As a nonplayer of MTG, I had only seen art of the planeswalking lion-man and I've gotta apologize for underestimating him as a character. I had him pegged as a stereotypical brute, but his character is deeper than I had imagined.
Ajani is one of my two most hated Planeswalkers, and it's my own fault. My gf wanted to learn to play so i built her a mono white pony deck, after a while she wanted it to be more competitive and so i changed it into a lifegain and +1/+1 counter ramp deck with two different Ajani's; Goldmane and Steadfast. The avatar Goldmane creates is easy enough to deal with, but the emblem Steadfast makes has destroyed so many opportunities for me.
Loved your video! Actually, Ajani holds a major place in my mind. He was one of the reasons I got into mtg. I almost quit when Dominaria United was released. I hated ....HATED what they did to him. So...some backstory my mom has had rheumatoid arthritis for 30+ years. 4 months before the story dropped my oarents told me she was diagnosed with kidney cancer. So, after that I took a deep dive in mtg to escape. Then the story dropped. What compleation is reminded me of how the cheonic disease affected my Mom and changed her from what I remember to a more...not what she should be. Seeing that happen with my major comfort character really shook me. I KNOW it was unhealthy, I KNOW you should not associate fictional characters with real life ....but it felt like my major eacape outlet reflected my real life so much I had a hard time functioning. When Ajani was cured....I was so happy. It felt like I could return to my escape, but the scars still remain. I need therapy just as mucb as Ajani needs therapy. Mom is in heaven now, so looking backI am happy Ajani is cured. We both need therapy.
I feel you, bro. I too, tried to escape my mother's cancer by playing Mtg. Guess they're both drinking tea in Heaven, watching over us playing the game we love
I feel like not enough people know about and appreciate Ob Nixilis as a villain. With no new big bad in the story, it would be a good opportunity to flesh out some of the reoccurring minor villains, specifically Nixilis.
Absolutely loved this video, fantastic work! Just Realizes the lore and flavor of the gods card are reflected 😮 the god isn’t a creature until you have x amount of devotion to them 🤯 indicating that their power comes from that devotion and belief. Sooo damn cool! Exactly why I love MTG!
While I love the character, he's been pretty disrespected as of late. We didn't even get his true compleat card. The Gatewatch brushed him off, Elspeth and Chandra barely got time with him, no showcase of his talents on Theros. He's been on the back burner more than anything especially during the Phyrexian arc As one of my favorite characters he needs more and to do that he needs to stop playing second fiddle. We need another "Alara" where he's actually the main character
@@AetherHub Let's hope Angrath and Quint also get more love. Iconic as non-human planeswalkers. They are my favorites by far, but Angrath is my number 1. I still suspect he's from Ulgrotha, so here's hoping a return to it
Great video! Ajani has a super interesting story, not many can say they bested Nicol Bolas 1 on 1. I Ajani is very under appreciated but I love how much depth you into in this video ❤. Next character I'd like to see would be Chandra, she has an interesting story arch as well
Got to say that Teferi is my favorite walker. Thanks a lot for taking the time out to provide this in depth analysis of Ajani, and I can not wait for the next deep dive video!
I want to thank you for making these great lore videos. The lore and world building are my favorite part of mtg. One of my favorite planswalkers is no longer a plans walker, that it Huatli. I guess you can still do a video on her. I also would like a video on Vivien, Kaya, Nissa and Vraska.
Finally I have answers as to how he became a sleeper agent. Not gonna lie the process would help if it were included here but still thanks a lot for this video 👍
I think my favorite planeswalker is Kaya. Even though i'm not a huge fan of her cards. I don't really know why, maybe just because she is an orzhov character Great video ! It is cool to see it appear in my recommendations
Great video updating Ajani's journey. You got one detail wrong. Ajani was able to compleate three gods before Heliod. He states that the first three were easy because their doctrine aligned well with that of Phyrexia. Editing to add my preference of which planeswalker's story I want to see: Jaya Ballard. Her story ties into Chandra Nalaar, Jodah, and Lim Dûl. I also like how her original Time Spiral design is what I speculate to be the prototype design for planeswalkers. The planeswalker card type did not exist prior to Lorwyn.
