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Toren's story makes you wonder why he's the "Fist of the Angels", I get the sense the story writers are just given a first name and artwork for these tertiary characters and go from there.
Flavourfully, I understand Odric's fall. Mechanically they did him absolutely dirty. In my (frankly biased) opinion, the card should work in reverse, as a sink for blood tokens not a generator of them. Sacrifice blood: get keywords. It's feels more Odric to use blood to help others fight the terrors of night rather than spill (make) blood of others. At the end of the day I still love Odric and can't wait for Innistrad 4 to see what he's up to.
Y'alls videos are always great - will you be covering OG kamigawa block before the release of Neon Dynasty? I'd really love to get some mustache minute takes on all the wildness of the first trip to that plane.
Weren't we supposed to get a fifth story? I could almost swear they said in the article for the new legends of crimson vow that they'd make a story about Grolnok and Toxrill
My only issue with this vist to innistrad was Geist of saint traft was no where to be found. Instead we got a bad card that copys what he did. I could not help but laugh when the vampire is trying to get Henrika's attention saying something is wrong then exploding best part of the story lol. Great video as always!!!
I know this is an old comment but Saint Traft iis seen again in the Jeskai Convoke Commander precon. He is paired with Rem Karolus & as they tap & untap they first create a 1/1 human, then a 1/1 spirit and finally a 4/4 angel.
Love Odric's story, can't wait to see what might happen with him going forward. Any and all repetition aside. (To answer the sponsor prompt, the fleeces look pretty great, that's probably what I'd get )
I'm always so glad you cover these side stories. I had no idea two of the three existed, and I especially liked the last one. Oh and I'd spend my Into the AM gift card on t-shirts. Can't ever have enough t-shirts
I was already going to comment but of course the gift card is an extra incentive. I wanted to say I've been watching you since Zendikar rising and you're always such a pleasant way to get caught up with all of the story going on. You also make into the AM sound amazing. I usually hang at home in tanktops so I'd love to see how they feel.
As someone who is only recently getting back into Magic, (and of course spending far too much money on packs for the new Innestrad) I absolutely LOVE the lore content you bring to the table. Thanks for all the videos and you can bet I’ve been binging all your other videos to make up for lost time. Personally, I am loving the hoodie, so even if I don’t snag the card, I’m definitely going to be grabbing that guy now that I know it exists.
I liked the side story for Odric, but the part about the holy water actually made me laugh 🤭... So if you hydrate on holy water you become a holy vampire after getting bitten?
Hi there, thanks for the video. in case u ever wondered, i would put my money into a fleece aswell, just to turn into a wizard during game night, in case of an emergency the hood convinced me. happy holidays in case u celebrate and an even happier new year. and thank you for all the content through the year.
Love Torens, think he's got a lot of potential to be a new Thalia-esqe type of antihero for Innistrad. A friend of mine also pointed out his black and white artwork is reminecent of Guts from Berserk so... bonus points there too
I really enjoy the content because I don't really like reading too much, but I still want to experience the stories and you guys allow for that. So thanks! Also I'd pick up a graphic tee
Even if I don't win the gift card, the graphic tees are sweet! I've been following this channel since it's been part of tcgplayer & I tune in on every episode & I've been giving the shirts away as gifts for xmas 2020. They're so awesome I'd probably get more presents with that gc lol Great video as always Ryan & Nicole 👍
So glad I found your channel a while back. No one else does the story lines as well as you two do. With that gift card I would totally buy a pair of joggers as a staple pair of mine just developed a hole in the seam today and now the crotch is see through lol.
i can't wait for you to talk about kamigawa neon dynasty story for Kaito Shizuki the new planeswalker and what your opinion on the 2 stories . Also Happy Holidays man.
Whats honestly really sad is we don't get more story for Grolnok and Toxril. In their flavor text and minor expanded lore its apparent that the two creatures each of their own cult that raises them to be powerful natural gods to eventually beset them on the other. That to me, speaks of potential hilarity. Also the fact that Old Rutstein is "just" a human peasant yet has legendary status which begs the question why.
