MTG - The 80k Q&A! Your questions answered! Magic: The Gathering and more!

[@ashmurphy8964]

One time a player I began play against , I play Yu-Gi-Oh!, I had defeated one of his monsters and he then got his bottle of Mountain Dew and spilled it all over my cards! Thankfully my cards were all sleeved! The store banned him from playing ever at that store again! His mother , despite the player being 26, walked him into the store and forced him to buy me a a new pack of card sleeves.

[@holsri]

In hearing your response to the question about unpleasant FNM players, I realized that I'm really not trying to but I'm very uptight and monotone in games due to focus or having a bad day often. I feel bad bringing netdecks to FNM and not just competitive events alone. Thank you for making me realize it better, I want to try and have more fun at FNMs from now on :)

[@Snazzyriffic]

I remember commenting on one of your earlier videos back when you had around 2k subscribers, and in the comment I said that I think you'll be the next big magic channel with the quality content you're putting out. Over a year and 78k subscribers lately and not surprisingly my prediction was right. Hard work pays off and you deserve all 80k subscribers. Keep up the good work!

[@danielleifert2736]

Professor, on the first question about finding the right deck, I like to use the website untap.in in addition to proxying. It's a free testing site and it has allowed me to test a lot of different decks against the meta. My friends don't exactly represent the modern metagame very accurately, so this was very useful to me and I think anyone trying to find the right deck should try it out.

[@Travis7060312]

"I win cards" are what I love about the game figuring out what your opponent is trying to do and stopping it when it is all on the line like that is great

[@johnsegura877]

One of my most favorite Chanel's I always make sure to check in with the professor before I do something magic related. I give this channel a 10 out of 10 Rating and I highly recommend it

[@88predy]

I haven't been playing MtG for 8 years now but I love this TCCollege... And because of you, good professor, I am planning to play again in not so distant future :-)

[@codynimrod4225]

As a relatively new fan ( 2 months or so ) I would like to say thank you for the channel. it's an instant favorite of mine. (really like the sense of humor) I also really enjoy the fact you address the social issues of magic ( grumpy players). You promote a healthy play environment which is key to keeping players and getting new ones to join the college. Also if you are ever in the phoenix area you and your wife plus miles are welcome to come to our weekly pauper cube night. It's a family style pot luck event where players bring the family and just have a good old time with friends and food. Keep up the good work!

[@sennanieto6952]

Wow..! 80k already?! I've been here since 10k and the video's are just getting better and better! Congratulations and keep up the good work!

[@b.j.stewart7200]

I want the professor to cosplay as the joker. That smile in that make-up would be terrifying

[@dhphoto]

I know this video has been out for a while, but I gotta say that I appreciate seeing Octavia Butler and Lev Grossman on the bookshelves behind The Professor.

[@downsjmmyjones101]

I also built mono red when I got into Modern. Not the best deck but now that Eidolon exists the deck has quite a bit of help and can be quite the unexpected winner.

[@antonsjoo2940]

Congratulations, im happy to see the channel growing so fast! keep doing what you're doing!

[@xBeauGaming]

I like the tie buddy!

[@jessew5152]

So glad to hear you say you don't like Eldrazi playstyle. Not a fan of them myself, but I see so so many of them.

[@DakotaAbroad]

I love buying 1000 card lots! I don't buy them thinking I'm going to get anything good. I just love going through the cards and discovering new things! And I have gotten quite a few cards that I love using through them!

[@jimmybarnett6393]

On the subject of who from magic's past I'd like to see make a comeback, I really love the lore of Yawgmoth and would like to see it expanded upon.

[@MrBustoarsizio]

thank you Jeff Bridges

[@XxHikidashixX]

I watched the whole video to see if anyone asked if you were going to live stream; then I was gonna ask because I didn't hear an answer till the very end with the quick announcement. Good job on your channel Professor~

[@michelekleyling8818]

I would LOVE to see Urza printed as a planeswalker in an upcoming set (preferably Izzet colors).

[@ezbior4626]

"I love so many of the foods" I swear i heard that in Starfire's voice....

