you can watch all of my Card Studies here, which includes the cringeworthy OG Snap vid (for now). please, take it easy on 2015 Sam: ruclips.net/p/PLg9H9LJ2OoGCCYg3JKL3Flcazk3Sz51Fu
I Gotta say i really really loved your first snap video i have actually shown it to many people, who i am now showing this video. again, dont be too hard on yourself, the og was good man! you can say you started at good and got to great!
I respect your dedication to impeccable quality but don't be too hard on yourself. I, at least, loved your original snapcaster video and I also think it's great that you can revisit your work in such a candid manner.
Self critique is a good thing in general but it is a fine line between that and being too hard on yourself. You do amazing work and I echo the many on here who enjoyed the prior video just as much. I can't imagine how long it takes for you to come up with the material and the editing needed to be done for these videos to come out looking amazing, but I can tell you that every single one of them I have truly enjoyed (my favorite being the lightning bolt episode as I am a red mage at heart).
I appreciated the thematic overlap of revisiting your old video in the way that illustrators have revisited the art of the invitational cards. Love your videos.
I have been watching your channel since that first video. It is amazing to realize how far this project of yours has grown and how much it's changed. Despite disagreeing with you about the Snapcaster reprint in the first video I still loved how it was done and the approach you took to the subject. This video is interesting in that it looks back at your own work and criticizes it, talks about how to change things up, and how things being different can be for the better while applying those exact same ideas to the invitational cards. Really impressed with it. Just how perfect this lines up is amazing.
The card highlighted in this video is definitely my personal favorite Invitational. Just in the context of Modern, the card makes so many play options that much more impactful. From the old, "bolt, Snap+bolt," control plays, to just doing the weirdest plays. I've Snapcastered a Damnation. I have done that.
I think you may be my favorite MTG content creator ever. Crisp professional, intelligent and impeccably well edited material with both a thought provoking nature and an entertaining twist, never stop.
I joined the channel a while back after you were a guest on the command zone and immediately started watching all of your videos. I love the way you open up the Magic world through your videos and I find myself entranced in each new work you release. Keep up the awesome videos, you have made me appreciate this game far more than I thought I ever would so thank you :)
What I most surely like the most is that you don't put your face in the video, except at the end. It keeps the magic of the naked voice, but we still get to see you!
This has become my favorite channel. You are relaxed and informative, insightful and artistic. I feel like I'm learning, instead of being told to learn. Keep being you, Sam.
Your ability to continue innovating your format always impresses me Sam. Recreating an old video with a completely new tone is not something I had even considered you would do but you've done an excellent job.
After discovering your channel yesterday, I've been hooked and can't find any MTG videos with the same quality and thought put into them! Can't wait for the next one! :D EDIT: Now that I've seen the video, I must say that you're improving with every upload!
Did You Know Magic is okay. Not nearly to this level, but interesting enough that I watch them. They tend to be more dry facts than analysis though, which is too bad.
Your videos are truly amazing. You put so much time, effort and hard work into showing the world how beautiful, creative and amazing this game is. Even people who laughed at me for playing a "Child's game" now appreciate it in some way. Thank you for this incredible content, keep it coming! It's a shame you have no more confidant slot on Patreon.
This video summarizes in a beautiful and poetic way what many players will never understand, the people depicted in those cards made history, either by creating novel strategies or new decks. This is part of magic history and I am so glad of being a part of it.
I only just discovered your channel in the last few days. I'm so glad to see it's still getting updates, and I thought the subject and execution of this video was super classy. I've been lapsed on Magic for over ten years at this point, and to be honest I'm too scared of everything that's happened since I've been gone to get back into it, but your videos are bringing back a lot of really warm memories of the fun of the game. Love this channel, keep up the great work.
This is one of my favorite videos to watch when I am feeling stuck creatively. Not only is it an essay about the history of an aspect of the game, but as well a retrospective of a creator's own work. Thank you for the years of content
There is no ability that's harder to master and worth more respect than the ability to admit one was wrong. And you, sir, did it publicaly and without any need of exterior pressure. My respects.
