Nicol Bolas' Grand Scheme

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @pokefreak627
    @pokefreak627 5 лет назад +3371

    Me: *goes to comment section to see theories*
    Comment section: "Bolas has some really pretty horns"

  • @Explosionbird
    @Explosionbird 5 лет назад +1204

    Bolas: casts elder spell
    Elder spell: gets countered
    Bolas: shocked pikachu face

    • @lowkey4890
      @lowkey4890 5 лет назад +65

      Bolas: rage quits

    • @the1maver1ck
      @the1maver1ck 5 лет назад +31

      Bolas army shows up... cast supreme verdict

    • @regem9121
      @regem9121 5 лет назад +15

      *loses to UW approach*

    • @justinanderson3070
      @justinanderson3070 5 лет назад +12

      Actually the elder spell gets stolen by niv mizzet

    • @Hattorii009
      @Hattorii009 5 лет назад

      @@justinanderson3070 oh yeah?

  • @Pootaatooo
    @Pootaatooo 5 лет назад +1205

    Bolas: becomes most powerful planeswalker in the whole multiverse*
    Also Bolas: gets destroyed by newbie in the tutorial*

    • @JasMill765
      @JasMill765 5 лет назад +64

      All partof his plan

    • @qualityqueensfirstbomb6450
      @qualityqueensfirstbomb6450 5 лет назад +86

      He lost his good decks with his omnipotence during the mending, childrens card games are his only weakness

    • @knavenformed9436
      @knavenformed9436 5 лет назад +57

      My tutorial literally devolved into Bolas and me drawing lands while I whacked him with a 2/2 for several turns.
      So much for a God-Pharaoh.

    • @Slu2112
      @Slu2112 5 лет назад +11

      he let us win so he cant take away all that we've won

    • @Archimonde259
      @Archimonde259 5 лет назад +7

      @@knavenformed9436 Isn't that tutorial scripted

  • @fblthpthelost9105
    @fblthpthelost9105 5 лет назад +1493

    Nicol Bolas, I'm not trapped here with you. You're trapped here with me!

    • @gustavo6649
      @gustavo6649 5 лет назад +38

      Fblthp the lost omg the hero we needed all along

    • @sithdragon3333
      @sithdragon3333 5 лет назад +17

      Oh thank Ilharg the Raze Boar! Fblthp you are here to save us! Thank you!

    • @bigmanbossman
      @bigmanbossman 5 лет назад +12

      Help us Fblthp, you are our only hope

    • @HumbleMemeFarmer
      @HumbleMemeFarmer 5 лет назад +3

      Get 'im, Fblthp!

    • @kryger4840
      @kryger4840 5 лет назад +5

      gg bolas

  • @wiggy700
    @wiggy700 5 лет назад +2431

    But Nicol Bolas didn't count on one thing. Fblthp hero of the multiverse.

    • @brennennichols7573
      @brennennichols7573 5 лет назад +68

      He knows the location of the immortal sun and stumbled upon it lol

    • @sociophobicundead
      @sociophobicundead 5 лет назад +3

      XD

    • @dragonsigner
      @dragonsigner 5 лет назад +49

      Fltphp will win with one blink..and claim Teifers spark and claim Bolos's spark and become the most powerful being in the multiverse ...but still become TOTALLY LOST...lol again

    • @m3ntal_floss937
      @m3ntal_floss937 5 лет назад +41

      Everyone: Fblthp! Not again! He's lost!
      Fblthp: *defeats Bolas and crawls out of his corpse, looking around like a lost puppy*

    • @dantesinferno1456
      @dantesinferno1456 5 лет назад +3

      Ever last huh

  • @bigmanbossman
    @bigmanbossman 5 лет назад +670

    *Meanwhile, in some corner of Ravnica*
    Sorin: AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
    Nahiri: AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
    *fighting noises*

    • @bigmanbossman
      @bigmanbossman 5 лет назад +3

      Cyberium Damn you Bolas!

    • @acockroach354
      @acockroach354 5 лет назад +8

      Pyrrha Nikos I hope Sorin kills nahiri

    • @AnonymityIx
      @AnonymityIx 5 лет назад

      Nahiri didn't show up there? Damn

    • @Chaotic_Muse
      @Chaotic_Muse 5 лет назад +2

      Because priorities, right?

    • @hismajesty_thevoid7037
      @hismajesty_thevoid7037 5 лет назад +39

      *Elsewhere of Ravnica*
      Tibalt is frantically discarding cards at random
      *1/1 Devil Noises*

  • @theSavageHippie
    @theSavageHippie 5 лет назад +935

    If Bolas controls more than "one" Immortal Sun he has to choose one and sacrifice it, because of legendary rules.

    • @antoniomarino9444
      @antoniomarino9444 5 лет назад +65

      "Screw the rules, i've got godlike powers"

    • @Cyrus_III
      @Cyrus_III 5 лет назад +79

      *Laughs in Mirror Gallery*

    • @marlongaribay9414
      @marlongaribay9414 5 лет назад +49

      But he can control more than one liliana as long as its different ones

    • @brendaneichler5244
      @brendaneichler5244 5 лет назад +24

      Unless he turns it into a creature and equips Helm of the Host to it. Then he'll be fine.

