Magic | Friday Nights - The Gathering

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

“We look forward to making more of it ourselves in 2020” Not gonna lie, that made me cry on the rewatch.

[@CasualKing21]

Same

[@adogmn]

Same

[@josh___something]

Well... About that.

[@SgtDax]

*kicks through Cam's merfolk door* We're back!🎉

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

@@josh___something shit, I wish I’d seen this in time to back it up

[@venomboy228]

Having this episode be called "The Gathering" as a bookend to the sketch that started it all being called "It's Magic" is absolutely perfect and a great way to cap off the series for now. I'm looking forward to whatever form the series takes!

[@perchipy7900]

Nolan Lockwood oh yeah... I never thought about it, now I’m reminded, I feel emotional. Awwww

[@lucasbune]

And it fits in the modern naming scheme of Friday Nights episodes being called "The ______". Dang clever. Also, yeah hits right in the nostalgia feels.

[@andrewsparkes8829]

@@lucasbune Unless that was the whole plan all along!

[@JacquesSnacques]

Also it's a gathering of everyone that has been largely involved in LRRMTG content! The puns and clever meanings are real!

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Oh yeah I missed that... Now I’m experiencing full-force feels...

[@toomanyowlz]

Seeing Jeremy, Matt, and Alex again was a treat. I love seeing them

[@doctorandywho3273]

Ikr

[@doctorandywho3273]

Same

[@bobbygillespie6484]

And beej

[@gamesandshorts69]

wHaT aBoUt SeRgE?

[@demolisherman1763]

By the way what happened to Jeremy and Matt? I know Alex rotated out of standard but what about the rest of them

[@GreyOrb]

Update: They started a kickstarter for another 8 episodes, expected to be finished in the upcoming year.

[@camostrike4395]

happy stupid green player noises

[@Lotties_handsaw]

It has been 320 days since the last episode of Friday Nights, but I have yet to give up hope.

[@Jessay]

I think it's just because of COVID they haven't really been doing anything like this at all. Hoping it'll come back soon now

[@NIRDIAN1]

Just gotta wait for Canadians to be vaccinated, it'll come back...! :)

[@Nemesis653]

Yep I'm still checking in regularly for it. I watch some of their other stuff too but I love their skit comedy especially Friday Nights.

[@pigeonmann9131]

you give up yet?

[@Lotties_handsaw]

@@pigeonmann9131 Nope! (533 days and counting, and I sold my magic collection a month ago, but I'm still looking forward to Friday Nights!)

[@superermac55]

Seeing jer made my heart melt

[@HeadfortheHillsInc]

Seeing all these old hats come back made me nostalgic.

[@KingOfDoma]

Good news! He's back in Victoria, so while he won't be back full time, you'll probably see him a lot more!

[@superermac55]

@@KingOfDoma bless you for good news you kind soul

[@Realmisskrose]

SAME!

[@Kikasitsu]

KoDOmega Glad he’s still making hilariously busted decks after all this time.🤣

[@lucasbune]

I love all of the cameos and references in this, but taking the cake for me is the lines "You seem familiar" and "Did you always have those tattoos", referencing a fresh-faced pre-tattoo Benjamin Wheeler being the prerelease judge in the episode "Friday Nights - Prereleasing".

[@patternedpike3746]

This is the most I've felt bad for Missy since the Christmas episode

[@The_Murder_Party]

Patterned Pike right! Right in the feels!

[@timelord9532]

Wizards: Hey this is going to be the last one we help with LRR: Ok then were going to get EVERYONE to be a part of this episode. Surge: (looking around)

[@Winterpandacookies]

Serge couldn't make it for filming.

[@tomjackal5708]

why are boulder salvo and comparative analysis looking around

[@linearcurve]

the water gym leader?

[@Haights]

Calex, to the ability: "NOT YOU"

[@linearcurve]

gym leader-lookin ass

[@TherapyForNarhwals]

Tell Jer I miss him. Tell him we all miss him.

[@RaphaTerran]

Oh hey, it's Ben Wheeler, the premier magic actor of Friday nights

[@technyst]

@@SgtDax I just went and watched that, the only way I could tell it was Wheeler was from the voice and similar fashion sense. He looks so different!

[@Charlielx]

@@SgtDax Holy shit you're right, almost completely missed him when I was watching it. Thats insane

[@DarthTUK]

@@SgtDax my mind is being blown away as we speak

[@blackdragonxtra]

@@technyst The tattoos are the giveaway.

