Magic: The Gathering - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Dazz (MTG)

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[@adriannaranjo4397]

Who would win? An eldritch elder god who's literally so powerful it distorts reality around it Or 15 Squirrels

[@AdamReveland]

squirrel nest + opposition ftw

[@j_bird27]

All you need is 4 squirrels

[@jaggededge11]

You only need 1 Squirrel, as long as it has rabies (Deathtouch)

[@CaptainMangles]

Just enough squirrels to make the Elder-God tired and die.

[@bobbykramer7760]

well considering the eldritch god has flying

[@The_Smartest_Witch]

>not a single mention of magic online >skirts around how Momir Madness started on MTGO yeah this was definitely sponsored lmao

[@Chaos__64]

What are you talking about? I would like to know.

[@Breakerone92]

@@Chaos__64 Momir madness was on MTGO first when they introduced vandguard to online which has been around for a hell of a lot longer

[@cosmo56]

My thoughts, exactly.

[@darkness445567]

@@DanVzare uhh the sponsor probably tell them not to talk about certain things.

[@Neo_Way]

Forget MOL, what about Shandalar???

[@Apophis324]

"Hey ehm.. Can I use your phone?" 'Here's a deck of cards!' "Thanks, but.. your phone, please?" 'No, go away.'

[@PaddletailPhilly]

Pretty sure that's not how it went, but I still found this comment pretty funny :P

[@Apophis324]

Well, Dazz never stated if that person actually was allowed to use the phone in the end :P

[@Dauth312]

would of been better if the receptionist replied with "you gotta beat me in a game first"

[@Apophis324]

Yeah and then he would have produced a deck of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards from under his desk.

[@angelomarasigan4347]

it's funny how mtg collection sets cost more than a phone lol

[@ThunderBirdJack]

"oh cool a weird magic arcade game that'd be cool to have in a man-cave one day I wonder how much" "There are only 4 known in existence"

[@DustyLancer]

i mean roms of the game exist and i doubt any one would care if you "pirate" the game at this point

[@Adam-cq2yo]

@@DustyLancer To add onto this, you could also build your own cabinet for your "man cave." I recommend using Launchbox as a front end for your emulator. (You'll also need a copy of Windows and roms for whatever games you want to use.) By tweaking the Windows registry, you can even launch straight into Launchbox Big Box (Big Box is a premium feature but totally necessary for an awesome cabinet) instead of Windows Explorer when you turn on the machine.

[@andrewsparkes8829]

6:46 Also I think they mean "before" it could be finished.

[@Zronium]

my favourite mistranslated card will always be descend upon the sinful. In french it reads Fondre sur les pêcheurs instead of pécheur. It now reads Descend upon the Fishermen

[@Samevi]

Amazing. Fishing is a sin.

[@cirlu_bd]

@@Samevi in french, a single wrong accent can turn your fish into the devil

[@Zegner2435]

Maybe it was wrongly took from Spanish? I mean, in spanish, sinner is "pecador", and fisherman is "pescador", maybe they read wrong and wrote fisherman based on this.

[@cirlu_bd]

@@Zegner2435 nah it's just a messy french thing, where : sin = péché peach = pêche and fishing = also pêche... Also : to sin = pécher peach tree = pêcher and the act of fishing = pêcher... I think it's more of a misunderstanding of this original sin with the fruit of knowledge, the dude whomst made french hated more peaches over apples so he turned the language in his favor to demonize our juicy butt-fruits (?) please dont listen to me lol and just to mess with you a bit more, to lean = pencher

[@Zegner2435]

@@cirlu_bd That's gonna be confusing when I start trying to learn French... But thanks for the clearup, it's always nice to learn something new.

[@kriss7352]

"YES. I AM THE ALMIGHTY AI. I CAN MAKE 1 BILLION CALCULATIONS PER SECOND. WHAT CAN YOU MEAT BAGS DO AGAINST YOUR ROBOT OVERLORDS"- "we can play magic"- *AI sweating bullets in fear*

[@carltheincels6641]

Litterly the reverse of Robot apocalypse. Humankind battling a Robot apocalypse. AI challenge us to a Spelling Bee... Including foreign languages! Human challenger: Fuck.... Robots suffering a Human Apocalypse The robot challenger has to play Magic

[@rambler2701]

SUCK IT ALAN TURING!

