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[@0w3n42]

I can’t believe they didn’t give you a preview card prof, you have the best preview card videos

[@Stinkoman87]

Plus, y'know, they didn't give a preview card from the college themed set to the college themed content producer.

[@ImSquiggs]

I'm not sure Wizards is a huge fan of The Professor. He's definitely not clean when it comes to criticizing them HARSHLY. Wouldn't have it any other way of course, but that might be playing in here haha

[@ryanmajka885]

@@ImSquiggs I would respect WOTC more if they looked beyond the criticisms or... Actually took them to heart... And then still supported the Prof as their largest community content provider. As a consumer of WOTC products, them not giving the Prof the light of day only tells me that he's right on the money and they're too wedged in Hasbro's money grabbing ass to think about improving any of the criticisms levied at them.

[@ImSquiggs]

@@ryanmajka885 Yeah I sadly have to agree with you friend. The past two years have done nothing but forecast the death of Magic for me. Pushed power levels, Yugioh-style rarity boxes, and crossovers with The Walking Dead are enough to let me know that this game just isn't the same anymore and probably never will be. I never thought I'd be afraid of WOTC's decisions and how they might affect my ability to enjoy Magic throughout my entire life because every decision they made before Hasbro seemed to be in the long-term interest of the game, but now it looks a lot more like "burn it to the ground in five years and run away with stacks of cash". That's the problem when a board of 70 year olds controls everything that happens to your product -- they don't care if it exists in 20 years cause they'll be flippin' dead. They just want a payday as fast as possible. Really sad stuff, and Mark Rosewater's blog really reinforces that this is here to stay so I think it's just time to realize Magic will never be the same.

[@ryanmajka885]

@@ImSquiggs it might never be the same, but it could potentially get better. there's always hope and there has to be at least one Uber rich Magic player out there that wants to rip WOTC from Hasbro's grubby little hands. Or was that a dream I had last night? Damn.

[@theartofjayden1761]

They say: “teach your kids Magic: the Gathering and they will not have money for drugs.” But now they are sniffing their cards!

[@somedudeontheinterwebs45]

DO NOT EAT THE DELICIOUS CARDS!

[@theartofjayden1761]

@@somedudeontheinterwebs45 NOOO NOT THE BLACK LOTUS

[@TheArcSet]

A great comment :) .

[@TheArcSet]

@@somedudeontheinterwebs45 Bake into a Pie is now permanent removal. Well, you can have it back later, but you may not want it.

[@theartofjayden1761]

@@TheArcSet Thank you 😊

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Don't blame the professor for smelling cards, they smell really good fresh out of the pack.

[@theartofjayden1761]

True

[@potatowhiskers8923]

I swear one of my decks smelled like Maple Syrup when I unboxed it O.o

[@dark0hannibal]

Old packs smell better.

[@sushimidget840]

FINALLY SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS! THEY SMELL *SO GOOD* 😫

[@Vantanova.]

My nose doesn’t really work so I’ll never truly understand 😅

[@pedramcq]

I agree that it was BS for you to not get a preview card of a LITERAL college set.

[@NecromancyForKids]

He was too critical on the lairs.

[@madscientist2621]

You gotta wonder if he gets snubbed just to be vindictive....

[@Starcraftgamer97]

Wizards doesn't take kindly to critics.

[@elipetrou9308]

They will tolerate no divergence from the secret lair course

[@rowankeltizar5961]

It's all about the dollars. They employ very linear and short term thinking.

[@daevilduck8956]

Didn't finish the video off to play flesh and blood!

[@julianbarriga8513]

No joke went and checked it out.

[@registereduser]

I would watch a how to play video on F&B. I don’t have enough cash to play that AND Magic, but I’m curious on how you play it.

[@DMArmada]

@@registereduser I highly recommend getting a few cheap blitz decks and giving FaB a try!

[@davidmaynard8876]

Fab is cheap to play, it really is. Dont fear greatness. Prof mentioned it for a reason. Wotc will do wotc stuff, and trust me, u are not wotc stuff.