[@Blizz3112]

​@@DarthTUK Meanwhile Alex's mass barely changed in 7 years, while Ben Wheeler actually got fatter than Alex within those 7 years... XD

[@Lotties_handsaw]

end of an era. I'm excited for a friday nights where LRR has complete control!

[@lvl99dh]

LRR is the new Disney confirmed

[@thomaswhite3059]

Where they can finally call it highlander

[@koshi6505]

Graham has said on stream that WotC is actually pretty hands off. It seemed like a good collaboration.

[@The_Murder_Party]

infinityproductions it... basicly already is...

[@Izandaia]

They basically had complete creative control anyway. I think the only firm dictates WOTC had was that each episode be about the new thing and the PG rating, which I'm guessing will mostly be true going forwards anyway.

[@pvtpain66k]

"Well, I'm glad I bothered apparating so you could shoot down my ghost wisdom"

[@Skullgrin.]

Having Cameron point out that all lands were already discovered was an amazing touch!

[@florianw116]

Why, what does it mean? There are still more lands in future sets, right?

[@koshi6505]

@@florianw116 It's a play on the word "Pioneer." The lands were already discovered by the Native Americans.

[@willofbob]

And Cameron is Cree

[@The_Murder_Party]

Brandon Pack I missed that! I thought it was some type of fetch land joke!

[@ikejohnson5494]

Just because other people discovered something previously doesn’t mean that it’s not a discovery when other people find them. What makes something a discovery is that you weren’t told about it and uncovered it on your own.

[@WhiteWizard42]

"It was nice to get out of my bedroom" "I'm your friend and I miss hanging out with you" This may have been released in 2019 but it's got some real 2020 lines.

[@Arkouchie]

This was a really freaking good Friday Nights. Sad to hear the partnership is coming to an end, but oh well, at least they'll still be making them.

[@martinsegur7173]

They said that they'll still work with WotC after this, it's just that they're still working on what that'll look like (something about WotC remodeling their online presence)

[@thorin01]

They are still doing the Pre-Prereleases for 2020. Theros Beyond Death is coming up Jan 10th.

[@joshkirkfield]

Ha! A wanderer from the Before Times! New episodes of Friday Nights? Not in 2020!

[@paxman192]

​@@joshkirkfieldor 2023

[@Le_WIP]

Just consecutively watched every Friday Nights in one sitting, and my need for the next one has not abated. All of the characters are so well developed, and the quality has stayed consistently amazing. Seeing it all at once only makes me want to see the next one even more. If there was one thing I needed to know, it would be whether or not Graham makes up with Missie.

[@HamStudios]

same

[@spazywakjob546]

Ben is the most aggressive control player i've ever seen. I love it.

[@nadirelyaddasse3837]

Hey LRR I just really want to thank you for putting so much effort into Friday Nights. I've been watching these for years and besides offering me an introduction to all of your wonderful content it is one of the main reasons I continue playing magic: the gathering today. It was wonderful and nostalgic watching all of these cameos and I cannot wait to see what you do with the series in the future. Happy Holidays!

[@johnderienzo1644]

All the cameos! This was amazing!

[@majinvegeta6364]

It's like the Endgame of Friday Nights

[@ventrixaristerose1488]

It was definitely great to see all the people (or most if some where missed) involved with lrr in the final wotc friday nights. Great, fitting "end"

[@LokNWykLeer]

You: Infinity War was the most ambitous crossover event in history. Me, an intellectual:

[@Drecon84]

I love how Ben Wheeler is just a semi-unpleasant Spike in this universe.

[@KingOfDoma]

*rewatches this a year later* ... Yeah, this is a bit depressing. The pandemic took FNM and LRR-only Friday Nights from us...

[@Computer-STEM-NERD-903]

Cam's card text: Cameron Lauder enters the battlefield. His gaze falls upon the ground, broken and churned muddy. He kneels, and runs his fingers along the flattened grass. They leave thin trails n the grey ichor that fell there yesterday. Thankfully, most of it is gone- soaked into the soil or burned for by the morning sun. Off to joining the clouds and the earth in a more subtle invasion. " Tell Ptolemy that the Boundless has fallen, " he says. Note: in and off are n and for in my text. Transcription on an iPad. Sorry

[@TheBobmanga]

Anyone know the reference?

