About this episode

In Episode 211, the hosts discuss various game strategies including counter spells and board wipes while sharing humorous anecdotes.

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 ____ 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!! 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

Topics covered

• board wipes
• counter spells
• game strategies
• Magic: The Gathering
• salty stories
• player interactions

Keywords

• board wipes
• counter spells
• Esper Sentinel
• Magic: The Gathering
• salty stories
• game strategies
• HSM

Sponsors

DragonShield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HSM, Jank Mats

Books & works: Esper Sentinel, HSM hats, HSM shirts, HSM playmats

Places: Linktree

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