Tolarian Winds: The 30k Q & A! (Part 1/2) Magic: The Gathering - MTG

[@Srcsqwrn]

This channel has become the way that people check whether or not they are getting quality in what they buy.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

TheCaliger That makes me so happy to hear. Cheers.

[@Srcsqwrn]

Tolarian Community College Have a good one, and glad you're happy because of it!

[@TheManaSource]

I love how the topics we speak about on Skype always make their way into your videos somehow. Wouldn't it be cool if we started some kind of podcast type deal? Hmmmmmm. (That was for the viewers. Get hyped ya'll!)

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

TheManaSource I have many opinions...ALL OF THEM STRONG! ;)

[@Xippih]

Wedge, you little scheming imp! Such teaser is to much for me! :D

[@zackmorgan5261]

It would be awesome if TheManaSource and Tolarian Community College did a video or podcast together. :D

[@inthebellyofthebeast6910]

yea and maybe you could do an interactive google hangout and answer some questions live. That would be awesome

[@inthebellyofthebeast6910]

and Zach Morgan that would be awesome to see mana source and Tolarian academy join like voltron

[@thebearistheish]

I felt like I had to mention that Lorwyn had BEAUTIFUL art, especially on the lands... I think a good amount of mtg players tend to disregard how good the art is. That's a good part of the allure for me!

[@thebearistheish]

Thank you for giving me that appreciative moment for the art I loved, myself! Tolarian Community College

[@Baatosanabe]

Great job professor. We will strive to continue this channel together. Also, I am lucky to have gone to the same card shop and met each each other because I feel that our shop is fantastic in many ways,

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Alberto Lopez-Rivas Our shop rocks. Hopefully I'll catch ya down there this week man!

[@jayvillar]

I hope you could make a basic guide for deckbuilding for beginners with tips that can be used many situation. I've struggled to build my deck and wasted resources experimenting to make one competitive deck. With that aside. I love your videos. It so informative i've learnes so much. When i first saw this channel i almost binge-watch it. Please Keep making more videos.

[@leovaeg]

when I first started playing, I thought Melissa Benson's "MB" signature/logo was a symbol for RARE cards, because of how badass and awesome they were, mostly Shivan Dragon (and Fire Elemental, wow!)

[@Paul9022]

Toshiro Umezawa is a great heroic character from kamigawa that was completely aligned with black mana

[@McQuacks_]

I'm so glad that your channel is the fastest growing Magic channel on KZbin. I feel that I learn quite a bit from you. Whether it's which sleeves are the best, how to be a man, or why I should be glad my imaginary kids play Magic, there's a wealth of knowledge on your channel. I look forward to your 35k sub Q&A video on Friday!

[@ACommonCauseMTG]

You mentioned that you want to see some black mages that aren't moustache-twirling villains. I think you'd like the story of Toshiro Umezawa, one of the primary characters in the Kamigawa saga. He's a mono-black mage whose primary concern is self-preservation, but he's a good man and there are occasions where he'll go out of his way to help others. From Toshiro's lineage also comes Tetsuo Umezawa, a GRIXIS mage of all things, the protagonist during Legends motivated to save his people from the tyrannical rule of Nicol Bolas. Toshiro was so badass that he's the first and only person to defeat Nicol Bolas at his full pre-mending planeswalker strength, outsmarting the god-like dragon and destroying his body. And Toshiro was a mere MORTAL! Not even a walker! So there, two good protagonists, one mono-B and one grixis.

[@congriofrito]

I am watching this Q&A today, so i know you accomplished your goal to ditch one of your classes. Way to go professor, i'm very happy for you, you deserve great things in life.

[@gabeacevedo5760]

José Tomás Marasovic ya me too

[@danielcorcoran1441]

I don't normally subscribe to individuals on youtube, but I'm very particularly appreciative of the time and energy you put into these videos, and I appreciate the quality of information that I find in these videos. Thank you very much sir! I hope to continue to enjoy the videos that you put out on this channel.

[@lemonflavouredtnt6969]

Nostalgia. I remember discovering your channel when I was in secondary school. Now I’m in my final few months of university.

[@PwndBanana]

Last week i actually managed to split a dragon shield while shuffling. I was quite proud and sad at the same time.

[@xPsiPsiStar]

Wasn't Toshiro Umezawa a good guy (at least technically I guess.)? Really enjoyed the video though! I hope you get way more subs so we can get way more Q&A vids!