If a simple "hoodie" is all you need to stay warm, then you're not really "cold." You're "chilly" at worst. TRUE cold requires a jacket, gloves, and a wool cap, at the very least! Canada says hi.
I wonder if there’s a way for all of Innistrad’s inhabitants to cohabitate. We now have Odric, a vampire who represents and fights for humans, Thalia, a human who bonds with the Geist of Saint Traft and recognizes the importance of the spirits of the plane, Arlinn, who seems to making headway as far as peace between Werewolves and humans, and even have Olag now- a sentient zombie, who is kind and gentle. If I were writing the innistrad block, I’d have things start to look up for the plane as they begin to work together, with evils like Ormendhal or the other demons trying to sow discord, devils still making mayhem, and Gisa, Geralf and the various stitchers and ghoul-callers have some dastardly scheme planned. And of course, emrakul is always looming… I think there is a lot of potential here. A time for change in innistrad.
What is Odric and Arvad (perhaps a few others) teamed up to be a fighting group. Perhaps it's a group of religious individuals who's faith protects them each for an evil force forever temping them to fully give in.
I opened my 4th copy of Odric on arena today, and I was thinking he's not a good magic card (and wasn't buffed in alchemy for some reason?) but at least he has a decent backstory. And then this video tells that actually his story has already been done before with Arvad. I'm just feeling real salty at this card okay.
Still more curious as to what the eldrazi are doing but we'll you know I'm sure they it's all good. Lol. If Sorin is re taking an interest in the plane I'm sure it will be fine. Right? Lol
Two Innistrad sets in a world where the world is plunging into eternal night and they don't explore what might be going on with the Eldrazi titan in the moon even in a side story? I understand wanting to get back to a more status quo Innistrad but I was hoping for at least a teaser of what Eldrazi might be to come.
It's not like anyone can go up to the moon and knock on the door and ask Emrakul if she's involved with this. As far as we can tell, she's 'dormant' right now, and is just a passenger within the moon, which is doing its own thing at the moment.
I think the best of the four was The Devouring House, which I covered in its own video. Then probably Odric's story, followed by Torens, and I think the spirits one with Jacob is the weakest of the four. So if you liked that one, you might like the other three even more lol
If they didn't want to replace the free content, they could release novels two or three times a year that don't necessarily come from a printed set. I'd love to get more lore, or fun, self-contained little adventures with Planeswalkers we don't see as often.
Chilly in Texas? You were in New York a couple years ago! You should be wearing shorts this time of year! I was hoping for a reference of Into the AM tying into the eternal night being lifted from Innistrad. Daybound? There's a joke in there somehwere... I feel like the lore as a whole was really bad for a few years and it's getting better. The side stories for this set felt very Innistrad to me and though I'm not the biggest fan of the gloomy and dark theatrics of the plane, they did help me to get a bit more into the set. I preferred the spice of Sorin getting pummeled by Edgar though.
Nah, no thanks, Kamigawa is way too alien from real MTG lore. Credits, tablets, holograms, nope I'll pass completely I may be bitterly annoyed that we didn't get any new legendary werewolves (like were-nurse) or side stories for them but Odric's story was so good
Innistrad is one of the only MTG settings that strikes close to the classic tone of original magic (before shitty boring villains like bolas got reintroduced). I appreciate innistrads nearly hopeless and bleak uphill struggles (hate the eldrazi crap though)
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Toren's story makes you wonder why he's the "Fist of the Angels", I get the sense the story writers are just given a first name and artwork for these tertiary characters and go from there.
I assume it's the name of the mace 'the fist of angels'
I figured it was his epithet before he left the Cathars
Flavourfully, I understand Odric's fall. Mechanically they did him absolutely dirty. In my (frankly biased) opinion, the card should work in reverse, as a sink for blood tokens not a generator of them. Sacrifice blood: get keywords.