[@teddy2glocks85]

FaB is so damn good yall. Can't recommend it enough.

[@rafaelsousa2633]

Damn, those were some shots fired at wotc

[@hiddenleaf414]

It’s interesting because Gavin has a KZbin channel and no doubt see this.

[@vendounet0199]

They deserve it.

[@Bjoern_1897]

@@hiddenleaf414 yes because only if you have an youtube channel you get to see videos

[@xChikyx]

wizards sucks 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@hitthegoat]

They deserve no less

[@DMArmada]

Flesh and Blood spoiler season coming soon and I am HERE for yours! Looking forward to it!

[@l4l01234]

The fact that WotC snubbed the prof out of pettiness is shameful. By far the most balanced and fair voice in the community, the prof should be the go to guy for WotC to promote their products since he’s such an important gateway creator. Very disappointing move from Wizards.

[@Higley1234]

When hasn't wizards made a disappointing move in the last few years? They were downsizing GPs (no more coverage, not paying artists, etc), cutting costs on card quality, jacking up prices of reprint sets while "not paying attention to the secondary market," and decreasing dependence on the lgs

[@renzuki5830]

@@Higley1234 I don't recall wotc ever making great moves when it comes to being consumer friendly. Even 20 years ago they were considered the pinnacle of greed to the point that their mtgo draft system had double the fees compared to poker in online casinos. There are even employee interviews regarding mtgo's pricing along the "we were unsure of the pricing, but we had an idea and then we doubled the price just to see if we could get away with it" lines. Nevermind their "payment" of judges via promo cards which pushed the borders of legality. Sure it has gotten worse in the last few years which products piling up on products, but really it was never good to begin with. Sometimes people forget this, or haven't been following for that long.

[@terridactyl5152]

What happened? I don't pay attention too closely to this type of stuff in regards to mtg. Guessing they disavowed for some reason?

[@judgedeath2614]

@@terridactyl5152 prof posted a 15 minutes video 3 weeks ago bashing WotC hard and whining that the Universes Beyond stuff was going to ruin Magic. dunno why he's so shocked they didn't include him in preview coverage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqTGgGWniZ2IbaM

[@Faber-dn8xw]

Since under the “dictatorship” of Hasbro, it’s always been mainly about profits.

[@hannwaters]

That is awesome to see you branching into Flesh and Blood alongside the other myriad tabletop games you have promoted or offered tutorials for! I have been playing it since the Arcane Rising set released and it is such a fun experience! Every hero’s play style is so flavorful you can feel the archetype embodied by the cards and it’s such a fun, fair, duel-esque experience! I am eagerly awaiting your Monarch preview! That being said, thank you, as always, for your wonderful videos on Magic!

[@einstein951]

Hell yeah, same here

[@Rayvwen]

Professor Flesh and Blood crossover hype!

[@vickyp28]

Flesh and blood for the win. Nice one prof, the game is fantastic and the people need to know it!

[@mlamarr25]

I'm excited about the Monarch preview!

[@ojizzle20]

Prof sniffing cards is my pack cracking mood. Edit: Congrats on the FaB preview card! Monarch Hype!

[@Aurinna]

Can't wait for the Flesh and Blood preview card!

[@DragonBud2490]

Here for the Flesh and Blood.

[@Chimpey]

I’m here for F&B out of spite against Hasbro-WOTC... but I’m also not the biggest fan of the gameplay lol

[@DragonBud2490]

@@Chimpey gameplay is excellent. The better you get, the more the strategy reveals itself. Like a rabbit hole, the complexity just keeps going the further you dive into it.

[@MrDeathcakes]

Here for anything but flesh and blood

[@nicolasfurger1032]

@@MrDeathcakes same

[@jjswatteam3944]

me: opens video Prof: snorting cards ME: I see you are a man of culture as well

[@christianterry700]

Professor sometimes I don’t even watch you for your magic content, even though it’s the best MTG channel ever. Sometimes I watch your videos because more times than not you genuinely make me laugh. Thank you for always making my day a better and brighter place to live in.