[@jorgevalles2819]

@@carltheincels6641 there should be a Robot Apocalypse movie about Human defending themselves bu playing MTG against the bot', i'd watch the fuck out of it

[@imaloony8]

KNEEL BEFORE ME HUMAN AS I CAST CAPSIZE AND THEN COUNTER IT! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@Skaypegote]

Says a lot about hearthstone, where they can design bots that can make optimal plays.

[@smexykins3065]

"Wow, Magic seems pretty tough to get into! This is like rocket science to me..." "It is."

[@Skelig]

It's really not, tbh. This video dramatises the complexity of its rules but it's more from a programmatical standpoint than a user one. It's actually a really easy game to get into, the basic rules you can get down in a few hours and the rest you can pick up just playing along.

[@buddykiller]

the complexity of the game has been severely dumbed down over the years to make it easier to get into for normies. the complexity is what makes it so fun to play. i miss the days of mana-burn and damage on the stack.

[@DanVzare]

Well considering just ordinary YuGiOh fans managed to make an equivalent engine for free and opensource (It's called YGOpro). My best guess is that the Magic developers just aren't very good at choosing programmers.

[@elijahdavila3684]

Honestly if you use the word "normies" unironically, your opinions shouldn't be taken seriously.

[@Calintares]

The whole complexity thing is based on an incredibly unlikely combo that has to be intentionally made in a four-player game with extremely specific decks that would all be complete nonsense if you brought them to a tournament. If you do that it's possible to make an incalculable game-state, but it's much simpler in any real game you're likely to ever play

[@neverknowingnothing]

Yawgmoth's Day Planner would still be pretty dope.

[@TheyDarthElmo]

Sounds like a great silver-bordered card

[@ScoutingForZen]

"Get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, lunch, death, death, death, afternoon tea, death, death, quick shower, death..."

[@Ludicollision]

I play a Yawgmoth EDH deck. I'd love to have a Day Planner

[@Oniphire]

@@ScoutingForZen So Eddie Izzard found a new line of work?

[@SomeGuy-cn5vm]

3:43 god damn it, of course Jace is copying something.

[@Izandaia]

Holy shit that's amazing.

[@AdamReveland]

didn't notice that at first. that is amazing!

[@VictusBcb]

Goddammit how'd I miss that? Good catch, I nearly choked on my drink when I went back to that spot in the video.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I'd actually be totally down for more TCG themed DYKG episodes, especially Pokémon TCG or Yu-Gi-Oh :D

[@EduardoWeidmanBarijan]

Yeah I would love that too. I love TCG. They could make an episode about that obscure Teen Titans one.

[@ugh8142]

Or King of the Hill tcg

[@Baby_boodle]

Heck yeah!! The Pokemon TCG has so much interesting history, and it'd be fun to show its early ties to Wizards of the Coast!

[@IglooWarrior]

Some Tabletop games like Monopoly or D&D would make good episodes too.

[@NonisLuck]

I love tcg too, but I think it doesn't belong here. Should be a in a spin-off channel or something.

[@thesuperthingymabob8209]

man, magic sure has been sponsoring a bunch of videos recently

[@Kahadi]

Because of the official release of Arena and the release of a new set alongside it. Its out of beta and there's new cards with a promo that let's you play a few games with any card before you have to actually get them

[@harrylane4]

They want to hide the fact that booster packs are the physical equivalent of lootboxes

[@McSqueeb]

@@harrylane4 what gets me is that a lot of people who rail against loot boxes excuse TCGs for some reason.

[@lI-tm2pn]

Basically, no content producers create any magic content, so wotc needs to pay them. Its kind of pathetic.

[@kainhighwind2]

@@McSqueeb There's a lot of smaller factors that change it. 1) It's a physical item. I properly own it. I can sell, trade, or give it away. Can't do that with Overwatch skins. 2) There's a secondary market.