I found your channel a week or two ago and I've been marathoning the "Studies" series. I totally agree with your theme here: New versions of old cards help keep them being seen, and you can always go back to the original. Amazing content as always!
I don't know how you do it, but the quality of your content increases with every new video. Every time I think you've finally hit the ceiling for what Magic content can be, you break right through it.
I actually just found your channel last night and subbed after watching all those card studies. They were good, and even though the audio was a bit muffled like you said I didn't see anything wrong with the editing style you used back then. Your skills have really improved, and from an outsider's perspective I'm happy for you that you're able to do all these neat effects. Great work, bud!
I, in fact, loved your first video on snapcaster mage! I thought it raised some rather tempting points, yet this follow up video shows you truly have revalued your thoughts and come to possibly the most respectable conclusion. Your content still impresses me, as every video surpasses the previous. In this case, that was the intent :D
I love this retrospective Sam, I think we all know how hard it can be to go back on something we've said in the past and I have a lot of respect for you leaving up the old video for posterity. Keep up the great buddy, I'll be watching.
I rarely like and subscribe to people but you are fantastic and I immediately subbed and liked every video I watched. I love that you look at the flavor and art side of the beautiful game of magic the gathering.
The best cards which use the likeness of notable people I find are generally the ones you wouldnt be able to tell without knowing the context. Many of the cards fall under this category I feel, but some like Faerie Mastermind are very obvious and can be distracting to people.
Firstly, I love your work, your videos are fantastically well put-together. I do respectfully disagree, however; I think it's more than just painting over the old legends of the game. One thing I really admired about the invitational cards was the inspiration they gave; namely, for younger players, it was almost like a challenge, like the designers were saying with each card "Play well, play hard, and maybe this could be you". Perhaps I'm a bit too nostalgic, but that was what they meant to me.
I agree as well. And its not like a reprint can't have new artwork. Its not like the likeness could not be repeated. To me these cards were cards of arguably established characters. So having reprints with a different likeness was jarring to me as if you had a Jace that does not look like Jace, or a Liliana card where she is for some reason depicted as a short man. Reprints are always welcome, just have the artist draw the likeness of the person who inspired the original card imo.
Great video! I love the fact that you're not above going back and admitting to changing your views on something that you seemed so against in the past. Back when I watched the original video, I was very new to MtG and wasn't quite sure what was going on with invitationals etc, but its interesting to see your new views, and be prompted to re-think some of my own.
Hi Sam, I just discovered your channel a few days ago. I watched your bolt and rancor videos (two of my favorite cards ever) and then all the rest. I haven’t played since middle school, but your awesome videos inspired me to pick it back up. I just ordered a new deck and sleeves, and am going to my university’s mtg club meeting next week. Thanks for rekindling the love for the game my younger self lost. Cheers.
Love seeing the art of PVDDR in Elite Spellbinder and also Kieran Yanner's self depiction in the C17 curse cycle (plus his return on Flame Blitz in MH2)
I gotta say.. I have a few MTG videographers that I follow. I love what you do here. Its a true study that brings to light an aspect of the game that often, I have no reference for. Thanks for the education. :)
I don't think you sounded whiney in your original Snapcaster Mage video. I think that was how I discovered your channel in the first place. But I feel you sir, I recently finished my third short film a few months ago. I'm finding it difficult to go back and watch my previous flicks because I have grown as filmmaker. We're our own worst critics. In any case, love your videos, can't wait for the next one! :)
"I find it unwatchable now" I literally just found your channel through that video 3 days ago and have watched almost every video all the way through because of the Snapcast video
i love that you picked Kess. I made a commadner deck for the first time a little while back, based on Jevela (same cast cost) and when Kess was announced i ismply swapped her out and never looked back. She's the absolute best.
Found your channel just yesterday. I think I've watched ten videos so far, bite sized educational videos with a decent soundtrack are always welcome. Keep up the good work 😀
I don't think you were particularly whiny in your old video. I absolutely appreciate your willingness to look back and revise your opinions. While not perfect, the old video has a raw emotion to it that I appreciated.