[@IAmNotConnie]

"Modern really is within your grasp for the price of 1 to 2 Standard decks." Jokes on you Prof, I can't afford a Standard deck either

[@brandandixon3943]

if you want a standard deck build mono red collosification fling. my foiled out deck was $20

[@theartofjayden1761]

My standard deck is made out of cards I found on the floor.

[@Vario69]

I can afford a bunch of plains

[@shaduko07]

The Professor talking about Flesh and Blood! I’m hyped. It’s a fun game.

[@Faber-dn8xw]

Yup I hope Prof will do more content for FAB soon

[@princeLaharl2]

Yes! This is great news!

[@alphadwuzzle1026]

100% agree

[@dylandavis4754]

I'm so excited to hear that FaB will be getting more exposure!! I just subbed with the hopes of many FaB videos to come in the future. I've always respected your content, professor! Welcome to the FaB community!!

[@darthretor8466]

So now the Professor is doing FaB content. Who is going to tell Rudy? He will be so happy!

[@neurotoxic6407]

I have a feeling Rudy knew well before this video was posted

[@mattmc20]

Don’t worry, Rudy already has a video on this!

[@dawnfallon6812]

Rudy commissioned music for the occasion. He was last seen standing outside the WotC Ivory Tower with a boombox raised over his head, on blast.

[@alphadwuzzle1026]

I will watch every FaB video Prof does with great content and glee. I've watched his MTG content for 2-3 years now and won't stop watching his content anytime soon

[@rickrhone8420]

@@alphadwuzzle1026 i dont think you know how to use that word you keep using

[@Stellblade]

Great vid! Love that you're getting behind Flesh and Blood. Looking forward to future FaB videos! :)

[@ajbrown1708]

Flesh and blood on TCC lets go!!!

[@mmonday7939]

I was secretly hoping you would talk about Flesh and Blood one day. Can't wait!

[@tungwd]

Good to hear professor going to talk about FAB 👍👍

[@nlBrittt]

Just relised prof is almost 600k subscribers!!!! Lets get him there

[@troybowden3447]

Was an MTG player since 94 now Flesh and Blood player! FaB is awesome!

[@williamchristensen7354]

Actually, I'd be down for a Flesh and Blood tutorial...

[@RedZoneRogue]

Flesh and Blood you say? ❤

[@thegamingadvisors9458]

New sub here... Welcome to the FaB community!! Can't wait for your preview card.

[@GamingBear_Q_E_D]

Holy Moly Prof ... love the vid .. will have to check out your Flesh and Blood how to play vid, as Legend Story Studio's are sure to look after you properly unlike some old dogs on the block! .. But at least Amazon and Big Box stores get all the Mtg products they want .. Is this the Lgs equvalent of Wotc saying 'Let them eat cake' while giving all the cake to the big boys their chums?!? Maybe Gavin will realise before Hasbro & Maro destroy the fundamentals of their old dog 'Trading' card game ... as it all goes to zero! :(

[@boskarvil1570]

mtg is awesome.... played it for many years. Now playing Flesh and Blood, what a game, it's fantastic if any one want's to try something knew.

[@andli]

Finally! Flesh & Blood at TCC!!

[@notoriouslycody]

Could we see a sister Prof channel in the future??? Tolarian Library of Illumination???

[@BIGG_Fierce]

Go Professor! I can see you absolutely loving Flesh and Blood. From the amazing gameplay to great monetization. And the fact that Legend Story Studios genuinely cares about LGSs and the players. Of course greed can creep up on anyone when succes blinds one, but at least for now LSS is doing phenomenal job!

[@OG_G4m3r]

I've been a MTG player and collector for two decades and just got into FAB recently and I gotta say, it is AMAZING. I cannot wait for FAB content from you Prof.

[@Faber-dn8xw]

I’m more excited about the preview card which you are gonna show us from FAB Monarch than any upcoming MTG set/product 😂

[@chrisborakai8457]

No preview card was pretty low of Wizards, but never change prof! We the community support and love your content! Stay a true fan and a truthful critic. We always appreciate and enjoy watching your vids. All the best.

