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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@2099arashiko]

I wish the secret lair/ universe beyond were reprints of old cards instead of brand new cards. I'd prefer that myself😊

[@MaLordWotan]

Hopefully Hasbro takes note, these boxes would be awesome! And talk about the Draft potential

[@lucaluci9975]

🎉 professor you are the best ever ☄️

[@justahumblelittleoshawott7972]

"True rizz comes from the soul baby" - The Professor, 2024

[@nofacej1]

Given Universes Beyond is becoming increasingly prevalent in eternal formats like Legacy, Modern and Pauper, Universes Within could effectively be Eternal Masters II. Masters sets have typically sold well (at least the good ones), so I don't see why this wouldn't.

[@nick.hammes]

Commander Masters was a good product at too high of a price. If they price a Universes Within Masters fairly, I'm sure it'll sell great. If they get greedy, I can think of a reason it wouldn't...

[@Xoulrath_]

​@@nick.hammesthat's really been the issue with WotC/Hasbro for a while now though. They price their products so high as to entice the collectors, who will certainly spend absurd amounts chasing the money cards. The issue then is that for people just wanting to play the game, the game becomes far more expensive than its worth. Add to that broken shit like Fury that sticks around for two years, and I'm honestly beginning to wonder if they are even trying to design a game anymore. Each new card pushes out the last, over and over.

[@ShredAimlessly92]

Eternal Masters 2 without the inflated the price point (I’m looking at you, CMM) would be amazing actually

[@sc149]

Pluuus the later it gets left, the more likely it becomes, as the wider pool of cards it has to draw from, so the more cards with genuine consumer demand it can combine and the more likely to be succsesful it becomes.

[@CB-ke7eq]

You point out something that chaffs me quite a bit - UB cards being legal for anything besides Commander. I'm a Magic boomer who left the game in the late 00s and got back into it a couple of years ago and I am constantly disappointed at how badly WotC mismanages the game by catering so hard to a casual format. I wish all UB products were sequestered to commander-only products and for commander to receive it's own sets. I'm tired of drafting sets loaded with shit cards that are meant for Timmys to play in their shitty 100-card decks.

[@lucassoubelet4781]

An universe within set would be amazing, the amount of flavorful things that they can do with all the cards is gigantic

[@angelojohnson9441]

“Commodore Gruff makes his own plane” would be my angle.

[@Unknown-qj9sm]

What kind of plane uses the paradox mechanic? That’s what makes me really excited for this kind of things. Especially seeing a plane with paradox, Rad Counters, energy, junk, and a set that pumps out Astartes shoved into one set could be wildly interesting for a magic set.

[@enternamehere5498]

The key thing right at the end is the crux... "reasonably priced". A curated list of One Ring, Bowmasters, the Necron cards. Wizards will see that and their hearts will scream "This deserves Commander Master's Pricing"

[@davwad2]

But they'll never call it a "premium" product

[@jinxed7915]

As loathe as I am to admit it... I'd take it at this point. As long as it means there's a chance I can play competitive formats again without making the choice between playing cards whose very nature I detest vehemently or handicapping myself out of principle. Honestly, I would prefer that WoTC, at the very least, make in universe versions of UB be the alternate arts that we pull out of boosters.

[@CHoustonify]

Professor, I've gotta disagree, this is clearly never going to happen. Draft boosters don't exist anymore. It'd be Play Boosters. :)

[@moshimeshowu747]

You got me in the first half, ngl

[@JV-jz6sj]

Well, wotc did make sure they dont have to design draftable sets anymore, just "playable" ones

[@obadijahparks]

They go back on everything.... one can never know.

[@JasonOshinko]

@@JV-jz6sj Play boosters are draftable.

[@prof_xhew2929]

Professor I also disagree but on slightly different reasoning If we see Secret lairs at wotc testing ground then u r right we may see this set (or to me more likely commander sets with collectors) bcoz these makes $ for them But we see it as another line then draft, set etc boxes more than likely kill secret lairs! N I don't think they will do that. Again if they can make $ after play for these licences

[@thewonderdoc2999]

I want WotC to know that if I‘m given the chance to pick between a universes beyond and universes within version I will pick universes within every time.

[@paulboulanger00]

Same.

[@jmchristensen42]

100% This

[@tkdarton]

Here, here! One more UB in modern and I’m done - back to League, lol.

