South Park Magic the Gathering

South Park made an episode on magic the gathering, little clip here. Cheap game at:
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[@jessedarren1511]

The heavy breathing and card shuffling is soo accurate.

[@SonsOfJackassTV]

I'm going to attack, Hold on! Wait. Hold on.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

I bet i do that lol

[@scarecrowlego884]

It’s kinda asmr

[@HeyThisIsGale]

Anyone else notice one of the corners of his cards was also cut so the card was marked?

[@nekrataali]

He didn't flick them fast enough. Should be able to cycle a whole hand in under a second.

[@nolanschotanus2769]

I like how everyone including cartman take it seriously and root for Kenny. It's nice seeing them actually act like friends.

[@alandsouzab12]

💩💩💩💩💍💍💍💍

[@BREAKocean]

A good friend will say bad things about you to your face and good things behind your back

[@23beats28]

I think they are great friends even Cartman and Kyle whether they believe it or not

[@josephsuarez8178]

That's The Boyz

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

@@BREAKocean my dad's been doing that to me for years and to tell you the absolute gospel truth: i'd much rather he did it the other way round

[@UnkillableMrStake]

The biggest joke in this entire episode is that the poor kid can afford to play magic the gathering at a competitive level... I cry from experience.

[@mazimadu]

Just ask Cartman to ask his mom to buy the cards.... Or ask the Jewish boy

[@DJSamsonofficial]

When I was a child, there was one family in my village that was pretty poor. I once entered their home, they did not have a toilet besides a plank and a hole, but they did have 2 huge tv's standing next to each other, each with it's own vcr, playstation 1 and nintendo,... They also had a PC, which their son constantly used for playing Age Of Empires II. Turns out he was a pro (this was around 2003-2004)

[@Aflay1]

Kenny literally became an opera singer at one point. He must have played for long enough to win the majority of those cards. Pure skill.

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@DJSamsonofficial I grew up on the moon. The moon men didn't have much - just a little room for your poo to bounce and float around in - but they did have one of those little horses you can ride that you put a quarter in, and the kid who lived there was a professional horse machine rodeo cowboy. Then, we all had moon pies.

[@nikvalinsky]

@@hanburgundy4317 this is retweet material

[@GenGamesUniverse]

The "OH NO KENNY...BUT HE'S DYINGGG!!!" bit always gets me laughing.

[@YamyamxXao]

same

[@manoftruth0935]

Kenny: (muffled) nothing I haven’t experienced before.

[@ResurrectedElvenMonk]

Kenny: *Muffled* "It's not my first time Butters." *That man has legendary life insurance*

[@ShinRyojin]

I love how accurately they designed the background characters to look like every person you see in a comic book store during a Magic game.

[@ObsessedCollector]

Love how Kenny is so calm, plays every card without pause. While the other guy is slooooow. Def reminds me of MTG tourneys I entered in the late 90s

[@makokx7063]

Card games before the internet were amazing. One of my greatest memories growing up would be scoring the occasional $5 from the grandparents and getting a booster then playing with friends where everyone had a shitty deck built around their 1 or 2 actually good cards. Now everyone just buys cards online to build one of 3 current meta decks that someone way smarter assembled and it turns into a game of rock paper scissors.

[@Terraphice]

Dude cheated anyways, his Spark Ghast had summoning sickness.

[@tanerismailoglu9789]

ye... they realy didnt do there research for this episode, they should have just made it about yugioh, the rules portrayed in this video are more suited for that.

[@tanerismailoglu9789]

@R G d-dont say that... please.... waaaaaaaaah

[@FoxyPercival714]

@R G Magic is gay. Yugioh is superior as well as pokemon.

[@FoxyPercival714]

I thought summoning sickness was a "duel masters" thing? :3

[@cardden8547]

@@FoxyPercival714 Nah, a lot of games have summoning sickness

[@adonoghuea02]

As an mtg player this is genuinely amazing, and also kinda painful how close it is to being accurate. I think the writers know how to play pretty well to get it this closely wrong.