[@DominikSchwindt]

Get the FAB-Train going, Prof!!

[@luufia]

Man i was really looking forward to a cardreveal since its so on theme and the prof puts a lot of work into them :(

[@codyclawson7627]

Glad to see you’ll be getting a Flesh and Blood preview! It truly is a wonderful game. Looking forward to The Professor releasing some FaB content.

[@notoriouslycody]

May the Cody's unite in their love for FaB!

[@codyarrington7693]

Happy to see White FINALLY get some love. I think this is the first time for me seeing all white cards in a "Top 5 for..." video. Heck even the honorable mention card was white too!

[@xChikyx]

wan't it green?

[@codyarrington7693]

@@xChikyx .....yes. 🤣😉

[@theblart7535]

I want WOTC official apologies for not previewing a card to the prof

[@Crazymachin3gun]

Hi prof yesterday was the first stream of urs i ever caught live thx for the hard work

[@teddy2glocks85]

Yall, If ur tired of WotC these days and just the general state of magic, I cant recommend Flesh and Blood enough. Besides the market going to the moon like most other TCGs these days, the game is incredible. Can't recommend it enough to either jaded magic players or just folks looking for something fresh. Kudos to you Prof for giving it some screen time.

[@konradbaltyn2192]

Awesome to hear you're covering Flesh and Blood!

[@KitchenTableTCG]

LETS GOOOOO FLESH AND BLOOD HYPE

[@notoriouslycody]

Hasbro is playing with fire, and I don't think they understand how bad they are about to get burned.

[@GamingBear_Q_E_D]

We welcome more and more lovely people every day to Flesh & Blood :) Liked your & Ruby's fun vids .. lol!

[@gursked]

Love the flesh and blood thing lol

[@lsmorriso]

Looking forward to your monarch preview!!

[@backtosquarefun]

YES FLESH AND BLOOD LETS GOOOOOO

[@backtosquarefun]

PROF in Flesh and Blood omg I'm so stoked!!!!

[@Rupert3434]

I came here for the Raycon ad and found a really great Magic the Gathering video. Great stuff.

[@theyellinglight]

Just watched to see if you really talk about Flesh and Blood. Nice 👌

[@kylesnavely6165]

I always love to see TCC content, thanks prof.

[@sulmenite6938]

Looking forward to some Flesh and Blood content on your channel!

[@bluebutterfly463]

Thank you so much for mentioning Flesh and blood. Can't wait for Monarch to come out. We are so excited. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤲💎🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@mattmc20]

Love that you are joining us with FaB prof! I love your videos but find I watch all videos not because I care about Magic, but simply because I enjoy you. WotC is a poorly run company, who has lost touch of reality in exchange for pure profit. I have no problem with profit, but when it goes before the people, the people leave which take the profit with them. Glad to see LSS saw the opening and kicked the door in!

[@DelverofBrews]

As someone who tries very hard to attract people to Modern. I approve of this message!

[@Thoughtmage100]

You have that problem? Literally every player where I'm from has converted to Modern so much so that Standard play no longer exists here.

[@anthonyfarnum8177]

Can't wait for the Professor's Flesh & Blood videos!!!!

[@philvess6376]

Looking foward to Prof making FaB content. That game deserve way more attention imo.

[@pulseum]

Hey Prof I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your videos and your sense of humor. I also happen to agree with much of what you have to say. You are a beacon of positivity and stability in a strange modern world. Thank you for existing and being in my life! Even my girlfriend has grown fond of your videos I think.

[@YuckyRory]

Wow after finding out you didn't receive a strixhaven card to preview, I gotta say I'm so excited to pickup my first Flesh and Blood booster boxes!

[@mikotagayuna8494]

That's not the Prof sniffing cards. That's the Prof blowing on his cards to make them work just like what we did with NES, Sega and SNES cartridges back in the day.