[@rosecooldude1024]

I probably wouldn't all the time. For instance Warhammer or Dr who

[@themoops4006]

they don't care and they're not retooling and paying for new artwork for the 200 warhammer cards, 200 dr. who cards, 600 tlotr cards and all the sets coming this and next year. its not happening, why are people still trying to put band aid on this broken leg? licensed sets and products they won't and can't always reprint is the new norm for magic, get used to it.

[@hokey9175]

I'm a new player who joined during wilds of eldraine. My current favorite sets are phyrexia and brothers war. I never got the chance to draft them, I hardly have any good cards from them, but their story and aesthetic were what drew me in. I went back and even read the original brothers war novel which i enjoyed thoroughly. Have faith in your IP WotC. 30 years of magic and we all fell in love with something in your universe. Let it shine!

[@mikotagayuna8494]

This is such a great idea that Wizards will probably try this and end up dropping the ball in the most meaningless way possible.

[@ToxicAtom]

One thing I've noticed is a lot of the more powerful cards from Lord Of The Rings have fairly setting-neutral flavor. Delighted Halfling would be just as comfortable on Eldraine as they are in Meddle Earth, and Orcish Bowmasters can exist anywhere black-aligned otcs are.

[@thundersheild926]

That's mostly just thanks to the fact that LOTRs is archetypal fantasy, as it literally set the archetypes and tropes of a lot of fantasy. MTG is based on fantasy, and as such those sorts of things naturally fit already. Other sets, like doctor who, don't fit nearly as well.

[@ToxicAtom]

@@thundersheild926 True, but interestingly, Delighted Halfling was not called Delighted Hobbit, despite depicting a hobbit in that set. There are likely other examples of this, but it does feel a bit weird that in this case they go for the more generic name rather than the name used in that world's canon.

[@harrison1735]

The biggest hurdle to doing it as a set would be the lack of mechanical cohesion and how most of the in-demand cards are high complexity and would fill up the rare and mythic slots while probably needing new designs or unrelated reprints to fill out the commons and uncommons. One other option they have though is to just start sticking Universes Within bonus sheets in every set that doesn't have its own thematic bonus sheet.

[@charcharmunr]

It's more likely they'll use the List for that than a bonus sheet, but we'll see I suppose.

[@ElmntFire]

The Dr Who and Warhammer 40k commander decks do offer some mechanical cohesion as well as common/uncommon support for those themes, so a Universes Within set featuring those unique designs would be nice for those of us that aren't fans of either property.

[@richardchesser6446]

They would likely have to frame it similar to commander draft sets, since several UB cards are designed for commander, and appear in commander decks, with a focus on the most in-demand cards as archetypes. I bet it starts sooner rather than later, since it gets harder to curate as the pool grows.

[@themoops4006]

@@richardchesser6446 they're not going to do it for a variety of reasons. the cost associated with retooling and commissioning new artwork, the alleged lack of interest from the playerbase, the lack of mechanical cohesion across multiple commander decks and full sets being challenging if not impossible to curate into a playable draft/limited environment, the mountain of headaches errata'ing copyrighted creature types brings, are all astartes now humans? are all tyranids now insects? its just not going to happen.

[@charcharmunr]

@@themoops4006 It is less likely we'll get a UW set than just UW reprints in future sets, but they WILL have some cards be reprinted almost certainly. No reason not to. As for the creature type thing they've already answered that. IP-specific types will be changed to a new Magic type that is considered equivalent to the IP-specific type.

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Yeah, a "Masters Within" set in the not-so-near future seems _very_ likely. I just hope it isn't priced like a Masters product...

[@wordsmith451]

(Yoda voice) oh, it will be. It will be.

[@Rayquaza22332]

It won't be, it'll be priced double!

[@ninjannihilator]

just wanna say I'd want the set to be called Masters of the Universes

[@Greg501-]

Not if you want the meta cards like Bowmasters

[@kevinbeireis8739]

I've been waiting for something like this to get released ever since the first Universes Within was announced.

[@WaallyOne]

He doesn't miss folks

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

I try not to.

[@twistofdeath]

Your record speaks for itself. It must be a nightmare to play you in battleship!​@TolarianCommunityCollege

[@maxhutchinson6425]

I think this is a brilliant idea as more and more desirable cards come out of universes beyond products it just makes sense to have a reprint set eventually and doing it as universes within makes everyone happy!