[@nathanMangion_Elyden]

Graham's Intro: Covid-19: hold my beer :( missing this so much

[@mayalynn]

What a phenomenal love letter to the history of Friday Nights. Thanks for a great seven years! Looking forward to the future!

[@DormarHX]

I found this before even getting the announcement. I look forward to everything going forward.

[@bossgoji]

"Those lands were already discovered" from Cam is one of the roughest chuckles I've heard lately, so bravo.

[@willemboele2079]

i don't get the reference :(

[@Winterpandacookies]

@@willemboele2079 Pioneers are settlers of "new land" but the land was first discovered by Native Americans

[@willemboele2079]

Winterpandacookies oh hahahahahahaha

[@TRASGOAPPLE]

its been almost 3 years....i miss this show

[@DrendarMorevo]

It has been three years now, I also miss this show.

[@IndigoRose13]

This episode was amazing on so many levels. Love all the cameos. Also... "SEIKRE BLUE!"

[@EricChoiniere]

It was an underrated joke.

[@tomireland4740]

XD I didn't get that until I saw it written down in your comment

[@Lookoutscience]

Seeing Alex back put a smile on my face! I can't wait to see the future of Friday Nights!

[@SventFulgur]

That was an absolute treat getting to see everyone in Friday night's and a very clean way to end the year 😁

[@wardog995]

Thanks you guys for all the hard work over the years. I enjoyed all the cameos but where's my man Serge yager? Also can we get a like for Benjamin wheeler, "I won in one" lololol.

[@biggerdoofus]

According to the ending text, he's in the land of "sound", which seems blue and/or artifact to me.

[@aidanshanks5072]

I was trying to figure out what Beej was talking about and then I remembered PQ.

[@The_Murder_Party]

Aidan Shanks the fact that he instantly had advice gave me a loop for a hot sec.

[@EvanFarshadow]

Aidan Shanks I don’t get the reference to puzzle quest. Mind explaining?

[@ammo1317]

@@EvanFarshadow Beej plays a lot of MTG Puzzlequest, but doesn't really play actual magic. He's dabbled a minor amount with a couple of streams, and has learned through osmosis doing tech for podcasts.

[@EvanFarshadow]

ammo1317 ah ok

[@ExhaustedElox]

Cam: "First, those lands were already discovered." Hoo boy does that punch land from Cameron. Edit: Also, the title and theme of this episode it not an accident, I bet.

[@KingTaltia]

I feel Cam could've added more spite into that line and I would've loved it even more.

[@CleverCover05]

I had to pause the video just to make a chef kiss because that line was gold.

[@hamishmacdonald8593]

Exhausted Elox I don’t get it tbh

[@mrrodgers0]

For context, Cam is a blood relative of Poundmaker, an influential chief of the Plains Cree who was wrongfully convicted of treason in 1885 and died in prison.

[@CleverCover05]

@@hamishmacdonald8593 it's basically the "People were already living and thriving in the Americas." vibe

[@JaapZeldenrust]

In about a year's time someone is going to stumble onto this video and go "Hey, cool! There's a new Friday Nights!"

[@KingTaltia]

I always slow-mo through the character cards at the beginning, and it's been a while since one actually got a bellow out of me but GOD did Paul's ENTIRE card literally describing his role during Friday Night Paper Fight and Pre-Pre-releases make me bust out laughing! OMG So many Cameos! Using Ben's Tattoo's as a plot point, Kathleen fighting Jer, Graham getting advice from Alex's Ghost who may or may not be living in that room behind YJ, and both Matts!

[@EternalDensity]

I pause on each and discuss (and chortle at) them with my brother.

[@Blizz3112]

Graham, never ever make Missy sad again, you hear me? Her happiness sustains us all... >:(

[@ImJustHereToWatch14]

Love love love that this ended with an FNM. Not only is it the series title, but it has felt more and more like the group only played amongst themselves at the moonbase or online. Fantastic to see the community

[@azuriel9292]

a cute little throwback would have been if graham told missie that she can talk to the cats about theros coming back, as an homage to a hero's path

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

"I should see what my friends think" was the cruelest burn I've ever seen. Actually got my to lose my shit out loud, well played.

[@bigwig8657]

Jeremy on a deck that gets goozled by eidolon and wheeler on UW control? Is everything I've heard on North 100 a lie?

[@faceoctopus4571]

IIRC Jeremy likes playing Seinfeld, which can lose to a turn 1 mana elf being used as an attacker. I don't see anything wrong with the Jeremy thing.

