The Howling Salt Mine
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.
Episodes
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 ...
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
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 S...
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 Chair...
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 #mtgambass...
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
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).
Also Zach loves Code Red, Jake and Amir does it again, and QuiGon wigs.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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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.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
Timestamps!:
00:00:00 Intro!
00:01:15 Sam loves ...
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.
Also Tony is clearly not 1337, and HSM has too many calendars.
Stay Salty!
Sam & Tony (Mike is out of town)
Today, Uncle Iroh has a big turn and ruins the game night vibe, a salty friend leaves his commander in exile and leaves the commander playgroup, and an opponent casts a Worldpurge in a 12 person game to create a true nightmare of a game.
Also the boys chat about the Ocarina of Time remake, and Sam is confidently wrong about Super Smash Brothers.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
The Howling Salt Mine is a comedy advice podcast wher...
Today, a "judge" at the LGS makes you skip your untap step, a braids player is that braids player, and a player fudges some rules at an edge of eternities prerelease event.
Also, Sam and Mike give Selvala the ideal send off she deserves (without Tony).
Stay Salty!
Sam & Mike
The Howling Salt Mine is a comedy advice podcast where we read salty stories from the Magic the Gathering community about games gone wrong. It's a cross be...
Today a foolish opponent board wipes into an Atla Palani deck, learning magic from a sweaty vintage player, and an LGS full of disrespectful players leads to a salty day.
Also, Sam pubstomps in Bracket 3 and takes 20 minute turns.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
The Howling Salt Mine is a comedy advice podcast where we read salty stories from the Magic the Gathering community about games gone wrong. It's a cross between AITA post...
Today we are recapping our time at MagicCon Amsterdam! Join us as we walk through each day at the con, the games we played, the people we met, and the fun we had!
Thank you to all the European prospectors that showed up and made this convention so special for us. We love y'all!
Also, Joe and Juice, signed Sky Diamonds, and shower beers!
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
The Howling Salt Mine is a comedy advice podcast where we read...
Getting "revenge" with a well-timed orcish bowmasters, the perils of tcgplayer optimization and dealing with customer service, and a ridiculous game moment sprouts from misreading a card.
Also, we discuss holey pants, and nonstretch jeans are a prison.
The Howling Salt Mine is a comedy advice podcast where we read salty stories from the Magic the Gathering community about games gone wrong. It's a cross between AITA posts and Magic!...
Welcome to Episode 212!
Today, stopping an opponent with your trap card (Dark Depths), a player quits Magic after dealing with a jerk in their playgroup, and a dad looking for an easy game gets a group hug stax game from hell.
Also Tony and Mike explain Love Island to Sam. and we remind you that this isn't a children's show.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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Welcome to Episode 211!
Today, a player overloads on salt and counter spells everything, Kenrith and Reaper King race to play the most board wipes, and the joy of reminding an opponent about their Esper Sentinel.
Also Sam can't remove enchantments, stalactites and stalagmites, pissing out icecream, and Nathan Fillion.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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Welcome to Episode 210! And we are joined by our friend Dylan from Play to Win!
Today, a Lumra player yaps too much and ruins a potential win, a series of tournament misplays leads to a salty loss, and a cautionary tale on why stax locks are interesting but maybe not good.
Also, conceding in cEDH and SABLEDONK!
Go listen to Play to Win's podcast and watch their gameplay show!
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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Welcome to Episode 209!
Today, winning with style against that guy at your LGS, proudly salting your friends with a trigger happy deck, and dealing with Blood Moon and Urza's Saga when you're sleep deprived.
Also, vet visits and Gansetts.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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Welcome to Episode 208!
This week, an uncle gets summoned to pubstomp a bunch of kids, a boy gets slapped by an LGS employee, and siblings commit unspeakable crimes against each other. The vibe in this episode is... strange lol.
Also, Mike gets summoned, and we share tricks to make your school papers look longer.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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Welcome to Episode 207!
Today, a Damia player steals and storms during a late night game, the shame when an opponent thinks your cute niche card is terrible, and the freedom of finally giving up on a deck that you're struggling to improve.
Also the salty boys relive the ups and downs of Patreon Game Nights.
Stay Salty!
Sam, Mike, & Tony
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