Magic the Gathering's Many Scandals [Part 2]

[@ManyKudos]

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[@briandaley80]

hands down best ad read ive ever heard

[@tylerclark3993]

I can't believe I almost skipped the ad, that was amazing

[@yehnah5891]

u sure its not peoplesscapped?

[@moigncoin4870]

Time to shave my BALLS!

[@Nathan_Coley]

MTG players will use Manscape? 🤔 Imma press x to doubt friend.😂🤣

[@Lyander25]

Okay so could you make a video about the one time a schoolteacher rummaged through my bag and stole my Magic cards? I feel this is a greatly overlooked scandal with ramifications to echo throughout the entire formal education system.

[@JohnDoe-vc5qb]

Bruh that’s fucked yo

[@GookSquadGaming]

She was doing what’s best for you to get some bitches

[@ManyKudos]

They almost made it into this one! I had to cut it for time unfortunately :(

[@YugiMomo]

Not quite the same but I lost a deck as a kid bc my mom ran my clothes through the wash and it was in my pocket :(

[@Lyander25]

@@ManyKudos I'm letting you go... this time. (okay silliness aside: saw the images as they went viral but had no idea of the extent of the fallout-- thanks for another excellent vid!)

[@MrLego3160]

I play magic the way it was intended, i look through the wiki until i find a card that looks cool, then i buy it and put it in a binder never to come out.

[@incredibleflameboy]

Rule of cool is my playstyle my man. It's been quite fruitful on arena in the last 3 weeks. I think the randomness of the deck makes people rage quit against me.

[@MrLego3160]

@@incredibleflameboy oh i don't make a deck.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

@@MrLego3160 as Garfield intended.

[@ManyKudos]

You and me both, brother

[@kredonystus7768]

I play the real intended way. I build meme decks with a 25% win rate so that when I do beat someone they are really infuriated.

[@leftygurl]

honestly “invoke prejudice” is the funniest one of this whole batch, imagine youre in the middle of the match and your opponent just hits you with “i cast racism!”

[@SneakyLittleHobbit]

Or just yells a slur without explaining first

[@Timeward76]

@@SneakyLittleHobbit it's a dark magic version of Viscious Mockery.

[@IntrovertedOreo]

I'm black and don't play Magic, but I REALLY want that card! 😂😂😂

[@zenfirebird5360]

@@IntrovertedOreo Same.

[@RiseInAfterlife]

Tbh tho Invoke Prejudice is only problematic from a distorted / US perspective. Pointy hat being the only lead to connect to the KKK. From an Eurpoean perspective: Pointy hood: medieval executioner + Black cloak: medieval executioner combined with an Axe: medieval executioner Which still fits the name and effect.

[@ValentinSal]

Side story: I remember when I first told my girlfriend that I played MTG and how it was a good community. She’s never been to an event, and decided to go with me to an SCG Open tournament. I was excited about her going, but I was worried about what she would think if she smelled the bad odor on some ppl. So on the ride over there, I hoped that ppl would have good hygiene and not leave a bad impression on the hobby I was a part of. So as we walked in and looked around the booths. The first thing she said was, “ it smells like sh**” 🤣

[@AC3handle]

Shoulda followed it up by going to an anime convention.

[@curtisalanmcgee]

it's every convention bro

[@ValentinSal]

@@curtisalanmcgee 😂😂

[@Fox_Olive]

@@curtisalanmcgee no. No its not. Plenty of conventions have hygiene rules. Smash is the only other convention kn the same level or worse than magic tournaments (at least the old ones)

[@curtisalanmcgee]

@@Fox_Olive every one i have ever been to.

[@llamax1138]

"If a player was going to be racist, they would be mono-blue" made me squeal laugh.

[@djalexander968]

makes me ashamed of my triple jace deck but its true XD

[@incredibleflameboy]

If you play any other colour you know they're going to prevent you from playing.

[@SmogginMog]

The BLUEs are in control of the mana supply! ITS TRUUUE

[@bosh6604]

Not trying to flex, but i like playing agony and pain Black-Blue-Red

[@JCFlyingV98]

As a mono blue player i don’t know how to feel

[@davidwright8094]

One thing to note about the Jason Felix story is that sets are planned about 2 years ahead of time, so it is likely the midnight hunt art had already been paid for and completed before the scandel had happened

[@Bonavire]

Was coming here to say it. Card development is WAY ahead of release so it's likely we'll still see some Jason Felix art for a bit until release catches up

[@JBOBloedsinn]

Same reason why it took forever to get Therese Nielsen art not be on cards anymore.