[@pitfallingpat]

The Momir Vig mode history is incomplete / inaccurate, that is a game mode playable in magic online (an older version of MTG Arena) which is itself based off a real card made long ago called "Momir Vig, Simic Visionary" (Vanguard) which was part of a game mode and expansion called Vanguard.

[@paulfrankenii7986]

Would you call MTGO an older version of MTGA? I don't think that's right

[@soren1803]

Paul Franken II eh, it’s close enough to parse, even if there’s a bevy of details lost within

[@BeefLettuceAndPotato]

Putting a Dreamcast in your thumbnail is like nerd click bait lol

[@sabata414]

But there was a dreamcast in the video

[@tonyjohnson4361]

It's not clickbait if it's related lol

[@RealRomplayer]

"We just have about ten seconds of information about a Dreamcast game in this video" - "Put it on the thumbnail picture!"

[@Kimarnic]

Truth, clicked because Dreamcast

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

I didn't notice it.

[@Mace2.0]

Ah yes... The card game featuring a tournament-banned card that's so ungodly powerful & rare, it make dragons wince... And that is a goddamn flower.

[@wendellswendell2001]

There's a card that can end the game before it begins muhahahaha

[@BenersantheBread]

What is it?

[@Kahadi]

Well that's only because that flower can bring out all of those dragons pretty quickly. On its own, that flower is useless, it just works too well with every card in existence and with the potential to ever be made

[@take5transfat]

@@BenersantheBread en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Nine#Black_Lotus

[@shadowmanwkp]

And also the card game where a rumor was started that a specific card was ripped up to optimize a play, then they printed a real version and mocked people in the flavor text.

[@Chernobog2]

Bringing up MtG's popularity in Japan without mentioning that it served as inspiration for Duel Monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh or its strange history with Duel Masters/Kaijudo?

[@thejman5683]

Probably for legal reasons remember this video was sponsored by WotC

[@auwest1357]

TheJman5683 At least a mention of Duel Masters would be nice. It’s still in the top 3 TCGs in Japan, more popular than MTG, so it at least deserves some lip service lol.

[@thejman5683]

auwest1357 also when duel monsters was first introduced in the Yugioh Manga (or yugioh season zero as what some people call it) it was called Magic and Wizards

[@danielbakergill]

Yes, this was an ad.

[@SapphireCrook]

5:48 if you know anything about Japan, them mixing their English with Japanese is hardly anything 'curious'. Like, it's not even a video games thing, it's a thing they do all over, to the point translating everything in a video game to Japanese looks weird to them.

[@Drew_42]

That's sad. Japan's culture is so heavily dominated by the west. We've really fucked up the world, haven't we?

[@Kahadi]

@@Drew_42 Its not that we've fucked their culture. Its something that happens everywhere. Its a foreign language and they think its cool as a result, very similar to the numerous western fans of K-Pop and anime, and the popularity of shirts and tattoos with kanji or other east Asian scripts on it. Hell, we even do it with other European languages. Kindergarten, hors d'oeuvres, cuisine. It just feels odd when other countries use English for the same thing

[@Aliens1337]

@@Drew_42 I mean, there are American weebs who speak broken Japanese and think Japanese culture is superior because that's what they see in anime.

[@seanedwards3536]

@@Drew_42 Given how over 60% of English words are from not English-derived sources, I don't think this is a Japanese thing in the slightest. And the fact that their entire writing system is derived from Chinese (even kana, to some extent), languages having a heavy influence on Japanese isn't even just a western thing.

[@altromonte15]

@@Kahadi it happens to english as well. The english language has thousands of words loaned from other languages. Have you ever parked your car in a garage? eaten some pasta, or maybe a taco? read a manga? ever taken an aspirin, or felt angst?

[@UserofYouTube2]

Honestly, solid marketing idea, Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro. Like, I've never played Magic before, and don't plan to, but I'm thinking about it, so you never know.

