EDHREC is excited to announce that we are partnering with Mana Pool!

Mana Pool is a website that focuses solely on Magic cards: singles, sealed product, and selling! This focus on Magic specifically helps build and hone in on features that can only come from specializing in the best TCG market.

Search Functionality

Mana Pool has a robust system for buying product, having large displays when searching for cards, showing all available versions and the ability to flip double-sided cards.

On top of that, the site's search function is smart about punctuation, responding instantly, even if you miss that pesky apostrophe when typing in everyone's favorite card, Drach'Nyen!

But as if that wasn't enough, Mana Pool comes with more search functionality, including a set of advanced filters to help you find exactly what you are looking for. Ranging from specific sets, card foils/finishes, formats, and even commander color identity, Mana Pool has you covered in your quest for whatever specific card you're in the market for!

Mass Entry Buyer

Mana Pool comes with a first class mass entry feature that can help you buy decks in seconds using the websites deep pool of cards. You'll immediately see the availability and price of the list, letting you add another deck to your collection in no time at all.

Mana Pool also comes with its own deck builder, which is able to add cards you select yourself, or suggest cards can via prompts such as “triggers from land ETBs” for additional suggestions in building out your list! The deck building feature is currently in beta, and is being improved on constantly.

Seller Features

Regardless of whether you are big or small, Mana Pool comes with multiple features and benefits.

• Powerful listing options
  • Just a couple of clicks to syndicate inventory from both Crystal Commerce and Shopify
  • Features to import spreadsheets, or manually list cards via the Mana Pool dashboard

• Low fees
  • Pay just a 5% marketplace fee on the price of cards, with no marketplace fee on shipping, along with a credit card processing fee (2.9% + .30 per transaction)
• Payouts 
  • Get paid for cards the same week they sell, for trusted sellers
  • Payouts are kept in a custodial account (via Stripe) and seller payouts don’t flow through Mana Pool’s bank account

Other Features for Buyers and Sellers

• 100% fulfillment program - to solve the problem of sellers sometimes not having a card they listed and ensure buyers always get their full order, Mana Pool re-sources cards from other sellers, at no cost to the buyer
• Responsive support - the Mana Pool founders quickly respond to emails and Discord messages from buyers and sellers, and constantly work on feedback to improve the website
• Affiliate program - available to game stores and Magic creators: https://manapool.com/affiliates 
• Magic only - no clutter of other games, keeping the focus of the experience and the continuous improvement of Mana pool focused on Magic
• Great user experience for browsing individual seller shops and Magic sets, displaying both sealed and singles:

Personal Buyer Experience

I had no idea what I was walking into when I first heard about Mana Pool. I've used other marketplaces before, but I was really interested in seeing what made this one different than the others.

The way I went about this was simple. I still had yet to finish upgrading my Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle Earth commander decks from last year, so there were a handful of cards I still had to pick up in order to round them out!

Searching for the cards were simple, even for the most esoteric ones, like a Tales of Middle Earth Commander Graypelt Refuge. Scrolling through the various printings and finding that specific one was easy! At one point, when I went to checkout, I realized I had the wrong version of Port Town in my cart. Luckily, the "Replace" feature in Mana Pool's cart let me swap out the versions with ease without making me need to go through the trouble of deleting it from my card and searching for the card again. It was also super easy to see which sellers were in my cart as I was ordering cards, that way I could optimize on shipping costs!

Overall, I had an excellent experience buying from Mana Pool. Navigation was easy, they had all the cards I needed, and checkout was simple. I highly recommend!

Angelo Guerrera

Angelo is a New England resident who started playing Magic during Return to Ravnica, and has made it his mission to play Jeskai in every format possible. Along with Commander, he loves Limited, Cube, and Modern, and will always put his trust in counterspells over creatures. He is still hurt by Sphinx's Revelation's rotation out of Standard.