    • @maximerobert2904
      @maximerobert2904 5 лет назад +21

      Moreover if bolas controls a Teferi from WAR he will be able to cast "the elder spell" at instant speed.

  • @tablekun8690
    @tablekun8690 5 лет назад +929

    Every planeswalker: *shows up to stop nicol bolas
    Nicol bolas: YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD

    • @QuintMarvel
      @QuintMarvel 5 лет назад +21

      Wrong card game.

    • @Grim67894
      @Grim67894 5 лет назад +2

      @Sans He's a nerd that hates weebs, but doesn't realize they're viewed as the same....

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 5 лет назад +2

      @Sans "Waaaah, people like things that I don't like!"
      That's how you're acting right now.

    • @brandonsmith2172
      @brandonsmith2172 5 лет назад +2

      Sans To some people even card games like mtg are ridiculous. Wether we like anime or card games we’re all nerds anyway.

    • @JangoMarkov
      @JangoMarkov 5 лет назад +3

      *flashes in Jinzo*

  • @kevinsun7617
    @kevinsun7617 5 лет назад +973

    I for one welcome our incredibly old dragon overlord, now complete with pretty horns.

    • @Dilapidated_Dilo
      @Dilapidated_Dilo 5 лет назад +6

      No our mighty Lord and savior Rakdos will protect us from the oversized lizard with big aspirations

    • @gabrielvega1713
      @gabrielvega1713 5 лет назад

      this feels like a night vale reference

    • @eyesonthastreetalways8580
      @eyesonthastreetalways8580 5 лет назад

      It’s an old meme sir, but it checks out

    • @lorenzodm2784
      @lorenzodm2784 5 лет назад

      @@Dilapidated_Dilo being rided by an handsome human warrior

  • @hydrogigantialista
    @hydrogigantialista 5 лет назад +587

    soo... ur telling me I just started to play this game as the biggest event in it's history unveils?

    • @codyblackwood3172
      @codyblackwood3172 5 лет назад +24

      same

    • @WhiteFlare
      @WhiteFlare 5 лет назад +116

      Also same. To be fair though, Nicol did call legions of planeswalkers in. That includes us noobs.

    • @jonasgonzalez1998
      @jonasgonzalez1998 5 лет назад +11

      One of many

    • @gamma-bv6ty
      @gamma-bv6ty 5 лет назад +23

      I'm not sure if this is the biggest event in it's history. Time spiral and the Urza saga were pretty huge from my understanding, though I wasn't playing back then, and I don't know enough mtg history to be sure. This is definitely one of the most ambitious sets/events in a long time (if not ever) though.

    • @darnnam129
      @darnnam129 5 лет назад +11

      @@gamma-bv6ty I have read most of the story and I can safely say that this set's story is one big mess. Urza's saga and Time spiral are waaay better.

  • @brennanbuglioni2821
    @brennanbuglioni2821 5 лет назад +373

    Magic the Gathering: End Game...
    I mean War of the Avengers...
    I mean Infinity War Part II: Bolas gets his groove back

    • @Mucch1424
      @Mucch1424 5 лет назад +19

      I think you mean Infinity War of the Spark

    • @algeanephila
      @algeanephila 5 лет назад +15

      Thanos 2: Electric Boogaloo

    • @devins7457
      @devins7457 5 лет назад +6

      Nice to see emperor Bolas' new groove.

    • @ComputerJunkie00
      @ComputerJunkie00 5 лет назад +1

      @@Mucch1424
      War of the Infinite Spark

    • @LMNtaLXicon
      @LMNtaLXicon 5 лет назад +1

      Finally someone gets it *right* 😤😤😤

  • @dandyflareblitz2627
    @dandyflareblitz2627 5 лет назад +91

    I run a dnd campaign that takes place in the MtG multiverse, which my players have never played or heard of. I’ve been building up Nicol Bolas for well over a couple months(my players are level 13) and they were HORRIFIED when they found out the Amonkhet and its people, who they made way more friends with than on any other plane, were just pawns for the Dragon who had killed 3 party members. I don’t know how they’re gonna take it when they learn that Samut, Neheb, Hapatra, and all of their other Amonkhet pals were killed not for the grand take over of Ravnica as they thought, but instead for nothing more than the SETUP to a trap.

    • @nixtarma
      @nixtarma 3 года назад +6

      That sounds really cool. What ended up happening?

    • @BehindYou1231
      @BehindYou1231 2 года назад

      Cool

  • @Mister-Thirteen
    @Mister-Thirteen 5 лет назад +934

    Garuk shows up at the last second cuts off Bolas's head and screams "THIS WILL LOOK GOOD ON MY WALL!"
    Before planeswalking away.
    Several sets latter Bolas's Head is found to be still conscious and mounted in Garuk's trophy room... Ugin nearly dies laughing.

