100 episodes

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!

The Mana Pool Chewie Slate

    • Leisure
    • 4.9 • 65 Ratings

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!

    Episode 700 - The Mana Pool Episode 700

    Episode 700 - The Mana Pool Episode 700

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    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
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheManaPool
    The Deep End: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepEndTMP
    Twitch: www.twitch.tv/themanapool
    Discord: discord.gg/7da7T6s
    Twitter: @TheManaPool
    BlueSky: themanapool.bsky.social
    Threads: @TheManaPool
    Email: dorks@themanapool.com
    Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool
    Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAs5HIBkUPbuoN5b5GWTE

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Episode 699 - Behind Door Number Three (Heirs of Trivester #18)

    Episode 699 - Behind Door Number Three (Heirs of Trivester #18)

    The dorks return to the Heirs of Trivester, Brian's original MTG RPG campaign that we've been working on periodically for a very long time. Alaric, Karim, and The Angel are heading through the tunnel underneath the tower. Along the way we're faced with doors labeled with some of the most horrible monstrosities in the multiverse. What could possibly go wrong?
    A lot. A lot could (and will) go wrong.

    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
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheManaPool
    The Deep End: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepEndTMP
    Twitch: www.twitch.tv/themanapool
    Discord: discord.gg/7da7T6s
    Twitter: @TheManaPool
    BlueSky: themanapool.bsky.social
    Threads: @TheManaPool
    Email: dorks@themanapool.com
    Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool
    Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAs5HIBkUPbuoN5b5GWTE

    • 1 hr 59 min
    Recent Media Consumption - Dorks Just Chatting

    Recent Media Consumption - Dorks Just Chatting

    The dorks get together to do a Just Chatting episode! This time we end up discussing mainly, as the title might indicate, media we've been consuming recently. Chewie goes off on the Cane and Rinse Podcast and Doom Eternal, Brian hits X-Men '97 and The Three Body Problem, Dirks talks the Fallout show, and Mike goes back to Dune 2, which he forgot we already talked about. Other things that come up: the new Avatar live-action show, massively famous self-help books, The DaVinci Code, conspiracy theories, an NES emulator on iOS, mobile gaming in general, and how Blizzard failed us all across several games. It was fun.
    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
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheManaPool
    The Deep End: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepEndTMP
    Twitch: www.twitch.tv/themanapool
    Discord: discord.gg/7da7T6s
    Twitter: @TheManaPool
    BlueSky: themanapool.bsky.social
    Threads: @TheManaPool
    Email: dorks@themanapool.com
    Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool
    Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAs5HIBkUPbuoN5b5GWTE

    • 1 hr 58 min
    Episode 698 - Dorks in Cowboy Hats

    Episode 698 - Dorks in Cowboy Hats

    The dorks return from their longer-than-intended hiatus to finally take our first (and probably only) look at Outlaws of Thunder Junction. We're hitting the mechanics and then taking a look at all the cards the pooligans in the TMP Discord recommended for us. You should join it too so you can tell us what to do!
    OTJ Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/outlaws-of-thunder-junction-mechanics
    OTJ Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/outlaws-of-thunder-junction/card-image-gallery

    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
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheManaPool
    The Deep End: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepEndTMP
    Twitch: www.twitch.tv/themanapool
    Discord: discord.gg/7da7T6s
    Twitter: @TheManaPool
    BlueSky: themanapool.bsky.social
    Threads: @TheManaPool
    Email: dorks@themanapool.com
    Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool
    Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAs5HIBkUPbuoN5b5GWTE

    • 2 hr 12 min
    URGENT! - Cheevos for Charity Announcement

    URGENT! - Cheevos for Charity Announcement

    Cheevos For Charity my big charity stream happening March 23 & 24, from Noon to Midnight Eastern time each day. I'm going after randomly chosen achievements while taking donations for Trans Lifeline and giving away Steam games from a list of over 900. Come join me, help support a great cause, and get some video games!

    • 7 min
    Naurgh! | Dorks Just Chatting

    Naurgh! | Dorks Just Chatting

    The dorks return with a random assortment of of nonsense! We begin by making fun of two accents, then introduce ourselves and our hair. After that Chewie makes the big Cheevos For Charity announcement (more on that below). Then we go into a lengthy conversation about other card games we've played throughout the years. That leads into a discussion about power creep in long-running games. Then it's briefly talking about new consoles and nerding out about Dune.
    Cheevos For Charity my big charity stream happening March 23 & 24, from Noon to Midnight Eastern time each day. I'm going after randomly chosen achievements while taking donations for Trans Lifeline and giving away Steam games from a list of over 900. Come join me, help support a great cause, and get some video games!

    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
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheManaPool
    The Deep End: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDeepEndTMP
    Twitch: www.twitch.tv/themanapool
    Discord: discord.gg/7da7T6s
    Twitter: @TheManaPool
    BlueSky: themanapool.bsky.social
    Threads: @TheManaPool
    Email: dorks@themanapool.com
    Support TMP on Humble Bundle! – www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=themanapool
    Intro & Outro Music: Diamond by Swift – https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vAs5HIBkUPbuoN5b5GWTE

    • 2 hr 12 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

Rathmaker ,

Great, but keep the politics out...

I have recently returned to mtg, and started listening to the last couple months of your podcast. You guys do a great job, but politics were brought up a couple of times in the first few episodes I listened to. Politics in a podcast about gaming is the FIRST thing that will make me turn a show off. Your MTG content is great when it is about MTG. So please keep it to just that. If you guys do I will continue to listen to you. But the next time I hear politics get brought into an entertainment show I will turn it off, and unsubscribe. Keep up the great work guys.

Covo375 ,

Love these guys

This show is there for magic lovers that aren't at the shop grinding or aiming for the pro-tour. Do you really like Magic? Then listen to these guys.

Chad from Hawaii ,

If you like Magic The Gathering subscribe to this

One of the longest running Magic The Gathering podcasts for many good reasons: the hosts are smart and funny, so they're fun to listen to; their views and thoughts are comfortably between casual and enthusiast, so you won't have to worry too much about getting lost trying to follow along even if it's been a while since you've even bought a booster pack.

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