The video draws very interesting parallels to the 2017 talk from magic's art designer in which he talked a little bit about handling reprints and MaRo's 2016 talk in which he mentioned customizability as one of his lessons.
Snapcaster Mage holds a special place in my heart; I started playing shortly before Innistrad came out, and Snap is the first individual card I bought worth more than a dollar. I played it for as long as it was in Standard, and I've cast it a lot since in both Modern and Legacy. Not only is it powerful, but it embodies the best part of Magic for me: endless possibilities. It can be an Ambush Viper, a Nekrataal, a Mystic Snake, or a Lava Axe, and sometimes your Snapcasters will be all of these in the same game. It's a win condition, but also an answer. As for the art, I'm a fan of always using the original printing of cards when I can. I'm not an old timer by any stretch, but I enjoy having the "real deal". It feels more unique. And it's this very feeling that means I support new art on old cards. For me, it means there is a very real difference between the old and the new, instead of merely a subtle frame change, for instance. And this is, by the way, completely independent of card prices. I enjoy using my Darksteel Aether Vials even though the modern masters ones are worth more money. the old ones just feel right.
Great content, one of the most high standards of quality I've seen on YT. Would love to see a video about the Avatars. Cheers, keep up the good work please
Voidmage is by far my favourite invitation card for art! Meddling is sweet to play with and i have to say in recent cards as you said the likeness of Kibler and Woo in the cards are just awesome!
I don't even play Magic, but your videos are so well made and you are so articulate and you have a great voice. You sound better than most NPR people so you could definitely do radio or TV if you want
yo!!! hey man just wanna say, dont be so hard on yourself, the content you put out is great! keep up the good work bro! looking forward to your next releases! cheers!
I'm glad to see your new opinion has been informed by your love of magic art :) It is the reason I, and many others, came to the game in the first place.
I really love your work. You spread lots of interesting studies about history, color and styles of the cards that most people (me either) wouldn't recognize. Learning such things is absolutely charming. PS: OMG THAT POOR Sun Titan!!! I never realized that he died in Terminate...
Woah I never noticed that Harnessed Lightning is Travis Woo. I love Travis Woo, more so for his non magic related content. He's a really inspirational dude. Awesome vid Sam!
As an all time fan of flavor, lore, history of the cards, decks, collections... i gotta say somehow, i see things a bit different. I cannot help to love old frames, some old arts. Take for instance, Alexander original shockland art. I love them many times over the new artwork. The other example is the new Solemn Simulacrum artwork. Is way more atractive than the original one, but i would always stay true to the oroginal one, as it was an honor extendend to the player. I still dont know how i feel about making new artworks for an invitational card. But somehow i see it different now. Thank you, great video, great series!. This video made me suscribe to your channel, so, keep up the awesome work!
I get that they need new iterations, but I still wished they had nods to the originals in the art or flavor text, such as having a small background character with the person's face, or even just a reference to them in the text. Dark confidant is also great, but I always ranked infiltrator mage higher than it actually was
Hi, just recently subscribed. Went back and watched most of your older videod. That snap caster video was actually one of my favorite videos. You're too hard on yourself. It seemed obvious it was something you felt strongly about.
The video "The Cultural Signifigance of Snapcaster Mmage" is absolutely one of my FAVORITE videos made on this channel to date! Yes, the production quality was not the same as today's, the word choice, timing, music, and transitions are GOLD.
I liked the video. One thing I would have loved you to mention is how R&D wanted Snappy to be red but the player convinced them to let it bend the color pie for him.
Amazing video Sam, as always! Not sure that version of Animate Dead is the one that depicts the Sun Titan though, the version form the Premium Deck Series: Graveborn depicts the Sun Titan rising up from his Terminated-ness . Still an amazing video as always, please keep making more.