    • @swolegolisopod7340
      @swolegolisopod7340 5 лет назад +132

      Hey, at least he went for the head.
      *glares at Thor*

    • @tilly4rilly
      @tilly4rilly 5 лет назад +12

      Flawed logic is flawed. Bolas will simply look at Garry and he will pop. GG.

    • @MetPhD
      @MetPhD 5 лет назад +67

      You mean... "Ugin nearly dies *again* laughing." :)

    • @moisesmela5091
      @moisesmela5091 5 лет назад +23

      Legendary Artifact - Head of Nicol Bolas
      Tap,U,R,B: Choose one:
      - Target opponent discards seven cards
      - Target opponent puts seven cards from the top of their library into the graveyars
      - Destroy target Ugin Planeswalker

    • @GG-dt5hh
      @GG-dt5hh 5 лет назад +16

      Isn’t that basically exactly what happened to Urza?

  • @kyzer42
    @kyzer42 5 лет назад +160

    "One does not consider fun when bringing order to the Multiverse, but this does bring a smile to my face." -Thanos- Nicol Bolas

  • @sankethbhaskar4236
    @sankethbhaskar4236 5 лет назад +557

    I was listening to TTC and clicked over to this and got very confused when I kept hearing Graham's voice.

    • @108108qwerty
      @108108qwerty 5 лет назад +31

      Graham is so recognizable too

    • @plumokin5535
      @plumokin5535 5 лет назад +17

      I recognized the voice immediately and came to the comments to make sure I wasn't going crazy

    • @naomihopper4236
      @naomihopper4236 5 лет назад +19

      "Wait...is that G-Money?" *checks credits under the video* "YUP!"

    • @givemeabreak432
      @givemeabreak432 5 лет назад +5

      I did the exact same thing. I was surprised enough to ask myself "Is that graham?!" aloud.

    • @hynekozana3299
      @hynekozana3299 5 лет назад +1

      Same

  • @kigirudrewko4767
    @kigirudrewko4767 5 лет назад +165

    Plot Twist - Bolas just want to rebuild his small, cute house with his cozy armchair, old books, alchemic stuff and cup of good tea that was destroyed accidentaly once by Urza or something.

    • @filippoclozza22
      @filippoclozza22 5 лет назад +1

      lol that's for few people dude

    • @Frosthief
      @Frosthief 5 лет назад +3

      I still don’t understand that art. Of all the things to represent the Elder Dragon...

    • @filippoclozza22
      @filippoclozza22 5 лет назад

      @@Frosthief which one?? The first Bolas?

    • @clivevii2231
      @clivevii2231 5 лет назад +4

      This is actually the only acceptable reason for someone wanting omnipotence

  • @ivankeremidarov510
    @ivankeremidarov510 5 лет назад +334

    Thank you a lot Wizards of the Coast.
    This video really helped me a lot to figure everything out.
    Great job and amazing Bolas horns.😋

  • @reflectcard6258
    @reflectcard6258 5 лет назад +262

    Such desire for artifacts and Power, I hope Nicol Bolas and Thanos are not college classmates.

    • @alchemicalichor1600
      @alchemicalichor1600 5 лет назад +35

      Thanos: I forgot my homework on world domination.
      Nicol Bolas: Copy mine but change it a little so they don't find out.

    • @jamallee1510
      @jamallee1510 5 лет назад +16

      @@alchemicalichor1600 instead of cool sparks thanos wants pretty colored rocks

    • @sonofgilgamesh1300
      @sonofgilgamesh1300 5 лет назад +1

      Roommates actually......

    • @Ultronisultranationalist
      @Ultronisultranationalist 4 года назад +1

      ???: Would you try to use this gauntlet?
      ???: Would you try to use these sparks?
      Together: Hell yeah~

  • @mrf1shie
    @mrf1shie 5 лет назад +276

    Liliana wearing the chain veil! This probably won't end well.

    • @joho1095
      @joho1095 5 лет назад +9

      Have you seen the animation they posted earlier?

    • @Speetlebeetle
      @Speetlebeetle 5 лет назад +15

      She’s had it for a good while so it’s no real surprise, plus watch the trailer. She’ll be the turning tide to help defeat Bolas.

    • @alexchen2519
      @alexchen2519 5 лет назад +3

      One Veiled powered fireball a la Liliana.

    • @gurrekurre1726
      @gurrekurre1726 5 лет назад +6

      This probably won’t end veil.
      sorry

  • @somethingsomething9017
    @somethingsomething9017 5 лет назад +32

    Emrakul's just chilling in Innistrad's moon, watching this go down and eating popcorn.

  • @mmorkinism
    @mmorkinism 5 лет назад +558

    Recipe for Elder spell:
    1 Planar Bridge,
    1 Army of Eternals,
    1 Immortal Sun,
    1 Liliana Vess.

