The Mana Pool
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!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 122 minutes
- Episodes
- 107
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 685 - Eldraine Still Wilding Out
The dorks dive back into Wilds of Eldraine for another look at the extremely bizarre cards in the set. And also Brian tells us about his prerelease experience!
Wilds of Eldraine Card Image Gallery - …
Episode 684 - These Eldraines Are So Wild!
Note: This is episode 684, not 682 like Podcasting Chewie keeps saying. What an idiot.
The dorks have returned! We're taking our first look at Wilds of Eldraine now that we're all back! We're startin…
The Lethal Weapon Cinematic Universe & Other Silliness | Dorks Just Chatting
The dorks get together to chat about assorted nonsense! The nonsense on this episode of Dorks Just Chatting includes, but is not limited to:
Year-round school Zelda dungeons Games jumping to 3D Franc…
Episode 683 - Morningtide Mythics
The Mythic Conscriptions must continue! We're almost done! To that end, we're tackling Morningtide, which was the very first new set that came out after we started this show! There's a LOT of nostalg…
Episode 682 - Inverted Mountain Life
The dorks reach deep into the bag for a new edition of There's No Plane Like Home! We're taking a look at Mercadia, without ever actually talking about any Masques. Let us know what you think of Merc…
Episode 681 - One Cardset To Rule Them All
Episode 680 - The Fellowship of the Cards
Episode 679 - The Lords of the...Cards?
Episode 678 - Group Gaming
Episode 677 - The Mythics of Lorwyn
Nerd Movies & More - Dorks Just Chatting
Episode 676 - The Pinkerton Aftermath
The dorks discuss the recent March of the Machine: Aftermath leak and WotC's reaction of sending the PINKERTONS after a random YouTuber. And we've got Squee here with us this week to remind us of the…
Episode 675 - Raging Against the Machine
The dorks take another look at the fully revealed March of the Machine! We're spending more time on Battles and the team-up cards, but we bounce all around the set to see what looks good. And we'll l…
Episode 674 - The Machine Marches On
The dorks dive back into March of the Machine for the first time since the initial preview. We hit all the mechanics, including one that isn't in the article. We'll even explain everything about the …
Episode 673 - Game Expansions
The dorks dive into a long discussion about the pros and cons of expanding a game. Board game expansions, video game expansions, downloadable content, all that stuff. How old is the idea of adding on…
Episode 672 - A Long-Expected Party
The dorks dive into the first look at the Lord of the Rings set! As Tolkien fans we range from "very much" to "insanely huge" so we're looking hard at the cards that were revealed as Magic cards but …
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Episode 671 - Don't Confuse Bitters & Barrens
The dorks dive into one of the most complicated sets of Magic ever made, Future Sight, and give it the Mythic Conscription treatment. Does this set work through this particular lens? Which dorks will…
Episode 670 - The First March of the Machine
The dorks take a look at the recent preview of March of the Machine and all the crazy stuff contained therein. What happens when you put a vampire on a dinosaur? Who's that riding the frog monster? W…