[@JoeWDye]

hey professor it's Joe from the future! You did it! You're also reason I got into magic!

[@cnet78]

Hello from Singapore ! I stopped playing magic for almost 2 years but still watch VDs from players like you for updates really enjoyed it ! Keep up the good work

[@EldericDupuis]

Good news! Bitterblossom is no longer banned in modern. Awesome Shivan art!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Eric Dupuis Hahaha, yeah, I forgot about the Bitterblossom unbanning.

[@Studirko]

I traded my MTG card collection for stamps when I had to change cities. Watching your videos made me start again and thank you for that. Only problem is that even pauper is expensive if you want better cards :(

[@MiloDaGreat1]

Arena, oh man, I remember sending in the page at the back of that book to get the card in the mail. THEN I read the book and was blown away. Way better than I thought it would be. It is one of my favourite books to this day.

[@jakeabel2548]

I would love a review of Duel Decks: Anthology. You give detailed review or atleast give value of the price. This is something you do that not many other youtubers do.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Jake Abel You'll have it, hopefully, by the end of the week.

[@jakeabel2548]

Thanks! I want to know the value because my card shop was selling it for $100 last friday for FNM players.

[@GingerSpooky]

Tolarian Community College i bought one and i love it like possibly the best product in mtg history it is so cool i used the elves duel deck and placed 4th if you would like give mea shout out and we can talk about this later

[@arjankuijper797]

Just recently fouind out about your channel, nice video's :). One thing: in the Kamigawablock storyline, the main hero was a mono black legend (Toshiro Umezawa) and the villain was pure white (Eiganjo Konda), so there ;)

[@testthewest123]

Hey Professor, Bitterblossom isn't banned in modern anymore. So if you want to see the artwork in action you can!

[@CelticMTG]

Snap, I was about to write it! ^^

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

testthewest123 Yep, my bad! I mean...it was a test and you passed! Congrats! /hums innocently

[@hellaraw898]

Thank you for buying the sleeves and testing them in play. Most reviewers don't do that. Keep up the good work.

[@VWLAL]

That force of will art is amazing. As soon as the video ended I had to get it. Can't wait until it's up on my wall.

[@uberwow13]

You know, Im happy you have ads. This channel deserves every bit of funding it gets.

[@thomasmgarcia]

I would simply love if you did more deck techs, specially about decks that impressed you somehow, be it for their power, or maybe a cool combo. I know there are PLENTY of channels that see to this, but when we subscribe to someone and they're as awesome and thoughtful as you, your opinion becomes a solid guideline, PS: I didn't know you had a kid! Congratulations, man.

[@XxXxCtrlAltElitexXxX]

There is a doctor who card, it's called Venser :P In all seriousness though, Venser bears a striking resemblance to tenant, and feels pretty doctor who like character wise

[@GeorgeWrightau]

Prof, really enjoying your take on the game and culture. As a fellow maturer player it's nice to see some classical criticism applied in a well delivered and quirky manner. All the best and keep it up.

[@MiloDaGreat1]

Also, "Go out and play" is easily the best advice for anyone who is interested in Magic. Well said, Sir!

[@cristalpowah]

Thank you for this great Q&A this time i really felt that we where in this room actually asking question to you not just us listening to your answer the fact that during 20 min i really tough i was in this ''conversation'' make me enjoy this video even more great job!

[@thesimsdreamer]

No comments? Well, I noticed the Bitterblossom art in your videos. I agree, the art is awesome, it looks like it could be a work of Van Gogh. Also, I hate Force of Will (it's too powerful and sneaky for my taste to play against), and so I also despise see that card's art show up in a game. But, just as a work of art, I guess it is pretty cool. Also, sorry I used bad grammar in the previous sentence. It was either that, or have a run-on sentence, LOL. Thank you for your Q&As and your other videos. Good day.

[@FF255Master]

So glad I've found another Rob Alexander fan! Always loved his art. Still have a few signed cards from him.

[@bromyne]

Your reviews and "is it worth it"s are always well done and super helpful. I'm surprised that more companies aren't sending you test samples. Must be because you are honest with your reviews and not a shill just to get freebies. Anyways keep up the awesome work!