I feel like if I ever got the opportunity to design a card for Magic, I'd go all in on a bad/joke card. Like a legendary creature that's a 0/1 with First Strike.
James Bond, Ethan Hunt, Jack Ryan, Domino and so many more fictional characters have had been subject to many interpretations and changes to likeness but credit to their creators have always remained and the original people/actors who represented these characters will always be acknowledged and remembered. This system can also work with MTG. Tiago Chan will always be remembered as the original Snapcaster Mage, just as how Sean Connery will always be known for playing the first incarnation of James Bond. In the former case, credit for creation will always go to Tiago Chan and in the latter case, Ian Fleming.
Just days ago RUclips recommended the Snapcaster video to me but I find myself incapable of sitting through the entire video. It was the first time I failed to watch the entire video made by you. Although I think you're being overly critical saying that it sounded whiny, the video wasn't as well made as your recent projects. After viewing this particular video, I find myself wanting more. Keep up the good work Sam and cheers~
kess is amazing especially with the color combinations as a commander and as a card. with invitational cards i agree with a point you made in the video mentioned before that the desigins put forth by pros originally are usually busted. snapcaster has the least restrictions for what you can do with it which makes it fun to use and powerful for tournaments and unfortunately hard on wallets. i need to look at invitational cards but it probably will go back to snap caster since felxiability in power and blue are fun to me.
Agreed on every point, excellent video. I personally just put together a deck with Faerie Mastermind in it, and I'm so put off by the art that I splurged for a proxy even though I own the real card. Magic is better when we have options.
you can watch all of my Card Studies here, which includes the cringeworthy OG Snap vid (for now).
please, take it easy on 2015 Sam: ruclips.net/p/PLg9H9LJ2OoGCCYg3JKL3Flcazk3Sz51Fu
I Gotta say i really really loved your first snap video i have actually shown it to many people, who i am now showing this video. again, dont be too hard on yourself, the og was good man! you can say you started at good and got to great!
I liked the original snap video too
I respect your dedication to impeccable quality but don't be too hard on yourself. I, at least, loved your original snapcaster video and I also think it's great that you can revisit your work in such a candid manner.
TheMagicManSam
You were good then, you're good now.
Self critique is a good thing in general but it is a fine line between that and being too hard on yourself. You do amazing work and I echo the many on here who enjoyed the prior video just as much. I can't imagine how long it takes for you to come up with the material and the editing needed to be done for these videos to come out looking amazing, but I can tell you that every single one of them I have truly enjoyed (my favorite being the lightning bolt episode as I am a red mage at heart).
I love how all the pros wanted insanely broken cards
who doesn't though
@@jared1932 Johnnies i guess?
“Aw, yeah, my card is an enchantment, and the text text says ‘your opponent cannot cast spells or activate abilities’”
I am semi convinced they were just playing a game of who can make the most broken card and have r and d not notice how broken it was
I mean there was the time where they wanted to make a world enchantment just to get rid of other ones
Good lord, the amount of effort put into the editing is monstrously entertaining to observe and take in. Never stop, Sam.
Couldn't agree more.
I appreciated the thematic overlap of revisiting your old video in the way that illustrators have revisited the art of the invitational cards.
Love your videos.
I'm glad you caught on. the editing motif also applies to the players designing their own cards, i.e. 'editing' the game, too.
Oh, that's true!
I appreciate the reply. ^.^b
It's official. I have been addictively watching your studies now for weeks and this has become my favorite Magic channel for RUclips.
I feel like sol ring deserves a video but
that's just me
Theo the Greek Thunder that or mana vault
I have been watching your channel since that first video. It is amazing to realize how far this project of yours has grown and how much it's changed.
Despite disagreeing with you about the Snapcaster reprint in the first video I still loved how it was done and the approach you took to the subject.
This video is interesting in that it looks back at your own work and criticizes it, talks about how to change things up, and how things being different can be for the better while applying those exact same ideas to the invitational cards. Really impressed with it. Just how perfect this lines up is amazing.
thanks so much John. I've appreciated your support all this time.