[@fieldsofgravy]

Be interesting to see if universes within is going to be a thing now that Secret Lairs are limited run prints.

[@RetireandGo]

I think they always should have been serialized cards. And offered to LGS first then online second, but, that’s just me haha :-)

[@throwawwy53]

"now that Secret Lairs are limited run prints" wait WHAT?!?! since when? wasn't the entire point of secret lair to be "we will ship as much as we get orders, so everyone who orders will get one"? why limit them and add even more FOMO on top of the limited order time FOMO?

[@themoops4006]

@@throwawwy53 mo FOMO mo monies

[@dagehaHD]

@@throwawwy53they put an update out on twitter a couple days ago. They’re pre printing them and it’ll be first come, first served. To “benefit the customer” by “getting them into our hands faster”

[@fieldsofgravy]

@@throwawwy53 They made the announcement a few days ago. Despite how horrible their limited runs were before (i.e. 30th anniversary), they sold like crazy. Scalpers, bots, FOMO. Money is money.

[@Handley_DDS]

The parallel between Urza and Stark is a great starting point for a Secret Lair, and also for the UW reprints. Maybe not everything can be absorbed by Magic lore the same way, but it can help with a lot of characters.

[@charcharmunr]

They generally seem to prefer making them completely new characters when they do Universes Within, but who knows. I can see Tony Stark being a Human Artificer and that's exactly what Urza's been typed as.

[@theautisticguitarist7560]

​@@charcharmunr also being a shitty person who is constantly haunted by bad decisions they've made.

[@charcharmunr]

@@theautisticguitarist7560 Honestly, main hang-up is I think Tony is Grixis and Urza isn't. He's Esper if anything. Mishra could be Tony.

[@theautisticguitarist7560]

@@charcharmunr tbh the red does make sense. Esper is a cold combo, and even at his worsr Tony is still a deeply passionate guy.

[@charcharmunr]

@@theautisticguitarist7560 Like, Urza has red in him for sure, but he's primarily Esper or Jeskai whereas Tony is ABSOLUTELY Grixis primarily.

[@PinchingFire1204]

As someone who was drawn into Magic by friends in highschool and then largely dropped it for a number of years, what really has been drawing me back to the game is its world and characters. Looking at all of the fantastical and interesting ideas and settings that Magic The Gathering has explored and how much space the way they've constructed that world gives them to expand in the future in interesting ways that all mesh together into a beautiful mosaic. Honestly I've never been a huge fan of the Universes beyond sets because it felt to me like what's happened to big budget movies in the last decade or so, big names that bring in all the draw but without the heart that original storytelling brings. To end my somewhat scattered rambling, I very much hope that "Universes Within" or something similar comes to pass, because it means that there will be even more of the Magic the Gathering world to explore without losing out on any of the very interesting and fun mechanics that might otherwise be trapped in a theme that can feel out of place. Sorry for rambling, and to whomever reads this, Have a lovely day.

[@gonzouhler]

The art and alternate names of your exemplary cards are just gorgeous

[@Syncopiia]

I buy a lot of universes beyond stuff already and I'd love a set like this.

[@Skyewill]

I love this idea! I’ve been loving the universes within designs and an entire reprint set would be amazing ❤️

[@theinvisiblegentleman1142]

I would love this. I'd love to assemble a universes within version of the tyranid commander deck. I love the deck, but I don't want to upgrade it since it would wreck the homogeny of the deck.

[@DraculOkeanos]

I'd also feel comfortable putting some of them into my own regular simic commander decks if we get proper mtg versions of those tyranids.

[@Owesomasaurus]

Office printer go brrr

[@DraculOkeanos]

True. I could probably find some appropriate simic hybrid-type art for use for all of the simic tyranids, right? @@Owesomasaurus

[@lancelot717]

Part of the hype for seeing new UB stuff was theorycrafting what the UW variants would look like. That said, I feel like the Legacy/Commander-only cards have less priority when it comes to making IW versions than say, the LoTR stuff that was printed Modern-legal. Some of my favorite cards would only need an art change if ported over though, Reprieve and Cast into the Fire are such great designs.

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

I see it more like a Mystery Booster than a stand alone set. A set where the contents can change over time and have a huge pool of cards. Sadly the need to commission art for everything makes this almost impossible unless they charge Magic 30 prices.