[@LemorasCards]

I love that you're covering Magic but I wish it didn't feel like so much of an ad for Arena.

[@Vienna3080]

I dont know a single thing about Magic the gathering but I'm gonna watch this video anyway

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

It’s the first TCG. It’s got an extensive history, all the way back in the early 90s where it was designed to be played between D&D sessions.

[@hailervin]

It’s not as hard as they make it sound. It can be a complicated game but most games are straightforward.

[@thejman5683]

This video is very different from The Langrisser one where that one was just a glorified ad for a mobile game. This one feels like an actual Dykg video Also do a video on DND games

[@technopoptart]

really now? it felt like an ad to me with the moneyshot opening and weird reverential manner in which it was promoted in the first minute and the unusual number of instances of a-roll footage

[@adriannaranjo4397]

There have been a surprising number of good quality DnD video games, specifically the arcades

[@NoahDaArk]

technopoptart Because they’re talking ABOUT Magic?

[@cutecommie]

He didn't mention all the MTG video games. There is one glaring omission and some smaller ones.

[@thejman5683]

Socialism or Barbarygmos the only one I wish they talked about was the Microprose game

[@thedailygeneral]

Momir was made for Magic Online more than 10 years before Arena got released. Also, as I understand, Brawl was designed and introduced way before Arena.

[@258thHiGuy]

Honestly hearing the amount of work put into magic arena makes me want to play it even though I know shit all about the franchise

[@stigmaoftherose]

Its extreme pay to win and takes month to get anything good free to play due to time gaiting.

[@Kahadi]

Well, with them coming out of beta, they also released a new set and, I think still ongoing, a promo letting you play with any card before you need to actually get them other ways. Since Arena teaches you how to play, probably no better time to get into it. I feel like I'm in an ad or that I'm being sponsored myself...

[@258thHiGuy]

@@stigmaoftherose I'm pretty used to that by now

[@zennistrad]

@@stigmaoftherose If anything, "it's extreme pay to win" is even more true of the original card game.

[@Aliens1337]

@@stigmaoftherose 1. Card games cost money to play. Surprise Surprise. Hearthstone, Artifact, Gwent... all cost a certain investment if you're planning to play competitively. Compared to paper Magic, Arena is a fraction of the cost. Arena's F2P economy is on-par, if not better, than the alternative digital card games. 2. No, it's not "extremely P2W." When you first started out, the game gives you "New Player Protection" where they match you with players who have similar deck strength. That's why if you play a Starter deck given for free by Arena, you will mostly run into players with other Starter decks. This is called by the community as the Casual Queue or New Player Queue. Look it up. 3. There are multiple drafting formats in the game with Gold (the free currency). If you're decent you can get a good amount of cards + boosters + Gold and Gems (premium currency) back. It's drafting, so no, you don't get to complain about P2W in drafts. 4. They literally have an event where ALL cards are available to play so you can build whatever deck you want and only draft cards you like the most. 5. A cheap deck like Mono Red Aggro is a tier 1 deck that costs mostly Commons and Uncommons to make. You can definitely win with it even in competitive ladder ranking. Sites like MTG Goldfish has lists of budget decks for competitive play. If you are gonna talk shit on something, at least have facts to back yourself up. Don't make yourself look like an idiot.

[@jaredwillebeek-lemair5298]

6:06 there's somewhat of an updated version of this game for the original XBox, Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds. It's one of the most unique games I've ever played and I absolutely love it, I think more people should know about it

[@DarthJoshReturns]

Since you're doing tabletop games now, a DYKG? on Dungeons & Dragons is in order.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Definitely.

[@diddymouse816]

They’d need to sponsor that too. WotC have been hitting every major gaming channel to promote Arena over the past two weeks or so.

[@gamingemail769]

You know, I think card called “Yawgmoth’s Day Planner” actually sounds pretty sweet.

[@Adam-cq2yo]

I want this to be an Un-card.