[@TimmyTheNerd]

Professor, thought you might be interested in knowing that in the Dragons of Tarkir timeline, Dromoka's dragons protect Arashin, a city where followers of Dromoka can live out their lives in peace without worry of the world beyond Arashin's walls. So there's at least one place you can go to just live out your life.

[@ieatemos]

You're so cute :D and I'm glad you're happy at work! You forgot to mention how adorable Niv-Mizzet is ;p I'd love to see Ertai, that era was my favorite in lore.

[@mysticalpotato447]

The channel is growing so fast, Professor... We will need a bigger classroom in no time!

[@ronchen6226]

Tolarian I love this channel and has really revitalized how much I play and how much I enjoy the game. I also want to say how much GameFindr had changed how I play

[@Frankenstein3r]

"The price of modern staples is TOO DAMN HIGH" Love the reference :)

[@Chrysaries]

Sick reference, bro. Everyone knows your references are out of control, man.

[@snekkans]

Going by the timeline on the MTG Wiki, the events of Time Spiral happened around 60 years before the events of Dragons of Tarkir. So technically we could see Teferi return as an old man. Maybe as a mentor to a newer character?

[@ethanholland4565]

I'm so happy to be apart of this community

[@TheChromeCrafter]

You described YuGiOh With your opinion of Annihilator

[@jona1d944]

I was talking to my friend about Teferi yesterday. I think that they should go back to Dominaria and the plot should focus on Teferi trying to regain his spark. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir was the first magic rare I ever owned. Even today, that card has my favorite artwork in all of Magic the Gathering.

[@Sheriff_K]

And I'd LOVE some Legacy videos! What Deck do you play in Legacy?

[@Zolthux]

yay! just in time to listen while I work. thanks professor!

[@TokyoKoolProductionz]

Yay! He answered my question about color, guild, and shard! :D

[@kappaross6124]

I SO want to see Jaya Ballard come back! Maybe they'd do a cycle of 'walkers from the past? Probably white for Serra, Blue for Teferi, Black for grandma sengir or possibly Leshrac, Red for Jaya, Green for Freyalise? Post if you think differently

[@emotikonrad]

Professor, I like buying repacks. I know I'm getting bulk cards and I can't sell them. I'm more than OK with that, though. My friends and I use them for cheap drafts. We ask sellers for cards from just one set, preferably a Core Set. The cards are worthless, but still give good drafting experience. We sometimes have to re-repack them and remove cards that could get broken, but for drafts, repacks work really well.

[@JablesTheSpartan]

Will Tolarian Community College Sleeves ever exist?

[@alexhalogen5650]

He answered this somewhere before but the answer was no iirc.

[@JimmysALilGirl]

As someone who hasn't bought or opened a booster since 2001 and that lost all of his cards, I find the 1000 card lots easy. The value may not be the best, but having cards to play with is better than not having cards at all. I started a cube with all of these cards, I haven't been able to play with anyone else yet, because I don't have a LGS anywhere close to me and my friends that play don't live next to me anymore. I've always liked trying to make something good from the random cards I had and tweaking my deck through playtesting more than making a killer deck and winning most of the time. I have noticed fake cards in the lots before, but they don't bother me since I don't play in tournaments or anything. The spread of sets were good too, but that does mess with synergy. I wouldn't pay more than $20 for 1000 cards though.

[@spicechuggins]

Since winter is just around the corner is there any possibility of me seeing a tolarian hoodie/sweater

[@liam-bc8qk]

***** Inverted colours!!

[@jonj1220]

Patrick Frazier I'd love to see a hoodie as well. I personally love hoodies with oversized hoods.

[@cainderous2421]

Winter is coming...

[@HavocTheWendigo]

Very awesome video professor it's interesting to learn all this about you. I actually with most the MTG stuff you talked about expect personally think the eldrazi are "okkkk" in terms of idea. I feel like they are just too big in what they do I mean if they only had like no high than annihilator 2 and weren't darksteel colossus without trample on top of that they'd be a lot more for though I will say their drone are all pretty cool in making a bunch lil spawnlings for mana ramp.