[@ecoKady]

Finally, a use case for generative AI art. A half-assed solution for a product WotC doesn't care about.

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

@@ecoKady but that would mean they need to backtrack on a promise. They won't do that, right?

[@Dracinard]

I mean, they commission art for every single card on a normal set.

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

@@Dracinard yes but is not easy mode like the Prof mentioned.

[@Dracinard]

@@JavierOrtizBultron That's fair! It's also not almost impossible unless they charge Magic 30 prices, like you mentioned.

[@mawtaus]

DMU into BRO into ONE was - IMO - huge for essentially tying together a significant portion of the last 30 years. Three sets that went from Dominaria to Mirrodin in terms of flavour, which I felt was fantastic for showcasing very classic Magic worlds (my two favourite planes, so maybe my bias is showing). That all then got finished up very quickly with MOM which tried to do a bit of a Greatest Hits/Tasting Platter of every plane. And now we're still kind of continuing this Planar Road Trip into the start of the new arc by revisiting some fan-favourite planes: Eldraine first, then Ixalan, and on to Ravnica next. The "problem" here is that it still just feels like "hey remember this?" rather than "here's some important things that are happening now". I guess we're supposed to be following Kellan. I thought he featured pretty well in Eldraine but he may as well have not existed in LCI. The MKM previews seem to indicate that he's running around with Kaya to help solve the case, so hopefully he's relevant again. So, to me, each set feels very much like it's a separate & stand-alone experience that's not part of any sort of cohesive story. Meanwhile, between these sets we're getting UB products which are specifically created as separate & stand-alone experiences by design. I'm hanging on to hope that Thunder Junction will be the set that really starts to lay things out and feels like a proper Magic set. Give me a reason to care about the Omenpaths and what's going to happen next!

[@RainbowMarc]

I love this idea. There have been some really cool Universes Beyond cards that came out that are really interesting mechanically and would fit, but so far it mostly has not felt right to mix them up. Some small excemption to this are some reprint cards like wedding ring/ farewell/ toxic deluge that are cheaper than their universes within counterparts. Normally, I keep Universes Beyond cards in a seperate binder and lesser value lotr cards in a seperate box. I'm keeping my 40k, lotr and dr. Who decks pure. This might change if I can get myself to care less about how strange mixing them feels, but would I prefer a universes within version of the one ring? Hell yes! And do I think that other players would be interested in this? You bet!

[@harperna3938]

The One Ring could so easily be converted into the Mirari; people have already made proxies.

[@RainbowMarc]

@@harperna3938 For sure! And there are more cards that are just really strong and have a cool mechanic that ppl would love as universe within cards. I think this set would work well :)

[@thief_Entertainment]

I like the idea of a universes within set. My current favorite cards are ones with secret lair treatments, but were in-universe cards. The LoLx Arcane treatments of Path to Exile and Rystic Study are awesome, but I have a hard time getting into Slicer, Hired Muscle, because it is immersion breaking, not because it is a modern golem, but because the art style is different.

[@brandondraheim3149]

I would absolutely buy this. I avoid universes beyond (just not my thing) but man, if they really did this, I'd be first in line!

[@brianhawkins8397]

I got distracted midway through by that silver button plaque on the back wall… How does this channel not have 1MM subscribers yet?! So many thoughtful and entertaining videos, including this one. Hope you get to celebrate that milestone soon!

[@HouseofHerman]

Universes Within for Secret Lairs has actually made me enjoy the Universes Beyond Lairs, because I know I'll be getting a version of the card I would actually play eventually. If they can somehow pull that off for Universes Beyond as a whole, that would be quite impressive.

[@befuddledfaun]

After thinking about this it makes so much sense. I'm not sure how likely it is to happen, but I would go out of my way to buy and support this product in a way I haven't before.

[@ecpracticesquad4674]

I will always choose the in-universe versions where I can. Magic needs to feel like magic to me.

[@ookazi1000]

Yeah, it's my opinion that all the fun wacky outside IP stuff is only fun and wacky when it's you as a player looking at in-universe cards, figuring out what absolutely unhinged theme you can make happen with those cards and unifying them under that theme via 'alternate name proxies.' Eg: "This is Adventure Time themed commander deck featuring Haldan and Pako as 'Finn the human' and 'Jake the dog.'" or "This is my Full Metal Alchemist themed commander deck featuring Bosh, Iron Golem as 'Alphonse Elric' If wizards is just doing it, it takes all the fun out of the idea in my opinion. This is my doctor who themed commander deck featuring the tenth doctor? Honestly, that's just so boring to me.