    • @dominicherce5310
      @dominicherce5310 5 лет назад +95

      Don't forget 34 other Planeswalkers

    • @TheDash2385
      @TheDash2385 5 лет назад +126

      And a pair of pretty horns

    • @ThatWildcard
      @ThatWildcard 5 лет назад +54

      Now stir thoroughly, bake for 30 minutes and *poof* Deus ex machina that kills you!

    • @Krishnath.Dragon
      @Krishnath.Dragon 5 лет назад +18

      I remember what happened last time someone tried to cast the Elder Spell, they ended up with the blackblade through their heart.

    • @meteora5576
      @meteora5576 5 лет назад +19

      Well, 5€ Planar Brigh, 5€ Liliana Vess, 20€ Immortal Sun and some Eternals do sound pretty cheap for "The Ultimate Power" - might consider buying them to rule the wor... ahm to include them in my deck

  • @Flogal
    @Flogal 5 лет назад +148

    The plot of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood in a 7 minute video

  • @tinoderico4785
    @tinoderico4785 5 лет назад +88

    *planar bridge is reference*
    thank goodness he didn’t get the paradox engine. If he did then he’s definitely planning to go infinite

  • @jacquecortez5014
    @jacquecortez5014 5 лет назад +161

    And then Bolas planeswalk to the MCU to steal the Infinity Guantlet from Thanos. That's his master plan.

    • @yousernamemoto6268
      @yousernamemoto6268 5 лет назад +4

      The infinity stones only work in the universe they are created in, soooooooo unless hes planning in staying there it does him no good.

    • @Hiddenmonkey10
      @Hiddenmonkey10 5 лет назад +2

      Well, he can now rule over two universes... I don't see an issue here.

    • @lorekeeper685
      @lorekeeper685 5 лет назад

      he could create a mcguffin on that universe that makes him omnipotent on other universes or just take an army of super heroes super villians ect he got pretty horns afterall

    • @cingkrimson_requiem
      @cingkrimson_requiem 5 лет назад

      @@yousernamemoto6268 the time stone worked in the Dark Dimension

    • @chrisr8085
      @chrisr8085 5 лет назад

      @@yousernamemoto6268 But you see since the gauntlet is able to change reality, he would just snap his fingers and merge the two universes together making him the omnipotent god of the merged Verse.....

  • @embersashs1555
    @embersashs1555 5 лет назад +387

    Hey that’s graham stark from loading ready run who’s narrating 😂😂 big fan

    • @alexashton6501
      @alexashton6501 5 лет назад +7

      literally the first thing i thought when i heard it...

    • @alexandersteel7272
      @alexandersteel7272 5 лет назад +10

      I get that it's a shock that they got someone so big, but that is clearly the voice of 64k's G-Star

    • @jiffyb333
      @jiffyb333 5 лет назад +3

      Glad I'm not alone in being startled when I noticed. They do Friday Nights for MTG so I suppose there's a connection there.

    • @bobthegamingtaco6073
      @bobthegamingtaco6073 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah, I was so happy when I heard his voice start the narration

    • @Danteisgod1
      @Danteisgod1 5 лет назад +3

      Honestly couldn’t tell it was Graham until 1:30

  • @Magnivore519
    @Magnivore519 5 лет назад +6

    I've been playing Magic for 14 years now, coming up on 15. I've rarely ever heard of any semblance of story in that time because it wasn't super available. These kinds of videos that wrap things up and connect a bunch of dots are extremely interesting and helpful to me. Please don't stop making them.

  • @underking14
    @underking14 5 лет назад +786

    Will this be canon with the MCU?

    • @antoniomarino9444
      @antoniomarino9444 5 лет назад +72

      Teferi while disappearing:" we are in the endgame now.. There was no other way"

    • @montruo000000007
      @montruo000000007 5 лет назад +14

      It will be Nikon with the DCEU

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy 5 лет назад +24

      No, but there will be a Scooby Doo crossover.

    • @lucasnlima
      @lucasnlima 5 лет назад +44

      Doctor Strange 3BB
      "Nicol Bolas, I've come to bargain!"

    • @amiablereaper
      @amiablereaper 5 лет назад +25

      Bolas>>>Thanos

  • @vladspellbinder
    @vladspellbinder 5 лет назад +41

    1:58 Graham : "You'll find out in a minute."
    2:58 *Not the price of The Elder Spell* You _lied_ to me Graham. I trusted you.

    • @willemboele2079
      @willemboele2079 5 лет назад +2

      the price is planeswalker sparks

    • @vladspellbinder
      @vladspellbinder 5 лет назад +4

      @@willemboele2079 Yes. I got that.
      I was making a joke about the way the script was phrased and the video length timer.
      It was said we'd be told "in a minute". Well, a minute passed and we were not told so they lied to us.

  • @lucasnlima
    @lucasnlima 5 лет назад +61

    Doctor Strange 3BB
    "Nicol Bolas, I've come to bargain!"

    • @janetlapham3919
      @janetlapham3919 5 лет назад +9

      you mean Teferi?

