The ORIGINAL Multicolor Block | Pretty Deece TCGplayer

[@tcgplayercom]

Invasion came out in 2000, not 2001. Jon really needs a script supervisor.

[@420Pikachu]

Hire me for script supervisor?

[@Mundane05]

2001, 3/6 for 6... Down here he'd be fired by now.

[@Battleguild]

Aren't you the Script Supervisor though?

[@peterbillings3276]

It’s easy to remember because Apocalypse lined up with the actual end of the world in 2001

[@igos616]

'Win more, lose less' that means the card is good because it helps in both situations; 2:19

[@NightOfCrystals]

I love Apocalypse. Probably my favorite set. Old borders, enemy pain lands and focus on enemy color pairs... it is amazing. Thanks for this video. Also, Pernicious Deed sees Commander play too.

[@terumigodofthetrolls]

Every new Pretty Deece video is a charming treat to my day. I go back and watch a bunch of these videos with excitement. Jon, you're videos help me to remember reasons I love this game. Thank you.

[@moxavenger]

So awesome indeed!

[@RamatiKat]

More Pretty Dece please.

[@decent-videos]

At least you spell “Dece” correctly ❤️

[@pizzamandhx]

My dude, I understand the visceral feeling of the Spiritmonger. It is my avatar for a reason; I did not change it for this video. I believe that every Magic player has a "Shivan Dragon." This is true for all players, and is 100% of the time, a creature. It is that creature that is or does something so awesome, and in a way that player intuits - it's that moment when that player *feels* and understands the meeting of fantasy and reality simultaneously. It's the drug - the first hit that players will spend the rest of their careers chasing, and never quite feel again. Spiritmonger is my Shivan Dragon. I had been playing for maybe three months when I found this card and thought it was amazing. I built decks around it. My friends tried to tell me I was a fool and that all creatures were bad. My monger and I served them their humble pie.

[@hirosmirnov8287]

I really understand what you're talking about! Mine is the OG Jace Beleren.

[@nekroz_of_super_dora3477]

Feather the Redeemed for me

[@federicopanzonato4528]

Progenitus 🥺

[@NightOfCrystals]

Spiritmonger is my favorite card too. The card is just so awesome. I love running it in premodern and premodern standard decks. Back when I used to play commander I’d fit it into any deck with Golgari colors too.

[@pizzamandhx]

@@hirosmirnov8287 I revise my statement that a player's Shivan Dragon is always a creature. Planeswalkers are allowed; your choice is solid.

[@Iamkiwikun]

Singe: The answer to a poorly timed doomblade on a 2/2 (or greater).

[@Zarbon000]

Nice! Giving your non black creatures Hexproof!

[@lain2k3]

Pernicious Deed is still my favorite card ever. Nothing will change that. Would have liked to see this go on for another 20-30 minutes though!

[@sirbruce70]

The rule I learned from our cube: NEVER TAP OUT TO PLAY SPIRITMONGER. Always leave 1 black mana open to regenerate it or your opponent WILL kill it. :(

[@patrickmcathey7081]

The invasion block was one of hte best block ever printed. Fun powerful, Great creatures AND powerful spells and GOOD removal AND good counter magic, AND good hate. It was basicly a refined urza's block. It delivered on amazing Everything was worth money (back when printed) can you imagin a set today where average rare price was over $2? The value was spread just SO well it made trading easy, it made buying easy and the good stuff was everywhere you think the rares were good the COMMONS/UNCOMMONS were good and tourniment playable!

[@mantislazuli]

The last part is even more true with the Odyssey block... UG Madness anyone?

[@kairussell7372]

Totally agree. I starting playing mtg this block at the ripe ole age of 9. I used to think it was just the nostalgia of the situation that made me so fond of the block. But as a looked back as I got older, the block was just perfection. The first card I opened was a foil qurion dryad. I got schooled by group of really good players who I knew outside of our local game store.. I was young but I knew the ins and outs from them training me as they all were trying to go pro. I loved drafting back then and it was partly because of this format. I really really liked origins but that block had problems ( I just like the problems the block had ).

[@monkeibusiness]

I really started getting into the game during Invasion, so boy this hits home. GIMME THE NOSTALGIA

[@shdw6760]

Jund isn't really a deck anymore, no matter how badly you want it to be. Alex: *Hold my lands*

[@bryanhuber3554]

Turn 2 dark ritual into Phyrexian Scuta was my fav during the Mercadian/Invasion block tournament scene.

