HSM 200: Losing to Spell Pierce and Losing Your Playgroup with Josh Lee Kwai of The Command Zone!

About this episode

In this milestone 200th episode, the hosts celebrate with guest Josh Lee Kwai, discussing game strategies and playgroup dynamics in Magic: The Gathering.

WELCOME TO EPISODE 200!!! And to help us celebrate this huge milestone, we are joined by Josh Lee Kwai from The Command Zone podcast and Game Knights! On today's episode, voltronning someone in their own home so badly that you don't get invited back, an opponent threatens to scoop to Spell Pierce, and the regret of breaking out your Baral deck to keep another player in check. Also, managing salt on set and whining until you win. Thank you to all the prospectors in the mine for listening along with us for 200 episodes. We would not have made it this far without our incredible community. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield products and our custom sleeves from our affiliate link! Use code "staysalty" all lowercase, all one word for a discount! Find HSM merch on our website and our Bonfire site! Get HSM playmats from our friends at Jank Mats! Use our affiliate link!! Email your salty stories to thehowlingsaltmine@gmail.com! 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

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam, Mike, Tony

Guest: Josh Lee Kwai

Topics covered

• milestone celebration
• Magic: The Gathering
• playgroup dynamics
• game strategy
• community engagement

Keywords

• Spell Pierce
• Baral deck
• voltron
• game nights
• community
• salt
• Magic: The Gathering

Sponsors

DragonShield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Command Zone, Game Knights

Products: DragonShield, HSM merch, HSM playmats

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