    • @lucasnlima
      @lucasnlima 5 лет назад +3

      ​@@janetlapham3919 hummm, strange is teferi... so hulk is garr(h)ulk. . . . . . ... make a little sense XD

    • @fariqazwan2292
      @fariqazwan2292 5 лет назад +4

      Dr strange makes an infinite combo..

    • @migBdk
      @migBdk 5 лет назад +5

      @@fariqazwan2292 ...without a win condition... and get a concede out of his frustrated opponent.

  • @VexylObby
    @VexylObby 5 лет назад +62

    Karn must his true Legacy Weapon ability: to shrink and sneak inside of Bolas’ rectum, and expand to Bolas’ demise.

  • @tayvar7425
    @tayvar7425 5 лет назад +126

    I like his pretty horns.

  • @junkiejonesandthepicogang6598
    @junkiejonesandthepicogang6598 5 лет назад +69

    Karn's gonna go super saiyan and -11 to restart the world

  • @smolclips5996
    @smolclips5996 5 лет назад +148

    But tezzeret never went to ixalan. Vraska used the spell bolas taught her to contact tezzeret and he simply planar bridged it away.

    • @JediMB
      @JediMB 5 лет назад +51

      Yeah, that misrepresentation of the situation is pretty weird, since what actually happened with Vraska is bound to be important in the WAR story.

    • @Sheriff_K
      @Sheriff_K 5 лет назад +6

      Yup, Jace and Vraska let them take it.

    • @Euclides287
      @Euclides287 5 лет назад +5

      Who gives a damn about who went where..
      Just play the damn cardboard!

    • @JediMB
      @JediMB 5 лет назад +43

      @@Euclides287 This is a story-focused video, Cletus.

    • @vavapotter
      @vavapotter 5 лет назад +12

      I came here to find this. Nothing about Jace and Vraska 's scheme to trick Bolas too which is pretty important to understand how the PW will try to defeat him.

  • @notarealspy4090
    @notarealspy4090 5 лет назад +251

    *plot twist*
    The eldrazi come out of nowhere

    • @supremeverdict359
      @supremeverdict359 5 лет назад +22

      *not a real spy* and Phyrexian dump an artificial plane atop ravinica!!
      And the reason why Bolas must succeed is to stop these insane treats to the Multiverse!

    • @thejukies
      @thejukies 5 лет назад +36

      Emrakul, the Ruler of Phyrexia
      Bolas: oh f#xk

    • @triopsate3
      @triopsate3 5 лет назад +32

      @@thejukies
      Planeswalking Sliver swarm who have assimilated the powers of the Eldrazi and the Phrexians.
      Multiverse: Well sh*t...

    • @guysimpai
      @guysimpai 5 лет назад +6

      And then Slivers....

    • @triopsate3
      @triopsate3 5 лет назад +17

      @@guysimpai
      What about Phyrexian Eldrazi Sliver planeswalkers?

  • @kappaross6124
    @kappaross6124 5 лет назад +71

    Graham: He wants to be (pause)
    My brain: the very best like no one ever was?
    Graham: the most powerful being in the multiverse.
    Me: oh

    • @dragonboyjgh
      @dragonboyjgh 5 лет назад

      potaytos, potahtos.

    • @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa
      @OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa 5 лет назад +4

      To catch Sparks is his real test
      The Elder Spell's his caaaauuuse

    • @MissAshley42
      @MissAshley42 5 лет назад

      He wants to go back to the old days when he was a friendly grandpa dragon.

  • @reddleman2
    @reddleman2 5 лет назад +26

    This was really helpful in understanding the plot. Maybe something to consider doing for each set?

  • @PalPlays
    @PalPlays 5 лет назад +200

    6:07 Is that the first piece of art we have seen of Liliana actually *wearing* The Chain Veil?

    • @antoniomarino9444
      @antoniomarino9444 5 лет назад +8

      I don't remember her wearing it in any card's artowrk so i think so

    • @PalPlays
      @PalPlays 5 лет назад +10

      @@antoniomarino9444 That's criminal.

    • @Dialethian
      @Dialethian 5 лет назад +8

      Could be wrong, thing she wears it in the old comics, maybe a card or two.

    • @PalPlays
      @PalPlays 5 лет назад +2

      @@antoniomarino9444 I would *love* to be wrong here.

    • @JKeays100
      @JKeays100 5 лет назад +14

      She has it in the Comic book The Hunter and the Veil.
      Pretty cool artwork

  • @NicolaiBolas
    @NicolaiBolas 5 лет назад +1

    That was an unbelievable video! It was a perfect summary and now I'm even more hyped! Thanks Day9 for the epic commentating!

  • @hynekozana3299
    @hynekozana3299 5 лет назад +72

    I mean now I just want a Gram-narrated audio book

  • @petegriswold
    @petegriswold 5 лет назад +15

    I'm gonna say that, in a huge twist, they manage to drop Emrakul right on his head

  • @krim7
    @krim7 5 лет назад +22

    Great job on the narration Graham!
    It is cool to see his whole scheme laid out in such an informative video. For sure sharing this with my friends who do not pay close attention to the lore.