[@rennac3152]

“This guy needs to make a move already” my entire experience with Mtg arena

[@tpuccia88]

Matt and Trey are huge into board games and CCG

[@tanelviil9149]

nobody with a life, friends and family and good looks and money cares about this nerd shit anyway.

[@akiloofnice]

I haven't played in years but correct if I'm wrong. Wouldnt the creature just played need haste in order to attack. Wasn't it summoning sickness or something?

[@raiseer]

@@akiloofnice Correct. Though we can't know if Elder Beast has Haste, since that card does not exist. You also don't announce an attack when the card is not even on the board :)

[@troublemaker9899]

Just right enough that any MtG players will understand. Just wrong enough to dodge copyright. +chef's kiss+

[@CaptainAmaziiing]

I like it that Cartmann was supportive for once.

[@Not_Kane]

I can agree

[@saparapatepete]

i think those episodes that focus on the kids playing games of any kind often unite them.

[@KarpetBurn]

​@@saparapatepete Exactly like me and my friends. We always laugh and make fun of each other, but when we play games together we get real coordinated.

[@PheonyxJay]

I love how everyone cheers once the game is over. Everyone is just there to have fun

[@cyrolocker1229]

The breathing during the guys turn is way to painfully accurate.

[@orlandogarcia7084]

I appreciate that the nerds from the episode "4th grade," which was all the way back in the 4th season, are present. You can spot 'em on Slaughterhouse's side of the store

[@thdgcfx]

"This asshole needs to make a move already" playing any card game lmao

[@pill0ck318]

I'm not into mtg, but I was at a con once and swear to god saw this exact scene at a games table

[@jerrynadler2883]

Hold on, wait, hold on . Gets me every time.

[@davidstone281]

I absolutely *HATE* playing against people like that

[@alexcote9243]

Fucking people that do that shit after like 8 things like bruh

[@tanelviil9149]

nobody with a life, friends and family and good looks and money cares about this nerd shit anyway.

[@darkvortex2410]

I remember during my lunch period in high school me and my friends would play UNO. One time I started the round with a +2 then the person next to me placed a +2 as well. Then 4 others place a +2, comes back to me I played another +2, then next to me comes another +2. This time it only went around 3 other players before the last one loudly screams NOOOO. We all just started dying of laughter. All together he had to pick up 24 cards. Icing on the cake was he came in second place as we played to the last person.

[@keyanawhitely7942]

0:15 this is where the game begins

[@vjm3]

Matt Stone: "Hey Trey. New summoned monsters have to wait a turn before they can attack. How will we animate that to make it interesting?" Trey: "We won't. Instead, let's just somewhat follow the rules, let them attack simultaneously, then have Kenny dominate him on Slaughter's turn. People will notice, but who cares?" Matt: "Yeah, and who really cares enough to comment on our fictional Magic The Gathering game?"

[@eatass5627]

Nerd

[@Gorbgorbenson]

Spark Ghast sounds like a ball lightning type effect, where it has haste and you sac it end of turn. That's what I got at least.

[@jonathanclark9584]

Its like the wow episode. I think they enjoy being off just enough to annoy the die hard fans lol

[@MatataMcCleskey]

Flash and hate, your point negated

[@Jagar_Tharn]

@@MatataMcCleskey Flash and hate, huh? Not sure how that allows you to attack during your opponent's combat phase. You lose a lot, don't you?

[@Dekison]

i miss this from grade school - the intensity of magic and sharing wit with freinds lol

[@Amis5474]

Nobody cares, go to school

[@Amis5474]

Nobody cares, get lost

[@deathjr1138]

I love when they include nerdy stuff into their show like make Warcraft not love and magic the gathering

[@orcsloot667]

This brings back memories to my godfather introducing me to the game when i was like 13 even took me to compete at a DCI or whatever tourny i ended up winning.