It's feels more Odric to use blood to help others fight the terrors of night rather than spill (make) blood of others.
At the end of the day I still love Odric and can't wait for Innistrad 4 to see what he's up to.
That's an great idea. Wonder if they tried something like that in testing
@@einlan2506 honestly even if it was target creature it'd be a better blood card
I think that he is killing vampires and that is where the blood is coming from. Still a pretty bad card. Your idea sounds pretty cool
Y'alls videos are always great - will you be covering OG kamigawa block before the release of Neon Dynasty? I'd really love to get some mustache minute takes on all the wildness of the first trip to that plane.
Weren't we supposed to get a fifth story? I could almost swear they said in the article for the new legends of crimson vow that they'd make a story about Grolnok and Toxrill
My only issue with this vist to innistrad was Geist of saint traft was no where to be found. Instead we got a bad card that copys what he did. I could not help but laugh when the vampire is trying to get Henrika's attention saying something is wrong then exploding best part of the story lol. Great video as always!!!
That story did mention (in a letter by Thalia) that Emrakul forced Saint Traft out of her, but that feels very handwavy.
I know this is an old comment but Saint Traft iis seen again in the Jeskai Convoke Commander precon. He is paired with Rem Karolus & as they tap & untap they first create a 1/1 human, then a 1/1 spirit and finally a 4/4 angel.
Odric's story is the one I already knew. Had to know my poor boy's fate.
Just randomly turned one of Human Tribals best boys into a Vampire and not even a good one, damn right I wanna know what went wrong
This set brought me my favorite commander. Jacob Hauken, Inspector. He is such a unique commander.
Love Odric's story, can't wait to see what might happen with him going forward. Any and all repetition aside.
(To answer the sponsor prompt, the fleeces look pretty great, that's probably what I'd get )
I'm always so glad you cover these side stories. I had no idea two of the three existed, and I especially liked the last one.
Oh and I'd spend my Into the AM gift card on t-shirts. Can't ever have enough t-shirts
That Into The AM giftcard would be perfect to pick up some Groom's Finery. As a Boros player, I'm always looking for ways to equip for free
Glad to see Into the AM here. I would enjoy a warm hoodie or jacket.
If Into the AM had a Magic Arcanum shirt that's what I'd buy
I’m a big hoodie person as well! A good hoodie and beanie make the fall/winter season great. My graphic t’s are also in need of a cool new addition.
As far as Into the AM merch, I wouldn't mind another face mask or two, but the hoodies and zip ups make a compelling case too.
The Innistrad lore is just, short of the brothers war, the best in modern magic.
The shirt btw.
That hoodie looks dope, I mean totally wizard
Amazing! I could stay hours listening to stories and lore! Thank you!
Universal Guardian Glow-in-the-Dark Tee seems like a cool shirt . . . tahanks for all the super lore vids
I was already going to comment but of course the gift card is an extra incentive. I wanted to say I've been watching you since Zendikar rising and you're always such a pleasant way to get caught up with all of the story going on.
You also make into the AM sound amazing. I usually hang at home in tanktops so I'd love to see how they feel.
As someone who is only recently getting back into Magic, (and of course spending far too much money on packs for the new Innestrad) I absolutely LOVE the lore content you bring to the table. Thanks for all the videos and you can bet I’ve been binging all your other videos to make up for lost time.
Personally, I am loving the hoodie, so even if I don’t snag the card, I’m definitely going to be grabbing that guy now that I know it exists.
I liked the side story for Odric, but the part about the holy water actually made me laugh 🤭... So if you hydrate on holy water you become a holy vampire after getting bitten?
It's probably more an effect of his own faith and determination, but yes having "the blessing of blood" certainly helped too.
Great story time guys! Thank you! (In case I somehow win, I'd get the Wilderness T-shirt from Into the AM) Happy holidays!
I just really want another innistrad set. Hopefully within the next 5 years.