The card highlighted in this video is definitely my personal favorite Invitational. Just in the context of Modern, the card makes so many play options that much more impactful. From the old, "bolt, Snap+bolt," control plays, to just doing the weirdest plays. I've Snapcastered a Damnation. I have done that.
That is ridiculous, I love it.
I think you may be my favorite MTG content creator ever. Crisp professional, intelligent and impeccably well edited material with both a thought provoking nature and an entertaining twist, never stop.
I joined the channel a while back after you were a guest on the command zone and immediately started watching all of your videos. I love the way you open up the Magic world through your videos and I find myself entranced in each new work you release. Keep up the awesome videos, you have made me appreciate this game far more than I thought I ever would so thank you :)
What I most surely like the most is that you don't put your face in the video, except at the end. It keeps the magic of the naked voice, but we still get to see you!
This has become my favorite channel. You are relaxed and informative, insightful and artistic. I feel like I'm learning, instead of being told to learn. Keep being you, Sam.
Your ability to continue innovating your format always impresses me Sam. Recreating an old video with a completely new tone is not something I had even considered you would do but you've done an excellent job.
After discovering your channel yesterday, I've been hooked and can't find any MTG videos with the same quality and thought put into them! Can't wait for the next one! :D
EDIT: Now that I've seen the video, I must say that you're improving with every upload!
Did You Know Magic is okay. Not nearly to this level, but interesting enough that I watch them. They tend to be more dry facts than analysis though, which is too bad.
Your videos are truly amazing. You put so much time, effort and hard work into showing the world how beautiful, creative and amazing this game is. Even people who laughed at me for playing a "Child's game" now appreciate it in some way. Thank you for this incredible content, keep it coming! It's a shame you have no more confidant slot on Patreon.
This video summarizes in a beautiful and poetic way what many players will never understand, the people depicted in those cards made history, either by creating novel strategies or new decks. This is part of magic history and I am so glad of being a part of it.
I only just discovered your channel in the last few days. I'm so glad to see it's still getting updates, and I thought the subject and execution of this video was super classy. I've been lapsed on Magic for over ten years at this point, and to be honest I'm too scared of everything that's happened since I've been gone to get back into it, but your videos are bringing back a lot of really warm memories of the fun of the game. Love this channel, keep up the great work.
that's really awesome to hear. thank you.
This is one of my favorite videos to watch when I am feeling stuck creatively. Not only is it an essay about the history of an aspect of the game, but as well a retrospective of a creator's own work. Thank you for the years of content
There is no ability that's harder to master and worth more respect than the ability to admit one was wrong.
And you, sir, did it publicaly and without any need of exterior pressure.
My respects.
as somebody who initially disagreed with the tone of your first video, I really appreciate what you've done here.
I found your channel a week or two ago and I've been marathoning the "Studies" series. I totally agree with your theme here: New versions of old cards help keep them being seen, and you can always go back to the original.
Amazing content as always!
Your videos are always a treat to see! Going back it's really impressive to see how much you've improved in just two years.
You've matured a lot Sam. You're perspective on magic as a whole is so much more scholarly
I don't know how you do it, but the quality of your content increases with every new video. Every time I think you've finally hit the ceiling for what Magic content can be, you break right through it.
I actually just found your channel last night and subbed after watching all those card studies. They were good, and even though the audio was a bit muffled like you said I didn't see anything wrong with the editing style you used back then.
Your skills have really improved, and from an outsider's perspective I'm happy for you that you're able to do all these neat effects.
Great work, bud!
I, in fact, loved your first video on snapcaster mage! I thought it raised some rather tempting points, yet this follow up video shows you truly have revalued your thoughts and come to possibly the most respectable conclusion.
Your content still impresses me, as every video surpasses the previous. In this case, that was the intent :D
I love this retrospective Sam, I think we all know how hard it can be to go back on something we've said in the past and I have a lot of respect for you leaving up the old video for posterity. Keep up the great buddy, I'll be watching.
