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Upgrading the Miracle Worker Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
By @BrewitCody
Hey everybody! I’m BrewitCody, and today we’re taking a look at upgrading the Miracle Worker Precon.
Miracle worker focuses on enchantments and a returning mechanic called Miracle. Miracle lets us cast cards at a reduced rate if they’re the first card we draw in a turn.
The face commander of the deck, Aminatou, Veil Piercer, leans into...
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Upgrading the Endless Punishment Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
By Brock Preston
Endless Punshiment is a new Rakdos preconstructed Commander deck, helmed by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls.
This commander has evasion and protection built-in and wants to bring the pain on your opponent’s turns. This deck is fast-paced and chaotic, keeping it truly in-line with its color identity.
Maxxing out Valgavoth
The key feature this guide wants to focus on is Valgavoth’s...
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Upgrading the Jump Scare Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
By Brian Affolter
Hey, it’s Brian from the Chaotic Commander YouTube channel. I’m a deck builder by trade, and since the new MTG Duskmourn precons are releasing soon, I’m sharing my picks for 20 cards to upgrade your new Jump Scare! deck, for well under $20.
But first let’s go over what this deck wants to do. The Jump Scare! Commander deck wins the game by out-valuing your opponents. It aims to cheat in big permanents (typically creatures) and...
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Upgrading the Death Toll Precon from Duskmourn, on a small budget
By @BrewitCody
Hey everybody! I’m BrewitCody and today we’re taking a look at upgrading the Death Toll Precon from Duskmourn. This is the first article of a series covering all the new Duskmourn Precons.
Death Toll focuses on the Delirium mechanic that gives us advantages for having four or more different card types in our graveyard. The Face commander Winter, Cynical Opportunist, lets us mill cards to fill our graveyard and then...
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Video: The Best Way to Buy Cards for Your Commander Deck
By Andrew Johnson
I made a video today showing how Mana Pool connects to EDHRec, and how the flow from finding a deck, to cart optimizer, to fine-tune replace works!
If you want to see low prices on EDHRec, definitely set us as a price source over there!
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5 Commander Deck Ideas from Bloomburrow
By Jonathan Zucchetti
Bloomburrow, the latest MTG expansion, introduces many cute and furry tools for EDH deck builders. Typal decks, both new and established, benefit most from Bloomburrow. In addition, some monocolored strategies now have powerful new commanders, and several staple archetypes got some helpful updates. Today’s article is about 5 new brews with Bloomburrow commanders.
Kastral Bird Typal
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MH3 Eldrazi Spoilers
By Tom Trapman
What’s that on the horizon? It looks like a writhing mass of nightmarish Lovecraftian tentacles! The Eldrazi, every Magic player’s favorite cosmic horror from beyond the void, is making a return in Modern Horizons III and we have a sneak peek of some of the latest spoilers to hit the internet.
There’s a huge number of blurry potato camera photos floating around right now as well, but let’s focus on the slightly more confirmed, and apocalyptically oriented,...
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Seller Spotlight: Phil Allen of PunkOuter Games
By Andrew Johnson, Co-Founder Mana Pool
Most people who find themselves in a sudden maelstrom of illness, covid, and long hours taking away from time with wife and children might batten down the hatches. Not Phil Allen. Phil decided it was time to start PunkOuter Games in Gainesville, FL.
From IT to Games
Phil studied many things when he was young, from agriculture, to game design, to computer crime scene analysis, but a common thread in that was...
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Magic Decks to Teach New Players
By Jonathan Zucchetti
Teaching a new player Magic can be daunting, especially young kids or other people unfamiliar with intricate strategic games. Magic in the modern era has many keywords, rules, and interactions that can make the task gargantuan.
To make the task easier, here are a set of 5 kitchen table decks that provide rich gameplay, while limiting the number of ideas to learn. These decks are inexpensive, the sort of decks you can happily shuffle up, lend out,...
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Standard Shipping on Mana Pool
By Andrew Johnson
Unlike other platforms, shipping rates on Mana Pool are standard across all sellers. You can read about the Mana Pool shipping rates in this help article.
Our idea is that shipping should correspond to the actual cost of the packaging and postage, and that the card prices themselves should reflect any differences among sellers related to strategy, underlying picking/packing costs, and other reasons to have a different price.
In addition, unlike other platforms, we don’t charge...
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Mana Pool Video Updates #1 and #2
By Andrew Johnson
If you are interested to hear about what we’re building and shipping at Mana Pool, check out the videos I started posting talking about new features and work in progress.