[@Paul_Whaley]

Just ordered a playmat, also, can we get some more of your short story readings? I really enjoyed the one and only that you have done so far.

[@ShadowXImperialETHAN]

Hmm, mono red, that makes sense to start with considering red generally is easy to play and has a lot of power, but, I hate red and black. My deck is mono white and does pretty well, but I started out after doing research and knew what I wanted to do with my deck, so it was easy to build mono white for me. I have played a blue-red deck that was pretty good, sadly it got lost in my room.

[@VicereineV]

Returning player after 20 years away. Thanks for bringing me back into the fold with humor and knowledge. Well played sir.

[@blackmagicmetal]

Love that quote "..its supposed to be chess, not Punch Out" - so true!

[@Noximien]

I love the way your wife named her cat! Our cat is actually called Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[@Addrum]

5:25 This one really hits me. I have this particular player at my Commander league that always rants on combo deck and even more on lock decks like Derevi or Memnarch (I play this last one) and its very anoying because he makes you feel that winning is wrong, or that the way you are doing it is wrong. He even says "Oh no, here comes X" when he face someone he knows can beat him this way, and he does it out loud so the other players at the table are "warned". I agree that Magic is for having fun, and also, sometimes we tilt and frustrate because of what happens during the game, but we have to be mature enough to understand some things. First, that combos, counters, control, all this is part of the game, promoted by its creators, and we even have a color for that. If it would be bad to play that way, blue wouldn't even exist. Second, that there is a difference in what the game is and what we are, so if someone likes to play combo or control, it's not because she or he wants you to have a bad time, but because it is her or his way of having fun in this game. Lastly, that is not healthy for the game and the community if you are tilting and getting everyone infected with your bad mood. We must face reallity and be good loosers and good winners.

[@Addrum]

Also, congratulations, professor, for this accomplishment with the 80k subscribers. Being a long time student in this college, I love to see how it has grown over time and how many new players join in this community. And once again, for everything you've done, Thank You.

[@batrachian149]

Memnarch is pretty cancerous though.

[@Addrum]

Yeah, I know. And Derevi too (have you played against a Derevi with Winter Orb and Prophet of Kruphix?)

[@gavincarpenter2739]

Loves merfolk... Loves sushi... Professor what have you done

[@JonTheGoose7]

I'd really like to see Glissa return. She really got the short end of the stick and sacrificed so much all to be sealed away in the core of Mirrodin at the mercy of the phyrexian corruption and labeled a traitor to her people. In a perfect world, Glissa survives the spellbomb on mirrodin, finds a way to break free of phyrexian control, ignites a new spark, becomes the first phyrexian planeswalker and seeks brutal vengence against her former phyrexian masters.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

What neck tie drives me mad. Its not in the center ahhhh.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Linke Sei I like them a little off center. I'm an academic, not a business person.

[@notjux]

Tolarian Community College I feel like you intentionally leave your kit askew just to mess with us. It's such a common theme that I barely notice it any more. Don't ever change.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

Tolarian Community College It just looked as if you missed that. A bit chaotic, Sorry ^^

[@pyrezombiezero]

+Tolarian Community College I absolutely love that design on that tie, do you remember what brand or where you got it from?

[@drewlightbody381]

Linke Sei agreed

[@thedanath]

I totally agree on the whole drop one card and i win thing. Im also against decks that can win very early game, dredge as an example. I dont want to sit there as my opponent just goes though the motions to win the game while i sit there twiddling my thumbs. Granted if your actually in a tournament setting where big prizes are on the line decks that can win early are great. but if your in a casual setting like FNM then not so much.

[@gerbie42]

Tolarian Community College I agree 100% with you on the annihilator cards, the I-win cards. In my kitchen-table playgroup, the group I play with most, we all dislike those. We've had a few decks come by that have certain combo's or such annoying cards that when they're on the field, in 90% of the cases it results in a win. Result now is that those decks are called the "F you decks" and are either collecting dust or are deconstructed because it was simply no fun to play with! When we play EDH we even have a set of rules for deck building, it is not allowed to get 2-card I-win combo's, no 'unfun' cards (such as Iona Shield of Emeria). Basically we don't just want a game that might've been going on for 40 minutes to just end in seconds if a player happens to draw/tutor his I-win card.