[@oberondargos5465]

I started Magic with this block and 7th edition, Apocalypse was my first fat pack. Man, so much nostalgia.

[@joaquinflores6318]

Same dude, same

[@thomash2311]

Yeah me 2 😅

[@charleslauricella156]

Same except i bought all four apocalypse precons instead of a fat pack

[@09Dragonite]

Dude, this was probably the coolest throwback vid I've ever watched on oldschool mtg. I started playing in 10th edition and I was around 11 at the time. I know it's not as far back as a lot of people, but I loved playing with the tenth edition precons. A friend of mine started in Kamigawa and another one had a brother who had been collecting since Revised. I didn't know what most of the cards even did, nor did I fully comprehend the rules for quite some time, but from the time I began all the way until I got to college something about mtg just kept pulling me back in. There was a real thrill, and when I was 14 I finally figured out how the game was supposed to be properly played (no LGS, so I had to actually read the rules that I never noticed). As a freshman in college, my very first friend group I met as they were playing EDH in our dorm lounge. It was fucking awesome, and brought back every fond memory I had ever had of the game.

[@JZHassan]

Yes, but-MYSTIC SNAKE

[@Zephind]

Or ORIM'S CHANT, ffs.

[@Grannit666]

Lolwut, when Ravenous Chupacabra was reprinted literally all I ever heard was "It's a standard legal Nekrataal."

[@coolfire5612]

7:42 : Jund isn’t a real deck Wrenn and Six: oh really

[@RecklessFables]

Yeah, his statement didn't age well, but man, he was right at the time.

[@Monkeydudem2]

It's been 2 months Jon. We need you.

[@jamesmccaffrey9042]

Oh sweet summer child

[@andrewcleary9952]

I love the colour identity screwyness of legends. Dakkon Blackblade is in Esper colours, but has power and toughness equal to number of lands, which is a Gruul mechanic, AKA as far from esper as possible!

[@thefrozengoat]

this vid made me so happy - Urza through Invasion block was one of the happiest times in my MTG life. Thank you!

[@LemorasCards]

Man wish this was a KZbin channel. Even when I'm not that into magic I love these.

[@R2Otube]

The Invasion Block is also the same block that Magic sunk it's Teeth into me. At the time I was working at a Comic/Music/Book shop in Hawaii called Jelly's. I worked in the Comics Dept. Of the store and actually wanted nothing to do with Magic. But to become a better salesman/employee, because I didn't want to keep directing customers to the Magic Guys I took up learning the game during the Mercadian Block. But it wasn't until Invasion dropped that the hype hit. The rest is history. My faves, not listed in this video were the Brothers of Discarding, named such after Kane and The Undertaker, Blazing and Doomsday Specter. Excellent Vid.

[@mejestic_pie_flavor325]

WHERED THIS SHOW GO :(((((

[@jekanyika]

indeed

[@dinosaurfan123]

Considering I'm as old as these sets, it's honestly really interesting seeing someone breakdown what these were like. It's fascinating how much the game has changed in the 20 years since then

[@Spoonicus44]

A new episode! It's always a treat when these show up in my feed!

[@FictionExistence]

2001 is the year I started playing Magic and it is my favorite era of the game. Makes me think of the LGS I used to hang out at on friday nights back then. Great video!

[@memnarch129]

I have nearly a FULL set of both Planeshift and Apocalypse. I have a full set of the 5 Primordials, Pernicious Deed, Ice Caves and other Invasion block cards, including Orims Chant and Hanna Ships Navigator, AND Raya in my 5 color EDH deck. Planeshift was my intro to magic and the game. That entire block will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Andrew-sx7wq]

I haven't had a KZbin video make me this happy in a long, long time. I started playing in Invasion block. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@fictionp8ntball]

I got into magic in Invasion and this hit me right in the feels. The worst part is I've started saying "pretty deece" in my playgroup and everyone hates it. Keep up the vids!

[@XCrocer]

BEST MTG CONTENT IN THE GAME. Stay awesome!

[@godofacorns]

Have to agree, this block is so full of flavour and fun, it really encapsulates what magic should be about. Granted, it was also supported by years of story and world building. Good stuff!

[@vaerthxaal]

invasion block is my favorite block of all time. It was the block that had just finished when I really started getting into Magic and thus the one I traded cards for the most. I remember doing anything I could to get my hands on Kavu creatures as I thought they were the coolest thing in the game. Kinda sad to think back to what I might have traded for such things as Slimy Kavu and Kavu Recluse. Looking at cards from this block fills me with nostalgia and fond memories more than any other block. I'm actually working on an Invasion block cube, despite the pleas from my playgroup to "pick something good". Thanks for the video. I'm going to blast this on my playgroup's chat just to make my point again.

