The Mana Pool

I enjoyed asking people Three Questions at GP Pittsburgh so much that the listeners decided to chip in and send me to Vegas to do it again! As always, I'm asking Three Questions to anyone willing to answer them, whether they’re a listener, judge, pro player, innocent bystander, or just someone that catches my eye.

The real purpose of this show, like most of the stuff I do, is to entertain you - the listener. Rather than asking the same old questions that everyone else does, I'm looking to give you a slightly more off-the-wall look into these Magic players and judges and what-have-you by catching them off guard and putting them on the spot.

This episode covers Friday of GP Vegas. I stood in a line for a ridiculous amount of time, survived it, and started asking questions. I finally got to meet Jeremey Schofield face to face, which is good since he was the reason I made it to Vegas. Other highlights were the Voice of the Pro Tour Rich Hagon, everyone's favorite silent Canadian assassin KYT, and a couple of pro players you might know about, David Williams and The Great One himself, Bob Maher.

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what your answers would be! And keep an eye out for the next batch of Three Questions from Grand Prix Vegas coming soon!

Your host: Chewie Twitter: @TheManaPool Email: [email protected]Music: The Journey Continues by Kazunaka Yamane (from Double Dragon)

The dorks are telling you all about resources! Magic is, at its cold dead heart, a game of resource management. The most basic source of those resources are lands. This episode, we're taking a look at lands as the fuel that makes the game go. We're sharing stories about particular lands, comparing Magic to other games, and going off-topic. Oh, there's also some news, of course. We're also going to tell you why land destruction is SUCH a pain and go over a few bits of news.

There's also a very big announcement about a couple of last-minute additions to the Kickstarter! Listen quickly, it runs out Thursday morning at 10:30 Eastern!

The Mana Pool's Kickstarter is ALMOST DONE! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themanapool/the-mana-pool-mtg-merchandise-videos-podcasts-and

Clash Packs: http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/products/card-set-archive/magic-2015-core-set-clash-pack-decklistsCounterfeiting Announcement: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/protecting-you-counterfeits-2014-07-22Rules Bulletin update: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-2015-update-bulletin-2014-07-17

Follow Squanto on Twitter: @EcksellHSSquanto's Hearthstone stream: http://twitch.tv/ecksell

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Nothing today

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Of course this episode, the dorks that attended Prereleases are going to tell you how they did. That's a given at this point, don't you think?

But we're throwing a curve at you this episode with the addition of an old friend. Squanto is back this episode! One of the founding members of The Mana Pool, Squanto has returned so you guys can get reacquainted with him before the livestream this weekend. More on that later.

The real point of this episode is Black! We're talking all about the flavor, mechanics, and general awesomeness of Black as a color in Magic. Did you know that Black can justify almost anything in you either make them sacrifice some resource or make it a zombie? Apparently you can! You can learn all this and more this episode!

In other news, WE DID IT! We broke the first goal of $10,000 on the Kickstarter! Not only did we break it, but we broke it WHILE RECORDING! So you guys get to hear me lose my mind in the middle of the show. So now that we're good, let's shoot for stretch goals! We're no longer pushing so that you'll get stuff, you're guaranteed stuff now! We're pushing to get everyone BETTER stuff! The more people pledge, the better everything gets for everyone!

To help with the big push to the end, we're doing a livestream this weekend on Twitch! Join me (Chewie), Mike, Cluze from MNM and Card Advantage, Scott (roommate and webmaster) and Squanto (as producer) on Saturday starting at 10am Eastern time and going until we're sick of it. Join us for some Magic and lots of insanity!

The Mana Pool's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themanapool/the-mana-pool-mtg-merchandise-videos-podcasts-andOur livestream: http://twitch.tv/themanapoolFollow Squanto on Twitter: @EcksellHSSquanto's Hearthstone stream: http://twitch.tv/ecksell

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Fade to Black by Metallica - http://www.metallica.com

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It's Magic 2015! The full set! We've got lots of discussion about the nifty looking cards we haven't previously talked about. There are also some rules clarifications from last episode. We had a nice discussion about complexity or lack thereof, made fun of each other, and whatever else happens on preview episodes.

Oh yeah, we brought Bill on too. You know, like we usually do for previews. He's @SqueeGoblnNabob on Twitter, and you should follow him.

Peter Mohrbacher's Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1680814846/mohrbacher-the-gathering-2014Magic 2015 in Gatherer - http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?set=[%22Magic%202015%20Core%20Set%22]M15 Release Notes - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/release-notes-2014-07-07

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Not today, Galvatron!

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As it's preview season, there's really not much else going on. Magic 2015 looks...well you read the title already. The more I see, the more excited I get. We also spend the requisite amount of time complaining about the crappy new Magic website redesign. Because it's awful. And you guys know we're not ones to complain about change.

And either I forgot to take notes or there was no point to doing so. Just in case, here are a few links.

M15 Promos - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/promos-packaging-and-promos-some-more-2014-07-01M15 Tokens - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-2015-tokens-2014-07-02M15 Card Image Gallery - http://magic.wizards.com/content/magic-2015-core-set-card-set-archive-products-game-info

Intro & Outro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.myspace.com/swiftband Break Music – Not today, Galvatron!

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