I rarely like and subscribe to people but you are fantastic and I immediately subbed and liked every video I watched. I love that you look at the flavor and art side of the beautiful game of magic the gathering.
The best cards which use the likeness of notable people I find are generally the ones you wouldnt be able to tell without knowing the context. Many of the cards fall under this category I feel, but some like Faerie Mastermind are very obvious and can be distracting to people.
I just love the production quality of these videos. JUST GOD. the audio is worth the watch alone. It is also very interesting content haha
Firstly, I love your work, your videos are fantastically well put-together. I do respectfully disagree, however; I think it's more than just painting over the old legends of the game. One thing I really admired about the invitational cards was the inspiration they gave; namely, for younger players, it was almost like a challenge, like the designers were saying with each card "Play well, play hard, and maybe this could be you". Perhaps I'm a bit too nostalgic, but that was what they meant to me.
thank you for sharing that perspective! I didn't consider the inspiration it embedded in tournament players.
I agree as well. And its not like a reprint can't have new artwork. Its not like the likeness could not be repeated. To me these cards were cards of arguably established characters. So having reprints with a different likeness was jarring to me as if you had a Jace that does not look like Jace, or a Liliana card where she is for some reason depicted as a short man.
Reprints are always welcome, just have the artist draw the likeness of the person who inspired the original card imo.
Awesome story! You have come so far. You have the highest quality mtg vids on youtube.
Great video! I love the fact that you're not above going back and admitting to changing your views on something that you seemed so against in the past. Back when I watched the original video, I was very new to MtG and wasn't quite sure what was going on with invitationals etc, but its interesting to see your new views, and be prompted to re-think some of my own.
Your whole production is really good just spent a few hours watching a bunch of your videos very well done
Hi Sam, I just discovered your channel a few days ago. I watched your bolt and rancor videos (two of my favorite cards ever) and then all the rest. I haven’t played since middle school, but your awesome videos inspired me to pick it back up. I just ordered a new deck and sleeves, and am going to my university’s mtg club meeting next week. Thanks for rekindling the love for the game my younger self lost. Cheers.
It's true that your videos get better with time. You're top tier at this point
Love seeing the art of PVDDR in Elite Spellbinder and also Kieran Yanner's self depiction in the C17 curse cycle (plus his return on Flame Blitz in MH2)
Hey man, just want to say I absolutely love the content. Each video is very thought provoking and you bring a new aspect to magic videos.
I really like the posing on OG snapcaster mage, it almost gives off the vibe of an old-timey portrait
I gotta say.. I have a few MTG videographers that I follow. I love what you do here. Its a true study that brings to light an aspect of the game that often, I have no reference for. Thanks for the education. :)
I don't think you sounded whiney in your original Snapcaster Mage video. I think that was how I discovered your channel in the first place. But I feel you sir, I recently finished my third short film a few months ago. I'm finding it difficult to go back and watch my previous flicks because I have grown as filmmaker. We're our own worst critics.
In any case, love your videos, can't wait for the next one! :)
Maybe not whiny, but felt overly dramatic to me.
I'm a musician, same thing here with my old songs. I nearly die of cringe.
"I find it unwatchable now" I literally just found your channel through that video 3 days ago and have watched almost every video all the way through because of the Snapcast video
Verlisify I didn't know you liked magic
Verlisify awesome to see you outside the Pokemon sphere. keep up the good work
Oh wow Verlisify ruining another hobby of mine ):(
Fuck You Verlis!! GTFO ya POS!!!
Fancy meeting you here verlis lol
i love that you picked Kess.
I made a commadner deck for the first time a little while back, based on Jevela (same cast cost) and when Kess was announced i ismply swapped her out and never looked back. She's the absolute best.
Found your channel just yesterday. I think I've watched ten videos so far, bite sized educational videos with a decent soundtrack are always welcome. Keep up the good work 😀
I don't think you were particularly whiny in your old video. I absolutely appreciate your willingness to look back and revise your opinions. While not perfect, the old video has a raw emotion to it that I appreciated.