[@EdHastingsKillerShrike]

I started playing magic in Jan 1994, with Unlimited and Arabian Nights; I sold all my stuff and stopped playing at Homelands. Invasion brought me back and I stayed thru Kamigawa at which point I lost interest and cashed out again. Invasion is still my favorite block, overall, for nostalgic reasons; the fun I had playing it kept me going through Mirrodin block which I basically hated due to the one note nature of affinity decks. Good times.

[@GoodRogue]

Singe protects your creatures from Terror, Dark Banishing, even Doom Blade. If they are tough enough to survive a little pain, that is.

[@elitemantis]

Invasion was my true initiation block. To this day I giggle with excitement whenever I see a Kavu due to excitement of playing Horned Kavu on turn two. INSANE! Recurring pings for just 2 mana using Sparkcaster alongside familiars and then finishing with HUMONGOUS Shivan Wurm is what got me hooked on Magic hard. Before that I just played from time to time. After Invasion released we started skipping classes at school just to play some more MtG in the school's cafeteria.

[@DruNature]

I have been playing magic since I was 5 in 1993 (my cousin gave his commons to my dad and I to learn) But i really got into magic during Saga and Invasion Block, This video really brought back memories as I was only a couple years older than you! I will never forget opening one pack of Saga and getting TWO rares, MORPHLING (my favorite card of all time after Gaeas Cradle) and a Sneak attack! 2 Rares in 1 pack! it was a shocking mistake on wizards part in my favor! the good ole days. Sadly my collection was stolen and It took many years for me to get back into the game, and Ive had an on again off again thing with magic sets ever since! Now i play commander and MTG Arena, and I just taught a close friend the game and got them into commander. Its really amazing how its lasted all these years! Thanks Maro and Richard Garfield.

[@Zephind]

The lack of mentioning Orim's Chant is disturbing.

[@LinkEX]

Well, he obviously wouldn't have been able to get a word out while the card were shown, so that's probably why he skipped it.

[@only1wolz]

"This is the sound of Reid's audible discomfort ..." (in my Edward Norton soliloquy)

[@ty_sylicus]

Another great video. I really enjoy listening to your ramblings about old sets. Good stuff!

[@brothergeorge418]

Also speaking of flavor text, I was in jr high when I read "Information Dealer" and I remember off the top of my head To This Day! It's so weird how deep the roots of these kinds of memories reach

[@kingbone2814]

My favorite has to be invasion block, such a great time. Thanks for doing this.

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

Invasion was awesome :) I started playing Magic when Legends hit the shelves. I was around 7 years old and a friend of mine actually had Ancestral Recall and Time Walk but we treated the cards like any other deck of playing cards. None of us knew the rules and stopped playing. I picked it up again when Invasion came out. Finally, someone actually helped me with deck building and explained the rules to me. That was the time when I won more than once in a blue moon. Great memories

[@titoodierna9968]

I started during apocalypse and 6th edition...ah....feast of the unicorn on a low cost flier...good times. But I really like Lorwyn block.

[@54m0h7]

I started playing MTG at Merc Masques, and quit shortly after the Invasion PreRelease. Mainly cause I was in last year of high school and didn't hang out with the friends that played. What a time to quit. :( Just started back again at Kaladesh, enjoying it. :)

[@mantislazuli]

Jade Leech saw play in Fires. Crosis saw play in Extended Reanimator, and also a bit of play in Standard, and ton of play in Block (Rith as well for Block). Quirion Dryad / Land Grant / Gush / Force of Will / Daze / Swords to Plowshares / Winter Orb was so pleasing to play. The deck was consistent, and it was very rare at that time that a deck with such a low land count (12 to 14) could be so consistent. Phyrexian Scuta didn't have as much impact as people thought it would back in the day because of the Kicker mechanic: if it gets countered, you still lose 3 life; if it gets terminated, you still lost 3 life; If it gets bounced, you still lost 3 life AND you have to pay 3 more life... It is no Juzam (but it was still decent in Standard, decent enough that it won Worlds in BR aggro). Invasion was an awesome block, along Odyssey. I really miss these days, where Standard was fun to play, had interesting mechanics, had intricate interactions, and was rather cheap to build into.

[@manguy4238]

Been watching your recent videos and I have to say I like your voice, great voice for MTG content, completely un-ironic, it's good to listen to you, keep it up!