[@LegendLeaguer]

@@JBOBloedsinn and Noah Bradley

[@thesilverblueman]

considering how plagiarism is rarely a one off instance this is pretty dangerous on wotc part

[@tennesseedogpack]

Really shows a lack of research on the part of the video maker

[@ToHellWithReality]

10:46 The bannings had nothing to do with BLM protests. It was primarily to distract from growing outcry about discrimination in the WOTC workplace. There was a second wave of complaints after this since, aside from Invoke Prejudice being obscene, this started a debate on if it was right to ban cards for non-gameplay reasons without providing mechanically identical alternatives - a problem later encountered with mechanically unique Secret Lair cards. They made some throwaway line at the end of the article about going through the rest of Magic's history to ban more culturally insensitive cards, then never said a word about it again once people forgot about their drama.

[@donb7519]

the outcry about wotc happened because of the blm protests since a lot of people used the attention and anger that was flaring to call out companies

[@mcdoogle_robotman]

And yet nothing really happen with the stuff happening in the workplace.

[@ootdega]

and then they removed every single racial feat in D&D because it hurt someone's feelings that goblins and elves are different and then I stopped giving them money

[@piratebear3126]

Sad thing is it worked because people outside Magic like me have heard about the card bans but not the workplace discrimination.

[@UmbraBree]

Actually they have done more since the bans. There's other cards been prevented from reprint and distribution thats been mentioned since. But no more bans

[@ogolthorp]

Honestly it’s insane to me that their first initial thought of punishment was full DQ without prize, rather than just a game loss.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Judge took it personally. lol

[@TehFoamy]

12:42 "since Jason's art has appeared in multiple sets" This is because the art for upcoming sets is locked months in advance, and it wouldn't be logistically feasible to commission new art for those cards in such a short timeframe. The same thing happened with Terese Nielsen and Noah Bradley; their art was featured in several sets for months after they were both canceled, because many of the cards had already been produced or because the deadline for production was too close for them to secure another artist to remake the art and wait for said artist to send them a finished piece.

[@hanklestank]

“… was currently in the middle of a crack epidemic” *shows heroin being prepared in a needle* Well, that’s one way to stop the crack epidemic.

[@RedTail1-1]

Someone didn't pay attention in D.A.R.E.... crack can be injected too. Almost anything can.

[@jackwhite2654]

I've heard full-body paint is a nightmare to put on. It's a good thing goblins are real, or someone would have had to put on a bunch of makeup for that ad.

[@steelcladCompliant]

The Homestuck fandom is well aware of the difficulties of putting on body paint, and also full of memorable scandals to be covered in this channel

[@emulation2369]

Or just used graphics effects...

[@hund7458]

@@steelcladCompliant bathtub

[@RedTail1-1]

​@@hund7458good way to ruin a bathtub and over 800$

[@chuggaafanory]

Calling Chandra and Nissa Gruulfriends is genius, I love it.

[@benroberts1052]

indeed

[@AnimatedTerror]

I remember when that buttcrack thing happened. It was so random but I loved watching it go down. I love watching posts go viral and leave the bubble it was conceived in. Usually the fallout isn’t ever positive but sometimes seeing outsiders react to someone else’s hobby with so much vitriolic hatred and angst just brightens my day a bit.

[@Jeff-zj1vi]

I remember there being numerous posts appearing randomly of the praying buttcrack guy with the posters ass and how the OP was excited with finding him in the wild. Praying buttcrack guys next return post about being unbanned was also fucking amazing. It was like "Like a phoenix from smoldering ashes, I have risen and made my return"

[@awkwardcapgun6131]

"..were heavily implied to be interested in shuffling each others decks" - that line fucking got me good lol

[@josephfernandez8015]

Especially when it sounds like he’s saying dicks.

[@dannybeane2069]

I don't think ManyKudos understands how lesbians work.

[@DUBUND3AD]

What great timing for my work lunch, kudos for the ManyKudos, Mr Kudos

[@danielchimenti8773]

Same!

[@zoopmamajuju]

Same!

[@ManyKudos]

I looked up when your work lunch was so I could drop it just for you, king

[@notoriousgoblin83]

@@ManyKudos nice one king

[@Jay22222]

@@ManyKudos I like the fact that you said “Don’t Sweat” in this one. I like how you’ve chosen to light the Many Scandals set with Many (s)Candles.