[@stolenbike4051]

Flesh and Blood can't wait for you joining the community Professor! ;-)

[@ichhalt12345]

Hey Prof, I'd love to see a how to play for FaB :) just heared about the game a few times and a how to play would be great c:

[@SchemingSkelly]

Hey Prof! I got a Monarch spoiler card also! Now we can be Flesh and Blood brothers!

[@RageOfTheWinter]

Flesh and Blood crew, brace yourself!

[@HammerandPipe]

Im totally ok with some FAB content. Ive been curious about this game...

[@kisekinecro]

Its very fun, gotta give it a try

[@zmoney4689]

No one can deny that FAB is slowing taking over.

[@timwarrentbr]

Here for Flesh and Blood! Can't wait!

[@hitthesynth6417]

I usually watch all you videos on my phone (reaaly great content BTW) but today I watched a 2017 vidéo on my 1ms screen and just realized you used 60fps (much more striking on a high end monitor). So if i may give you an advice, it would be to shoot in 24/30 fps. Indeed it allows for much more natural looking when it comes to people talking to a cam, allows to double the light sensitivity and more defined images (double the data allowed to each frames) If you do give it a try, remember to use double the frame rate to your shutter speed (24fps goes for 1/48s SS) Keep it comming ;)

[@MTGUnpacked]

Congrats on the preview card! For FaB👍😉👍

[@Stoosh97]

So excited for your flesh and blood content professor!!!

[@nealallen2061]

Professor, you wanna know why I watch your videos? Because your hook had my doubled over laughing and we were 5 seconds into a 15m video on a super geeky, technical subject. You inspire me to be a better, more creative, fun teacher myself. Thank you

[@kevinlaflamme8568]

The FaB community will love having you. LSS is a company who actually cares about their players and LGS’s, unlike a certain other company. The FaB community is so positive, and the game is terrific.

[@alexc3046]

Very happy to see you join our great Flesh and Blood community. The game is great and will be greater with you I am sure :)

[@Smilkma]

Wow 5 seconds in and you can see an accurate representation of cardboard crack addiction

[@craighargraves8164]

Super happy you're joining us for some Flesh & Blood Prof! Personally, I'm far happier supporting Legend Story Studios as a company than WitC.

[@SnakeintheEye]

Love Flesh and Blood!!

[@mikewolff6340]

That’s unbelievable you were not given a preview card. Keep preaching the truth about Magic!

[@DireWilk]

My last set of Magic was Ikoria. I liked it but I got just sick of MtG and its oversaturation of yearly schedule and raising prices. Currently waiting on two Flesh and Blood boxes and looking up to learning it. Can't wait for your videos on it.

[@dreamweaver5803]

Very excited to hear the Flesh and Blood news! I enjoy your channel even though I don't really play MTG. I do play FAB, so very cool to make the connection.

[@hamza-qr5zj]

Looking forward to those Flesh and Blood Monarch videos!

[@drk76002]

Really cool seeing you talk about fab. I can't wait for your videos on it.

[@keeganlogsdon5090]

I have no 5 and 2. I plan on making a black/ white deck focused around counters. This should be fun.

[@_icenine]

LOVE hearing that you’re getting into FaB!!! Join the KitchenTableTCG channel, we’d love to have ya!

[@princeLaharl2]

Brian has entered the Community. Welcome, Professor.

[@smashpie]

Welcome Professor! Would love for you to do a booster box game with FAB!!!

[@sessionblood1702]

Can't wait for you to smell some Flesh and Blood cards! 😎🤘

[@cointoss4825]

the fact that prof didnt get a preview card for this set is an actual crime. luv ya prof!

[@Cowardlydabbling]

Liked for flesh and blood! Cannot wait for more fab videos from you!

[@LinguisticHegemony]

Great video as always, I was typing out a comment pointing out how much MH1 felt like rotation before I saw the last part of the vid. With MH2 looming, I can't help but wonder what chase mythics I'm going to want and then whether I'm going to get to play the deck I buy into for more than a few months before something gets banned. I'm hoping it goes better this time around, but I felt like such a sucker buying into Izzet Phoenix and elves that I don't think I'll be willing to spend much on modern.