[@davidgrom7836]

I love to play mono black in edh,but put in cards like jesters cap,all is dust,brittle effigy,ect.....only used to take out Iona when some creep tries to hose me,lol. I also use Chainer,Dementia Master as my general. So many people miss the "a graveyard" and automatically assume "your graveyard" Had a game once with a troll that dropped Iona and was playing mono white and named black when casting. My response....all is dust,re-animated her on my side with Chainer and named white. I don't normally play like that,but in that situation.....priceless ;)

[@gerbie42]

David Grom Well that's the thing, when you get that combo off or some huge I-win card it's fun, can be priceless even. But after one or two times it gets old really fast. Or at least that's my experience with those type of cards.

[@veras7927]

+David Grom Iona, Shield of Everything-Not-Eldrazi.

[@Moysauce22]

Really digging that tie!

[@MindCrushables]

Completely agree on Planeswalkers. I don't mind them in the lore (although there should be less of them) but the cards don't do it for me. To me it would be better if they were used more sparingly in storylines (instead of the Justice League of Planeswalkers they seem to be setting up for Zendikar) and have them more in a supporting role, aiding mortals in defense of their planes or in their quests.

[@mr.patrick6392]

ive only been playing magic for a month now and my fav deck that i have built (out of 4) is my black green elf deck bout to est it for the first time today

[@Nah_Bohdi]

"Miles with an eye." Oh...at least he has One! yukyukyuk ;)

[@Nah_Bohdi]

PS: A good solution to those big eldrazi is to have flyers...deathtouch, bury cards... there is actually a lot to take them out. You're talking about Emrakul. That's one card, even the other two Titans don't have nearly as power mechanics, they die on me all the time! ...and you know what? I I burn myself trying to cast something so big and it does without hitting the opponent it sure does sting, I cant do ANYTHING else, I'm all tapped out for that one "win card" and subsequently lost the game. ....pfft, "win card". Might as well say no X damage spells no matter what, limit it to lightning bolt 3 damage and that's it.

[@dajusta87]

Future Video Ideas: old magic players vs new magic players. top 10 magic playing etiquettes.

[@BaconWraped]

I would greatly enjoy watching a video about either of these ideas!

[@togethergutlesss]

good thing the new eldrazi are going to be about interacting with the exile zone

[@GN0M1X]

Great Video Professor :) I'm looking forward to that Legacy related video ;)

[@bushelled]

Great channel. Thank you so much.

[@asrafel13]

I'd like a revisit of some of the other original Planeswalkers, like Tevesh Szat and Lim-Dûl.

[@billycyph]

The ONLY mechanic that i liked about eldrazi was the ability to shuffle your entire graveyard into your library that the legendary eldrazi had when they entered your grave. i would love it if they brought this back even if it was only one card. it would be cool if it was just a mana rock that did it. like manalith with that a ability would be awesome. you could aslo give it the ability to tap for 2 mana if the spell is colorless. howevor any of the anhilator or when you cast this rediculous thing happens type abilites i think should stay out.

[@panzer4616]

I kept looking at your tie, it was a bit off! You're great though. You helped me on my way with MTG

[@mkaiww]

Technically adding and negative is just taking something away

[@naseboeg113]

agree with you on planeswalkercards. they lack synergy

[@crazykhespar8487]

Can you do more "Story Time"? Who else wants to march on WotC to get this man on their writing team? Or make him their Lore Master or whatever?

[@IamTheMisterMan]

As much as I think that the Eldrazi shouldn't be super over powered and 'I win' cars, I think they should still be a big board impact and represent their threat to entire planes. Maybe they should function more like planeswalkers or plane cards from planechase, where they switch up the board and turn it on its head a little, but not exactly like them.

[@SpyridonTheWonderWkr]

keep it up, Professor!

