The Howling Salt Mine
A comedy/advice podcast reading salty stories from the Magic the Gathering community. Stay Salty!
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- 11
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Scooping While Goaded, ThreeDH Collusion, and Valgavoth is Cracked | HSM 221 (opens the original)
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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.
With Zach the Bold! Proxied Bracket 4 Urza and the Deflecting Dollar | HSM 220 (opens the original)
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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).
Samwise vs Prowess, Sam vs Chipmunks, and Our Longest Story Ever | HSM 219 (opens the original)
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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.
The Collector Box Problem, Just Call a Judge, and Backseat RogSi | HSM 218 (opens the original)
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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.
Iroh's Big Turn, The Misplay Jar, and Super Zelda Bros | HSM 217 (opens the original)
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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.
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