What are all these people doing in my apartment? In this episode, we, your host dorks, are discussing the three player psycographies that Magic R&D uses to design cards for certain types of players. Those psycographies are Timmy, Johnny, and Spike. Or, the Power Gamer, the Combo Player, and the Tournament Winner, to use their stereotyped and slightly misleading epithets. After running Timmy, Johnny, and Spike out of my place of residence, we discuss their various attributes, as well as try to figure out where we all fall in the spectrum. Also, the new month (since the last episode, that is) means you get to hear the Cardshark Member Promotions for March. Check out the deals!

Listeners, help us figure out where Squanto falls (after he drinks your milkshake, that is). He's unsure of his player type, so he's going to post some random cards instead of the usual Notable Cards so you guys can help him figure it out.

Mark Rosewater's articles about Timmy, Johnny, and Spikehttp://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr11http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/mr220

Out of the Deck Box (Possibly Soon to be Renamed) this week is Brian's Korlash deck, as requested in the forums. Here it is in all its glory.

23: Swamp1: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth4: Korlash, Heir to Blackblade2: Nightmare2: Fleshwrither4: Twisted Abomination2: Lord of the Undead2: Mournwhelk1: Kagemaro, First to Suffer4: Grim Harvest4: Tendrils of Corruption3: Nameless Inversion1: Makeshift Mannequin2: Consume Spirit1: Revive the Fallen3: Loxodon Warhammer1: Mirror Gallery

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March is also Classical Music Month here at The Mana Pool! Opening music: Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth SymphonyClosing music: A Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky