Magic Origins || Crack-A-Pack - Dec 17, 2024

[@ecyor0]

5:50 I can never look at that card without mentally swapping out the flavour text for Liliana going "Ooooh, look at me, I'm a big fancy angel, I've got a halo and everything."

[@TheAJDurai]

I love the "Dramatic Reengrahament" when Graham goes into story telling. =3

[@camoyuki]

Wow, I actually really love that line at 7:41 "I am the first line of defense. You will not encounter the second." I will quote that whenever I get a chance, which will not be often, but still

[@Kryptnyt]

It reminds me of Warcraft 3 where Sylvanas Windrunner was the first line of defense, and then when she lost, she just ran away and became the second line of defense also (she died this time)

[@seasikberry7120]

Its very lotr

[@Suspinded]

5:44 this is supposed to be the story beat of when Liliana got her iconic headpiece off the Archangel of Tithes.

[@CSDragon]

Oh hey, it's Exquisite Firecraftdinner!

[@mehalld]

Rampage, for whatever reason, doesn't count the _first_ blocker. It's +X/+X for each blocker beyond the first. The dogs are more like Bushido, but only on blocked not on blocking.

[@wehpudicabok6598]

I still can't see Exquisite Firecraft without hearing Graham say "Exquisite Firecraftdinner".

[@alphahelix7997]

Same! It's literally my only point of reference for that card.

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Cruel Revival _only_ brings back Zombies. Also, engagement!

[@paultuck]

I remember Magic: Origins. The only drafts I ever won. The origins Chandra and Nissa were great, plus I pulled the Jace one from a booster at the height of their price and after playing an FNM evening with it, sold it and used that to pay for 2 Prerelease events and a Draft.

[@cyntheticconjurer]

"Is this the last time they printed regenerate?" Short answer, no. Post-Magic Origins Regenerate cards include two Eldrazi and an Eldrazi-themed instant (but nonetheless NOT Kindred) from the Battle for Zendikar block, one Phyrexian from MH3 Commander, and the already-mentioned Wolverine. The classic "destroy, can't be regenerated" effect was last printed on a new card with MH2's Damn, a card with a very fun name.

[@PopoTCG]

Would have been Tribal at the time.

[@collierbluff4350]

Wolverine popping up when Graham mentions regenerate made me laugh more than it should have.

[@ImpossibilitySpace]

Ah end of combat step, my beloved

[@mikeanderson379]

Favorite Origins story was getting compensated for judging prereleases by getting basically all of the remaining pre release kits and ripping 4 Jaces straight up.

[@thephantomgamer6423]

That whole combat step effect is one of the reasons Reconnaissance is good as well.

[@jlaw131985]

Reconnaissance is good without that step. It’s bonkers with that step.

[@Scrimshaw_DuBois42]

Dramatic Reengrahament is a good bit. Almost sounds like the title of a Crapshot

[@binks5215]

Spell mastery was honestly a pretty cool limited mechanic I remember. Not great for anything else, but it made sealed a little more strategic than a normal core set if I recall.

[@mikewicked.x]

I always think that Unholy Hunger art makes Liliana look like she's turned away after saying "wtf bro?" like the zombies are cats who've just knocked an angel off a table.

[@adancein]

Nice! I continue to like and will never get tired of "dramatic reengrahament".

[@GuiGomesb]

The "Dramatic Reengrahament" for Renown was the best!

[@laurencebrown3822]

Celestial Flare is also good for when you can use it as a gotcha between first strike and regular strike damage.

[@michaelzitterkopf422]

2:30 Literally had the exact same realization as you said that. I started playing when Origins came out. So many years and so many copies of this card to just realize hahaha

[@Mordalon]

This card is originally from Alara. Really wish this art was the one on Arena.

[@wombleking]

Origins is the set that got me back into MTG after a decade-long break. I have many happy memories of playing it with my friends!

[@sankethbhaskar4236]

Everytime I see Magic Origins I just think of Paul going What Whatigins? from Friday nights lol

[@mattt8109]

Exquisite Firecraft has been errated to hit any target if anyones interested.

[@monogreen]

That step you are talking about with Celestial Flare I've always called the Desert Step because it's the only time you can activate Desert.

[@thedevilcomes2011]

I agree, you probably don't want to know why all the golgari stuff ends up *sticky* (sincerely)

[@HeyRyanLetsPlay]

Graham doing the little reenactments of an ability always gives me a good chuckle

[@FrogKing3]

I started playing the week before Origins prerelease. Flashback to my origins!

[@rambler209]

Dramatic Reengrahamment really got me.