  • @dallaschaffin1946
    @dallaschaffin1946 5 лет назад

    This is absolutely fantastic for people who don't read the story but are still interested in it. Thank you guys for posting a synopsis up to this point

  • @oneofeverything1000
    @oneofeverything1000 5 лет назад +13

    Graham is the best. i could listen to him tell me lore all day

  • @BloodLegaZ
    @BloodLegaZ 5 лет назад +46

    What are we doing today Bolas?
    The same thing we do every day Tezeret. TRY TO TAKE OVER DA WORLD!!

  • @thatguy963
    @thatguy963 5 лет назад +87

    Literally nobody:
    Nicol Bolas: * vores your spark *

  • @Zkeleton969
    @Zkeleton969 5 лет назад +1

    As a very new mtg player, THANK YOU. this summarized the whole story wonderfully and really helped give me the full perspective of the new expansion.

  • @zoesequeira5388
    @zoesequeira5388 5 лет назад +33

    "The Elder Spell" might be the most generic spell name since "fireball"

    • @Hornswroggle
      @Hornswroggle 5 лет назад +9

      I wonder how often they had to re-take sections because he accidentally said "elder scroll" XD

    • @edschramm6757
      @edschramm6757 5 лет назад

      i gotta say, when i first heard about the elder spell, i immediately mentally went to "The Elder Swear"

    • @mangenkiou
      @mangenkiou 5 лет назад +1

      Well...Bolas is 25000 years old,he is old beyond tropes...

    • @kjwyouell3705
      @kjwyouell3705 5 лет назад +1

      Just summons a shit load of Eldrazi

  • @normalguy42069
    @normalguy42069 5 лет назад +8

    That's a nice foil pre-release Bolas you got there.
    *Taps four plains and places a Ixalans' Binding on top of it.*
    It would be a shame if you couldn't play the game.

  • @captaincatgirl42069
    @captaincatgirl42069 5 лет назад +17

    Severely disappointed at the lack of Niv-Mizzet in this video

  • @anhhoanginh4763
    @anhhoanginh4763 5 лет назад +30

    plot twist: the Great Scheme lost the final game by some argo goblins

  • @xeno2752
    @xeno2752 5 лет назад +8

    *Spoiler:* Everything ends with an epic battle inside Bolas's Citadel while Fblthp tries not to get his head blown off by a stray fireball in the middle of all that chaos. Bolas successfully casts the Elder Spell, but Gideon sacrifices himself to kill him before he absorbs everyone's sparks, and both plummet to their deaths. At that point, the sparks enter the nearest available living body: Fblthp, who becames omnipotent. With such a burden, and knowing that there will be others like Bolas, Fblthp decides to travel to the only place where he knows no one will be ever be able to reach him... back in time! Adopting a pseudonym to make sure that his destiny remains forever unknown, he puts an end to the planeswalkers saga and so a new story begins: the story of Arcanis the Omnipotent!

  • @wiz4e
    @wiz4e 5 лет назад

    Imo best MTGA video so far! It was hard for me as a casual player to understand everything that happened and is happening in MTG / MTGA since the beginning. Thank you very much for making such great explanatory and beautiful video!

  • @exavier5616
    @exavier5616 5 лет назад +12

    Oh hi graham nice to see you voicing over the plan of Nico bolas

  • @antfayden
    @antfayden 3 года назад +1

    Wow this story summary just dusts vraska under the rug

  • @kylarking
    @kylarking 5 лет назад +7

    Then just before he gains ultimate power the true overlords or the multiverse show up having followed the same beacon as the planeswalkers. The Eldrazi titans have returned. Finally will everyone realize that the eldrazi aren’t monsters. The protect the order of the multiverse and only when they’re gone has this fallen into true chaos. All hail the colorless ones!

  • @filip2175
    @filip2175 5 лет назад

    For a second I thought this wasn’t Graham Stark! Nice narration and great script writing. I’m really grateful that you share the lore with others, I feel like people need to know more about the Mtg multiverse!

  • @Vei--
    @Vei-- 5 лет назад +4

    Thats my boy Graham's voice. I love seeing anything LRR on this channel.

  • @SynAngel
    @SynAngel 5 лет назад

    Nice too see a lore video on the main Magic channel. Stoked for the new set!

  • @ItsJustBrenton
    @ItsJustBrenton 5 лет назад +60

    Knew it was Graham from the jump. The pronunciation of Amonkhet sealed it.

    • @JeremyHoffman
      @JeremyHoffman 5 лет назад +3

      What about his pronunciation of finale?

  • @Pilsnerp1c
    @Pilsnerp1c 5 лет назад

    More of these, please. I have had an unreasonable amount of trouble finding uniform, quality summaries of the story. I'd prefer to get one of these for every set. Also, Graham Stark as Narrator is fantastic.

  • @BuddhaKING86
    @BuddhaKING86 5 лет назад +63

    So good.....now for new phyrexia to come into play.....and the gran cenobyte to become a planeswalker

    • @ClemPrime13
      @ClemPrime13 5 лет назад +8

      Phyrexians can’t have sparks.