Of course, I'd be using it to buy some of those awesome t-shirts.
Hi there, thanks for the video. in case u ever wondered, i would put my money into a fleece aswell, just to turn into a wizard during game night, in case of an emergency the hood convinced me. happy holidays in case u celebrate and an even happier new year. and thank you for all the content through the year.
These sets have been pretty good as far as lore recently and I love it. Side note: I would totally get that fleece lol
Love Torens, think he's got a lot of potential to be a new Thalia-esqe type of antihero for Innistrad. A friend of mine also pointed out his black and white artwork is reminecent of Guts from Berserk so... bonus points there too
Jacob making the deal was heavy man
I love the side stories!!!
The hoodie btw.
I really enjoy the content because I don't really like reading too much, but I still want to experience the stories and you guys allow for that. So thanks! Also I'd pick up a graphic tee
Would definitely feel more like a planeswalker if the design on my t-shirts were otherworldly
Thanks for the great video, I always look forward to your lore recaps
I always find your videos fun
Even if I don't win the gift card, the graphic tees are sweet! I've been following this channel since it's been part of tcgplayer & I tune in on every episode & I've been giving the shirts away as gifts for xmas 2020. They're so awesome I'd probably get more presents with that gc lol
Great video as always Ryan & Nicole 👍
I was so devo that they didn't have a story for Runo Stromkirk
So glad I found your channel a while back. No one else does the story lines as well as you two do. With that gift card I would totally buy a pair of joggers as a staple pair of mine just developed a hole in the seam today and now the crotch is see through lol.
Just woke up what a perfect time to watch a great video!
i can't wait for you to talk about kamigawa neon dynasty story for Kaito Shizuki the new planeswalker and what your opinion on the 2 stories . Also Happy Holidays man.
I definitely would get a hoodie or two, as all of mine are plastered with my last jobs logo.
Whats honestly really sad is we don't get more story for Grolnok and Toxril. In their flavor text and minor expanded lore its apparent that the two creatures each of their own cult that raises them to be powerful natural gods to eventually beset them on the other.
That to me, speaks of potential hilarity. Also the fact that Old Rutstein is "just" a human peasant yet has legendary status which begs the question why.
If a simple "hoodie" is all you need to stay warm, then you're not really "cold." You're "chilly" at worst. TRUE cold requires a jacket, gloves, and a wool cap, at the very least!
Canada says hi.
I’d definitely get the hoodie !! I need a new one badly lol
wow these side stories are good unsettling but still
I'd get some into the am workout gear. I've lost 30 lbs, so my current clothes lead to some embarrassing situations when working out
I’m new to the channel and MTG. Also from Texas, hook ‘em. I really like these what happens in videos.
I’d love to get a hoodie so I can be a wizard in battle!! But seriously it looks really comfy and that’s what I’d but if I won the gift card!
Send an email to ryan (dot) magicarcanum (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll hook you up! 😎
May need to see if Into the AM has a new hoodie for me
The biggest reveal of this whole video was learning Ryan Gomez is a fellow Texan.
A "Geist Bomb" sounds horrifying.
I would totally spend it on the cool one. You know the one
Nye
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I wonder if there’s a way for all of Innistrad’s inhabitants to cohabitate. We now have Odric, a vampire who represents and fights for humans, Thalia, a human who bonds with the Geist of Saint Traft and recognizes the importance of the spirits of the plane, Arlinn, who seems to making headway as far as peace between Werewolves and humans, and even have Olag now- a sentient zombie, who is kind and gentle. If I were writing the innistrad block, I’d have things start to look up for the plane as they begin to work together, with evils like Ormendhal or the other demons trying to sow discord, devils still making mayhem, and Gisa, Geralf and the various stitchers and ghoul-callers have some dastardly scheme planned. And of course, emrakul is always looming… I think there is a lot of potential here. A time for change in innistrad.