Not sure if you’ll do anything with this, but my favorite planeswalker was always Gideon. I was a big fan of Aurelia and the Boros as a kid (Aurelia was one of my few really powerful cards at the time, and the deck I built around her was my best one) and Gideon was allied with Aurelia from what I remember of that storyline. Plus, between his story on Amonkhet and in Dominaria/War of the Spark, I was never bored with his story. (Now, I know Gids isn’t the most popular or well liked, so if a video about him isn’t really what you’re looking for, I’d also cast votes for Liliana and Chandra, because they’ve always been some of my favorites as well. (I’ve liked Liliana since Origins and Chandra since M15)).
Ajani Goldmane was my first ever planeswalker card, and he glorious anthemed my merfolk army to many a victory at my LGS. That being said, I think his greatest companion, Elspeth Tirel, is my favorite planeswalker of all time, even before her angelic glowup
Awesome video!!! I’d love to see Serra next in an deep Dive but I know there’s not a lot of info in her. I’m glad they gave her some spot in Elspeths awakening 🤣 How about the wonderer next
I definitely want a send-off video covering Tamiyo; she was fridged in March of the Machine and there's a lot of fun unknown LotR she would be connected to. ...They better do some spectacular writing for Nashi.
Probably my favorite planeswalker ever. My first ever mtg deck was a mono white deck that was given to me by my steo brother. We played 2v2 in scouts. Me with the cat deck and him with wolves. We never lost. It should be no surprise that my second favorite planeswalker is Arlinn. When SOI released we bought like $100+ worth if packs and went to the opening night. We have every card from the set. I still have my Pre Release Thing In the Ice from almost 8 years ago
Just wanna know what happened to my boy jace and im prob the only one who’s fav magic character is Lukka and even read his book and built a deck with an alter of him and have him as a boros commander as well. Anyway, awesome video. I love magic lore so much.
While i love Ajani and his journey, i hate the fact that WoTC has basically forgotten about his connection to red mana and how he used it to empower his allies, even in his compleated form. I'd love to see this power reflected once again, maybe even having a fully Nayan Ajani with acces to white, green and red mana. PS: Gideon or Garruk explained next
Can you do Vivian, Nissa or Garruk next please? Vivian is on top of my wish list both the other two are cool too. Guess what my favorite mtg color is. 😁
Good video, didn't appreciate the Jace slander though. Jace executeda play that would have resulted in a Pyrrhic Gatewatch Victory, then was literally backatabbed by Kaya and Elspeth. The blast would've blown New Phyrexia... And several other planes... To kingdom come, and the invasion would have stopped then and there. The death toll would've been incalculable, but the Phyrexians wouldn't have breached the multiverse. TL/DR the gatewatch could've won, if they listened to Jace
As I prepare to watch, I have hppe that the Hub will be deft enough that it leads me to find a fondness for Ajani Goldmane, who I long considered to be an anthropomorphic yawn of a character. Perhaps I am too callous toward the Leonin, but I'd rather have Shawn Mich--I mean Gideon Jura back. And Gideon was such a square.