[@simoncss1]

The opening to that Keeps advert, precious😂 We’r all so gorgeous that we must’v all come from Universe Beyond

[@phoenixantis6994]

"True rizz comes from the soul, baby!" I am in agony.

[@theautisticguitarist7560]

He needs to be stopped.

[@ConManAU]

I can definitely see this happening in some form. Another consideration is timing - a UW version of the LOTR set probably wouldn’t come out for another couple of years, giving them plenty of time to squeeze every drop out of the UB set.

[@MagusFlorren]

“Professors preposterous predictions!” 😂 that made me lol

[@Frostin_326]

I love both the universes beyond and within cards. I genuinely hope they do a full set. I would absolutely be on the lookout for my favorite universes beyond cards in my favorite planes or characters. Also, still looking forward to the Behind the Campus video. It'll come eventually.

[@_mrcrypt]

Universes Within is a great idea. WOTC should thank you for the idea, if they haven’t already. You’re right. It’s a new Reserve List. If there’s one thing I hate more than poison counters, it’s the Reserve List.

[@charcharmunr]

I don't really see how it's a Reserved List. Mark Rosewater has out and out said they reserve the right to reprint ANY of these cards, with reskinning if necessary. And WotC knows people LIKE cards being reprinted. It'd just be weird to never reprint Orcish Bowmasters or whatnot. One Ring will likely be reskinned and reprinted in 2025 or so. Magic works about two years ahead, so the timeframe for UB stuff getting reprinted will come up later this year, give or take a few months, with the 40k stuff being the oldest UB product that isn't a Secret Lair.

[@TheEarthdeity]

If there's anything a magic player hates, it's a bad reprint policy --- especially the reserve list, the symbol of wotc mistakes.

[@themagicofmtg]

I would definitely love to see some Magic universe versions of many of the cards from the various Universe Beyond products so I can make the themes of my Commander decks more on point.

[@v0idzmax]

My personal biggest fear with a potential 'Universes Within' set is the common slots! more specifically the potential downshifting of cards to fill in the slots that could warp formats like limited and especialy pauper!

[@Shimatzu95]

True, pauper and pdh are pretty much the last bastion of resistance to powercreep, at least to a decree.

[@caulifloodle]

Assuming this hypothetical UW product is still a couple years out, we should have enough full-size draft sets to pull commons from by that point. I don't think this would end up being an issue unless WOTC decided to make it one.

[@Adrianovaz2007]

@@Shimatzu95 Pauper has been battered by downshifts for quite a while now, initiativie and monarch specially kill that idea we're powercreep resistant.

[@Shimatzu95]

@@Adrianovaz2007 resistant, not immune

[@LazyGolfer]

Bro killed that “Keeps” commercial. Thats good advertisement. 👍

[@savannahlion3081]

Looks like a logical step ! 🤘🦁🤘

[@GreenMonkeySam]

Which probably meant WotC won't do it 😂

[@counsellour]

Brilliant! I hope that when they do this, they also credit you with the same level of honour as with FAB and make sure you appear in the set.

[@calhughes6159]

I wonder how the Universes Within set would work with the Time Lord creatures from Doctor Who... Perhaps there could be a set of 13+ mysterious time entities, each only known by their number and their unique personalities!

[@Tribble314]

I would expect that they'd have names, and be flavored as a group of separate beings. I think the bigger problem is the creature type. "Time Lord Doctor" is not only difficult to justify in UW, it probably has IP issues. My guess is that they'd have to change it to something like "Kronid Doctor" or even "Kronid Primeon," and then add a rule that Kronid = Time Lord and Primeon = Doctor. They could do something like "Time Lord = Alien," but that could have new interactions with other cards. I'm not sure how to do the Doctor's Companion mechanic with it being confusing or IP-breaking.

[@bch9124]

I'm looking forward to Universes Within foil basic land cards sold in five card packs for $49.99.

[@spencerl.9859]

Ah yes, the classic "make up a problem and then sell you the solution"

[@runratchetrun]

I love this! Even if the discussion is purely academic. It's great to see you discussing how to improve MTG products rather than raising complaints, fair and warranted though they may be.

