Chewie Slate

The Mana Pool

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Chewie, Mike, Brian, and Dirk have been talking about Magic: The Gathering on the internet for almost 10 years (at the time of this writing). Since there are so many shows about strategy and tournaments, these dorks focus on all the fun you can have with the game outside of that, from flavor to philosophy to game design to history to whatever else we can come up with. We're funny, we're serious about what we do, and we love it!

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Chewie Slate

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Episode 4 - Dual Costs, the Sneaky Setup, and a Classy Finish 12.12.2007 1:15:55

Note: This episode was recorded the night before Rosewater's article "What Do You Know, Part II", but due to technical difficulties and time constraints, it was not posted before the article came out. The rotating cast of dorks keeps on spinning. Joining me again this episode is Mike, our resident rules guru and all-around Mike kinda guy. The latest edition to the cast joins me as well. That's T...

Episode 3 - Clash Revisited, Random Lorwyn, and Duel Decks 05.12.2007 1:06:57

Welcome to The Mana Pool. Come on in, the water's fine. I'm Chewie, as always. Joining me today: Squanto - n00b, American Indian, and head writer for the show Dirk - still the greenest player alive, and casual player extraordinaire Mike - our resident rules guru and all around Magic know-it-all (but in a good way) In this episode, we revisit last episode's Clash deck and discuss how it performe...

Episode 2 - Fun Rares and Clashing to Win 19.11.2007 1:05:00

Welcome to the second episode of The Mana Pool! I'm your host, Chewie, and I'm joined by another group of dorks this time. Brian - occasional writer for Cardshark, law student, and not a pro. Squanto - token n00b, token Indian (that's American Indian), and all around, uh, guy. In this episode, we discuss a few cards from Lorwyn that aren't tournament killers, aren't big cash cards, and aren't ge...

Episode 1 - Cardshark and Lorwyn Standard 10.11.2007 1:07:03

Welcome to the first episode of The Mana Pool! I'm your host, Chewie, and I'm joined by a big group of dorks that consist of: Brian - occasional writer for Cardshark Dirk - greenest Magic player alive Squanto - token n00b In this episode, we roll over to Cardshark and explain how it works and why it's great. Then we hit many of the new Standard decks that have cropped up since Lorwyn became...