[@lvl99dh]

Wasn't Jeremy playing some kind of combo deck that played two and three drops, eventually for free? That seems like it would get hosed by eidolon

[@faceoctopus4571]

@@lvl99dh Sounds like Aluren

[@tmadeviant5375]

@@faceoctopus4571 jup he played aluren on the last highlander league lrr streamed. also the seinfeld thing is correct

[@jetshark8308]

They generally play different characters on Friday Nights Also though the deck tastes of the person may change, people generally don't like characters changing except for on-screen reasons.

[@hsojfett]

I have said it before and ill say it again. We NEED a pc wallpaper sized picture of Adam and the axe...I mean NEED it

[@slightlyOnion]

I miss this series to much! I rewatched it in it's entirety at least 5 times since the last episode q.q

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

11:35 I thought Ben was saying “sinker blue” or something, but then I realized it was following up on his previous French pronunciation issues...

[@bamboonium5228]

What Nerds Do On Their Free Time what was he trying to say?

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Crispy “Sacre bleu!”

[@amerin9929]

@@bamboonium5228 sacrebleu

[@victortran7980]

Can't believe its been 7 years. I remember the first Friday Night episode was the reason I learn about LRR youtube channel and got into mtg with my friends in high school.

[@demolisherman1763]

I love it as long as Friday nights are coming I’m happy

[@gubblebumz]

(Update to infinityproductions’s comment) it has been 523 days since the last episode of Friday Nights, BUT WE HAVE YET TO GIVE UP HOPE

[@samconsumespie1012]

Great cameos and Ben wheeler’s performance was great!

[@Firestar4041]

"It was nice to get out of my dank bedroom, and into a dank FNM." 2020: "So about that...."

[@mtginfinity7025]

This was great, can't wait for Friday Nights back on the lrrmtg channel

[@OksanaSean]

11:34 “Seeker Blue!!!” I got so excited. I thought Ben was talking about Tezzeret. Great episode!!! Loved all the cameos & Easter eggs!!! Y’all are awesome!!!

[@wakandacustomerservice8391]

As a person who doesn't have a lot of people to chat about whats been happening in MTG lately, these skits have always given me a laugh. Sad to see the partnership end but glad to hear you will still be making them! I subscribed!

[@KarK1ttyy]

"This is the last Friday nights... With wizards" You had us in the first half.

[@MichaelMoore99]

2020 happened, though. :-( Hopefully, 2021 Friday Nights?

[@flameofmage1099]

I will never forgive COVID for the show it took from us.

[@berryjuice3457]

I loved the cameos!! Those were awesome!

[@durge12]

award for longest gap between appearances in friday nights goes to benjamin wheeler (that M14 prerelease episode was a loooong time ago). im glad everyone came back for this one- its been ages since matt and jer were in the show. am actually surprised there wasnt more cameos tbh. alison luhrs, the prof, ian and cori, serge, marshal, etc

[@sdfkjgh]

2:30 Cam's card feels like a literary reference to something, but I'm not cognizant enough of anime or the works of H. P. Lovecraft to hazard a more specific guess.

[@liamhefferan9329]

I love this episode. Seeing all the people who have left was so nice. I would love to see a giant commander match with everyone like you did at the start of the series too

[@bryanmanuelhernandez4078]

Everyone being here, especially Alex's ghost, is a beautiful ending to an era. I look forward to Friday Nights's future. Thank you! Edit: WHERE IS SERGE AND HIS BIRD.

[@NY-nx9es]

What happened to alex?

[@DCPTF2]

@@NY-nx9es bit late to this, but Alex decided he wanted to be written out of the show to focus on personal projects and self improvement

[@NY-nx9es]

@@DCPTF2 thank you

[@Lotties_handsaw]

It's been 406 days since the last episode Friday Nights came out. I have yet to give up hope.

[@mimkyodar]

Once they can film in person, they'll bring it back.

[@Atron420]

Yeah they said in a recent livestream i think that once they can they will 100% continue it

[@wizkida981015]

this video has such a completely different context post-2020

[@sandmanlives3]

As a big North 100 fan, I was so thrilled when Ben's tattoos came up!

[@thomasjensen7393]

Lovley seeing some old faces again. Great job crew!

[@mwgigfanatic]

Big Daddy Demon Wheeler cameo makes me happy. Should have had Serge show up playing Bant lands though.

