
Mon, 1 February 2021
The dorks head back into Kaldheim to check out all the Sagas that we just missed during the last two episodes. Some of these are absolutely ridiculous, while the rest are just...well, pretty good actually. The art though! The Saga art is AMAZING in this set! Of course we also bounce around the rest of the card image gallery to find other neat stuff to talk about, and answer some questions from Twitch chat as usual. And we pitch an idea for the first non-Magic TMP episode of 2021 that we'll be doing next week! Kaldheim Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/kaldheim
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-610 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_610_-_The_Sagas_of_Kaldheim.mp3
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Mon, 25 January 2021
The dorks return to the Kaldheim Card Image Gallery and continue poking around at the awesome stuff inside. There's a brand new Vampire Dragon (Dragon Vampire?) that makes Brian extremely happy. There's a whole new pantheon of Gods to discuss, a whole mess of weird creatures to fear, the Snow Figure of Destiny to freak out about, and a land that REALLY pisses off our old buddy Xenagos. Kaldheim Gallery: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/kaldheim
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-609 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_609_-_Gods__Monsters_of_Kaldheim.mp3
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Mon, 18 January 2021
After not recording a show for a solid month the dorks are finally back! And we're taking a look at Kaldheim for the first time! We'll hit the mechanics first and then bounce around the Card Image Gallery talking about whatever new cards catch our eye! Planeswalkers, snow, gods, a legendary squirrel? What a weird set. Kaldheim Mechanics: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/kaldheim-mechanics-2021-01-07
Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-608 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband
Direct download: Episode_608_-_First_Look_at_Kaldheim.mp3
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Mon, 11 January 2021
This was recorded six months ago on Dec 17, 2020. It was recorded on Chewie's old laptop because the dead computer. It was supposed to get posted a few days later, but then I was delayed because of putting the new computer together, and then getting bummed out, and then getting distracted, and then holidays, and and and. But here it is now! Chewie tells the tale of December, that has focused all of its 2020 wrath on him at once. We reflect on the frustrations that come from watching our fellow humans not take the massive global pandemic seriously. We all share personal stories of what this horrible hell year has been like for us. We head into Magic territory to discuss what WotC has been up to this year and why that's got us all vaguely (or in one case, specifically) disillusioned with it. Then we turn to the current political landscape in the US, but luckily not for long. Then we look at what we would all like for 2021 to make it a better year for everyone. Sorry for not getting this out in 2020, but crap happens and decided to happen to me. I hope you're all being safe in 2021 since this first week has been the longest 3 months ever.
Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays around 8pm(ish) Eastern time on Twitch! Become a Lifeguard on Patreon! – www.patreon.com/themanapool Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool This episode’s post: themanapool.com/podcast/episode-607 Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – myspace.com/swiftband Brought to you by Mana Pool Productions
Direct download: Episode_607_-_The_Final_TMP_of_2020.mp3
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Join Brian, Mike, Dirk and Chewie as they discuss all things Magic: The Gathering. Since there are plenty of tournament and strategy podcasts out there, we've decided to focus on the fun of the game in all its many forms, from Prereleases to multiplayer free-for-alls to whatever else we can come up with. Give us a listen!
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