[@clintparsons3989]

I seriously thought you were about to say he started smoking crack right there at the competition.

[@eazy8579]

I could see it happening

[@MTG69]

His deck was full of mana rocks.

[@fordsquared537]

​@@MTG69crack cocaine is just the Sol Ring of humans

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Sid was accused of fat shaming because he is actually the skinniest Magic the Gathering fan.

[@AzizidarkReborn]

It's true. I weigh around 160 lbs and asked Sid directly 'not to be rude but how much do you weigh?' And he said, "115lbs. The rest is helium."

[@mahtimonni97]

"Sloppy handling of the Gruulfriends" id my new favorite joke and I've no idea how I missed that one before!

[@blastfiend7478]

The only bad thing about being banned from magic tournaments is that you can’t do a crackstyle 2

[@Morte_n]

Darn... MtG fought a harder war on crack than the american police!

[@greywolf7577]

Did you not watch the video? It said that he was banned from playing, not banned from attending. He could have done a second round if he wanted to.

[@CreedATM]

A fun update to that Changdra and Nissa scandal: Seems they retconned the gruulfriends again, they are indeed into each other once more post MOM

[@low-resghul8306]

I have to say man, your advertisements are actually incredible. Reminds me a lot of Comment Etiquette with the level of production alone 😊

[@codemonster8443]

Big money was here

[@ZackWind]

Great vid! Here's hoping there's a part 3, because magic definitely has more lol

[@ManyKudos]

It most certainly does ;)

[@RayneOfSalt]

@@ManyKudos There was a cheating scandal in Brisbane, Australia several years ago at a notoriously awful store where the owner of the store and some friends conspired to get a banned player into a prize tournament using another friend's DCI number. They were caught, and the fallout cost the level 2 Judge who caught them his job. Also, that store owner and his friend would steal all the Judge compensation (including the exclusive Judge cards) before any official tourney and claim that wotc never sent it.

[@davidwest6019]

Biggest scandal was buried by MTGO - there was a leak from their HQ that MTGO used scripts to 'eliminate' players that were winning draft too often. Usually through manaflood/manascrew tactics. MTGA has similar, obvious issues.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Man, you really only scratched the surface of the Arsehole Artist iceberg. Hopefully you're saving them for Part 3, right next to the Borborygmus name confusion.

[@KetsubanSolo]

Pretty sure Borborygmus was in Part 1

[@kristopherwatts9466]

I'm excited, and a bit worried, for when he brings up Neilson and McKinnon. Their 'demographics' are.. aggresive.

[@NewOldEBM]

I'm actually legitimately grateful for this video because I had no idea how deep that Chandra-Nissa thing went, all I really heard was "Oh they were gay and now they're not cuz Russia h8s gays", but to hear and see how absurdly hamfistedly they put that plotline to bed, I'm kinda actually mad. Why they gotta ruin a story like that? ffss

[@MastemaJack]

The Netflix show being a reason is BS they have a section just for lgbt. They made Faye from Cowboy Bebop gay and they still put that show on there.

[@giulioceresini1435]

@@MastemaJack It's not netflix not allowing gay rapresentation, it's about appealing to the asian/russian market which actively blocks queer content. You want your product to be distrubuted in Russia and China? It better not have anything LGBTQ+ related. Multiple huge companies (Riot games and Blizzard-Activision are the first two that pop min my mind) already went immense lenghts to censor their content to allow their products to reach out of the western bubble. Movies often get a different cut for those countries as well. So yeah, the Netflix show is a pretty reasonable motive for ending the romance in such rushed and abrupt way. Just look at the way Arcane kinda wiggles around the idea of the two female leads being attracted to each other, but never states it directly. It's not just trying to build up the romance for the subsequent season, is also because doing this doesn't force them to make a statement about non-ethero relationship and they can get away with it just by impling it

[@greywolf7577]

@@giulioceresini1435 If that's true, then why didn't they just not mention relationships or sexuality at all? That would have made both sides mildly annoyed, but would have avoided the anger aimed at the company that came from picking a side.

[@overgrowndwarf1628]

Man, Chandra was never gay and Nissa hates non-Elves. The only thing "hamfistedly" done was the absurd romance that suddenly got shoved in there.

[@shandorno6305]

@@overgrowndwarf1628 She was absolutely pansexual, mate. You're simply wrong.

[@dustyfox6511]

The funny thing about being banned by the DCI is that you could always just say you're another player. DCI was hilariously bad on matching players to digital records.