Warm nights is one of my favorite lakeyinspired songs and snapcaster mage is one of my favorite cards, this video is amazing. Well done man!!
Great content delivered, once again.
Keep on never disapointing Sam, cheers!
These are without a doubt the highest quality MTG videos on RUclips.
Congrats!! 👍👍
Holy shit this videos are just beautiful, it expresses the love you have for the game and makes me remember the love I have for it as well...
The best mtg videos on youtube. I learn so much every video.
The video draws very interesting parallels to the 2017 talk from magic's art designer in which he talked a little bit about handling reprints and MaRo's 2016 talk in which he mentioned customizability as one of his lessons.
Hmm, it's almost like this content creator is well researched on his topics and cares about the topic
Snapcaster Mage holds a special place in my heart; I started playing shortly before Innistrad came out, and Snap is the first individual card I bought worth more than a dollar. I played it for as long as it was in Standard, and I've cast it a lot since in both Modern and Legacy.
Not only is it powerful, but it embodies the best part of Magic for me: endless possibilities. It can be an Ambush Viper, a Nekrataal, a Mystic Snake, or a Lava Axe, and sometimes your Snapcasters will be all of these in the same game. It's a win condition, but also an answer.
As for the art, I'm a fan of always using the original printing of cards when I can. I'm not an old timer by any stretch, but I enjoy having the "real deal". It feels more unique. And it's this very feeling that means I support new art on old cards. For me, it means there is a very real difference between the old and the new, instead of merely a subtle frame change, for instance.
And this is, by the way, completely independent of card prices. I enjoy using my Darksteel Aether Vials even though the modern masters ones are worth more money. the old ones just feel right.
Great content, one of the most high standards of quality I've seen on YT.
Would love to see a video about the Avatars.
Cheers, keep up the good work please
Recently discovered this channel and love your commentary and editing. Keep up the good work, dude!
enjoy all of your videos, MMS. This one by far takes the cake, captivating story on both/all fronts.
thanks so much.
Voidmage is by far my favourite invitation card for art! Meddling is sweet to play with and i have to say in recent cards as you said the likeness of Kibler and Woo in the cards are just awesome!
I don't even play Magic, but your videos are so well made and you are so articulate and you have a great voice. You sound better than most NPR people so you could definitely do radio or TV if you want
My favourite youtube channel by far, so good.
yo!!! hey man just wanna say, dont be so hard on yourself, the content you put out is great! keep up the good work bro! looking forward to your next releases! cheers!
I'm glad to see your new opinion has been informed by your love of magic art :) It is the reason I, and many others, came to the game in the first place.
great revisiting, always felt like the new art just made the original that much more special and valuable
I really love your work. You spread lots of interesting studies about history, color and styles of the cards that most people (me either) wouldn't recognize.
Learning such things is absolutely charming.
PS:
OMG THAT POOR Sun Titan!!! I never realized that he died in Terminate...
Woah I never noticed that Harnessed Lightning is Travis Woo. I love Travis Woo, more so for his non magic related content. He's a really inspirational dude. Awesome vid Sam!
Your videos are pure joy and delight. Thanks!
In rewatching old videos, I find this one interesting because they’ve brought back that tradition recently with Fervent Champion in Throne Of Eldraine
Enjoying a rewatch of the Rhystic Studies videos :)
I absolutely love your presentation style. New subscriber but here for a long time.
Dude your channel is so good, congrats mate!
So many of them wanted further blue faceroll with even crazier wizard. Thank you R&D for having better restraint lol
As an all time fan of flavor, lore, history of the cards, decks, collections... i gotta say somehow, i see things a bit different. I cannot help to love old frames, some old arts. Take for instance, Alexander original shockland art. I love them many times over the new artwork. The other example is the new Solemn Simulacrum artwork. Is way more atractive than the original one, but i would always stay true to the oroginal one, as it was an honor extendend to the player. I still dont know how i feel about making new artworks for an invitational card. But somehow i see it different now. Thank you, great video, great series!. This video made me suscribe to your channel, so, keep up the awesome work!
i wouldn't do things to appeal to elitist whinny people. like liberals that want to change things
Whoo! Just found you last night, and already new content
I get that they need new iterations, but I still wished they had nods to the originals in the art or flavor text, such as having a small background character with the person's face, or even just a reference to them in the text.
