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  • The Howling Salt Mine

    Salt Can be Fun, Two Turtles, and Ready for cEDH? | HSM 227

    10/29/2026 | 1h 25 mins.
    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

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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.

    ____
    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.
  • The Howling Salt Mine

    Mini Masters, Backsies, and Maliciousness or Incompetence | HSM 226

    10/22/2026 | 1h 34 mins.
    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.
  • The Howling Salt Mine

    Mischievous Dice Rolls, Shout Beats Storm, Pregame MLD | HSM 225

    10/15/2026 | 1h 24 mins.
    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.
  • The Howling Salt Mine

    Snooki's Stax, Strong But Not Amazing, and Same Wins | HSM 224

    10/08/2026 | 1h 23 mins.
    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.
  • The Howling Salt Mine

    Stomped by Lazerpants, What's Priority Sam?, and No Good Very Bad Games | HSM 223

    10/01/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    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.
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About 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.
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