[@udozocklein6023]

godfather?

[@orcsloot667]

@@udozocklein6023 godmothers husband lol

[@Amis5474]

Nobody brings your memories. Go to school

[@scyferasmr9013]

This Episode reminded me of the Good times from the Golden "WoW" SouthPark Era...

[@raulbetancourt5795]

The Magic is one of the few times the four guys act like Friends and are on the same page

[@SpazzyJester]

They need to do an entire episode on Magic The Gathering 😆

[@dangusprime]

The really funny part is those dudes at card shops really do shuffle their hands incessantly throughout the match, just like this, as if you were psychic-ly keeping track of the cards in their hand and them doing that throws it off lmao.

[@frederikpeters7353]

Dont remember the last time I felt so much excitement

[@roysmoothfinger]

Turned it into a blue frog. You can tell trey and matt have experience in mtg if they know that card. One of my favorites in my deck

[@tannerlambdin622]

They did such a good job on this episode, some small turn order mistakes but I still think they did an awesome job

[@locke103]

it's meant to be a parody, so... but otherwise, i agree. i so rarely get to watch this, so finding out about this episode pleased me to no end.

[@joelap.3859]

Eh nobody's perfect, this was still a pretty awesome episode of Magic

[@DsLink1306]

The constant hand shuffling 👌 perfect

[@newwavepop]

when my father passed away back in 97 i got an apartment with an acquaintance i had gone to high school with 7 ears earlier, we were both broke and barely made our bills but every single payday he went to a local game shop and bought an entire case of Magic cards. like a still sealed one of those displays you sit on the counter by the register, and he would spend all night just sitting there opening them and sorting them by rarity. he had boxes full of duplicate cards he kept under the bed that he would pull out and organize afterwards, the thing is he never sold them or anything, and none of our friends played so no one would ever play him. he just kept buying and collecting the things and never got to use them for anything, NO idea what he ever did with them all.

[@Amis5474]

Nobody cares, shut up and get lost

[@Amis5474]

This is south park clip and you making such a off topic bs? Go get a life and never use youtube anyways

[@Amis5474]

No idea of what. If your father passed away, then go back to work anyways 🤡

[@Amis5474]

Shut up and get lost

[@rikomedina3626]

It got serious when even cartman has to describe how brutal the challenge was...haha

[@greatbrandini3967]

Everyone saying that Kenny couldn't afford his deck hasn't taken a close look at his cards (when "Elven Blade" is played). Elven Blade as depicted acts as an instant to give a blocking creature "+1". His "Planeswalker" is an enchantment that makes his opponent reveal a card at random, costs GRR, and can only be activated "during sorcery". Seems like his friends gave him some of their shitty cards and Kenny was able to make a decent deck out of otherwise garbage cards. The only real Magic card referenced was Kenny's Serindib Sorcerer.

[@IngTomT]

lol good notice

[@kindredlebel9175]

For those of you wondering. MTG wasn’t as expensive when this episode came out.

[@jonbrewer297]

Most of that's inflation. Stax was a l33t acronym for "the four-thousand-dollar solution" ($T4kS) even in the early aughts.

[@mikemcglasson1286]

what episode is this from?

[@SrenHolm-k3o]

MTG was always expensive.

[@highscorekevin]

This brings back memories…I used to play the Pokémon card game at comic shops in early 2000s and I would occasionally watch other kids play Magic the Gathering.

[@Amis5474]

Nobody brings back your memories. Go to school

[@Mr.Fahrenheit1187]

I love they added the detail of keeping the store door open because everyone is hot and smelly

[@SolLunaris]

I like how Kenny gained 2 mana cards just for the cool moment.

[@taimalik1110]

This gathering of friends was truly a magical experience!

[@legueu]

"That's some hardcore dude shit" - Sergent Léo Major

[@0penthaughtz]

I have always loved how Matt & Trey, try to understand the thing they are mocking, it really shows and makes their skits better.

