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Hey, Mike here. Well, here it is, the episode we all knew had to be coming. Thank goodness that we were all looking forward to it, too! It's the first big episode of Zendikar previews here on the Mana Pool, and we decided to go for a bit of a different structure this time. Rather than just go up the list, Brian had the foresight to group the cards into convenient broader discussion topics, based on mechanics, themes, and/or content. Give us your feedback on how you think it worked out.

But yes, listen in for an episode full of Vampires, Fire, and Arguing on the Internet. And also another Brian with Phasing. We'll try to work on that...


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As soon as I close my iTunes...typical, Chewie. Frankly typical.

What is it with Brian and phasing? Did he have a run in with Teferi? Or is a Mistmeadow Witch hiding in his closet?

There seems to be a bit missing, it jumps from Dirk talking about Nissa (who sucks more than a vacuum cleaner) to Mike telling a story.

Then I'll make the joke for you, Chewie: "Meghan J. Fox is a trap." Heheheheheheh.

It did skip.

Panahinuva wrote:Then I'll make the joke for you, Chewie: "Meghan J. Fox is a trap." Heheheheheheh.

Megan J Fox is a Lovable Trap.

Comments Jotted while listening.
Brian's soul ability is to keep a strait face. This is Awsome!
Yea!
Dirk,
I understand, I was a high school teacher for a while as well.
I will also confirm there is definitely a jump from Nissa to mike telling some story in his final thought.
I found it funny that Brian's final thought was garbled.

i used to lived with a kitty that would make biscuits ON MY NECK every night when i would go to bed.... damn Kitty.... yes, her name was Kitty, and she had a little kitty sized hardon for bouncy balls....and for peeing in my dirty laundry...and for breaking my stuff. now that i think about it, i dont think she liked me very much. probably because i favored the dog...oh well.

I'll have to listen to this skip and see what's up with that. Thanks for letting me know.

EDIT: I found it, and yeah, that's pretty messed up. There's really nothing I can do about it at this point though. All you missed was the discussion about Nissa, which I guess we'll have to redo, and the beginning of Mike's story. No idea what happened there. My bust!

I resent the fact that you believe i have no last name...I do in fact have a last name...it is not made up. And a thought...maybe there would be more girls in magic if they were known for what they do not their boyfriend plus their name...who by the way is not my boyfriend anymore. Another thought...is there a female version of the word "dork" do we get to be a "dorkess" or "Ms. Dork" or "shedork" ?????

Drake wrote:she had a little kitty sized hardon for bouncy balls

CHRIST ALMIGHTY, FUNNIEST THING EVER

AngelofFury23 wrote:I resent the fact that you believe i have no last name...I do in fact have a last name...it is not made up. And a thought...maybe there would be more girls in magic if they were known for what they do not their boyfriend plus their name...who by the way is not my boyfriend anymore.

when i heard them go something like "Molly, of Chris and Molly fame", i immediately thought "aw, it sucks if she's known by that if they weren't together anymore..." and there you are. Maybe you could be now known as "Molly, of Molly with a last name fame."


EDIT: sorry for the consecutive posts.

see i totally agree...although i figured you guys might put 2 and 2 together in that chewie was talking about when we were out together...my comment was also not that crude, i was strictly stating how much i enjoyed landfall in the best terms i could come up with

Nice Show... i love listening to the preview episodes. Lets me see different people's takes on cards that i find crazy... Chandra Ablaze, Lavaball Trap... etc.

But i know i will be one of the guys at the pre-release saying "ITS A TRAP!!!" when i get to play one for the trap cost.

But was it just me... or did you guys miss some of the cards? It is hard to tell when i listen to the show in three different sittings and when the show is posted after a bunch of more get added. But i don't seem to recall the black planeswalker being talked about? Could just be me though

-Sorry this is a long response, but this episode had a lot of stuff that I wanted to comment on.

-The new Quest enchantments are interesting as support cards. Not sure if it’d be a good idea to run a lot of these in a single deck.

-Based on the comment that the Quest enchantments are only sent to the graveyard, it looks like they had this in mind when they printed Open the Vaults. But like I said, I don’t see a deck being built around these.

-I can’t wait to play with Luminarch Ascension, especially in multiplayer. Phew…

-I already know how to play Iona. Use Emeria, the white rare land that tosses creatures from your graveyard to play when you have 7 lands. Nice.

-I’m very excited about the Ally creature type. Hooray for cards that manipulate creature type (Conspiracy!). That will be bad-ass.

-Halo Hunter looks pretty cool. Even just being a 6-power with intimidate for 5, I could toss a copy or two into my big black nasty deck.

-I really thought you were going to go into a more R-rated thing with the “circle, circle, dot, dot…” and I thought you were going to follow that up with “*&%# you, *$&#@!” I can imagine the Baneslayer doing that.

-Landfall boosts are interesting, especially with all the avenues for playing multiple lands a turn. And it’s pretty helpful if you get mana-flooded. “Crap, another land. Oh wait, at least it pumps up this guy!” And the Eternity Vessel looks fun. Mwahaha. I mean, you say you’d despise it if the opponent has it with 20 counters on it, but think of it in my lifegain deck. “Oh, I’ll play this on turn 6, when I have 37 life! Hah!” And it uses charge counters, which can be manipulated…

-Wow, the Bloodghast looks really good! And as an object to be sacrificed, you could get that effect at least once a turn, then play a land, and attack.

-Ob Nixilis goes “Nom nom nom” on the opponent and gets fatter. Just had to say it…

-Haha, I just imagined Brian beating up a Wizards employee to steal the giant Arid Mesa so he can put it in a deck. “Gee, Brian, I wonder what your next card is. Maybe it’s the Arid Mesa that’s three feet wide!”

-The Trap cards are interesting. Not a big fan of the counterspell or LD, but the bounce one is great! I’m definitely the Timmy that Chewie was talking about in his discussion of Mindbreak Trap.

-Lullmage Mentor is nasty. I’m glad to finally get some feedback on my Intruder Alarm/Lullmage Mentor combo, since none of you responded to it a while back.

-I hate that the Goblin Guide is a rare. I just know I’ll get a bunch of these crappy cards in draft packs while my opponents get the rare painlands. But the Goblin Instigator looks awesome! Turn 2 play it, turn three Goblin Chieftain, attack with a 2/2 double-striker. Nice. And I definitely did not notice the lack of “combat” distinction.

-The Scythe Tiger also could die to a Pyroclasm or something like that.

-Elemental Appeal is alright. It’s a Blistering Firecat in sorcery form. My only problem with these types of cards is first/double strike. Like at the M10 release that I went to with Chewie, where his poor Ball Lightning couldn’t get played while I had several first strikers.

-Chandra Ablaze is not really good, for my playing style at least. In a draft, I don’t see her being that great, unlike her previous version.

-The new Specter has a name that keeps reminding me of the Nazgul from LotR. And it’s even on a flying creature like the Nazgul. That’s all.