Dark confidant is also great, but I always ranked infiltrator mage higher than it actually was
Hi, just recently subscribed. Went back and watched most of your older videod. That snap caster video was actually one of my favorite videos. You're too hard on yourself. It seemed obvious it was something you felt strongly about.
Your channel has been my introduction to Magic
Your music selection for your videos really makes me remember some of my favorite tracks from Samurai Champloo for some reason.
ooh really? I'd love a link to one, if possible.
The video "The Cultural Signifigance of Snapcaster Mmage" is absolutely one of my FAVORITE videos made on this channel to date! Yes, the production quality was not the same as today's, the word choice, timing, music, and transitions are GOLD.
I liked the video. One thing I would have loved you to mention is how R&D wanted Snappy to be red but the player convinced them to let it bend the color pie for him.
This was great. My respect for you just increased tenfold.
I always loved your original vid about snappy, love this vid too!
I love the idea of choosing your card. I only play the original art of counter spell. I just absolutely love the art ...
Thanks for the edit/update. Well said, Sam.
Amazing video Sam, as always! Not sure that version of Animate Dead is the one that depicts the Sun Titan though, the version form the Premium Deck Series: Graveborn depicts the Sun Titan rising up from his Terminated-ness . Still an amazing video as always, please keep making more.
ah, that's right! I knew something felt off.
I feel like if I ever got the opportunity to design a card for Magic, I'd go all in on a bad/joke card. Like a legendary creature that's a 0/1 with First Strike.
I love this channel so much.
Hey man! recently found your channel, Love your videos and your style. Keep up the great content!
James Bond, Ethan Hunt, Jack Ryan, Domino and so many more fictional characters have had been subject to many interpretations and changes to likeness but credit to their creators have always remained and the original people/actors who represented these characters will always be acknowledged and remembered. This system can also work with MTG. Tiago Chan will always be remembered as the original Snapcaster Mage, just as how Sean Connery will always be known for playing the first incarnation of James Bond. In the former case, credit for creation will always go to Tiago Chan and in the latter case, Ian Fleming.
Top Notch content as always! Keep Up the Awesome work!
Kess is my new home girl. I love your videos. Keep up the amazing work!!
she kicks so much ass.
I don't know anything about the game but still find these fascinating.
Excellent work, Sam, as always, thank you :)
Just days ago RUclips recommended the Snapcaster video to me but I find myself incapable of sitting through the entire video. It was the first time I failed to watch the entire video made by you. Although I think you're being overly critical saying that it sounded whiny, the video wasn't as well made as your recent projects. After viewing this particular video, I find myself wanting more. Keep up the good work Sam and cheers~
Living end is the next one I wanna see. It made me fall in love with modern
kess is amazing especially with the color combinations as a commander and as a card. with invitational cards i agree with a point you made in the video mentioned before that the desigins put forth by pros originally are usually busted. snapcaster has the least restrictions for what you can do with it which makes it fun to use and powerful for tournaments and unfortunately hard on wallets. i need to look at invitational cards but it probably will go back to snap caster since felxiability in power and blue are fun to me.
When I bought my snap caster mage, my money was exiled from my wallet at flash speed
"money snap money"
Whoa.. watching this was a wonderful experience
Its very respectable of someone to, instead of move on from an older work, decide to redo it all with their current ability
Amazing work as always.
incedible series, love the videos!
Amazing as always!! Thank you :)
Agreed on every point, excellent video. I personally just put together a deck with Faerie Mastermind in it, and I'm so put off by the art that I splurged for a proxy even though I own the real card. Magic is better when we have options.
You can always get cards altered instead of running a proxy. Use one of those special sleeves even.