The Howling Salt Mine
The Howling Salt Mine
HowlingSaltMine
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. If you want to hear your story in a future episode, send it to us! New episodes every Thursday.
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.
Oct 29
1 hr 25 min
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 and innovative deck building process where claims he actually knows how to finish decks now.
Oct 22
1 hr 34 min
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.)
Oct 15
1 hr 24 min
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.
Oct 8
1 hr 23 min
Stomped by Lazerpants, What's Priority Sam?, and No Good Very Bad Games | HSM 223
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).
Oct 1
1 hr 9 min
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.
Sep 24
1 hr 31 min
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.
Sep 17
1 hr 22 min
With Zach the Bold! Proxied Bracket 4 Urza and the Deflecting Dollar | HSM 220
Zach the Bold joins us in the mine today for a special guest episode! A player definitely isn't salty about their friend's proxied Bracket 4 Urza deck, how tracking games can lead to a spiral of salt to try to chase those wins, and removal spell is deflected with a new free spell: bribery (not the one you're thinking of).
Sep 10
1 hr 39 min
Samwise vs Prowess, Sam vs Chipmunks, and Our Longest Story Ever | HSM 219
Two modern players hit a salty stalemate with a Samwise food deck and a prowess deck, an incredibly long 5 player game provides us an incredibly long salty story, and a sudden win from the graveyard leads a particularly gross scoop. Also Sam is battling chipmunks in his garden, and Mike is battling on Arena to get a Hobbit Collector Box.
Sep 3
1 hr 34 min
The Collector Box Problem, Just Call a Judge, and Backseat RogSi | HSM 218
Tony and Sam kick it off with a chat about Collector Booster boxes and the state of the cost of Magic these days. Then, a prerelease deal to split a box is changed, another prerelease is soured from a niche rules interaction, and a Blue Farm player backseat drives their RogSi friend in a cEDH tournament.
Aug 27
1 hr 40 min
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