[@Drecon84]

Weird that there are just multiple cards that I don't remember ever having seen before.

[@TheFoxclouds]

For anyone wondering, rampage made a creature bigger if it was blocked by multiple creatures. So nothing for the first creature.

[@krisdaschwab912]

Right about when I started playing. I remember getting dumpstered by Sphinx's Tutelage in basically every draft and nearly quit because of it

[@ItsNep]

oh god the horrors of that card were unspeakable.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

@@ItsNep I remember doing a draft at my local shop and I put together a pretty insane Boros aggro deck. I crushed everybody EXCEPT the guy with the Sphinx's Tutelage deck. (Lucky for me, he had to leave early, so he just conceded the match to me anyway.)

[@KingOfDoma]

... why am I JUST now realizing that the set symbol was the planeswalker logo kinda... rising into shot with the five... pointy thingies? Tines? Spikes? ... I am realizing it now and I feel silly, is the upshot.

[@Merc1987]

My first booster box! Got several liliana and one chandra flips and some great starters to my collection!

[@lhei_tayuun]

0:46 RFC-3339 timestamps, ride or die.

[@gregwagner3698]

I'm always down for a dramatic Reengrahament!!

[@TheOneMiffy92]

Comment below your favorite method of writing dates as numbers! Anyone conforming to ISO 8601 may be escorted outside.

[@lightfut]

Most accurate greeting yet

[@evelmichael]

Really hitting that cracking pack asmr lol

[@pablooldaq2816]

All I want for Xmas is Friday Nights

[@thedevilcomes2011]

Core Set : The Gathering circa 2015 - the End of Combat step, or should i say the 2nd Ninja Step :)

[@rayodios5826]

Just here for the engagement

[@hazerdoescrap]

No "Exquisite Frecaraftdinner" reference? ;) It would have been cheesey....

[@Kryptnyt]

Are core sets the McRib of Magic? 🤔 Shows up unexpectedly every now and then, maybe never comes back each time, and we don't end up liking them that much after all is said and done, but we keep looking forward to the next one-

[@christopherlundgren1700]

🤷‍♂I really like drafting Core Sets. It's good to get back to the fundamentals from time to time. (I can't speak to the McRib comparison, as I've never thought it looked appealing enough to try.)

[@kristianfischer9814]

I'm more of a Sewer Troll, actually...

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

Dragon Fodder looks like a split camera-in-camera effect of the same goblin to me, like he's trying to soothe the dragon with a heartfelt rendition of Rocketman. Spoiler alert: He goes too Shatner and still gets ate.

[@markbrierley6367]

It's weird to me that this isn't the first time *recently* that Graham has meant Bushido instead of Rampage.

[@Mordalon]

he's half right. Rampage, like this ability, only works on attackers that are blocked, it's just like Bushido in that it triggers on the first blocker and not additional blockers.

[@nicholasvandonkersgoed3758]

I'll gladly be an undercity troll, card is cool.

[@SingerOfW]

It truly is tragic how our society punishes any excellence by accepting it as the norm as soon as it's reached - to the point I am reminded of it while thinking of card game mechanics. On a more fun note - Cruel Revival is actually a reprint all the way back from Onslaught, and you know Regenerate was certainly a thing back then!

[@PopoTCG]

Huh? What so good about excellence?

[@christopherlundgren1700]

@@PopoTCG Excellence is not merely good; it's excellent! By definition!

[@bastiengiroux7762]

You forgot pick one pack one !!!

[@Spinballwizard]

I once had 5 Celestial Flares in a Team Sealed GP that year. I did not make friends. (We lost our win-and-in for Day 2.)

[@jedrzejkraszpulski442]

You did not use Rampage correctly - it is much worse than that. It only gives a buff for each blocker beyond the first.

[@taylord2006]

Crack! A! Pack!

[@justinleach4775]

Judge! With the new way damage is assigned, does combat still work in the same way to allow Celestial Flare to work as described?

[@faerievandal]

the phases haven't changed, so it should

[@chaospudding]

Yes. Nothing in how combat changed affected the existence of the end of combat step.

[@Stockimaster]

Why does this Phase still exist? Does is something special? It is not intuitive at all.

[@faerievandal]

@ because of combat damage triggers, otherwise they would go on the stack during main phase 2

[@Stockimaster]

@@faerievandal thx, this make sense

[@feltyone]

What Whatigins?

[@sylvrstone]

[@DrSpaceGhost]

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[@syntheticsylvie]

Somberwald Alpha is pretty solid, giving your attackers buffs and threatening trample.