    • @oliver5732
      @oliver5732 5 лет назад +2

      @InferSader The planar bridge can only transport dead matter, don't know if that works for phyrexians

    • @OneoftheVoice
      @OneoftheVoice 5 лет назад +2

      also Phyrexians can already traverse the Blind Eternities, they don't need sparks

    • @Thoughtmage100
      @Thoughtmage100 5 лет назад +4

      @@OneoftheVoice How do you figure? As far as I know they have no natural means of doing so.

    • @FlameI7
      @FlameI7 5 лет назад +1

      OneoftheVoice No they can't

  • @deepvybes
    @deepvybes 5 лет назад +42

    Have you guys ever considered making a 3rd Person Magic RPG game?

    • @FrankHarrison12
      @FrankHarrison12 5 лет назад +3

      There is a MTG mmorpg in development already.

    • @Xport9
      @Xport9 5 лет назад

      @@FrankHarrison12 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

    • @thaleiaart
      @thaleiaart 5 лет назад

      @@FrankHarrison12 Where? Who?

    • @FrankHarrison12
      @FrankHarrison12 5 лет назад

      @@thaleiaart cryptic, the devs of neverwinter

    • @manuelfranzone9295
      @manuelfranzone9295 4 года назад +2

      There is a dungeon and dragons setting with ravnica 💯👌

  • @alessioanderlini3653
    @alessioanderlini3653 5 лет назад +21

    You rock, Graham.
    #WarOfTheStark

  • @aclabonte
    @aclabonte 5 лет назад

    Yay Graham! This is the best lore summary I've seen yet

  • @phoenix2907
    @phoenix2907 5 лет назад +11

    Whenever I think of this, I think of the pillar men theme playing in the background of the whole thing.

  • @RekagonPants
    @RekagonPants 5 лет назад

    so happy to hear Graham on this video :)

  • @paccmman5506
    @paccmman5506 5 лет назад +13

    *Obsorbs planeswalker spark*
    Nicole Bolas "Haha! Know I am double immortal."

    • @GtdAquataine
      @GtdAquataine 5 лет назад +1

      Eh, still has 5 or six immortals before he is Sun Wukong levels of immortal, get on it Nicky.

    • @Wolfsbane909
      @Wolfsbane909 5 лет назад +1

      Hey dragon, that planeswalker called you a "slave", you should just eat his all spark...

  • @arsenalarsenalCOYG
    @arsenalarsenalCOYG 5 лет назад +1

    I’m a newbie to Magic and I’ve only been playing since Kaledesh. I do think this newness gives me a fresh set of eyes and an unbiased perspective that isn’t tainted by nostalgia. Let me just say, I love this game and the lore is excellent-such a great story. However, I can’t help but feel that it’s unfortunate we have shoddy story tellers. With all of its history (and I would imagine money) you think wizards of the coast would put out better media content.

  • @kurodracovalladares8823
    @kurodracovalladares8823 5 лет назад +70

    Meanwhile
    Kamigawa I bet is saying yeah sucks to be you guys right now
    Goes back to sip tea!

    • @NOV3LIST
      @NOV3LIST 5 лет назад

      I really wondered why Tamiyo wasn't in this set but your comment made enough sense haha

    • @tiffanylastinger3925
      @tiffanylastinger3925 5 лет назад

      @@NOV3LIST tamiyo is?

    • @NOV3LIST
      @NOV3LIST 5 лет назад

      @@tiffanylastinger3925 oh! Is there already a card for her or is she just there lore wise?

    • @gabrij12
      @gabrij12 5 лет назад

      @@NOV3LIST there's the stained glass which is exacly the same as plainswalker art so we know we'll get a tamiyo card

    • @antoniomarino9444
      @antoniomarino9444 5 лет назад +2

      Tamiyo will be in... She just doesn't usually care to get herself involved..

  • @theoriginalpancake2847
    @theoriginalpancake2847 5 лет назад

    Best explanation I’ve ever seen after looking forever!

  • @someweirddog868
    @someweirddog868 5 лет назад +19

    If squirrel can take down Emrakul... Squirrels can take down bolas!

  • @MidnightAge
    @MidnightAge 5 лет назад

    Graham has such a good voice for this kind of work.

  • @barryallen9846
    @barryallen9846 5 лет назад +4

    That was really cool. I can’t wait for this to come out.

  • @eisenhoward1
    @eisenhoward1 5 лет назад

    These are awesome! Please make more of these to fill in the lore for us!

  • @siberyuswithengard7364
    @siberyuswithengard7364 5 лет назад +4

    You were expecting Bolas victory.
    BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!

  • @mikebulmer9823
    @mikebulmer9823 5 лет назад +1

    Ahh, so pumped for this set, and the novel! Can't wait to see how this plays out!

  • @carumsarene
    @carumsarene 5 лет назад +8

    All these planeswalkers dying...
    ...meanwhile my character is sitting on the sidelines eating Rakdos popcorn, cheering on the Boros and still calling out Ral for his stupidity.