[@RawBerserker]

I expected Sid to have been in the first video. Glad to see it here, that man's movement was legendary.

[@Chasardous]

Time for another chapter of the best wizard-school series there is!

[@pinkusdean1178]

Can't wait for the next part "wotc send Pinkerton's to retrieve cards from a guy on KZbin"

[@CircusFoxxo]

Wotc sent *a detective branch of a security company to *retrieve property that a guy literally stole off a truck and showed off months before release while bragging about stealing it

[@planarcleansing]

"shuffling each other's decks" really has a different meaning with an australian accent

[@AJKiesel]

Took me a moment or two to understand that he said "decks".

[@nickelodeon2226]

kiwi accent

[@tacticalministries3508]

That's a new Zealand accent

[@Blakeo32]

I am sad that Manykudos didn't show the funny monkey sex card art.

[@ManyKudos]

the WHAT

[@Blakeo32]

@@ManyKudos Look up Uktabi Orangutan.

[@Legomaster-jv8ll]

@@Blakeo32 is that really it? It’s kinda tame imo. It’s just two monkeys banging. What’s the proooooblem?

[@TheOtherBradBird]

I was today years old...

[@alantremonti1381]

@@Blakeo32 thanks for that.

[@MustyMouse]

It's almost like... going to a public event and signing a waiver means that there's literally nothing you can do but be butthurt. The funny thing is that the people who actually had the right to be offended were the most chill about the whole thing.

[@cynicat74]

Honestly, the moment they got home, they probably all went on Amazon to buy belts. Personal Hygiene is a serious problem with table top gamers, and it's the big thing that puts me off whenever I try to join one of those communities. Good on them for being good sports about the whole thing.

[@chestnut4860]

@@cynicat74 Who the fuck buys belts on amazon, are you american orsomething?

[@bluegum6438]

It was probably suits throwing a fit over the "image" of the game, no offense but there's going to be a lot of smelly fatasses at a Magic tournament regardless of whether anyone documents it

[@PathBeyondTheDark]

There's a line between legitimate criticism/outcry and the rest of social uproar. The line is crossed when you become what you supposedly hate, someone harming another human being by attacking them on social media. The sheer vastness of our inability for self reflection, ie that we are being hypocritical in our venture by standing up for people while putting others down, is staggering.

[@SnoFitzroy]

okay sure but who was doing that?@@PathBeyondTheDark

[@darragho6358]

Given the fact the Wizards is over a year ahead in set design nearly 2 I believe them having the artist in innistrad wouldn't actually mean anything yet. If anything it says more that he missed the last 2 sets

[@AraiiarA]

I love how Sid looks like a perfect mix between Jon Snow and Sam Tarly

[@lysander3262]

They used the Potara Earrings

[@hellothisismufin]

12:33 "...until they were able to bring this matter to a successful conclusion... whatever that means" The response hit the stack and they were waiting for it to resolve

[@TobiasBroad]

“If any colour was going to be racist, it would be mono-blue” thanks a lot man, now I’m going to sit through that debate in any card shop I visit... On a serious note WOTC making a statement that they wouldn’t use Jason Felix art again and then using 6 months later isn’t as nefarious as you make it sound. By the time they made that statement the art for Innistrad Midnight Hunt would have been already printed, in sealed products and realistically impossible to recall.

[@codemonster8443]

I didn't get that reference

[@TobiasBroad]

Umm... there wasn’t one.

[@codemonster8443]

@@TobiasBroad the thing with the mone blue racism.

[@TobiasBroad]

@@codemonster8443 I’m paraphrasing something Kudos says in the video, I believe he says “player” which is incorrect, he means colour.

[@TheBasementChannel]

I tried the butt crack picture thing on the building site I work on. I ran out of storage on my phone.

[@jonro1091]

‘This would unfortunately require work’ don’t know why but that line really got me.

[@balss248]

Here’s a fun insider snack: a couple judges at the magic tournament wanted him banned for life for “sexual harassment”

[@benfubbs2432]

Yes I hear that they all compete heavily to virtue signal the hardest, Inventing something like sexual harassment to be outraged over could definitely help score some virtue points on the internetz.

[@eropandasennin13]

@@benfubbs2432 I don't think they would have to invent that.

[@arrtes6479]

​@@benfubbs2432 Yeah dude... Uhm... You do know that sexual harassment is a real thing right? They didn't just make it up. And this "virtue signalling" thing is ironic since claiming that others are doing it is in itself virtue signalling yourself as being against virtue signalling.

