Hello, Podwalkers and welcome back! We're back for the second way in a row and we are continuing to honor the mission of the show and taking care of ourselves. This is extra relevant as September is Suicide Awareness Month (links below are always in show notes but want to highlight them). Also we wanted to use this opportunity to encourage more people to come and join our Discord, where we continue to have amazing discussions and an amazing community that was active even during this break!

Last week Alex discussed Zada and her allies and his Zada Deck. This led to a lot of discussion of community (and 1DH as a format!). This week we have another Goblin Profile (with a deck to go with it!). This week is Grenzo, our favorite Dungeon Warden. Hobbes takes us through his deck... of ALL ARTIST PROOFS!! What is an artist proof? How do you get into collecting them? Well guess you will need to listen...

On another new note (phew we have a lot to say when we've been gone a month)... We have joined The Fireside Alliance. From their main page: "An independent media network and a progressive community of progressive communities"

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter (with a link to where you can offer support both monetary and not).

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here. You can use our partner code for discounted coffee!

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As promised, we plan to keep these Mental Health Links available moving forward too. For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  • Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741
• International suicide hotlines: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
• IMAlive: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
• TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support): 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
• Trans Lifeline (US): (877) 565-8860

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You can find the hosts on Twitter: Hobbes Q. at @HobbesQ, and Alex Newman at @Mel_Chronicler. Send questions, comments, thoughts, hopes, and dreams to