The Howling Salt Mine

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HSM 167: Linchpin Jim, Two Fabios, and Moving Sucks

2025-09-0401:18:15

Welcome to Episode 167! Today, when ignorance of the rules starts to look like cheating, a game night ruined by a foolish Flubs, and an alignment of chaos cards that blooms into salt! Also, Sam is sleep deprived and exhausted from moving, and remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a goose? Also also, send us salty stories for the MC Atlanta Live Show! (Friday from 2 to 3 pm in the Spin Down panel room!) 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

HSM 166: The Monkey's Paw, Book Boys, and Banished from the Pod

2025-08-2801:16:09

Welcome to Episode 166! Today, our first mailed in salty story about Wishclaw Talisman deals, getting banished from the pod to go play Mario Party, and a story of spell stealing and 1v1 commander salt! Also, Tony discovers the joy of reading and the greatest Yargling yet! 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

HSM 165: Salt, Phat, Acid, Feet

2025-08-2101:12:26

Get it? Like the cook book? Welcome to Episode 165! Today, we have a trippy tale from the past with an Atraxa pubstomper, when someone in your pod rewinds the game just to screw you over, and a cautionary tale of why you should never play with your food when playing against a landfall deck. Also, Sam gets a pedicure for the first time and Zuran Orb is OP. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 164: Aminatou Much Salt, Honey Bear, and Grippers Galore

2025-08-1401:30:54

Welcome to Episode 164! Today, Mike and Sam get ground to dust by Aminatou, when your partner girlbosses the salt out of you, and when new bracket and old power level terminology gets crossed. Mike and Sam also talk about their time at Command Fest Worcester! Also, we are wearing toe socks and we are sorry. This episode has a lot of grippers. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 163: Mixed cEDH Pods, Awkward Table Talk, and Pact Sucks with That's a Good Card Podcast!

2025-08-0701:54:26

Welcome to Episode 163! Today we are joined by our good friends Kyle and Yah from That's A Good Card Podcast! (it's a good podcast!) Today we talk cEDH! We talk about a casual deck in a cEDH pod with some unexpected salt, navigating uncomfortable table talk, and how getting spite played with a Pact of Negation might be good? Also, Pact for Points, Tony can read, and Jordon strikes again! Also also, GO CHECK OUT THE CARDMILL KICKSTARTER! #sponsored babyyyy Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 162: Shelob’s Burger Claw, Another Farewell, and Mr. Fixit

2025-07-3101:15:01

Welcome to Episode 162! Today, a pod gets hamburgled by a greasy spider, the local LGS jerk tries to spread his salt, and a deja vu of Farewells. Also, they don't make tools like they used to, Jelly's redemption, and hashtag vegetable. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 161: LIVE! Kroxa Revenge, Niv Stomping, and We're Friends Right?

2025-07-2458:09

Welcome to Episode 161! Our live show from MC Vegas 2025! Today, we have boyfriends playing too much interaction, the perils of hand-shake deals in front of opponents, stomping the table with a Niv deck that you don't know how to pilot, and teaming up to defeat a salt-inducing Kroxa player. Thank you to everyone that came out to our show in Vegas! We will see you at our next show in Atlanta! Also, GO CHECK OUT THE CARDMILL KICKSTARTER! #sponsored babyyyy Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 160: Sucker Punch, Bad LGS Employee, and Three Salty Years

2025-07-1701:22:401

Welcome to Episode 160! IT IS OUR 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Thank you all for three lovely years of salt. It has been a wild ride, and we're excited for the next three years! Today, a player gets hit with a sneak attack because of the Big Game, an opponent too faded to function, and the most insufferable LGS employee we have ever come across. We also celebrate our anniversary, sip on cursed beverages, and eat lollipops for some reason. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 159: The MagicCon Vegas 2025 Recap Special!