[@poptat1]

Not a fan of magic, dont care for drama, but I like the stories you tell

[@GwentheNinth]

Glad they've came back around with Chandra and Nissa as after March of the Machines they are confirmed in a relationship

[@darklordofwolves8106]

Funny enough my oler brother was one of the crackgate "victims" and 3 years later when asked to make the slideshow for his wedding as a joke I snuck in the picture of his crack on full display and when it popped up literally everyone busted out laughing including him he was just happy some part of him was immortalized doing what he loves he never had any I'll feelings about it at all.

[@ThreatLevel9]

Ill be honest, I’m pretty sure declaring the intent to cast a spell, tapping the lands, then the spell being put onto the stack was proper form.

[@steelcladCompliant]

To my knowledge you dont need to declare the intent. Just tap your lands, which you can do at any moment whenever you wish, and then put the spell on the stack. That is when the opponent finds out what you are casting, and not before I could just say "Clench your cheeks, Im about to cast Emrakul" before tapping any lands or anything, and if my opponent choses to believe me, thats their problem

[@NecroAsphyxia]

Ironically the "pay first then play card" rule would not work with the cards that let other players help pay them. In order to play those cards first you HAVE to put the card down first, ask if anyone is going to help cast, then pay the remaining cost

[@calemr]

When casting a card you can Either spend mana currently in your mana pool, OR play the card, then use mana abilities to put enough mana in the mana pool. These days, at least. If nothing else, some card abilities allow for weird alternate costs that would require you doing the second version. Also the second way can cause some weird interactions using cards like Selvala, Explorer Returned, since she produces a semi-random amount of Mana.

[@Benmans404]

Man, I love this Mini Scandals series

[@JarvisBaileyVA]

It's all our fault We drove Sid Blair away He was the only one who could have stopped Cracktavius. Yes... Sid Blair was a hero We just couldn't see it.

[@zezimashelpr]

It's a shame about Invoke Prejudice, it's an OP card, along with Stone Throwing Devils.

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

wondering when they will start banning cards because they are satanic

[@zezimashelpr]

@@MrJerichoPumpkin Nah, the 90s came and went with the satanic panic. they'll most likely clutch their Mox Pearls over "destroy target black creature".

[@stigmaoftherose]

The best part of that ban wave is that a card who's name and effect has both been reprinted multiple times with the card existing exactly the same with a different name, got banned as they were desperate to make the list look longer than 2 or 3 cards. Crusade is a very common trope for inistrad and giving white creatures +1/+1 is also a very common effect. But they banned the card crusade becuase the first version of its art looks slightly medival, ignoring the fact that warrior of Allah is still a legal card and is boosted in power by the crusades...

[@aeolus7762]

Funnily enough, casting your spell requires you to announce it before tapping your mana, so the last guy was ahead of his time.

[@steelcladCompliant]

Really? Im pretty sure you can just tap all your lands and keep the mana floating, then dont cast any spells and let it all disappear if you so wish

[@aeolus7762]

@@steelcladCompliant It's the way you'te supposed to cast spells. You announce it, there's a few other steps, then you pay costs.

[@steelcladCompliant]

@@aeolus7762 Thats what you said, Im just doubting it because it makes no sense. If the opponent wishes to do anything in response, they do it after you cast it, not before And as I said, I can just tap all my lands and leave the mana floating, then cast or not cast anything. The only warning the opponent will get is "Yo Imma cast a spell"

[@aeolus7762]

@@steelcladCompliant Part of casting your spell is tapping your mana, yes. But it happens AFTER you say "I'm casting this spell". According to the rules of the game: Announce Choices Targets Divide Total Cost Mana Abilities Pay This is found in rule 601.2 in the official rules. Everyone on KZbin shortcuts this by tapping, then casting, but the proper way is to announce the spell, then tap the mana. If you play Arena, you'll see the client do this very thing. Even on MTGO, when you cast your spell, before you determine what mana you use for it, you have to announce the spell you're casting, then pay the mana.

[@calemr]

@@aeolus7762 You can produce mana whenever you want. You can spend it afterwards, from your mana pool, OR produce the mana while casting. The first is important for abilities that give Mana to someone else, or produce more than one Mana at once, potentially leaving you, or them, with mana to spend After you've cast a spell or used an ability. My own Yurlok of Scorch Thrash commander deck kind of Relies entire upon this fact. The second is important for cards with abilities like Join Forces, as you have to play the spell to allow other players to pump it, otherwise you'd have to just ask them nicely to fill their mana pool before you play the card.