These first two videos cover last week and the previous week, and go into about the new Make Deck feature, along with improvements we are making in the overall browsing experience, and all the work that has gotten Mana Pool to nearly 7M cards in stock...
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Paste in Decks from Moxfield
By Andrew Johnson
The make deck feature is now live on Mana Pool. Paste in decks from Moxfield and other popular MTG sites to buy a deck in one go. Or type in the list brimming out of your mind.
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Outlaws of Thunder Junction is live on Mana Pool
By Tom Trapman & Mana Pool Staff
Bad is riding into town starting today, and Oko’s crew of Multiverse miscreants are pulling off the greatest heist this side o’ the law. Tinybones, Rakdos, Vraska, and more have joined up and they’ve got their eyes on the ultimate score.
Outlaws of Thunder Junction has landed and it’s already making waves in multiple formats with powerful cards like Slickshot Show-Off and Terror of the Peaks...
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The OTJ Commanders Have Been Revealed
By Tom Trapman & Mana Pool Staff
The unveiling of the four Commander Decks from Outlaws of Thunder Junction has presented a blend of familiar faces and fresh characters to bring to the table.
These decks, inspired by the frontier spirit of Thunder Junction, explore various themes, ranging from “I like to steal things” to “Pew, pew everybody”. Let’s explore.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw: The Treasure Monger
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Decked Out with OTJ: Outlaws of Thunder Junction
By Tom Trapman & Mana Pool Staff
Outlaws of Thunder Junction are dusting up the deserts, and we have some really interesting new tools for commander. Before we dig in, I just want to take a second and tip a cowboy hat to Wizards and point out that Karlov Manor and Outlaws are two sides of the same thematic coin.
In Karlov, we followed the story of investigative crime fighters trying to solve a multiversal...
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CardBot Emerges from the Castle
By Andrew Johnson
When CardCastle started, they saw the world through the lens of the iPhone. They built out a scanning app and a platform to manage cards, which grew popular among players, but stores pushed back on the idea of using an app to scan cards. So, CardCastle unleashed the CardBot, a mesmerizing machine that scans and sifts collectible cards at scale.
Feb 27, 2024
Mana Pool referral program is lit!
By Andrew Johnson
NOTE: This program is now ended as of 8/1/2024.
Mana Pool has an amazing referral program as we boot up the marketplace for Magic cards.
Refer your favorite local game store, or even a non-brick & mortar seller, and you can win a Black Lotus, and you can reward the seller with 0% marketplace fee for 6 months, along with tiered kickbacks on their first $1K, $5K, and $100K in sales.
Today,...
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Drawers for stores! MTech Cave the maker
By Andrew Johnson
One of the sellers that recently joined Mana Pool, MTech Cave, is run by Mikah the maker, and their store is a cross between a game store and a maker space. Mikah had a wildly successful Kickstarter to manufacture these drawers to store collectible cards in sleeves, and I think this is really cool.
The drawers are a cost-effective option for storing cards for local game stores who don’t...
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Seller's Tips: How to determine card condition
By Dusty Stokes
Selling Magic: The Gathering cards online requires a skill that is often overlooked but is of critical importance – the ability to quickly and accurately judge the condition of a given card. Incorrectly assessing card condition can lead to an increase in returns and a reduction in a vital metric for our customers – trust. In this guide, we will explore the key factors to consider when determining the condition of your cards.
Grading Scale
Magic...
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Ravnica Remastered: What You Need to Know
By Dusty Stokes
As we usher in 2024, Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts have a reason to empty those holiday gift cards – the arrival of Ravnica Remastered on January 12th. However, if you’re scratching your head wondering what exactly a “Remastered” set entails, you’re not alone. Let’s dive into Ravnica Remastered and unpack why this release should be on your radar.
What’s the Buzz about Ravnica Remastered?
The...
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Commander Highlights Featuring Doctor Who!
By Mana Pool Staff
On October 13th, Wizards newest universes beyond crossover Doctor Who (WHO) was released. It features 4 new Commander decks available as a bundle for $259.99, 12-pack Collector booster boxes for $240, and singles that you can shop for here, at Manapool.com!
One of the most exciting things the new Doctor Who set is bringing to Commander is the Doctor’s companion. This mechanic allows for decks to have two commanders, similar to the existing Partner mechanic. Commanders...
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Re-learning the Vintage Cube
By Kenny Hsiung
Going over a draft pick by pick in the vintage cube. Here you can see the entire draft, pick by pick in the viewer. In this draft, we drafted a sick re-animator deck and actually took Entomb (the best card for our deck) 1st pick out of pack 2, over Sol Ring (the best card in the cube).
Pack 1
The opening pack was not great. For me, the...
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