Yes, it's time for another live episode! Already you ask? Yes, we answer. I'm glad we had this conversation.

Sadly, Dirk isn't able to join us due to almost having a baby. We start off with a little bit of Duel Decks news, since they've announced Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas. Then we play a game of Magic. Each of us is playing with a very special deck, and each deck is special for different reasons. One is a blast from the past, one is returning from exile, and one has a lot more cash in it than it did before.Then there's a new Mad Lib! Then we play another game of Magic. Then we break for lunch. Then there's another game of Magic! That's three games, plus a Mad Lib, plus some news, and we managed it all in about 2 and a half hours! Unheard of! Stay tuned next episode for an episode that we hope will feature a super awesome special guest host! And if not, then please disregard that bit of text as well as this one.Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music - Dozen Elf Death Gel by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comNew website is live! - http://themanapool.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-167-three-person-sixty-card-mayhem-live-t649.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.comJoin our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPoolEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.com/category/60ccCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

After a mess of emails, we've got those first two cards from the set code-named Action, which everyone has already seen. But of course, we have to give you our take on it. Then there's a look at the Event Decks, a new product from Wizards, but that's not the important part.And really, this isn't the important part either. But this is the main topic! Brian opened up a Scars Sealed pool, consisting of 3 packs of Scars and 3 packs of Besieged. We're gonna take a nice long look at it and see what we can come up with. Turns out we came up with two different decks, just so you know. If you'd like to see the pool in its entirety, please direct yourself to the forums. The link is right down there. Apologies in advance for the long drawn out discussion, but I think it's a good one :pSo what if I just used a tongue-sticking-out emoticon in the show notes? Kiss my butt!One more thing - beware the goats...Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music - Techno (original track by Chris Keybor) by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comNew website should be live by the end of the week! - http://themanapool.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-166-a-pool-of-mirrodin-t646.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.comJoin our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPoolEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.com/category/60ccCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Magic Mad Lib! Mailbag! The homogenization of American music! A contest that's already over! And From the Vault: Legends starring Lawrence Fishburne! And all that is just the first half of this episode of The Mana Pool! Why can't I stop screaming?!Fishburne Legends right here:http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/641The gang's all here for this episode, if you ignore Brian wandering away a few times in the middle and leaving a bit early. So ignore that. But the second half of the episode is devoted to a special EDH edition of Pimp My Deckbox! Mike built a deck using Fumiko the Lowblood that looks pretty good on paper, but he's not terribly happy with how it's working out in practice. So we're going to poke at it a bit and try to figure out what's missing. He's got it on Tapped Out, so feel free to play along with us and send in your suggestions. Check it out right here:http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/fumiko-edh/Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak and End Music - Super Cranial Syphon (Super Metroid) by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comDirk's Rant Background Music - Wishmaster by Nightwish - http://www.nightwish.comNew website coming soon! - http://themanapool.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-165-fumiko-the-underperforming-t645.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comJoin our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/TheManaPoolEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Have you noticed that all the planes in Magic are either terrifying or dangerous or miserable? We determined this during a discussion of which plane we'd want to live on that came from an email. It's like the Creative team at Wizards just wants to completely dry up the tourist trade on other planes! I wonder if the head of Zendikar could sue Wizards for libel. I'll have to get with Brian on that...Anyway, good old Jungle Rat Rob sent me a link to a Magic set based on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link over on Games Radar. If you wanna see it, just click here:http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-complete-zelda-ii-magic-the-gathering-card-set/a-2011011416369729007And of course we had some Prerelease experiences to discuss! By we I mean Brian and me, but that's still first person plural! He went Mirran and I went Phyrexian - who do you think came out ahead? Well I guess you'll just have to listen.And finally, we finish off on a special Mirrodin Besieged edition of Story Circle. I counted up the number of Rares and Mythics in MBS and put that number into random.org and it told me to use Shimmer Myr. We didn't so much build a deck as much as throw out a lot of different ways you could build a deck around the Shimmer Myr. You'll see what I mean when you give the episode a listen.Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music - Cranial Syphon (Kraid from Metroid) by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-164-mbs-prerelease-and-story-circle-t642.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

