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The Dorks are pretty intelligent, absolutely stubborn, and definitely awesome, but could they survive a horror movie? Naturally that depends on the nature of the horror movie doesn't it? On this episode we're doing a...
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The Mana Pool
Hosted by Chewie Slate · leisure · EN
About this Podcast:
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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What is The Mana Pool about?
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).
Who hosts The Mana Pool?
The Mana Pool is hosted by Chewie Slate. The show has published 851 episodes to date.
What has The Mana Pool covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Could the Dorks Survive? - A Monster Movie Tier List | The Mana Pool #763" (27 October 2026, 154 minutes), "A Spooooky Dorks Just Chatting" (21 October 2026, 127 minutes), and "Now With 100% Less Suffering! - Reality Fracture | The Mana Pool #762" (8 October 2026, 124 minutes).
How often does The Mana Pool publish?
The Mana Pool publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 133 minutes across 851 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Mana Pool?
Booking probability for The Mana Pool is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Mana Pool requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Mana Pool's contact route on record: verified email.
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About the host
Chewie Slate hosts The Mana Pool, a leisure podcast with 851 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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The Mana Pool
A Spooooky Dorks Just Chatting
Oct 21, 20262h 7mWe are Brianless this week, so we're doing a Dorks Just Chatting. Chewie talks about what he's been watching for his 31 Days of Spooky project, watching a horror movie every day and writing it up on BlueSky and the TMP...
Oct 8, 20262h 4mThe dorks take a look at the new Magic: the Gathering set, Reality Fracture, because why not? Jace wants to create a new multiverse without suffering, so of course everything is all screwed up in all kinds of ways. Jace...
The Mana Pool
Rise of the Midnight Dorks | Dorks Just Chatting
Sep 30, 20261h 40mThe dorks are Dirkless this week so we're Just Chatting. We talk about Brian's recent tumble that made us take an unexpected week off, it was pretty brutal. Then Chewie spends way too much time talking about Marvel's...
Episode #761
The Bards Tale | The Mana Pool #761
Sep 16, 20262 hourLike we did with Rogues back in episode 746, the Dorks are taking a look at bards and bard-like characters across all of media! From the very obvious and standards like Edward from Final Fantasy 4 and Jaskier from the...
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Episode #760
Who's a Good Boy? | The Mana Pool #760
Sep 9, 20262h 9mThe dorks are talking about our favorite pets and animal companions in games! The dogs, dragons, horses, and whatever else that keep the player company or help out in some way need to be celebrated, and who better to do...
Aug 21, 20262h 19mThe dorks return to The Legend of Zelda to talk about our feelings on the next three games! We're hitting Link's Awakening (both the original Game Boy and the Switch remake), and the two Nintendo 64 games - Ocarina of...
Jul 28, 20262h 19mThe dorks take a look at the beginning of The Legend of Zelda! We're taking our time with this one since we have a lot to say, especially the early ones that laid so much of the groundwork for the series. On this one...
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Last Minute Pivot! | Dorks Just Chatting
Jul 15, 20262h 10mDue to a sudden medical...issue, and yes you'll hear all about it on this episode, we decided at the last minute to do a low pressure DJC. Listen to the Dorks discuss music, Brian's eye, co-op gaming with one of the...
Jul 1, 20262h 32mThe dorks take a look at the new Marvel Magic set, because why not. Marvel Super Heroes Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/marvel-super-heroes-mechanics Card Image Gallery...
Episode #755
Summer Game Fest HYPE! | The Mana Pool #755
Jun 16, 20262h 39mThe dorks are doing something a little different this week. The Summer Game Fest happened recently, showing off all kinds of new and upcoming video games. Each of us have picked out a handful of the games shown at the...
Episode #754
The Inverse Tonberry Effect | The Mana Pool #754
Jun 10, 20262h 17mOh my god this guy is SO big and scary! How am I ever gonna...oh. Is that all? Huh. This week we're doing the opposite of last week, with enemies that look big and scary that turn out to be...nothing. Come join us in...
Episode #753
The Tonberry Effect | The Mana Pool #753
Jun 3, 20262h 24mOh look, a cute little turtle lizard guy with a teeny little knife! Why's he just walking towards us? What does he think he's gonna OH DEAR LORD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! We're talking about enemies that look like they'd be...
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Vamping, Extended | Dorks Just Chatting
May 27, 20261h 49mThe FINAL definition of vamp on the Merriam-Webster site says "Improvise, extemporize." That's the one we're using here. Not "a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce and exploit men," which is the FIRST...
Episode #752
Why Is This Not My Jam? | The Mana Pool #752
May 11, 20262h 18mThe dorks have returned! You know when there's a game or movie or whatever media that, when you look at it, you just know that this is gonna be right up your alley? But then you give it a shot and it just...isn't...
May 6, 20261h 39mThis is what happens when there's no Dirk and when the Pooligans don't give us a direction. You can't just leave us to our own devices! We cannot be trusted! Come join us in the future! The show is live on Thursdays...
Apr 30, 20262h 19mThe dorks return to Magic to take a look at Secrets of Strixhaven, the new set that amazingly isn't based on some other IP! Two of the dorks actually went to a prerelease for it, so they have Thoughts. You know the...
Episode #750
Being a Nerd Over the Years (We're Old!) w/ Brian Edwards from Character Issues | The Mana Pool #750
Apr 22, 20262h 55mWe've done it! We're made it to three quarters of four figures! To celebrate doing this for over 18 years (not quite half our lives) we're going to take a look at what it's been like being a nerd over the course of our...
Apr 1, 20262h 7mAnd then it all came crashing down. After Overwatch, the Devil Himself took over and ran decades of goodwill into the ground in the pursuit of the mighty dollar. And also other...problems...came to light that...
The Mana Pool
So Whatcha Been Playing? | Dorks Just Chatting
Mar 25, 20262h 8mWe pivoted away from our second Blizzard show to save Brian's mental health, but we'll do it very soon! Instead we're doing a DJC that starts with the titular question and just goes from there, as these shows tend to...
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