[@mcalgorhythm]

Please bring Pretty Deece back! Please, this is an amazing series

[@brendaneichler5244]

You kind of forgot the reason that Invasion was multicolor; there was a good 2 year period where there were *no* multicolor spells altogether. Sliver Queen and the allied colored slivers (Acidic, Spined, etc) were the last multicolor spells for 2 and 1/3rd blocks. For a while, it looked like multicolor was going the way of World enchantments.

[@Beanmachine91]

i started playing back in 2009, the shards of alara block made me fall in love with molti-coloreds! and then zendikar block came and i was baffled by the lack of multi-colored and then came return to ravnica!

[@coltermacshane2375]

Pretty Deece is my favorite series on this channel. Keep it up, Jon!

[@crovax17]

I loved the invasion block. Good memories with friends and comic stores.

[@thefrozengoat]

honestly one of my favorite MTG vids online

[@carolinemiles4926]

I have to give "favorite old school set" to Urza's Saga. My first limited tournament, the utterly broke. Combo of Angelic Chorus, Phyrexian Processor, and Serra Avatar was just... godlike.

[@ImrahilToChaos]

Not for nothing, but wasn’t Rith literally in a deck that got to top 8 a pro tour piloted by Kibler? I would consider that to be a pretty major example of the card seeing play.

[@FalseOracle617]

My favorite MTG video series on KZbin. I don't play modern, or standard and i'm a new player considering how old Magic is. I have learned a lot about the history of the game. Its cool. I really fuckin dig.

[@theelike4302]

I still run a spiritmonger in my Jarad edh. Great one off card

[@bobstand3696]

The first magic pack I ever bought was Invasion and it hooked me instantly. My best friend from high school and I still revere that set as one of the best.

[@justinmcconnaughy5698]

Invasion Block is my 2nd favorite block ever printed. The Weatherlight crew going to war....Yawgmoth pitting Urza and Gerrard against each other. Orim's Chant...Diabolic Edict... and Vindicate were Uber Powerful... and I cant forget the 5 color Draco decks ! Fun Times

[@gabefarkas]

11:04 "totally unlike any card printed before it"... Desert Twister would like a word with you.

[@canman87]

The Invasion block was awesome at the time and it remains my favorite block to this day. There were so many great cards for basically all kinds of players, not to mention card advantage was ALL over the place. So many cards had kicker effects that generated card advantage or straight up drew you a card. Beyond all that, most of the cards were just COOL. Crosis? Thunderscape Battlemage? The Volver cycle? Desolation Angel? Lightning Angel? Mystic Snake? Phyrexian Arena? The damn WEATHERLIGHT finally got a card, after all those years. I mean, jesus christ, I could sit here and list rad cards all day. The only detractor from an otherwise A+++ block was that the mana wasn't really all that good. You had the uncommon Salt Marsh cycle of course, but outside of that and the enemy pain lands, there wasn't much on offer. The Lairs seemed fairly strong until you played your Treva's Ruins and had it Recoiled back to your hand; talk about FeelsBadMan. Other than that, though... just a fantastic block. To this day I still try to play Invasion block copies of cards when possible. Hilariously enough, one of the local game stores where I live put together a sanctioned Invasion Block Constructed tournament a few weeks before M15 came out and we all got paid off for picking up the enemy pain lands. Not only was the tournament awesome (my sideboarded Trench Wurm ate a LOT of lands), but those of us that elected to get Apocalypse copies of said pain lands were set for the next couple of years for Standard.

[@derkcast620]

each video you guys make is better than the last!

[@KingGameReview]

I LOVED the Invasion block when I was a kid. It's... fine, but back when I was a kid, I was in love with it for some reason. I spent all my allowance on tournament packs.

[@Supercris25]

I just love these videos. Please make more about other blocks!

[@BCWasbrough]

This block was a blast to draft. Still some of my favorite Mt:G memories.

[@ZeroHourOtaku]

I started playing when Invasion came out. So many memories... I loved Noble Panther for some reason, and that card is terribad lol

[@nivmizzet8172]

Nice.

[@LaserfaceJones]

Me being really little at the time, opened a copy of Gerrard and a copy of Last Stand out of the packs I could afford to pick up the first couple months the set was out. Knowing Gerrard had a card, Tahngarth, Hanna, Sisay, Squee, all of the different parts of the Legacy existed in card form in some way, put me on a quest to make a deck with all of them, and would pack the obvious game winning 5 color sorcery (not Coalition Victory because I didn't know it existed). I'm positive this is the reason I love EDH as much as I do.