[@TheMadMurf]

I've never played Magic and haven't ever heard of Crackstyle before, but that is absolutely hilarious. Sid's responses make him sound like a surprisingly humble and funny guy.

[@Nemonowoa739]

Many years later, Chandra and Nissa are now in lesbians with eachother once more.

[@deadeyeridge]

Sid's work plus the constant embraced stereotype of not showering sums up the majority of MTG LGS's in America

[@felinewanderer89]

God Magic Scandals make me happier than the game does. Bless. You know what else you should cover? The scandal of two important KZbinrs not being wed in an online mmo that’s critically acclaimed

[@Jansie_NL]

FYI Peppermint and Eucalyptus take more moisture away than it ads on the longer term. Lip balms like Labello actively dr out your lips so you keep applyig a layer constantly. Lip balm is fine to use when needed, but if your lips are always dry you need to make life style changes, not more products. Just drink more water and lay off the balm.

[@danielbear9183]

"The Gruul friends" take a bow sir. That is 5 head joking making. one of the best things I've ever heard. Well done.

[@shandorno6305]

That has been a term for that ship for years, though. Like, ManyKudos comes up with some good ones, but this isn't his.

[@hellothisismufin]

Holy shit I missed that. Clever as hell, that

[@mastertonberry9224]

Good ol' WotC have given you a feature length's worth of content since part two, looking forward to part 3

[@williammanning5066]

I'm so glad you listened to my suggestion to talk about the ass-crack guy. Please give me 1/4 of your ad revenue as compensation for this idea.

[@Doofindork]

Funnily enough, there are now magic cards you basically HAVE to reveal and put down before you pay any mana for them. The Assist ability from Battlebond for example.

[@dreww8941]

I stole like $1500 worth of magic cards from Walmart and Walgreens around 2015-2018, then put them in a box never to be touched again.

[@brettadams2651]

Hands down the funniest thing that ever happened involving magic lol

[@ethanaraujo9728]

Why is this dude so funny?? Born to fish, forced to work. It’s the kind of humor you’d only be able to see here

[@ZeketheZealot]

I just finished rewatching the first MTG scandals videos. I love this right now

[@BaneHydra]

That story of Chandra and Nissa getting their romance so bluntly killed is the opposite of whatever "forced representation" is

[@chestnut4860]

More like peak empty coorperate bs. They have a black woman center on the cover, then shut down actual gay couples. I love it purely because it confirms my beliefs about coorperations pretending to care and being incredibly disingenuous....

[@DemxnTheyThem]

MTG fans think more women in the game (as competitive players or featured in card art) in general is woke "forced representation". We aren't exactly talking about MENSA's next candidates.

[@trexasaurus5322]

It’s just greed my man. They don’t care about representation, they care about their bottom line and how much profit they can make

[@MarceloVillarrealR]

Bro, excelent choice on Witch Hunters as intro track. Perfect.

[@nothing4mepls973]

There's a ton of minor scandals and silly moments that only entrenched players could really understand, but with your excellent explanation skills, you could probably make a part three work. There's the secret Lair debacle, with limited print runs at insane prices, mechanically unique cards feature characters from other properties like The Walking Dead and Street Fighter. >$30 for four to five pieces of cardboard made a lot of people very angry. There's the super desirable and powerful cards that were only printed as an incentive for buying a >$100 booster box, seen as a very greedy move. (True Name Nemesis) The time they accidentally created a mechanic that was so overpowered it fundamentally changed the game and upset every single format, even the 25 year old ones with $30,000 cards, and WOTC had to emergency change the mechanic to work entirely differently to what is printed on the card. (Companion) There's the time they printed a card that not only could do an infinite combo with itself, but if was played on an empty board would stall the game out and result in an immediate tie, and neither player could stop it - something possible as soon as turn four. (Hostage Taker) There's the time the artist accidentally painted a vampire to look like she had a cartoonishly giant penis (Olivia Voldaren) There's the time card art showing Garruk, an important main character, about to punch a woman was complained about because it had rape-vibes, and the blowback was strong enough that WOTC apologized and then pretended Garruk didn't exist for five years. (Triumph of Ferocity) Finally, on a lighter note, there's the card that has rules text that demands an inanimate piece of cardboard make a decision in the game for you (floral spuzzum)

[@gamingtilldawn6785]

That Triumph one is stupid IMO. I see no rape vibes at all and the context of the story and the flavor text is enough to establish he is straight up willing to kill her. Never noticed that Olivia Voldaren one, laughed more than i should have.