[@justanormalweeb204]

Funny because South Park in the 90s did a commercial for magic the gathering and Kenny said sounds gay

[@aidanclark2728]

it's Simic vs Boros, of course Kenny won.

[@watagcomic]

Is dimir vs boros xd

[@jonbrewer297]

Kenny should play Aristocrats. "I expect all my creatures to die, starting with myself."

[@douglasfoley2060]

The newly summoned creature didn’t have haste, it only had trample, so it couldn’t have attacked that turn. Also, they didn’t specify if Kenny’s enchantment had flash or not. If it didn’t have flash, it couldn’t have been played.

[@nicks4802]

The whole part of the opponent trying to dissuade kenny from attack by saying “but i can block that with uprooted minotaur”

[@birdnerd4302]

As an mtg player I’m Very confused on what they are doing but they do know a little bit of what they’re doing

[@Mega_DP]

Can't believe this episode is already almost 10 years old...

[@atreidespendragon]

Attacking when summoning on the same turn with a creature without haste.... comon they didn't even play the game right. Still all in good fun with the creative liberties taken, it was awesome

[@FoxyPercival714]

Didn't Kenny muffle MTG was "sounds kinda gay". This was from a commercial that Comedy Central was playing during South Parks earlier run. probably season 1 or 2.

[@Jim-of-Rohan]

"Im being attacked. Better play a 3 mana enchantment that doesnt have flash"

[@knuclear200x]

In Stan's defense, watching a ball bounce around nigh-uncontrollably isn't as interesting as the mathematical/logical elements of surprise presented by a game of ever-expanding cards.

[@scu11slayer]

got to love how he attacked with his newly summoned creature who has trample but not haste lol

[@makokx7063]

Who said it doesn't have haste? It's a mad up card, the real Spark Trooper has haste and trample.

[@ThailandDantotherescue]

I am a 52 year old combat veteran.... and I used to ROCK the red and green speed deck and Black and red ruhk egg recycler decks.

[@Joaquin546]

Sounds fun!

[@thealchemist51]

Well I don’t know much about magic the gathering and well I can honestly believe it Kenny would be a good player. I can’t even have the money to get together a good enough deck to play at a contest level. I mean I don’t think he needs to have the absolute greatest cards there are but I don’t think he would have the money to get together a good enough deck to be in a competitive rain

[@koreannom]

this seemed like ur local card shop level of play hahaha. Plus you can make very strong decks with a limited budget, or if u get lucky with pack openings/got friends to give u free cards.

[@tandorgamash]

Mono Red deck are pretty Cheap and have alway's been strong enough to be competitive.

[@tomaskops7119]

or they are not his, he only play with them

[@joetatos8687]

The "Hold on, wait, hold on..." was so goddamn accurate lmfao

[@impeachharrisnow]

I've two people in my life who talked just like that kid when playing video games. Exactly to the fkn T it's hilarious

[@SgtHouse]

Sad part is, this how Magic players sound like after each game.

[@jaredtaylor8083]

Kenny is a man among boys. Magic the gathering is not for little kids, it’s a grown ass game for grown ass men.

[@thechaosdjinn]

Was that Darwin Kastle playing Kenny in that match? lol

[@nile1790]

Lmao😂

[@artmoss6889]

Here see, perhaps for the first time, the strategic thinking and immense analytical ability that would become a hallmark of the work of the late, great, Professor Kenny McCormick

[@benwadley3163]

I love that when South Park does shit like this they always get all the details of the game right

[@TheFruitofTruth]

This is how Yugioh feels now taking 20 minutes for one move

[@chubbycatfish4573]

0:52 I like how Kenny doesn't look down once during this part.

[@sloth-d3752]

Being newly introduced to MtG, I understood like 80% of this.

[@TheWingus]

How is Kenny the poorest kid in town the one playing the most expensively meta game currently in existence

[@SodiiumAnimation]

You can see the two scientists from season 4 as spectators in the background.