[@ValariaxSword]

10 AM: Release Phyrexian horde. 11 AM: Have tea.

[@PengusKhan]

11:15 completely fuck with how mana works

[@armaniruben3135]

I guess Im kind of randomly asking but do anyone know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

[@tristanhouston7140]

@Armani Ruben Try FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)

[@risingskyes3178]

I'm a simple man, I see Magic cards and the Dreamcast in the thumbnail, I click.

[@risingskyes3178]

You are 100% correct, and you have my respect for your Clannad knowledge. It's always good to meet someone else who knows a lot about the series.

[@bleeborg]

2 of my fav MTG lore pieces. Remember the time Nicolbolas lost his divinity to some regular jagoff with a regular sword? He sure does. Oh shit guys how are we gonna fight the eldrazi? *said eldrazi decides to just hangout on the moon and not bother anyone*

[@firestalker11]

I don't think either of those lore pieces are accurate.

[@brendaneichler5244]

@@firestalker11 They are, actually. Toshihiro Umezawa (of Umezawa's Jitte fame), more or less killed Bolas. He managed to revive himself during The Mending. And Emrakul did indeed lock herself in Innistrad's moon. It was the least of the block's story problems.

[@immortalsun]

1:35 I mean, this probably _was_ extremely important. Imagine if every set had a unique card back. You’d essentially be able to play with cards from different sets in that case. Well, unless you used sleeves, that is.

[@Killerlocust49]

@4V Gaming & Arts I'm not sure what you mean by "reading", but sleeves are highly recommended, but not required, for tournament play.

[@hatjousuke]

"arena has many staple game modes from magic to play, like draft, sealed, pauper, and 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯"

[@DrunkenCoward1]

“Come on, play Magic the Gathering Arena with us. I mean, it's not rocket science.“ “Well, technically.“

[@THEREALVITO]

I played the Magic Armageddon arcade cabinet at an arcade convention last year. Had no idea it was that rare!

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Wizard: I said drakes. John Avon: Yes that is what you said. "Ducks."

[@whilecontroller]

God's plan

[@MissAshley42]

Having played this game on and off since 1994, I was surprised to learn some things I didn't know before.

[@jamiecranton]

Took me ten minutes to realise I was watching an advertisement

[@Mordalon]

The video literally begins by saying it is sponsored.

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

Where is Wizard HQ. I need to use the bathroom and want to start Magic!! 😂😂

[@TMNWG]

Really? No mention of MtG: Battlegrounds?

[@omegaXjammur]

MTG might be the only thing standing b/w us and the robot takeover

[@TheRiehlThing42]

Magic The Gathering play tested in my home town when Richard Garfield was a professor at Whitman College. Would come across people that had been play testers fairly often. When I was a kid with not much money, I'd make sure to be at the comic book store on launch day when one of the play testers showed up. He would always buy 5 boxes of an expansion at launch, but he hated black cards and mechanics. He would give me all the black cards he opened that day. I always had a good black deck back then.

[@ivysmee]

i told my wife "when our son is older, im going to teach him magic the gathering.." why she asked "because he wont ever have money for drugs then" i laughed........from the couch that night.

[@UnholySoil667]

Genius!!! 👏🏻🤣

[@amberroberts984]

You got that idea off a meme, and don't try and lie.

[@darknight10000]

I'd love to see a video like this for Yu-Gi-Oh. The entire franchise has a lot to it, including the TCG/OCG.

[@Thestar17x]

Nah magic is better,they actually support there fanbase

[@brendaneichler5244]

It's basically the result of a Magic the Gathering fanfic that got way out of hand.

[@rmdcade1717]

Wasn't expecting a sponsored video to be this engaging. I don't even play MTG and I liked it.

[@immortalsun]

What is this? An episode of one of my favourite shows on KZbin about one of my favourite games in the world? *Yesss!*

[@MapleMilk]

That's a pretty good sponsorship A topic I'm interested in and a channel I like getting paid

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

I concur

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

My best friend got me into Magic the gathering about seven years ago. Though it's a fun game, it gets to be a exspensive hobby once you start collecting.