[@janolekvisli5383]

I love that bitterblossom art in the background

[@dbzfanable]

Speaking of the Doctor, I think you would make a great regeneration for him!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Alexander Korn I am honored.

[@kenjisuguimitzu2322]

No wonder you structure your thoughts so well, you are a teacher! Not to mention the such a good speaker you are! Keep up the good work! Ps: Your sleeves review helped me a lot and I have to thank you for that! Cheers!

[@hotaruasmaria7504]

Been wanting nagas since i played L5R! Bout time wizards caught magic up! Also. Air benders... Hehe

[@TheRedGauntlet]

Toshiro Umezawa was a Black aligned protagonist in the Kamigawa novels.He was more of an anti hero but he did help save the plane and was a fully Black character that had some good inside him.Konda was a villain and white aligned so thats what i liked that about the Kamigawa novels that their color alignment din't dictate their roles has hero villain

[@Jacob8890]

YOU SAID "AIRBENDERS!" And you saying "Naga" a couple of times made the gears in my head work like mad. And then it dawned on me... The professor watches Avatar! This is indeed the greatest of channels. The was a mental high five right on the reference.

[@FrankEGee88]

With every new video you release, you seem to get nicer and nicer. I can't figure out how you do it! :] Gratz on the subs, and wish you the best of luck!

[@Brakish33]

You're awesome dude. Thanks for making these videos.

[@nessearthbound3107]

Those are some beautiful prints, especially the Underground Sea and the Nightmare.

[@Cactusbouncer]

Dang, my question on how to explain the game to religious parents, when they notice cards like demonic tutor. Maybe next time Professor your the best, being new you have helped me alot, made my first deck thanks to you And now im bleeding my wallet But im making that 8rack deck You are the best And i get excited when your new vids comes out, im always watching

[@thebearistheish]

What formats are you playing? I've been noticing that bleeding wallets aren't such a necessity. Sure, we all encounter wanting more than we can afford, but it's possible to ball on a budget lol.

[@ohthenoises]

What are your thoughts on the art of Necropotence and Survival of the Fittest? Those are my favorite arts of all time. Keep on with these videos!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Don Atherton Hahaha, WHICH Necropotence? Because if you know me by now, you know I gotta say the original art ALL THE WAY (the new stuff is good, but the original Necropotence, LOVE IT)

[@zachgamr99]

As a teenager your segment on how how standard could get even worse in prices is a little alarming, magic is already pretty expensive for me, and to see sets going faster out the door than usual could really be a problem with the price tag. I don't know what im going to do as a player. But when the time comes im sure it will work itself out.

[@Dalamr]

Tolarian Community College you got so excited at the mention of Dungeons and Dragons! much like you, i wasn't able to play DnD until i was an adult. i also met several DnD players at my LGS. that's when i started to play DnD. regarding the high cost of standard... well, currently, we do have relatively cheap yet competitive decks like Boss Sligh and Blue/White Heroic. my hope is that in the future, players can still opt for inexpensive decks and remain formidable. that means Wizards should print out better quality commons and uncommons. i hope this is the case when the new rotation scheme gets implemented to ease the pain on the wallet.

[@rathlord]

The prof being prescience discussing the massive amount of products coming out as far back as 8 years ago! Impressive.

[@erictrujillo2052]

Well done btw! Love the interaction with your fans.

[@Rashomon00]

You're awesome man! I'm so pleased withe the success of this channel!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Rashomon00 Cheers!

[@barnesboitano]

Thanks for another great Q&A video professor. I've been watching your videos since near the beginning, and they've only gotten better with time. Your bit about the changing state of standard and it being overly expensive/possibly overprinted resonated with me. I think it would behove Wizards of the Coast to listen to the voices of intellectual consumers of the their product (such as yourself) and make a solid effort in showing that they respond to such critisisms. Personally, I have mixed feelings about the way WOTC is changing blocks... on one hand, I like that they are cutting out the dreaded 3rd set which always seems to disappoint, but on the other hand, I don't quite like the shortened timespan my preciously constructed standard deck gets to live.

[@velvetdrgn]

in 3 years this channel has grown 10x wow

[@anstytroll11]

all that art is amazing i like the old nightmare art and force of will is hands down my favorite art in magic

[@snowcoveredplainswalker442]

I own a French FFB Revised Shivan Dragon that is signed by Melissa Benson, I LOVE it, I play it in my Scion deck strictly because I love it so much.