  • @jacestarling5665
    @jacestarling5665 5 лет назад

    Hearing Ghraham Stark narrate was something I didnt think I needed. Now I want a lrr voiced audible reading of the story

  • @PumpkinGoblin
    @PumpkinGoblin 5 лет назад +3

    Bolas’s plans is trying to get us to buy more cards.

  • @TalosParoxi
    @TalosParoxi 5 лет назад

    great job with the narration Graham. I was super happy when I heard your voice upon opening this video.

  • @Sceadusawol
    @Sceadusawol 5 лет назад +5

    Bolas wins, then realises he can't destroy the Immortal Sun and is stuck on Ravnica forever.

  • @tomluna1201
    @tomluna1201 5 лет назад

    More story video like this one please! One from every set from now on PLEASE!

  • @Lizardguy3
    @Lizardguy3 5 лет назад +10

    Things that will happen: 80% of all planeswalkers live.
    Nicol Bolas looses.
    I quit the story because fake stakes are worse than no stakes.

  • @seamusallen3839
    @seamusallen3839 5 лет назад

    Love the narration by Graham!

  • @dc2008242
    @dc2008242 5 лет назад +5

    1:50
    Elder Spell? More like elder scroll
    Final battle, Nicol about to be defeated, everything goes black.
    "Hey you, you're finally awake, you were caught crossing the boarder, same as us and that thief over there."
    Alduin = Nicol Bolas Confirmed

  • @Butternades
    @Butternades 5 лет назад

    I love Graham’s narrating voice

  • @luliby2309
    @luliby2309 5 лет назад +2

    This is awesome. Though I was hoping that this would cover some of the earlier plans and schemes of Bolas from before the Gatewatch era. That would have been a helpful recap.

  • @davidrojas6457
    @davidrojas6457 5 лет назад

    Graham. Doug. Y'all did an amazing job with this, well done.

  • @MichaelBelchior
    @MichaelBelchior 5 лет назад +4

    "Dread it, run from it, destiny still arrives."

  • @kumikey
    @kumikey 5 лет назад

    The serious nature of this video peppered with slight comic relief os great

  • @sittacarolinensis8448
    @sittacarolinensis8448 5 лет назад +4

    Well done, Graham!!

  • @miko_gawronski
    @miko_gawronski 5 лет назад

    Well animated and well narrated. Graham's voice is epic!

  • @Mr.TofuDeliveryMan
    @Mr.TofuDeliveryMan 5 лет назад +5

    Wait so is this the end of nicol Bolas? Is he never gonna be a character? Is Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God The Last Card Of Nicol Bolas To ever be printed? If so, then that card will be Expensive AF. Good thing I pulled one during a Prerelease

  • @wiliberstafford1409
    @wiliberstafford1409 2 года назад +1

    Today November 4th 2022. Today I just barely watched your video. I really wish this had come out and had been adequately advertised before or during the War of the Spark.

  • @jake_russ
    @jake_russ 5 лет назад +17

    spanning back to Kaladesh...
    that's certainly understating it, isn't it?

    • @jacobb5484
      @jacobb5484 5 лет назад +3

      Graham mentioned the mending, but this plot only requires you know from around khans/kaladesh to War.

    • @JimmyR42
      @JimmyR42 5 лет назад

      Bolas first appeared in Legends(1994), Kaladesh block came out towards the end of 2016 and the "great mending" which caused Bolas to come up with a plan to restore what he lost because of it only happened in Dominaria(2018).

    • @paulw2885
      @paulw2885 4 года назад

      @@JimmyR42 No, not Dominaria the set. Dominaria the plane. The Great Mending was the plot of the Time Spiral block. This goes back much further. I'm going to guess 2006. This particular plot wasn't actually concieved until they were making Kaladesh, but they've been claiming Bolas has a grand plan since Alara (without them actually having any idea what his plan was going to be)

  • @wilsonyang4505
    @wilsonyang4505 5 лет назад

    Thanks for this everyone was asking for this you guys should do your own lore stories! Maybe more production value than other independent channels or let the channels use your art for it.

  • @aaron_n6310
    @aaron_n6310 5 лет назад +3

    Bolas: You’ve walked into my trap!
    Every other plainswalker: not all of us!
    *Garruk, Apex Predator appears*
    Bolas: OH @#$&!!!

    • @Sixon-cv9ty
      @Sixon-cv9ty 5 лет назад

      +1 destroy target Planeswalker

  • @KaneYork
    @KaneYork 5 лет назад

    The emphasis in that ending gave me chills.

  • @alchemicalichor1600
    @alchemicalichor1600 5 лет назад +3

    I'm surprised there is no fanart of Tezzeret saying "Walk through me daddies" to the army of eternals while he turns into the planer bridge.

  • @vesstig
    @vesstig 2 года назад +1

    I see everyone talking about how Bolas is doing something but no one talking about how thats Graham from Loading Ready Run