[@hayato1886]

Surprised you didn't talk about the little error with Indestructable Aura. Mark Poole, the artist for it, was asked to paint a metal bird, as in a bird made out of metal. He drew a guy with a bird head doing a pose you'd see at a metal concert. Another interesting little fact is how Birds of Paradise came around. The Alpha art of it was intended to be Volcanic Island, but the bird in the foreground was way more focused than the island so they WOTC opted to keep the artwork and use it for one of the best mana dorks in the game, Birds of Paradise.

[@geoleo965]

*Projared* would have LOVED to join them for this one.

[@haikumagician4363]

I love Jace just casually copying stuff in the back

[@marluxes]

That bit about Beverly Marshall Saling making all the flavor text in one night is seriously badass.

[@erickreyesestrella2624]

This would have been the best sponsored ep if Magic the gathering have giving you guys a unique promo code

[@RedeemedOSRS]

You get free starter decks and a bunch of packs when u sign up anyway.

[@erickreyesestrella2624]

Dhu. How else would have players play?

[@wannabkain4400]

They should bring a game to switch. Only reason I now know how to play yugioh.

[@Thestar17x]

Just play the card game

[@wannabkain4400]

Chrono Shindou I get what your saying but as with Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! I found playing it on console was easier to learn and find if I like it or not.

[@corey2232]

Should've gone over more of the controversies surrounding it like parents calling it witchcraft or certain artists being racist (i.e. the card Invoke Prejudice). There's a lot of interesting MTG history to cover, which is just brushed past to cover the basics.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

That's the fastest sponsored ad in history. Oh wait, Wizards sponsored this video and today's topic.

[@domjay]

I didn't know anything about Magic so I decided to try out MTG Arena. Very fun/complex game with great artwork.

[@TheMagicHistorian]

This was an enjoyable video to watch. It covered a few things I a was unaware of.

[@PaddletailPhilly]

See, this is a better sponsorship video, guys. You chose to explain the history of the card game, and even managed to share some gaming history behind the franchise you found, before finally saving trivia involving the sponsor's game for the third part of the video. Nicely done.

[@ryaneble7869]

It feels like every big gamer youtuber is being sponsored by WOTC.

[@Pehmokettu]

Mobile game Raid, Nord VPN or Quip toothbrush are also popular sponsors of various KZbinrs.

[@mikewagner5207]

Even the Game Theory channel has a sponsored video from Wizards. I love MatPat and MtG and love all the MtG related sponsorship that's going on in different areas of KZbin. It's great advertising on popular channels.

[@billtree52]

I mean we basically just watched a 10 minute ad for Arena

[@DanVzare]

My best guess is that WOTC either had some spare funds in the marketing budget, or they're hyping up the game ready for a big event of some kind, perhaps a new series of cards.

[@zyxaqc]

I miss playing Magic. But I stopped for two years and somehow ended up six years behind the meta.

[@MoonPrincess28]

"The most complex real world card game ever" Yu-Gi-Oh be tryin' to catch up tho.

[@SWBF24ever]

Yugioh did catch up and even passed mtg with the complexity of its monsters and summoning mechanics but MTG is still faaaar more complex with all its different rulings. I don't think that is a good thing but yeah

[@CaptinHavoc1]

@@SWBF24ever Have you seen Yugioh card rulings and interactions? My guy there's some wacky dumb shit in there.

[@DanVzare]

Considering YuGiOh insists on adding a new dumb rule and card type, every few years. Along with the fact that except for a short list of cards, almost every single card that's ever been made, can be used in a game. I think it's safe to say YuGiOh is close.

[@EvilSnowVO]

@@DanVzare Magic has the Vintage, Legacy and Commander formats for that, and Vintage/Legacy are generally very expensive to get into

[@BubblesTheBard]

yugioh is power creep: the game

[@jacksquatjb]

I'd love for DYKG to jump into videos about tabletop games. I know this was picked because there is a game, but I'd love to hear facts and tidbits about D&D, Pathfinder, Munchkin, etc...

[@jrasm711]

They only made a play set of the arcade game. Get it- play set. I’ll show myself out.