[@xPronTronx]

It's so interesting coming back to these videos and listening to your thoughts on WOTC "oversaturating" with too much product lol Comparing it to the modern times, is hilarious

[@ALitoBitofJapan]

Another awesome video, thank you very much! I'm looking forward to part two.

[@JStack]

Hey, you definitely ended up being able to cut back on classes 😊

[@kuroshinko427]

Black mana aligned hero being heroic that isn't Sorin? There's Toshiro Umezawa. Sure, he was in it for himself but he played a key role in the Kamigawa storyline.

[@garykinney16]

I really like your channel. You have a lot of good info and it's presented in an elegant way.

[@l_scanu8645]

YAY!! My question was awnserd!! The one about the core sets!!

[@tomi9150]

TCC, you should try and organise a KZbin partnership or maybe a Magic related sponsorship with an online store to help subset the costs involved with this channel! I am sure viewers won't mind watching 5 seconds of ads before a video.

[@awry22]

Love your channel. Just found it recently. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@nicks9278]

In this video you mentioned the high demand and high card prices being dangerous for the MTG player's wallets and the player base. Do you think that the Expeditions have helped to stem this based on the volume of product that was opened to find them?

[@AlphaAftermath]

Dude, you're awesome! Keep kicking ass!

[@ImmagicalThings]

I love your videos and I watch all of them as soon as they come out. Keep up the good work and you've got a fan for life. That being said, if you're going to wear collared shirts with ties, please use collar tabs or wear a button down collar. It's a small critique but it will lend a credence to your already esteemed reputation. I'd even be willing to send the to you if you're unsure what they are. As a sales professional and someone that needs to be professionally dressed every day, this is a small peccadilllo of mine and it's been driving me nuts.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Dan Vail If I am feeling fancy, perhaps, but we academics are free to be eccentric (and a little raggedy) in our style of dress. ;)

[@PureSolace]

We've come a long way, Professor.

[@CaptainRiftPants]

Prof, your magic lore knowledge seems pretty extensive, how about a lore video?

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

***** Hmmmmm....

[@THEONLYGORE]

You are simply amazing good sir !!! I would love to play a game or two with you some day !

[@theXDeity]

Youre awesome and i love your videos, wish i had more professors like you man

[@hunteroffire9]

The unground sea is amazing by the way.

[@kameronkapferer9375]

Absolutely Love the background music.. Thanks for all you share! :)

[@vinceangelomanese7001]

Watching this right now, and I realize that the Prof really hit the nail in that the short term profits are kind of hurting the game in a way atm. Hopefully they can course correct, but idk...

[@Xephos]

I'm sure this has been pointed out already, but Toshiro Umezawa was the hero of his story....objectively...

[@Evanchild54]

Your videos are always interesting professor!Thanks for the vids! :D

[@patrickbaillargeon7568]

Professor, being the literary buff and magic enthusiast you are have you ever considered doing the lore series in partner with Wedge?

[@SuperNorstShow]

What is the significance of the Magic Unhinged and Unglued card sets? I hear alot of people value these particular cards.

[@jacobboyd8200]

Well for the long term stability it doesn't really matter for standard but for every other format the stability does matter

[@MadCowMusic]

I think that pencil signature is the norm for archival and museum quality art.

[@remigusker6024]

I know this vid is super old and you'll probably never see this comment but, on the note of "good" pure black. I imagine something like an entity that embodies the "force of death" on a plane. Its touch is the end of all things but just as it has the power to end all life it encounters, it stands as a force against untimely ends. Where the stereotypical black mage from another plane might come to gain power and raise an undead army this entity would rise and move against such a desecrator.

[@russaz09]

Almost at 35k, congrats :)

[@Sheriff_K]

Well, the Sultai Humans are trying to overthrow the Naga, so you may not have to wait long! :P I think the Core Set removal will be better for Standard, even in terms of price, because we get a whole Block of NON-Useless Cards. Spreading out the value, instead of having a giant Set that does not Rotate as often bogging up Standard. Besides, Core sets have no Story/Lore/Investment and thus aren't as fun/enjoyable for Players [of all kinds], so getting an extra Block of stories and Lore is amazing, and worth any increased, or decreased, Cost! ^.^

[@williamofdallas]

Man I was not expecting a Doctor Who related comment in this video. awesome

[@AlbarionRed007]

Kickstarter, Patreon, TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

AlbarionRed007 Weeeelllllll....if you insist! There's a donate button on my channel mainpage. ;)

[@kaiterenless1888]

Your intro music reminds of A Clockwork Orange, just to throw that out there.