[@nothing4mepls973]

@@gamingtilldawn6785 The Garruk one sparked a ton of debate about whether male on female violence portrayed on card art was a good idea given how it could be perceived by casual players without context. It's a complex, multifaceted issue that has no easy answer, and the answer you come up with reveals a lot about yourself. I for one just wanted my Green Boy back, Nissan Altima is a poor substitute.

[@gamingtilldawn6785]

@@nothing4mepls973 What do you mean reveals alot about me? These are fictional powerful beings at war. Lilly isnt some weak willed woman that needs saving, she can protect herself. Garruk just happened to have the edge in a fight and wants to not be cursed for life, seems fair ot me.

[@nothing4mepls973]

@@gamingtilldawn6785 I don't mean you specifically, I meant that one's views on the card debacle says something about themselves. It gives away their familiarity with the story and characters. It broadcasts how they view women as capable of being either formidable foes or resigned to being meek victims. It even shows how they weigh the value of outward appearances and marketability of the game and its story versus its quality and depth - one might be willing to sacrifice unique characters and situations for broader appeal. Personally I think WOTC took the easy way out. I liked seeing Liliana being such a villain.

[@gamingtilldawn6785]

@@nothing4mepls973 ah

[@strangemolars]

The crackgate ban its still the moment wizard's villain arc was made clear for me.

[@Riitje]

Soon we Digimon TCG players will rise to have our own many scandals video by you.

[@kainearmstrong4810]

The only channel where i don't fast forward through the ads. Many kudos to you

[@green2666]

Thank you for more greasy scandals. I always love seeing an upload from your channel.

[@thatscarletmoth]

I feel like you could make a Many Scandals video purely out of MtG Artist Scandals at this point! Harold McNeill, Terese Nielsen, Noah Bradley, and now Seb McKinnon...just to name a few!

[@Xxcilo]

Actually the best manscaped add I’ve ever seen.

[@SnoFitzroy]

where's the second D in "advertisement"

[@lonelyhunter990]

Haven’t done a competitive Warhammer event in more than 10 years so don’t know the community but if I ever do a magic event I’ll go in a suit and tie to dab up everyone there.

[@Lostinsilenthill]

Greatest advert ever! Love this guys channel, it always puts a smile on my face when i get a notification he drops a vid.

[@failurefiend]

Need another one that includes the pinkertons!

[@jole5468]

I think you tapped the wrong colours of mana for the manscaping and hygiene shit, its obviously a bit green, but there is no way its green red since when they are together red and green become the dirtiest colour there is

[@janaxelblomberg7768]

Sid is a hero

[@johnpratts2856]

Sid Blair is a KING!

[@jason3525]

2:49 Never ever I thought I’d see Shakewell in a ManyKudos video

[@MF-R]

As a North American, this is my favorite commentary(?) channel that talks like the people in fantasy movies.

Dude you have the best 'sponsor' parts on entire KZbin. Usually I skip such sketches but yours are worth even going back to :D

[@madman407708]

Could smell this video coming a mile away

[@phaeste]

i mean yeah, he literally said that he was gonna make it a while ago

[@madman407708]

@@phaeste meant it more as a joke on the average magic player's hygiene lmao

[@petepleeb9675]

That ending is about the funniest one I have seen to date, kudos to the ManyKudos

[@braydenamyotte783]

After your classic pokemon video im absolutely dying to know has there been scandals in MODERN pokemon? Theyve been running been tournaments for it for decades now there has to have been some moments

[@JoelRiter]

As a Pokemon TCG player, I'm not really aware of many if any. Cheating seems to be far less prominent, most of us who are adults who play have been playing since kids and are now introducing our kids to it leading to a pretty open and welcoming community. You have an occasional asshole, but I mean... People play it so it's bound to happen statistically. I mean Verisilify being a dick and obsessing over Wolfe Glick like a scorned lover is always pretty funny... But yeah. Could be wrong though.

[@robertbriggs5496]

Good stuff dude. The small humorous details in your videos make them sing. Keep up the good work!

[@xenogod5463]

We all know that the most powerful and banned magic card is gex.

[@ChadHex]

12:48 A note for the plagiarism story: Most sets are finished (as in, game mechanics are locked, the artwork is finalized, and sent to the printers) many months before they are actually released. Seeing as the statement was from Spring 2021, it was probably too late to change anything regarding Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, the first Fall 2021 set. Since Felix's art hasn't shown up in any expansion or supplemental product since Midnight Hunt, it's safe to assume that that was the last set he worked on and it will be curious if his art will show up in any set in the future.