2025-07-1001:37:25

Welcome to Episode 159! Today we are talking MC Vegas! We'll walk through what we did each day and cap the episode off with our recorded Salty Tales where we asked you what makes YOU salty! We'll talk about Barry Manilow, buying Cradles, epic cEDH turns, and all the Final Fantasy hype! Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 158: Stranger Spite, Pubstomp Cousin, and Smart House

2025-07-0301:19:10

Welcome to Episode 158! Today, we talk about a salty story about losing your commander in your graveyard permanently, paying back spite from a stranger with overwhelming force, and hiring your cousin to pubstomp your friends. We also talk about smart houses, dog sitting, and Bill Withers. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 157: Ravages of Land Destruction, Butter the Nugs, and Pizza

2025-06-2601:11:32

Welcome to Episode 157! In today's episode, surprise land destruction ruins a new player's game, we learn to butter the nugs and kudo the clapper, and when vigilante justice just leaves everyone feeling salty. Also pizza toppings, Tony hates beef, and Mike's forced segues. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 156: Blinked Blocker, Ulalek Rules Atrocity, and Amaro Rambling

2025-06-1901:15:49

Welcome to Episode 156 and the first video Gremlin Boys episode! In a weird twist, today we really focus on the rules! First, a blocker gets blinked and a friend denies the ruling, then confusing eldrazi rules getting you kicked from a pod, and lastly a cautionary tale about why you should always beware the Protean Hulk! We also talk about our shared love of amari and other liqueurs. Like a lot. We talk about it so much. Stay Salty! Sam & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 155: Perfect Priority, Sheoldred Betrayal, and Sisay's Final Fantasy

2025-06-1201:23:09

Welcome to Episode 155! Mike and Sam are here to workshop duo names and still be pretty gremliny even in Tony's absence. Today, what happens when LGS beef leads to a back alley rumble, the salt of trying to play perfectly, and when your precious Sheoldred leaves you for another. Also, new Sisay tech from Final Fantasy, co-captains, and GF4P. Stay Salty! Sam & Mike ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 154: Deal or Kingmake, a Salty Saga, and Not That Ur-Dragon

2025-06-0501:27:13

Welcome to Episode 154! Today, we talk about a salty game that ended in kingmaking (or was it just a deal?), a long saga of salt with all the red flags you'd expect, and when someone pubstomps a new player with an Ur-Dragon deck (but not that Ur-Dragon deck I swear). Also, Kotis is cool, blind box socks, and printer go brrrrrrrrr! Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 153: Mean Jelly, Sleepy Tattoos, and Dockside Got Banned?

2025-05-2901:20:40

Welcome to Episode 153! It's the Gremlin Boys! Today, we talk about someone that doesn't know dockside is banned (or do they?), a player dealing with a gelatinous bully in their pod, and when backseat piloting loses you the game. Also, new tattoos, big fonts, and cougars. Stay Salty! Sam & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 152: Boardwipe Blues, Always Too Strong, and Mall Rats 2

2025-05-2201:12:29

Welcome to Episode 152! Today, we talk about the targeting priority of a stoner, getting knocked out early because you played a repeatable boardwipe, and when your least favorite person says you always play decks that are too strong. Also, Sam mourns malls and is it pronounced Hakbal or Hakbal? Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 151: Fatherly Salt, Captain Kingmake, and Board Game Boy

2025-05-1501:10:42

Welcome to Episode 151! Today, we talk about crushing a player when you aren't really paying attention, a father teaches their son about salt, and a kingmaking situation that has Tony and Mike reliving the past. Also, board games and ping pong tournaments. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 150: Shuffling In, Gift Swap, and Bullying

2025-05-0801:06:43

Welcome to Episode 150! Today, we talk about playing 1v1 with the LGS owner, the guilt of a reformed bully, and setting up your wife for salty failure at a holiday deck exchange. Also, the worst EDH mistake you can make, Tony deals, and delicious beer! Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 149: EDH Unbans, Norin the Scary, and the Problem with Tyler

2025-05-0101:26:47

Welcome to Episode 149! We kick off today's episode with a discussion on the new unbans for commander and the new article on brackets. Then we dive into the mine with a story about getting banned from a store for playing "cEDH" Norin, a massive overreaction from Tyler, and nuking your friend's deck when it was just supposed to be a chill night. Also, Tony consults demonically, and the home at love are peopling it. Unban article! Bracket article! Stay Salty! ____ Buy DragonShield 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

HSM 148: Convention Salt, Misty Slander, and Haircuts

2025-04-2401:01:39

Welcome to Episode 148! OUR FIRST VIDEO EPISODE ON YOUTUBE!! The pillow fort got an upgrade! Today, what to do when a podcaster snubs you at a convention, when a merciless god turns on you, and when a Water Trainer slanders you to the LGS owner. Also regular men's haircut, bellybutton thumb, and Ash cheats. Stay Salty! Sam, Mike, & Tony ____ Buy DragonShield 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

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