[@Ritokure]

Ah yes, Invasion Block. I started playing Magic back then, as a dumb kid with not enough income to make it work. I still vividly remember opening Suffocating Blast as my first rare, then immediately buying a second pack and opening a Cromat as my first Legend ever. Good times.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

We need more videos like that. Especially about the good old times.

[@Duskstone89]

Am I crazy for feeling like, second-hand nostalgia for these old school expansions that were out before I'd even taken my first breath?

[@aunrah02]

I started with Scourge (not as OG as you) & the Mirridon block has a special place in my heart.

[@KingDoopliss20]

Great episode. Since you wanted fav old school blocks....Time sprial block, and lorwyn block are probably my 2 favs.(Although original rav and inistrad blocks are awesome as well) Time spiral was a way for me to experience the past of magic in just a single set. It also tried and did a TON of different things. We have not gotten anything like it since, and probably never will. I mean plannar chaos and future site were both serious acid trips compared to most magic sets. Say fuck you to the color pie and try a whole bunch of new and interesting ideas, no matter how crazy. I mean futuresite gave us the first time planeswaker cards were called out, and contraptions. If that's not awesome, i don't know what is. And lorwyn was such a good flash in a pan. It was a tribal based block that did it right.(Unlike ixilan) Most rares in the block can basically say "I win the game" Which you might think sucks...but since almost all rares say that, made for a block that had limited games that can almost few reminiscent of commander games. The block also was the first time pw's were ever print as cards, made the problem card that is thoughtseize, was the set that made it so merfolk was a respectable tribe outside of lord of Atlantis, and is a set with some of the most colorful swamps you will ever see(seriously, look at the lands of lorwyn. They are awesome). And lets not forget bitterblossm in morningtide.

[@Dirdle]

+1 for lorwyn lands mention. Also the most interesting (imo) designs of faeries and elves. And elementals. Probably not the absolute best art, considering Mirage, but damn close. And Noggin Whack (best name or extremely best name?). TSP block for close second; it was wild and inventive and cool but the doom-and-gloom setting's not my thing. Fond memories of Shivan Meteor on 1/1s though.

[@yujiro424]

Planar Chaos is my absolute favorite set in all of magic Time Spiral being my second favorite block after Invasion.

[@GitraSilvermane]

As someone who played very casual back then, I liked singe. It was a great counter to Terror and cards like it, which my father loved to play.

[@crashfellow82]

I first played during the nemesis expansion leading me straight to invasion.. I loved invasion.

[@quixmith]

Oddessy will always be my favorite block, ending my highschool days with a block set like that was just awesome 2 for 1

[@nanya524]

Personally I love looking back at older sets and finding cards that are cheap but have awesome effects. Like Diabolic Vision card (UB - Sorcery - look at the top five cards, add one to your hand, put the rest back on top in any order), I saw that and was like "dang, this is a good card"

[@YaPapiStrap]

I’m pretty sure Jund will always be a real deck in modern. Due to it’s fair nature, if you can master it like Reid Duke, you still have a shot against most decks, not to mention what’s in your sideboard

[@i2ichardi3]

I started playing limited when invasion was released. I agree, it was complex and a difficult one to learn on. Back then we rare drafted and i basically got hosed until i got better. Trial by combat makes a strong mage imo. Keep up the good content!

[@Spheal777]

Can we have more pretty dece?

[@aegisofhonor]

you forgot to mention Orim's Chant, a powerful card that saw a ton of play for years in every format and still turns up from time to time in both Vintage and Legacy and is one of the many rumored cards that might see a reprint in Modern Horizons.

[@taylorfisdboss5200]

i really miss this series, It was my fav series on tcgplayers youtube

[@gavinli1368]

I remember when I was first beginning Magic, looking through older players trade binders and seeing transform cards, flip cards, level up cards, and future sighted cards and thinking that they were fake too. I guess the same could go for yugioh players and all the crazy new card types there.

[@GigaLordShinyMudkip1]

Deep inside, I wanted to know Jazon’s first prerelease. Don’t let the flames die out!

[@JazonHart]

Hey, Juicy_Corgi, you da bomb 💣

[@GigaLordShinyMudkip1]

Keep up the work with Jon. I enjoy the smoothness of the video.

[@myanrueller91]

Pernicious Deed is also huge in commander.

[@martintaylor570]

This was amazing - great flow man,, really enjoyed it!