[@AZombieWizard]

My main concern with UW is how it will impact deck building. Its going to be real easy to accidentally build an illegal deck when the only thing that tells you 2 cards are actually the same card is 3 tiny numbers in the bottom corner. It's not a huge issue now, but it will be once we have hundred or thousands of UW cards. WOTC shouldve negotiated the rights to use the card names perpetually so they could give UW cards the Godzilla treatment

[@raonair]

You have a very good point. And as much as I love my LotR cards, they'd be just as good if they were only skins.

[@naquinn5745]

Imo Universes Beyond cards with IP names/text should have all had the Godzilla skin treatment from the start. They wouldn't need to have already designed the UW card, they would have just needed to plan a UW card name so they could eventually reprint the card as UW and skip the name and copyright issue.

[@raonair]

@@naquinn5745This!

[@902496]

Here's my pitch for a Universes within reprint set: You wait a few years for a few sets worth of UB to come out, then you gather popular mechanics across multiple UB sets that can play with eac hother. The easiest way to do this would be to pick an overarching mechanical theme thats broad (like counters, tokens, or a card type set like Kaladesh or Theros). Then you make an entirely new plane (or maybe pick a plane thats been mentioned but not explored, cough *xerex* cough), and have your universes within flavor all set in this one plane. That way you get a diverse spread of UB mechanics with some nice vorthos seasoning to tie it all together. You could throw in a few random "off mechanic" expensive cards in the mythic slots to satisfy the financial need for UB reprints as well. Right off the bat, historic would be an easy "set theme" to grab from a bunch of different UB sets. Dr Who and LotR both had sagas. Warhammer had plenty of artifacts and all of them (and presumably all UB going forward) have plenty of legends. I do think the prof is underestimating the work/cost involved in doing a set like this. New art has to be commissioned on everything, a major cost of a set and one that isn't an issue for many of his other examples of "WotC doing less for more". Also, curating from such a diverse set of cards is bound to be much harder than curating from a series of sets that already had something in common with one another. I guess Dominaria covers a pretty broad range of sets and mechanics, but it still seems like peanuts compared to the breadth of concepts translated into game mechanics that will emerge from a few years of UB. Getting these disparate sets to draft nicely together would be the most difficult remaster curation they've ever done.

[@retro.7673]

I hope the assassins creed boosters are like Jumpstart. One for each of the main line games.

[@CatManThree]

Its a modern legal set, theyre not gonna do that.

[@jumbocactuarx2737]

Doing the hypothetical universes within set the Prof is talking about as a Jumpstart would be a really interesting way to handle the issue of having so many disparate and unique mechanics. I'm into it.

[@Nephalem2002]

Universes Within versions of every Universes Beyond card we’ve gotten beyond thus far would be amazing. Maybe like a year or two after every Universes Beyond Set we can get a reprint set of it.

[@Reaprar]

A little bird told me that wotc are very specifically looking at bringing something like this to arena at the very least, in fact they actually already have art lined up for several UB that were featured in bonus sheets 😉

[@NopToast]

Personally, I really enjoy the world of magic as I'm very excited for the new in universe sets this year, but I also really enjoy seeing universe beyond because the idea of using all these iconic characters from other universes I love in the amazing format of magic is just so fun for me and my friends. I buy universe beyond for the ip it represents not really the actual power of the cards, but I do 100% agree there should always be in universe versions too.

[@mosesmckinney1373]

The professor had ultimate rizz in the sponsored segment.

[@k1n6n07h1n6]

Nobody mentions the Godzilla cards. They were the only ones I think that were done right (minus a few nitpicks). They were all essentially just alt-art versions of cards already in Ikoria. Fun alternative versions for people who enjoyed the IP, but there were Magic lore versions of the cards already.

[@Shimatzu95]

This is what universe beyond should have been but i guess money was more important 🙈

[@Trebicyem]

Step 1) Create a problem step 2) Sell the solution Step 3) profit !!

[@PerpetuallyTiredMillennial]

If they do, I bet my left myr battlesphere that it'll be a "premium product" so they can throw on that higher price tag.

[@SchneeWaltz]

I certainly would be happier with a universes within. The wider access to some of the genuinely cool cards i would like to brew with like Abbadon, blood for the blood god, the several doctors Ect. in a style I personally would be awesome

[@TheSmanGaming]

I’m here to speak on the sponsored portion of this video! I was super hesitant about trying keeps, but I tried it off the professors sponsor #ad since I was receding in the front. About 6 to 8 months later it was night and day difference! Highly recommend!

