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Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home.
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- 2 days ago1h 18m
Land Thievery, Sibling Rivalries, and Pre-release Cheats | HSM 228
Sam is gone! So Mike and Tony Play, today we have a 5th player with a legendary comeback, sibling rivalries where someone doesn't know how combat works, and someone going to two pre-releases in a row and obviously trying to cheat. Also Tony decided to try a climbing competition and it was filled with stress...and some sends. Also also, it is officially cannon, Mike says that Tony is very athletic. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:0 Intro! 00:02:18 Where's Sam? 00:18:03 What is Salt? 00:19:57 Story 1: Land Thievery 00:36:07 Story 2: Sibling Rivalries 00:54:04 Story 3: Pre-release Cheats 01:06:00 Salty Card of the Week! 01:13:58 Outro ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago1h 25m
Salt Can be Fun, Two Turtles, and Ready for cEDH? | HSM 227
Salt can be fun but sometimes you need to power down to experience it, TMNT simply has too much synergy, and Mike and Tony are curious boys who like to learn about story titles but it upsets Sam. Also, Sam thinks he has a green thumb with hot peppers (even though he stresses out his plants), Tony's dad actually has a green thumb, and Mike used to have a pet turtle. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:02:09 What is Spice? 00:23:39 What is Salt? 00:26:15 Story 1: Salt Can be fun 00:37:29 Story 2: Two Turtles 00:53:07 Story 3: Are you ready for cEDH 01:10:45 Salty Card of the Week! 01:21:15 Outro ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago1h 34m
Mini Masters, Backsies, and Maliciousness or Incompetence | HSM 226
A mini masters event is supposedly single elimination, the art of when to accept or deny backsies (our new favorite word), and not announcing cards is cool when you aren't sure your opponents know what is going on. Also, Sam walks us through a new an innovative deck building process where claims he actually knows how to finish decks now. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:02:56 Perfected Deck Building 00:24:36 What is Salt? 00:26:40 Story 1: Single elimination limited...or is it? 00:39:20 Story 2: You played it wrong, that sucks 00:55:33 Story 3: Maliciousness or Incompetence 01:18:07 Salty Card of the Week! 01:29:28 Outro ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago1h 24m
Mischievous Dice Rolls, Shout Beats Storm, Pregame MLD | HSM 225
Today mischievous dice rolls that could get people DQed, a spelltable opponent misunderstands and shouts through a storm win, and a pregame discussion mentions MLD in bracket 2 and yet the game is still played. Also, Tony went to a world cup game, but Sam wouldn't let him talk about it so we talk about Sake and orange juice pulp instead. (You're welcome, everyone.) Oh also it's a GREMLIN BOYS EPISODE! Stay Salty! Sam & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:03:25 Sake and the World Cup 00:16:34 What is Salt? 00:18:59 Story 1: Mischievous dice rolls 00:30:28 Story 2: Shouting beats storm 00:45:37 Story 3: Pregame MLD 01:04:02 Salty Card of the Week! 01:17:38 Outro! ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Oct 8, 20261h 23m
Snooki's Stax, Strong But Not Amazing, and Same Wins | HSM 224
Snooki baptizes new cEDH players in staxy salt, a salty game with a deck described as "strong but not amazing" (whatever that means), and it turns out there is more than one win condition. Also, Tony take a seat in the sapphire lap of luxury and shares his experience salting it up with the upper crust. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:01:48 Chairs and Inner Demons 00:16:43 What is Salt? 00:17:51 Story 1: Stomped at Vegas by Lazerpants 00:30:11 Story 2: What's Priority Sam? 00:50:07 Story 3: Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad games 01:06:51 Salty Card of the Week! 01:19:46 Outro! ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Oct 1, 20261h 9m
Stomped by Lazerpants, What's Priority Sam?, and No Good Very Bad Games | HSM 222
Pantlaza has a normal game while stomping and flickering in Vegas, understanding how priority works does in fact matter, and sometimes you just have a horrible, no good, very bad string of games. Also Tony discusses the best seat in the house for watching streams, and tries to say he's an angel who fights inner demons but loses (he is lying). Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:01:32 Chairs and Inner Demons 00:16:47 What is Salt? 00:18:51 Story 1: Stomped at Vegas by Lazerpants 00:29:45 Story 2: What's Priority Sam? 00:43:44 Story 3: Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad games 00:53:29 Salty Card of the Week! 01:05:46 Outro! ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Sep 24, 20261h 31m
The Reality Fracture Set Review! | HSM 222
Today we walk through some of our favorite cards from the set including echo pairs, color shifted cards, potential cEDH cards, and of course, the cards we think will make people salty. Also whether you are a lore head or not, BUCKLE UP because Sam takes us on a mini deep dive because hey, he's a lore guy now. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony (also thanks to WotC for letting us be a part of the #mtgambassador program again!) Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:01:09 MTG Ambassadors 00:04:57 Episode Structure 00:05:35 Reality Fracture Lore Lesson 00:12:52 Favorite Echoed Pairs 00:29:31 Favorite Color Shifted Cards 00:49:16 Favorite cEDH Cards 01:11:37 Salty Cards! 01:19:53 Honorable Mentions 01:30:34 Outro! ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Sep 17, 20261h 22m
Scooping While Goaded, ThreeDH Collusion, and Valgavoth is Cracked | HSM 221
The ethics of scooping when you're goaded, the karma of colluding in a tournament of three player games, and a story where Sam searches for the salt. Valgavoth is best friends with Sire of Insanity, Dan Lewis is a card, and fancy icecream. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony Timestamps!: 00:00:00 Intro! 00:01:18 Game Recaps! Valgavoth and Dan Lewis 00:31:20 What is Salt? 00:33:26 Story 1: Scooping While Goaded 00:43:22 Story 2: ThreeDH Tournament Collusion 00:57:00 Story 3: A Hint of Salt... Maybe? 01:06:58 Salty Card of the Week! - Chaotic Edition 01:19:03 Outro! ____ Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home. ____ Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Pick up one of our HSM hats! Find HSM shirts on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Find links to all our social media pages on our Linktree! Check out our Moxfield! Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Have you ever been salty while playing Magic the Gathering? This is the show for you. The Howling Salt Mine is a Magic the Gathering comedy/advice podcast where we read salty stories from the community about games gone wrong, frustrating interactions, and challenging playgroup dynamics. Stories range from frustrating FNMs, getting pubstomped by that jerk at your LGS, and lots of commander stories where the salt is plentiful. We offer advice on how to deal with the frustrations of losing, how to avoid (or use) the saltiest cards in EDH, and how to navigate social situations. Join Sam, Mike, and Tony each week as we delve into the salty, salty mines of the community, put some salt in our mine cart, and bring it right back up to our dear prospectors listening at home.
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