[@SendFoodz]

"this means Magic the Gathering that had its engine built by rocket scientists is even more complix than... JENGA!! OR TETRIS!!!!!!!!"

[@HitBoxMaster]

3:42 I guess Ravnica is out of copy printers, eh?

[@numba2dad]

Crazy, I just got back into this game

[@jonnymmac]

Already plan on being buried with my Alpha Time Walk.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Better not disclose the location of your burial. That thing is worth thousands.

[@GitsuneG]

Thank you MTG. Many trading cards games worldwide wouldn't be here today without yours support on this game.

[@KratosAurionPlays]

So that's why this game feels like rocket science.

[@x.kalibre]

There's also a few mistranslations to Portuguese. The one I remember the most, and still laugh to this day, was Miren, the Moaning Well in Kamigawa. "Well" as in "you're doing well", when the card art clearly shows an actual well! :P I wonder if translators receive card art when translating text. It seems obvious, since it helps the translating procedure, but who knows!

[@L33PL4Y]

THIS is how you handle advertising on your channel. Everything here was genuinely interesting, including the stuff about the new game. Well done.

[@AtmaDragoon]

That Duck Pyrotechnics art sounds like prime material for an Un-set card. Would love to see what that looked like, regardless; John Avon did some of my favorite land art ever.

[@jettfire4424]

I remember being so confused playing this with my friends

[@Tylendal242]

I started in 7th Edition, and stopped playing at the end of Zendikar, figuring Warhammer would be cheaper in the long run. I've always enjoyed the colour philosophies, though, and am eagerly looking forward to getting back in for Eldraine, purely for the setting.

[@Quiltfish]

All these bells and whistles and yet Arena only offers a thin slice of Magic's most recent history. To get the full breadth you need to go to MTGO or better yet fanmade projects like Forge, MAGE or Magarena.

[@Abobus101]

It seems like Wizards of the coast are about to sponsor every single channel on KZbin

[@krvys7226]

Arena left it's beta about a week ago. This is simply a marketing push.

[@taytontroidl2542]

It is very concerning that MTG Online was not figured in this video

[@kantprop]

So early that no one will see that I play stax

[@masseman5]

monster.

[@andrewallstar2719]

Esper Stax boys

[@austinwilburn1772]

Might be a small mix up but Mark Rosewater said the same thing about convincing Richard into keep the back of the card the same. Even as far to saying “his greatest contribution to mtg in his life”.

[@cesarnono13]

Wizards of the Coast's new PR team is killing it.

[@ryanpenrod1859]

lol 3:44 Jace needs 10 copies of this spell immediately

[@MmeCShadow]

I'm sad the duck story was told but not the story about the Hyalopterous Lemure (a lemure being a ghostly entity), where the artist received the card name and flavor text and so drew an eerie, demonic *lemur*. And it *got printed like that*. gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?multiverseid=2457

[@EnderofGames]

9:45 That's Momir Vig, not the Momir vanguard (Momir Vig, Simic Visionary) that the game style is based on. The card that should be shown is here: gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=182271

[@RichCale]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but here is an interesting fact concerning the title Magic The Gathering: Arena. The first novel released based on Magic The Gathering was titled Arena. It was a very good story.

[@kyledeptula3644]

I feel like this this video misrepresents some important info. The scratch off cards and bubblegum were supposed to be implimented only in unglued two, which was intended to be a joke set, not a serious magic set.

[@DevilSQD]

It said that lol

[@violentswamy8147]

Drake's pretend to be dragons till a real one shows up

[@bolassnowman7429]

I really liked MtG Tactics. Thank you. This has been very interesting

[@LeonStephan]

Aaaaaand of course this had to be one huge commercial instead of an actual video. It's Langrisser all over again.

[@PhaethonCrafts]

My younger sister had a best friend as a child whose father apparently worked for Wizards of the Coast when they still had the Pokemon TCG property and so my sister got a bunch of cards from her friend. I don't remember the girl's name, but I remember what she looked like and the fact that at the time she was obsessed with Veggie Tales.