On this episode Mike, Brian, and Dirk take a look at the colored cards of Mirrodin Besieged while I (Chewie) am sitting at home with NO INTERNET! But luckily the stupid connection kicked back in just in time for me to jump in at the artifacts. Then there's a little bit of discussion about a recent rules update wherein we figure out about when Wizards realized we were all perverts. But that's about it. I'm just happy I managed to make it onto my own freakin' show. At least the guys were able to cover for my shoddy ISP.Mirrodin Besieged Visual Spoiler:http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/mirrodinbesieged/spoiler#Rules Update Bulletin:http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/127aIntro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music - Bigger Boards [with Bigger Nails [with Bees in Their Mouth]] (Final Fantasy 7 Battle Music) by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-163-all-of-mbs-and-half-of-chewie-t639.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Once again, we all gathered at Dirk's house for Magic playing and snacks, and so you get to listen to us do so on this episode. We start off with a nice LONG game of Elder Dragon Highlander, or Magic: The Gathering Commander if you prefer, or Dorky Card Game with Different Rules than Usual if you wanna be real about it. But either way, that's what we're doing. It's Fumiko the Lowblood vs. Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund vs. Tolsimir Wolfblood vs. Sliver Overlord (Brian's a filthy whore) in this knock-down, drag-out, hyphenated-words fight to the death!Then we decided to show you guys that Brian isn't the only filthy whore and play a game of Archenemy. Mike built a deck that only a horrible horrible person would build, then supplemented it with a Scheme deck that only makes it more horrible, and we decide to let him kill us for your amusement. Well, I knew that's what would happen. Brian and Dirk were more optimistic, but you know what they say about ignorance in this particular case. But it does make for a good show, listening to Mike summon up a Shoggoth to have vicious sex with our faces while pouring sugar in our gas tanks and making us listen to miserble old twangy country music and Swedish death metal at the same time.Wow, that was out there. Uh, hope you enjoy the episode! Next time is a look at Mirrodin Besieged as a whole, with a full Chewie-less hour! *gasp*Intro by Tosus of Der Geek - http://www.dergeek.comIntro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music - Dutch Town (Tecmo Super Bowl) by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-162-i-am-the-elephant-of-death-live-t638.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

I'd like to start off by apologizing for how scatterbrained I sound in this episode. I had just gotten back from the MAGfest trip roughly AN HOUR before we started recording, so I was still not quite with it. But that aside, we started off with a Mad Lib that Tosus wrote for us that had us giggling like idiots as per usual. Thank you Tosus!Then there's short Star Wars retelling featuring our faces that Patrick sent us that had us rolling in the floor laughing. You can see it here:http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/337a8koVbYL4PoLzAfter the rest of the emails, I go off on how awesome MAGfest was. It really was great. If you're interested, the website is here:http://www.magfest.orgAnd after all that stuff, we finally get into the heavy Mirrodin Besieged previews. And there is some crazy stuff here, let me tell you. Next episode won't be previews, so you better get enjoy these while you can. To see these cards and many more, click here for the Visual Spoiler:http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/mirrodinbesieged/spoiler#Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comBreak Music (and End Music) - Smegmaman 3 by Armcannon - http://www.armcannon.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-161-mad-libs-magfest-and-mirrodin-t634.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Hello again, and welcome to the show notes! This is Mike, filling in for Chewie because he's out of town at MAGFest, having a nice time and being a generally all-around lucky jerk.We were all feeling kind of wiped out by our various goings-on, but we kicked things off in the usual way: random banter and listener emails. After that, we decided to take a look at the Mirrodin Besieged Mechanics article Wizards posted earlier in the week, which previewed a number of very interesting cards from the upcoming set.And finally, FINALLY, we get around to the mysterious topic that we keep mentioning having to put off because of time issues. Was it all worth it? Actually, that's kind of what the topic is about.Thank you all for reading, and go listen to some dorks!Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-160-an-early-preview-but-at-what-cost-t631.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

Hello everyone! Chewie here. Welcome to 2011! We kick this thing off with some listener mail, some of which we've had since last year (sorry about that). Then there's a fair amount of other stuff to touch on, but nothing important enough to put in the show notes. Moving on!I got a copy of Stowaway from Cardshark for us to review a few weeks ago, and we finally got to get together and play! The full review is in the episode, but it's a lot of fun and I think it's well worth the small investment if you enjoy playing card games. You can check it out right here:http://www.cardshark.com/stowawayThen we've got the last color in the Core Set: Mana Pool Edition, and that color is Green. I know you're all really waiting to hear what Dirk had to say, so we made him go last in each category. Ha! So sit back, take a listen, and enjoy all of what 2011 has to offer.Intro Music - Diamond by Swift - http://www.swift-band.comForum thread for this episode: http://cardshark.freeforums.org/episode-159-obligatory-kermit-referencing-title-t630.htmlCheck out our archive at http://themanapool.libsyn.comEmail us at [email protected]Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/themanapoolVisit Cardshark! http://www.cardshark.comRead Chewie's 60 Card Challenge blog posts at http://themanapool.libsyn.com/category/60%20Card%20ChallengeCardshark Member Promotions: http://www.cardshark.com/Promotions/Member-Promotions.aspxSubscribe to our RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themanapool

For hitting 150 episodes and/or 3 years of being on the air, our old buddy Jungle Rat Rob of The Retro League podcast has put together another one of his awesome audio montages, spliced together with Praise You by Fatboy Slim. Lots of these clips came from our guest host episodes, so keep an eye out for some voices from other podcasts, including the Avant-Card Show, MTG Radio, and possibly even Rob himself. There may or may not even be other voices on here somewhere, I'm not entirely sure.As always, Rob has managed to capture the essence of the show's appeal. I really believe that people listen to us because we remind them of their own group of friends. We try to make each other laugh while we're sitting around talking about Magic. I think everyone can relate to that, because anyone listening to this show probably does that on a regular basis. Much like our podcast, there is very little actual Magic content here, so it's appropriate. It really seems like I spend a lot of time giggling, doesn't it? Thanks again to Rob for the most excellent hilarity, we appreciate it as always!