[@Syncopiia]

8:00 Loving the shade-throwinf. Lol

[@InvisiKid6]

Love the hell outta this idea! Hope this video proves to be a good pitch for the product

[@stonemonkey1968]

Great idea as some of want some of the Universe Beyond cards within the Magic Universe. WoTc take note please. Great video as always Prof and looking forward to the next Shuffle up and Play

[@CALEBxxIZxBEAST]

I legitimately clicked on this video based on the title thinking, we were going to get a remastered set of all the universe beyond a cards. Im in full support of WOTC doing this.

[@branhasknowidea]

This would make for one hell of a chaos draft environment. This will just be the new mystery booster boxes with an even more hiked up price tag.

[@rossjamestobitt]

I have long dreamed about a Universes Within set as someone who does not mix the two variants of cards. I like both products but I don't think they belong together especially when an IP is timed and will not be available for reprints later down the line. Doing a Universes Within reprint set seems like the obvious and most exciting choice in my eyes. Hopefully WotC takes notice and takes action!

[@the.wannabe]

I like Universes Beyond and love the idea of Universes Within! Seems like a win win.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

Universes Within gives some really good opportunities to give cards to characters who don't yet have one, or don't have enough representation in the game. I had recently looked at Tasha the Witch Queen and thought how easily this could be given a treatment to be a card for Davriel Cane, similarly Ghyrson Starn could be a creature version of Ral Zarek

[@mint-swirl]

I hadn't thought about it before but it does honestly feel like a no-brainer product to make. Lower effort on their end, while still providing a lot of needed reprints (even if they only focus on the expensive/meta cards, but I don't think I'd complain if I never got to have an in-universe version of Rohirrim Lancers or whatever. Having an in-universe The One Ring would be really nice though.) Honestly just slap some serialized cards in the collector boosters and they'll sell even if the rest of the packs' contents are literal dirt.

[@Ralnakor]

Honestly, I love this idea. If this would happen, I'd be all about it. This would be a great way to get some of the MtG reflavored Universes Beyond cards as Within. I love it.

[@fiffi5318]

Dope idea, would buy!

[@TheRhoxShifter]

I love the idea of Universes Within booster sets. I am not a fan of Warhammer, LotR, or Doctor Who, but I do like some of the cards that they have made. I usually get one box a set because I like having a diverse collection. With most Universes Beyond I've just ignored them or bought singles that work with my current decks.

[@darrenmcmillin1464]

I love the Secret Lair and Universes Beyond sets, AND I love the reprints with MTG skins for traditional fans.

[@raonair]

I'd buy this stuff, yes

[@JimmieFae]

Heck yes!!! This is a great idea in my book!

[@pedrogubel4098]

God i love the professor so much. And Yes i love that idea, i am one that has difficulty with buying/using cards that come from outside the world of magic. But there still alot of cool designs of cards in those sets/secret lairs. Therefore the profs solution is amazing, if it comes at a reasonable price.

[@monopoliz___2856]

For me, New Capenna had that feel of magic to it. Not every set will be able to that and I'm totally ok with it. Karn is already the real Ironman and easily smoke Tony stark anyday

[@christianyother541]

What a fantastic idea! Preach Prof!

[@KoltonBlaze625]

I just want a FURBY SECRET LAIR

[@lyman6]

"Is Magic the Gathering's own story and characters that uninteresting, even to Magic the Gathering players?" As someone who came back to the game for the first time since 2015 for the 40k and LotR crossovers, and has stayed in buying AFR/AFC and Baldur's Gate packs and decks? Yes. Yes it is. And I'm not saying that in an attempt to throw shade, but rather to point out a problem with the way the story of MtG is put forward; it isn't. If you want to learn anything you have to go on wiki deep dives or find a beloved grognard who will tell you a story. You get tidbits in flavor text, but only tidbits. I'm a very narrative driven gamer, always have been. I'm buying D&D crossover packs because I love the Forgotten Realms and the stories within them, but those stories are easily approachable. Magic...isn't. Which means people who love stories are going to be more easily drawn to something like Lord of the Rings or Marvel than they are All Will Be One. If WotC wants people to be as drawn to the narrative of Magic, they need to actually put some work into telling us a story, make it accessible.