Seriously considering a fleece because my dog can sleep in the hood during commander night
What is Odric and Arvad (perhaps a few others) teamed up to be a fighting group. Perhaps it's a group of religious individuals who's faith protects them each for an evil force forever temping them to fully give in.
I'd spend my gift card on one of those dope hoodies.
I opened my 4th copy of Odric on arena today, and I was thinking he's not a good magic card (and wasn't buffed in alchemy for some reason?) but at least he has a decent backstory. And then this video tells that actually his story has already been done before with Arvad. I'm just feeling real salty at this card okay.
Most of the buffs and nerfs in alchemy don't make sense. I get the Omnath and Luminarch Aspirant ones, but the rest are somewhat random cards.
Still more curious as to what the eldrazi are doing but we'll you know I'm sure they it's all good. Lol. If Sorin is re taking an interest in the plane I'm sure it will be fine. Right? Lol
Playing x4 Torens in human tribe and he is absolutely devastating
Ill spend the gift card on the lovely hoodie
Two Innistrad sets in a world where the world is plunging into eternal night and they don't explore what might be going on with the Eldrazi titan in the moon even in a side story? I understand wanting to get back to a more status quo Innistrad but I was hoping for at least a teaser of what Eldrazi might be to come.
It's not like anyone can go up to the moon and knock on the door and ask Emrakul if she's involved with this. As far as we can tell, she's 'dormant' right now, and is just a passenger within the moon, which is doing its own thing at the moment.
love it!
himme with some fleeeeeeeeece
I’d love workout gear if they sell it
I read the one with the spirits and liked it. Are the others on par? How would you rank them?
I think the best of the four was The Devouring House, which I covered in its own video. Then probably Odric's story, followed by Torens, and I think the spirits one with Jacob is the weakest of the four. So if you liked that one, you might like the other three even more lol
Why doesn't Umbris have menace? In flavour and makes it an actual playable card.
I feel like the last story had a lot of similarities with the choices in Witcher 3.
Hoodie :) n #mustachemin rules! Lol 😆
Love story time.
I wish WotC still put out the novels, all of the one's that I read were pretty good.
as long as they didn't replace the free story content I'd be more than fine with it
If they didn't want to replace the free content, they could release novels two or three times a year that don't necessarily come from a printed set. I'd love to get more lore, or fun, self-contained little adventures with Planeswalkers we don't see as often.
is there a story for forgotten realms?
There is not (at least not one that involves any of the Magic characters or settings).
Chilly in Texas? You were in New York a couple years ago! You should be wearing shorts this time of year! I was hoping for a reference of Into the AM tying into the eternal night being lifted from Innistrad. Daybound? There's a joke in there somehwere...
I feel like the lore as a whole was really bad for a few years and it's getting better. The side stories for this set felt very Innistrad to me and though I'm not the biggest fan of the gloomy and dark theatrics of the plane, they did help me to get a bit more into the set. I preferred the spice of Sorin getting pummeled by Edgar though.
You're telling me there's no froggy story? Sad 😞
I would purchase some sweet work out gear... For my girl... Because I ran out of room in my drawers 😕
I have a graphic t-shirt addiction
Texas gang 💪
"centered on" not "centered around"
www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/center_on_around.htm
Looks like I'm in the clear here, amigo.
Nah, no thanks, Kamigawa is way too alien from real MTG lore. Credits, tablets, holograms, nope I'll pass completely
I may be bitterly annoyed that we didn't get any new legendary werewolves (like were-nurse) or side stories for them but Odric's story was so good
Once again the side stories are insanely well done and amazing. Meanwhile the main story is kinda.... meh.
What is AM?
Like AM/PM. You're kinda launching yourself "into the AM" by getting up in the morning and dressing yourself in these awesome clothes!
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Hoodie
Free gift card= Hoodie
I am speed
Innistrad is one of the only MTG settings that strikes close to the classic tone of original magic (before shitty boring villains like bolas got reintroduced). I appreciate innistrads nearly hopeless and bleak uphill struggles (hate the eldrazi crap though)
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