[@freshblood6398]

12.30 Hello professor, glad to see here !!

[@lukedavis3318]

Come to fab Prof! We will love you haha!

[@shoichi8474]

Here for the FAB preview card!

[@Troy082]

I am a long time subscriber to the channel your videos are helpful and informative to the player and not wizards of the coast. I would love to see you play some games of magic with your guests maybe pauper or commander. Thank you for not being a corporate sellout.

[@JimVolin]

Just subscribed to Tolarian for the FaB videos!

[@abelincoln1094]

Flesh and blood is Magic 2.0 it beats magic in every way.

[@DreadedEnding]

How so? I haven’t heard of it but I’m honestly sick of magic so id love to know what beats it out

[@ChrisGripkey]

@@DreadedEnding FaBs philosophy is prioritizing offline play, players, LGSs and collectors. When COVID hit, they allowed a Tabletop Simulator mod so people could play the game in the short term (best way to get into the game atm) and officially supported Webcam play via Discord. They even allowed stores to charge up to $20/head (for webcam play) and LSS (the publisher) randomly mails out promos to participants. Demand is so high one promo is worth $1k atm. When they banned a card, it was because it violated design space philosophy, and they removed it from all future printings of that set to prevent feel bad moments when opening packs (ironically causing the card to jump in value). After the first two sets they adjusted rarities, combining their rarities that were rarer than MTG rares into one rarity with an equivalent combined pull rate. Since the cards are both resources and playable cards you very rarely have "dead" hands (usually it is because you build with a ton of powerful, expensive cards and didn't add less powerful but high resource producing cards). The legendary/fabled (think mythic) cards are either collector chase cards or equipment, meaning you only need one if you play a certain class. Each pack guarantees a foil too. I only have a couple issues with the game: 1.Speculators/investors have severely undermined the secondhand market of high demand cards. This has caused some moderately rare cards such as Enlightened Strike and Command and Conquer to be significantly more expensive than others of the same rarity in the set. (combining rarities helped with this but doesn't apply to the first two sets). 2. LSS partnered with US distributors Southern Peach and Southern Hobby. Distributors notorious for mistreating actual LGSs and prioritizing big spenders such as CFB when it comes to stock distribution. This in turn allowed CFB to corner the market of supply and charge 250% MSRP for 1ed Monarch product with little competition. They only charged less when a competitor with access to a noticeable supply quantity, Star City Games, was taking pre-orders at $220. 3.LSS uses Cartimundo, the same production facility MTG uses - expect Pringles.

[@knifemind]

@@DreadedEnding It has a lower mechanical complexity while having VASTLY higher strategic depth. Pacing is great because starting turn 1 both players are at maximum potential, and hands are filled every turn. There are very few non-interactive turns. In MTG you are often playing with yourself, and the opponent is just kind of "there," but in FaB opponent interaction is very high, and mandatory. It's just simply a very well designed game.

[@troybowden3447]

@@DreadedEnding As an old (1994) and former MTG player, FaB does right what is missing from MTG. Mana is no more, for one thing, you have to use your own cards to cast spells. There is also equipment like head, chest, leg, and arm pieces all of which can be very important. My first time playing FaB it got down to 1hp vis 1hp and I lost yet it was the most fun I had losing! When can you say you had fun losing with MTG? If it helps here is a how-to-play video and I hope to see you as well as new players in our FaB community! kzbin.info/www/bejne/amKZnGCIqJ2bnbM

[@InRealTime769]

Eh, Wizards just hates that Prof exposes thier shitty business practices on the regular

[@grasshopper1153]

WotC got reigned in by Hasbro recently didn't they? Maybe it has something to do with this organizational change? I'm not defending their actions btw.

[@wordsmith451]

That was a FaBulous video.

[@jimmy1329-l6e]

Yes Flesh and Blood!

[@SierraLima]

Excited to see more FAB content, woo!