[@InsomniacsAnonymous36]

Long ago, everyone was super into the lore and story of Magic the Gathering, but then, everything changed when the Hasbro demanded. Only the players, masters of the wallet could stop them, but when Magic needed them most, their restraint vanished. Years pass, and Professor groused upon his throne, watching the influx of new players, and although their motivation is great, they aren’t going to change anything. But I believe, the players will one day change Magic for the better!

[@SerenityFluxx]

As someone who flatout refuses to use Universes Beyond cards in my decks, I would genuinely love a universes within set. I love the universes within for the secret lair cards, and would love to see a lot of the interesting designs from Dr Who and LOTR be made into *actual* magic IP

[@TheSureBlock]

I think a reprint set of universes beyond would be great in 3 years. Also, 6 sets instead of 12 a year would be nice.

[@bolognypony]

I don't think we will ever get traditional "booster packs/boxes" but I think they will make "Mystery Secret Lair Packs" that you have to buy from them directly.

[@Niedomysm]

14:50 I don't really like the Mr. House Card but 100% would love to play that card flavored as Krark

[@Decavolty]

"True rizz comes from the soul, baby." I'm stealing this.

[@Chiavica]

When I read the title I thought it was real and were so happy! But this idea is too good for Wizards…

[@Rhoney716]

Been thinking this would be a thing too myself when I was thinking of how they handled the beyond cards to get them in universe with the first secret lairs

[@sulfurousrogue955]

i've been thinking this would happen for a while now are really hope it does as it will probably be my favorite set

[@spokeefe505]

Love this idea. Thanks for telling Wizards what's up, Prof.

[@TLG1255]

I personally love the doctor who decks! And I think there’s been other good universes beyond, but I would absolutely prefer them in the Magic world, in addition to the universe beyond.

[@geofferiswheel]

It's an interesting prediction. I think this would also solve a problem for Wizards. Which is the cost of the IP for the Universes Beyond products. Internal IP means no additional cost for the same card(kinda).

[@SpencerCJ]

Put Universes within into its own plane from now on, have all of these strange cards fitting into one strange plane

[@angstony459]

March to 1 million! 934K so far. Let's Go!

[@MCTimemaster]

your question at 14:30 yeah, Magic IP is pretty dead. Has been since they stopped doing multiple sets on one plane IMO. we're not given time to flesh out the narrative and grow to care about the worlds or their people. Also the story direction has been generally somewhere between mediocre and questionable for years. It doesn't feel like the creators care about the story they are telling any where near as much as they used to.

[@Modesty115]

I would both love and hate this! I'm currently trying to make a commander deck for all the universe within cards.

[@sapphicvalkyrja]

I'd definitely buy a set like this. I finally caved and bought one of the 40k decks (after getting into the setting from the new 40k: Rogue Trader CRPG), and I'm planning to build a lifegain deck around Celestine, the Living Saint with several of the cards from the precon just to line up the flavor for the commander. But...I'd swap her out for an in-universe version (say, a pre-spark Serra, perhaps?) in a heartbeat I suspect it's going to be awhile, though. The 40k decks, for example, seem to still bee available at somewhat reasonable prices (I got the Forces of the Imperium deck for about $45, which ended up being cheaper than buying the singles from it that I wanted), and I wouldn't be surprised if WotC secures a similar window of time where they can keep the products in circulation with each new Universes Beyond IP. So, we're probably a few years off from seeing a set like this, but I do hope we see one in time

[@ClarkWSandholtz]

This would be so dope

[@Rampaging_hobbyist]

I only joined magic during new capena. When I started, I didn't know anything about the lore of magic (I'm not even sure if I knew there was one) but the more I play and find out about the lore, the more it draws me in. Some of the first conversations I had at my LGS were about how excited everyone was for the LOTR set so I love universes beyond, especially being a big dr who fan. Although, I would also appreciate a universes within set, especially a draftable one. TL;DR universes beyond is great but universes within for cards that are unlikely to get that treatment is a good idea. More MTG story is never a bad thing

[@cupcakeapplesauce]

I like the idea prof, definitely a good way to allow reprints if universes beyond cards are highly desirable

[@bronsonkim6652]

Would love a universes within set like this

[@Ichibae_Hoesube]

The prof saying Rizz wasn't on my 2024 bingo card 😂