[@xezberzs96]

The fact that Manscaped approved you saying cock and balls in the ad is amazing.

[@michaelgjrjvebs]

You should do a second yugioh video with "I did nothing wrong whatsoever!" Triffgaming!

[@Patsfan1987]

lol just watch the other video yesterday afternoon and now I get to watch the second part 2 here this morning thank you so much

[@MonarchLMC]

That moment when a manscaped add is funnier than Amy Schumer's whole career

[@DarthCinnabon]

Honestly, I was surprised to not see either of the more recent bigger artist scandles mentioned here (at least, bigger in terms of how popular the artists are)

[@MrFozzilla]

Another great video! I love this series of yours, the vids are really well made and fun to watch! And thank you for covering the Chandra Nissa debacle here. I will always be angry that so many years of development, both their relationship and for the Bolas v Gatewatch story arc as a whole, were unceremoniously flushed down the drain. But it's nice to know people widely agreed that it was shit. At least I have the story on the cards themselves and my jank ass "Gruulfriends Snowball Fight" commander deck. WotC probably can't take those from me!

[@greywolf7577]

If they can retcon Chandra's sexual orientation in that book, couldn't another book retcon it back to the way it originally was?

[@overgrowndwarf1628]

@@greywolf7577 Because for 15 years she was written as straight. It was her queering that was the retcon and forced a whole bunch of lore revisions after the fact. The "sexual retcon" is actually just someone writing her somewhat closer to her established personality and traits.

[@MrFozzilla]

@@overgrowndwarf1628 except it isn't. Chandra and Nissa have both grown immensely as characters over the last few years. In another comment you state that Nissa is a racist, elf-supremacist. She hasn't been that for nearly 8 years now when they decided to develop her character past elf racism. Her unique relationship with Chandra has been something they've been building as well for almost as long. From their magical connection on Zendikar to interactions they've had sprinkled in through Kaladesh and Amonkhet. The foundation for their relationship has been cultivated for years now, sidelining her attraction to Gids to pursue whatever she felt she needed from Nissa. The two of them arriving at a romantic relationship is not a sudden "queering" of the characters. It is one natural conclusion that the two could come to. The only sudden thing here was the abrupt and sloppy way that Weisman ended the relationship between them. A corporate order served with lackluster, ugly prose. I can't help but think that maybe you are the one that doesn't care about these characters and their stories, if you seem fit to ignore the near decade of development they've had since being a "racist elf" and "super straight" woman. I think the fact that you suggest Weisman is more true to these characters, when any story and character choices he's written feel like mere imitations of the characters known up til now, speaks volumes to how much you really care.

[@MrFozzilla]

@@greywolf7577 I misread this at first and thought you meant retconning their relationship back to pre-WAR. They seem to be allowing Chandra to explore her sexuality again outside of decidedly brawny men in the Innistrad story with a possible attraction towards another female character. But outside of that, we don't know what they will decide to do. Their apology stated that she wouod love other characters regardless of gender, so perhaps that counts as that. While the whole situation is a shame, it's not even the break up itself that is really disappointing to me. It's the terrible, near unintelligible way it was written.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

@@MrFozzilla I think if they do anything it will be just another cop out. Like the many times lesbian characters have been retconned to be straight but then due to backlack there now bi-sexual will flirt with other women but will always end up with a man. Hey at least its some representation .

[@CommieApe]

The stories themselves are always fascinating but your style and delivery really make these videos.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Same punishment for a joke as for cheating? Thats the scandal.

[@MforMovesets]

"Tapping after casting" Dude. That would make me so mad.

[@leonidasking7502]

Onlyfans is a financial disaster for me bro, I feel ya

[@D3xterJettster]

You pay for porn?

[@tgs9929]

To add on to the Corporate meddling with forsaken, Doug Beyer one of the senior members of the creative side of magic seemly didn’t know about how about retconing Chandra.

[@jweezy15able]

The "invoke prejudice" card is the best troll of all time.

[@twoaf3261]

Nice work, The only other youtube channel who makes sponser adds this interesting is Internet Historian.

[@thefinegameofnil7158]

Imagine turning a character straight because they might be in a netflix show.. the past was wild..

[@griffguy]

Imagine playing a commander game with ManyKudos, sounds like a rip roarin ol' time