[@MaegicoPhdspc]

Thank you for that Christmas treat. It was awesome to see everyone back! Good luck with your continued magic pursuits.

[@bigwig8657]

Love the sick those lands were already discovered pioneer burn.

[@Lotties_handsaw]

it has been 2 years since the last episode of friday nights. I no longer play magic, but i still believe that this series will return, and when it does, i'll love it!

[@IanWeaver]

"We have plans for Friday Nights going into 2020." And then Covid happened...

[@kat2kool]

Oh those deep cuts were just delicious *chef's kiss* Thank you so much to LRR and Wizards for this great series and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for it!

[@jish55]

I miss Friday Nights. Wish you all brought this back.

[@Winterpandacookies]

They plan on doing so once they can safely all film in closed spaces.

[@thatlonewolfguy2878]

This is the last episode they ever made. Friday Nights is kinda dead unless they decide to bring it back later this year. The date is March 12, 2022. Please, LRR, bring it back.

[@MitchieDBBC]

Man two years. Maybe one day they'll come back, like Praetors on an unsuspecting plane

[@finnbakker]

aw, this was sweet to see everyone (albeit with Serge doing off-camera work). Ghost Alex was the best bit.

[@grayle2718]

Cameron's "fourty minutes?" is the best delivered line in this whole show.

[@justinveron698]

Beyond amazing , I love what you did with the episode. I hope and can’t wait to watch the series again back on the LLR MTG channel!

[@diegomexa6489]

Because i will wait for a new episode, I will keep my watch...

[@thecx]

The cameos! This is great! Looking forward to the new Friday Nights era!

[@64lundyco]

Please bring back Friday Nights!

[@dannydevito4338]

We really need an official update on Friday Nights - this episode was done (partly) to promote the Throne of Eldraine set and fast forwarding to now that’s the last set in standard. Soon this set will rotate out 😥 just like the series did 😓😭

[@SamuraiSwordify]

What a great way to finish the run of Friday Nights (for Wizards). So many cameos from so many LRR friends

[@cosmicentitydragon2946]

They should do an episode, if Matt visits them, where he is standing at the end of James’s bed as a call back to “Guild Fight”

[@CardMasterPhoenix]

I really like how they brought everybody from the older episodes back together for the finale

[@ErikTaylor]

Just completed my quarterly rewatch of all of Friday Nights. This show was so good, and is deeply missed. The torch of hope yet burns. Much love to LRR.

[@rjgaming9469]

If you bring Friday nights back I’ll be oh so happy 😄

[@leonlinsen8529]

Its been 2 years god i miss this

[@Firestar4041]

Hindsight, the 'gathering' of everyone, feels much more like a send off... which . . . *cries a little

[@connorhues6345]

And he wasn’t playing lands, the premier lands pilot. This is an outrage.

[@maccabeeanderson3987]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Biggest fan back again! So happy this vid came out and looking foreword to a new year of LRR content. Friday nights is how I first saw lrr and I’m constantly scared I will miss them bc I’m not subscribed to Magic’s channel (to much non lrr content blocking my sub box) so I’m happy I won’t miss them now! Have a great new year! Love you LRR!

[@wafflesporq]

The premiere lands pilot of the format returns. Now playing control.

[@deoplo5988]

12:58 Lol you can see Oko crossed off the list on the bottom right.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Cam has Polukranos-induced PTSD. That explains so much...

[@AstraRandom]

This episode was great, a perfect way to end the series, and seeing so many people return too, this series has bought me nothing but joy over the years, and while it's the end of the wotc partnership era of the show I can't wait to see what becomes of it in 2020

[@DorkmasterFlek]

OMG that Paul card is amazing...

[@SuperFpac]

the the

[@DorkmasterFlek]

@@SuperFpac Yeah yeah I know, I just feel Paul's pain on the card reader. 🤣

[@tomprince8223]

That card broke me.

[@Kranxxe_o7]

So glad to see the alumni of FMN cast in the final episode in the MTG Channel.

[@WhisperingWinds0]

I love that they've included the intro for this video about shouting the LRR channels.

[@thoptercrew]

Friday Nights was my introduction to LRR. Sad to see it go, but looking forward for what's to come.

[@kaicreech7336]

Friday Nights was my introduction to Magic.

[@Poisonsoul189]

Loved this episode! So well composed. And a Moments of Triumph shirt, bonus points!

[@janda1258]

Just rewatched the whole series. Sad nothing has come since :(