[@uzakikena8294]

7 years ago... Wow time flies

[@hp697c]

I haven't played MTG since mid to late 90's, I still have all my decks and cards. I wonder if they are worth anything now a days.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

I bet, if you were inclined to sell them, you'd make bank.

[@ericgluck4405]

Turn to frog one of my favorite cards they never see it coming

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

"wait, wait, wait, ok" welcome to tournament magic

[@thatmtgnerd]

I asked my brother if he wanted to come to a draft with me and he sent me this. Jokes on him he went so hes just a big of a nerd.

[@iblastyou4819]

“It was carnage bro” is my new favorite phrase.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

This reminds me of high school my senior year we all got into the game and even went to tournaments

[@randomutubr222]

Lmao the most surprising part of this scene for me is the realization that no one in South Park Studios plays magic. Because if someone did, they would absolutely have spoken up about how this script makes no sense.

[@remote24]

Maybe it's on purpose. Nobody in my school knew the rules or the effects of their cards properly too

[@drazi3356]

man they just make so much fun of this. both players attacking at the same time?? nice

[@wchan39]

0:42 - Wait. He shouldn't have been able to attack due to summoning sickness. It needs to have Haste to bypass that, not Trample.

[@neetcollector]

"This asshole needs to make a move already" Most accurate statement on any given FNM

[@MforMovesets]

Two things I wonder. First, the attacking without Haste. Second, the cards looking exactly like MTG except the lands. Thats oddly specific.

[@Husker_XIII]

Fact, I can't stand when someone takes forever with their turns.

[@darkphy477]

I think i'm stupid, because i never played competitive yugioh and understand everything thats happens, but if you show me any Magic thing i will get lost, and for this day, i can't understand a single word thay happens im this episode

[@MrBonessss]

We need a sequel joke with Yu-Gi-Oh next.

[@Kruppt808]

Parents, get your kids into MAGIC THE GATHERING,they won't have money left over for drugs, alcohol or love with another person.

[@vanesslifeygo]

All that hand shuffling...just like real people do

[@forgotten_faith]

Summoned with no haste, lies son

[@lateworm]

1:12 me when i cast fake your own death on my kami war then sacrifice it to exile his creature in the middle of his turn

[@devo076]

If south park was more nerd stuff and less grotesque things i would watch it.

[@Dropping_Mags0_O]

Even Kenny can afford magic cards is fucking hilarious!

[@batatarugal]

We can read the cards, planeswalker on the right, he has a mac gui bar instead of mana symbols. "Planeswalker enchantment opponent must reveal a card of random from his or her hand. Ability avaialable only during sorcery" auhdeuahduhaudhauhu. "elven blade enchantment target blocking creature gets +1 until end of turn. So funny!

[@BlackendVenom]

Butters is so hilarious "but hes dying "

[@kalirosewood6321]

I think this is the most intense fight ever seen on south park.

[@velvety2528]

Now we know why Kenny is broke, he spent all his money on magic cards.

[@dakotastein9499]

the "nooooo" at the end always gets me lmao

[@isaaccheetham5081]

The hand-shuffling fucking sent me lol

[@mikeypauly8371]

pretty accurate depiction of Magic players imo

[@emotbagga2646]

idk about how expensive magic is, but as somebody who used to be the poor kid, i would barely even have enough money to make a propper yugioh deck

[@akfitness4077]

Hey now! At least Kenny properly taps his lands.

[@giornobrando4810]

Yall do remember magic used to sponsor South Park they even made a commercial iirc

[@cjhernandez1198]

so this is where shayne got the chosen

[@mikekenny1698]

The fucking “wait, hold on” is so spot on lool

[@yamatodamashii1179]

Maybe Kenny was in Bosnia. Wizards of the coast gave us guys in IFOR a ton of free decks.

[@immortanjoe9362]

We all know Kenny couldn't afford to play MTG.