[@reccaman]

When Deckmaster was brought up, I was really hoping for the blue ink writing on it was going to be brought up as well. Seeing how it shouldn't be on the design but too many cards were printed before the mistake was found

[@Quiltfish]

Can't talk about the sponsors mistakes, man.

[@chriss2517]

Who else wants to see that duck get hit by lightning? lol

[@ChristiantrospectiveGamer]

No mention of MTGO, Shandalar, the Sega Genesis version, Duel of the Planeswalkers, etc.

[@saximaphone]

No trivia about Battlegrounds? I see that game every day on my shelf.

[@GameKaiser]

I'm actually surprised you guys mentioned mistranslations in the game, but didn't mention the big one that actually could impact games. The card 'Ugin, the Spirit Dragon' has a second ability that reads "Exile each permanent with converted mana cost X or less that's one or more colors". However, the german version has a mistranslation that reads "Exile each permanent with converted mana cost X or MORE that's one or more colors" making it a strictly better (and busted) card.

[@GalaxyHap]

I have MTG Arena, and my best all-time combo that I had was Death Barron, Reassembling Skeleton, and Open the Graves.

[@JamieBainbridge]

"Magic The Gathering is more complex than Jenga or Tetris" you heard it here first folks.

[@stylesheetra9411]

Yeah this guy have no idea what complex means for a computer, funnily he didnt even read the research paper he quoted ahah

[@brycevo]

This is such an interesting Episode. Thanks DYKG and Magic

[@Yui714]

MicroProse made a Magic game for Windows 95 back in 1997 and it's still the best Magic video game to this day. It's an actual RPG where players navigate a world map, do battle, collect and buy cards for their decks, and try to destroy the five wizards of Shandalar before they take over the land. More recent Magic video games have lacked inspiration, simply being the real-life game played against AI on the computer (and with unappealing graphics). There's a stupid amount more you can do when designing a video game if you have a massive library of cards to work with. Potential that was seen back in the '90s when the game only had its first few sets but clearly forgotten today. The craziest thing about that '90s MTG game is that the concept hasn't been done by anyone since so if you want that unique game design then you can only get it by going back. Not only is that extremely rare in modern gaming, but new Magic games are such an overdone game type (the digital card game) that adds nothing new to its real-life counterpart and directly competes with Blizzard's dominating masterpiece Hearthstone in the market. It's crazy that you can do a DYKG episode about Magic video games and not even mention the only noteworthy Magic video game. It's the only PC game I've spent the last 10 years playing alongside Hearthstone, Minecraft, Skyrim, and World of Warcraft. Those are industry giants that you want your game to hold up to.

[@Vandreand]

I hope someone in there is passionate about 2 headed giant

[@MrVariant]

2:38 Bev is shaharazad with 1000 overnight flavor text for Arabian nights lol

[@thebariobro7664]

I'm curious if Magic is actually pretty fun? Not really into card games and would the PC version be fine to play?

[@hiluliwss2388]

PC version is great to play

[@andrewallstar2719]

I would definitely recommend playing. With arena just being fully released, it’s a perfect time to start it for free

[@wendellswendell2001]

Yeah man! It's challenging but also surprisingly fun. You can battle bots in pratice or play people

[@gameoverzi]

From all I've heard, having an irl group of friends is different feel from the pc, but both are very good. The PC game is good at teaching you how to play slowly and letting you know what you can and can't do if you were to be playing irl

[@thebariobro7664]

Okay I'll download it and give it a try and hopefully let you guys know if I'm into it in like a week

[@rexusthevaliant6311]

I'd like to think any time they had a problem in development they turn to each other and said come on guys it's not rocket science

[@maddoggnick96]

My favorite idea I had was a Hive Mind + Last Wish deck, using Magosi to skip your turn. With this combo, you and every other player get one extra turn, but at the end of that turn, the player loses the game. You use the Magosi to skip that extra turn to bypass this. Idk if this play still works, but I think it’s funny. Of course, if you’re in a 3+ player game when this happens, everyone tries to kill you before the spells effect ends, so you have to be ready to defend too.