[@sebastiangr9088]

You better post the second part before you hit 35k, you're not far off from that ^^

[@richardeastwood160]

For your 35k Q and A what is your opinion on a urza or Serra planeswalker and congratulations on 30k subscribers. :)

[@yusufgunter-rahman1074]

Sooooooo close to 300k Good luck

[@TheExarion]

10:39 Would love to see you revisit this video in light of the recent Dr. Who stuff haha

[@sporeplayer4]

THAT WAS MY QUESTION! :D I'M COMPLETE!

[@derekkey2803]

I'm willing to bet that the smaller sets in standard will mean that the individual cards will be pulled more, meaning they will be more available, hopefully lowering the price... hopefully. Also bitterblossom I wanna say was unbanned when deathrite was hit with the hammer. And a quick question if you wanna consider it, what block would you love to see a return to? Personally I'm going kamigawa. I love japanese mythology.

[@Lucca00000]

I'm from Brazil, here we have only 1 distributor for all the country (and it's a fuc&% shit) , this new way T2 is going will torture not only Brazilian players but all of the countries where mtg is not so popular, i see in a short future a even dark time than we are used to live here... sorry for the bad english, i also think that's a great topic for a video, your channel REALLY helped me i can't thank enough to you man, cheers from Brasil!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Lucca Bonachela Greetings to Brasil! Yes, I am very worried about what this will do to prices everywhere, but especially to places like Brasil for the reason you describe. Maybe the answer is a different format? Cheers (and you English was not bad at all!)

[@caiobpimenta990]

hey, im from brazil too but im living in the US now. I do remember that english original cards were very expensive but are the portuguese printed cards that expensive as well? I remember buying cards from american sellers on ebay an get them sent to me via mail to brazil, it was cheaper to buy singles that way and I never had a problem with shipping or damaged products

[@Lucca00000]

You make a Abzan deck with R$:2.000,00 at least, if you want to buy singles from US you are making a bad gamble since the cards can be confiscated by the customhouse, or might not even get out of the US, that results in Pauper rising to be the format that make the only mtg shop of my city get fullhouse, let's see what will happen in the future.. Ei Caio cartas em portugues são mais caras ainda, uma fetch land aqui custa uns 40 reais no minímo (com a U/B custando 300 reais), pegar cartas singles de fora só vale a pena se você tiver amigos que tragam de lá caso não é sempre um tiro no escuro.

[@HortenciaMorais]

Caio Pimenta the price for cards in english and in portuguese is mostly the same now.

[@Thomas-vn6cr]

7:12 oh my the foreshadowing.

[@John-lk5su]

I did such a double take when your hair suddenly changed! Haha

[@joshuamanzl851]

Wonderful cup

[@duggyball_z5524]

Toshiro Umezawa and Myojin of Night's Reach are monoblack dude heroes

[@Leo-pr7ly]

Hey Prof' , how is your Pizza money doing? Did you bought a Pizza Hut already? :) I mean now you have 6x more Subs! ...congrats, I'm by the way a new sub, im here for like 2nd week and enjoy all your content! thanks for all this stuff. :)

[@Necrow_Productions]

I KNEW YOU WOULD PICK JESKI!!!!! D: Too bad.... The brood likes the Jeski food platter....

[@razorx540]

Professor how do you feel about the art on malicious affliction and Orim's chant? I love the art on them. One thing you should look into is illuxcon, it usually features a ton of magic the gathering art.

[@bumblebflame99]

I don't know when you would be doing another Q&A segment, but what do you think about another un series, like unglued and unhinged. I started playing mtg recently (in August) ,and I heard about the joke series a couple of months ago. So I was wondering if wizards of the cast would make another un- block and what do you think about it?

[@agentsmith5176]

Man u r great, keep on dat way :)

[@fyiicheckforspies]

Thanks for doing another Q&A so soon. I liked this one a lot more; it felt more genuine and candid. I was a bit disappointed by the original since it felt like a lot of safe PR answers. Anyway, looking forward to part 2 and more videos from you in the future! PS: Thanks for posting the Teysa deck