[@wilfredochavarria5015]

niv mizzet is the best he was my first mythic when I got into magic during rtr and bought a hypersonic dragon intro deck. went 1-3 or 0-4 every week at fnm but went with some really great friends

[@call_me_maybe5760]

I do wish Zyr would come back. Probably also dead, but had some fun flavorful cards.

[@theawesomeleprechaun]

i looked up a modern mono red as you advised and i found yours on tapped out

[@FoxNoctom]

And at 3:01 You stole my heart and gained my Adoration

[@upkeepmtg1127]

Yay my question was featured

[@mrnosesface9]

Proffesor, many times you have stated you dont like intro packs. Would you make an exeption to the Magic Origins Hunting Pack?

[@cainderous2421]

Heresy! I'd love to see what would happen if Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek came back into standard. Not because they need to, I just want to see what would happen

[@andrewfelt3335]

I love this channel.

[@pwpryan]

"It's chess, not Punch Out. " That is an amazing analogy.

[@kuroshinko427]

I might be alone in this but I would like to see a story about Braids, Conjurer Adept.

[@ecoao80]

+1 for your more legacy videos idea

[@mtgnoob3823]

So close to 100k

[@munooro]

Has Miles always been a....distant child?

[@GiantSalt95]

Hey Professor, I know that you don't like Eldrazi, or the annihilator mechanic, but what about this: Casting cost: 5 colorless. Abilities: "Annihilator 1" and "This creatures can't be the target of spells and abilities you control." P/T: 2/5

[@Tikkumies100]

One thing i find weird is that you recommend mono red for beginnners in every format and then say "It's supposed to be chess not punch out" i mean all red does is play cheap things tap them to attacks and when they cant hit you anymore with creatures they just burn you out. Red deck wins is hated by pretty much everyone at my lgs becouse there is almost no interaction either you die in 5 turns or you manage to stabilize and win

[@MrRancid1988]

Professor, since you have reached 85K as of this post I was just wondering are there any other games you enjoy playing? (Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Munchkin, Starcraft, Diablo, etc )

[@spawnsofemrakul8265]

he has come so far

[@xxpwnage99xx]

I love the cat's name!

[@bradleynylund6683]

Favorite quote! "It's supposed to be chess, not punch out." XD

[@88Hyo]

What's your favorite clan of Tarkir? And Dragon Brood? What's your favorite betwen vampires and humans, since you answered betwen goblins elves,goblins and merfolk?

[@DashRetro]

Yes, please do Legacy videos!

[@Firevine]

Merfolk! Merfolk! Merfolk! The first Modern deck I built. I love it. Man, imagine if Snapcaster Mage were a Merfolk. Just imaaaaaaaaagine! It would be glorious. I'd love to see a return of Mishra, and with him, a return to the old days of M:tG lore and design. I too, do not like these current Planeswalkers AT ALL, and I think that they've been a detriment to the game in terms of design, gameplay, and story.

[@dave17grs]

What's the best way to get caught up on mtg lore?

[@johnwallaert6470]

You should do some versus series like SCG does.

[@simonnoble4789]

Omg. I have a calico cat named Zelda too!

[@Moonmerism]

If you do not want to proxy a deck, try untapp.in

[@Jedicake]

YES!! Thank you!! I dislike Planeswalkers as well!!

[@ENRIQUEGOITIA]

I really want to find all these lore about the multiverse of magic

[@Queen-of-Tresserhorn]

I love your cats' name.

[@rangeroutdoors3]

so if niv mizzet and ojutai got into a battle of minds who would win? also, if the dragonlords are classed as elder dragons, by the time we return to ravnica, should mizzet be an elder dragon too? he's been around for 1000+ years in RTR.

[@bah-bammmm4516]

i would want an urza planeswalker.

[@VulcanP90]

"It's supposed to be chess, not Punch-Out" Perfect. I hate annihilator. "What's that? I have to sac 4 permanents before I can even declare blockers? SCOOP."

[@darrencaldwell7516]

I feel as if this video could be improved if you had placed graphics of the specific cards and planeswalkers you talked about. Other than this great video

[@tynianrex]

awesome!