[@djjmandos]

I started playing before Mirage and this block was easily my favorite up to that point for all the reasons mentioned. Oddly, it is also the block where I quit playing magic (only to at ELD). I remember playing the Block PTQ event in my region and just having the worst showing imaginable for someone who was used to fairing pretty well. I made the mistake of changing my deck last minute to Star Spangled Splatter (lightning angels u/r/w) instead of Domain. It was bad. So despite the enjoyment of the set, it also signaled my first departure from the game.

[@lloydlineske2642]

Yes this. Was one of the greatest moments in magic history. I'd say this and original Rav block.

[@kyleshick5467]

That was some fun nostalgia. Invasion block saw my entry into magic.

[@Lippenholz58]

This may be creepy... but your voice is so relaxing I love to watch this even though I have barely any idea what is going on

[@peterbillings3276]

Although I started playing around Tempest, Invasion block is where my planeswalker spark ignited. I loved the storyline stuff, the mechanics, the multicoloredness. On top of that, my first “good” deck was here: a really fun, casual, Domain deck (5-color). Between Ordered Migration, Tribal Flames, Rith, Tek, and Draco, and my fledgling play group was at my mercy! Muwahahaha!

[@canman87]

Ordered Migration is sick.

[@guardian2598]

Favorite set Ravnica. Started collecting card in alpha but had no idea what they were or did. Didn’t learn to actually play til Kamigawa. Loved. Ravnica.

[@Moreion]

That Mageta the Lion image brought terrible back to my head...

[@derkcast620]

rewatching in 2020, man these vida are so good. i hope there will be more of these

[@nothingnerdyNtertainment]

I truly love pretty deece. It both entertains and educates on the game.

[@Fargren]

I'm surprised and a bit sad that this video does not talk about kicker, and how it changed between Invasion and Apocalypse.

[@FalseOracle617]

What exactly, if you don't mind explaining of course, does the change in rulings for Kicker between the sets have to do with Invasion being the first truly playable multicolor block?

[@Fargren]

You are right. I though the topic of the cideo was the invasion block in general, but that's just me not paying attention. Both the title and the video clearly state that this is about multicolor, so kicker would not have been relevant (except in minor things such as multicolor kickers, which in any case were already present in the first set of the block). Still, this video brought a lot of nostalgia! And I would like to hear about kicker another time.

[@holdingpriority163]

Please bring back pretty deece Jon’s voice makes my day

[@DiogoVKersting]

Wow man, the nostagia..... This really brings me back...

[@2jpritch]

I was in the middle of talking to someone, got the notification for a new Pretty Deece video, and literally told them "Sorry, got to go, I have a KZbin video I have to watch." 10 of 10, worth it. As for a block, there is one I really REALLY am missing some history from. Let's talk Lorwyn. I handle my shops singles, and every single time I see a card from Lorwyn/Morningtide/Eventide/holy crap was this a block or a cycle or....what the hell is this? Anyway, a little off topic, every time I see a single from this ......."Block"....... pop up on a tournament list, I know it will be swiftly followed by a price spike. I have heard multiple references to how little the set was opened as a reason for this, but I have no idea why. Tribal cards, -1/-1 counters, creatures coming back from the graveyard, multi-color cards, hybrid mana symbols (wasn't this their first appearance?), does this not sound like at least a casuals DREAM? I say that because it makes no sense to me that the set was opened so little, and even if the tournament play with the cards wasn't great, I would play all of these mechanics on my kitchen table all day long. So, I guess that is my request. Can you set the time machine back to 2007, and tell me how this plane (which on it's wiki is described as "Lorwyn-Shadowmoor was a plane with two aspects. While Lorwyn represents day, Shadowmoor is night. Lorwyn switched to Shadowmoor cyclically every 300 years, an unnatural event triggered by the Great Aurora" come ON, even THAT sounds awesome) got opened so little? P.S. I forgot, this was the first set with Planeswalkers in it, right? Come on, HOW was this set opened so little?

[@yujiro424]

OG Ravinica was the first hybrid mana block. I can't state all the reasons for the lack of openings but on the heels of Future Sight many stopped playing and kithkin weren't exactly pulling people back in not to mention a horribly unbalanced and unfun standard due to Fairies.

[@VikkturrGaming]

My middle school days were filled with these cards. I still have them somewhere in a box in the house....

[@brandoj5042]

Man this brings back memories. I was in middle school and learned how to play on a basic level when invasion was released. I remember trying to run a 5 color deck bc I had a few copies of Draco and legacy weapon and kept wondering why I lost al the damn time haha