@AetherHub having just finished moments ago, I can admit I, much like Ajani, had been asleep to the reality of the life of this loyal leonin, who languished in lonely lament long before ever losing what little love he knew before forcibly leaving Alara as his sorrow saw his spark ignite. Truly, his was an oath to protect not just mortals' very lives, but indeed their hearts from the wounds he wore, vigilant in watching out for all worlds' woes. It recontextualized the tragedy of his completion for me, knowing that his most admirable traits were the very vulnerability exploited by the abomination of Phyrexia to integrate his considerable capabilities into their operations and, perhaps most unspeakably, to do so without his knowledge. As always, a splendid offering from everyone atThe Hub. Now I propose the more difficult challenge of answering these questions: Who is the most pants wettingly terrifying among the potentia futurel big bads, and why is it that incorrigible bastard whom our brave young hero Kellan isn't likely be over the moon about having to call him Dad? Srsly, Oko is capable of wreaking untold mayhem and catastrophe, yet what truly makes him so very petrifying are his "first I want to kill Batman, but then I decide I would never kill Batman" flavored motivations. His is not a pursuit of domination by conquest, nor does he seek to carry out some vague charge what finds him being burdened with glorious purpose (unlike some OTHER gods of mischief), or even just some all-consuming personal objective. Oko puts poops in pants because the most likely reason he gets up to the most of his awful disruptive shit for which he is infamous... is nothing more than his own amusement, derived from the joy of what I consider to be essentially just supernatural shitposting. His home plane of Eldraine already has them, and he would probably take offense were I to refer to him as such in earshot, but he ought to adjust his title because he's not King of the Faeries so much as King of the Trolls.
It was cool with me, it's how he went from a threat to Nicol Bolas to jobber that killed me. But still it's in line with his character to not find peace or a moments rest since his birth. It's also in his character to pass knowledge unto other based from experience. So I interested to see an Ajani who wants to atone for sins he couldn't control and how much more Godlike his chracter will become once he's back
Ajani is one of the coolest Magic Characters.
I concur :)
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@@rG1vZ Ajani is still alive, he got his spark back.
As a nonplayer of MTG, I had only seen art of the planeswalking lion-man and I've gotta apologize for underestimating him as a character. I had him pegged as a stereotypical brute, but his character is deeper than I had imagined.
Garruk would be a great next video. Thank you for all your work.
You’re welcome and he’s one of my original favorites 🤔
Yeah, he does have an interesting past.
Ajani is one of my two most hated Planeswalkers, and it's my own fault. My gf wanted to learn to play so i built her a mono white pony deck, after a while she wanted it to be more competitive and so i changed it into a lifegain and +1/+1 counter ramp deck with two different Ajani's; Goldmane and Steadfast. The avatar Goldmane creates is easy enough to deal with, but the emblem Steadfast makes has destroyed so many opportunities for me.
lol oh I know that feeling all too well. But I’m also scum who loves playing token and life gain decks
I made my wife a white agro ajani deck and it’s been the bane of my existence lmao. And when I do beat her she gets sooooo mad 😂
A tragidy magnet even for real people that cat.
Loved your video! Actually, Ajani holds a major place in my mind. He was one of the reasons I got into mtg.
I almost quit when Dominaria United was released. I hated ....HATED what they did to him. So...some backstory my mom has had rheumatoid arthritis for 30+ years. 4 months before the story dropped my oarents told me she was diagnosed with kidney cancer. So, after that I took a deep dive in mtg to escape. Then the story dropped. What compleation is reminded me of how the cheonic disease affected my Mom and changed her from what I remember to a more...not what she should be. Seeing that happen with my major comfort character really shook me.
I KNOW it was unhealthy, I KNOW you should not associate fictional characters with real life ....but it felt like my major eacape outlet reflected my real life so much I had a hard time functioning.
When Ajani was cured....I was so happy. It felt like I could return to my escape, but the scars still remain. I need therapy just as mucb as Ajani needs therapy.
Mom is in heaven now, so looking backI am happy Ajani is cured. We both need therapy.
What I do NOT want is him to be a heroic sacrifice character....he deserves to be happy!
I feel you, bro. I too, tried to escape my mother's cancer by playing Mtg. Guess they're both drinking tea in Heaven, watching over us playing the game we love
@@chubibi06 that is a nice thought to have. Maybe they met up there when ya commented on my comment.
ummm bro wtf lol??? r u ok
so happy to see this video, just started playing magic and learning its lore and ajani has interested me
Welcome to the obsession and enjoy the content ;)
I feel like not enough people know about and appreciate Ob Nixilis as a villain. With no new big bad in the story, it would be a good opportunity to flesh out some of the reoccurring minor villains, specifically Nixilis.
Tezzeret is building up forces. Kasmina’s group is preparing for something. Jace is murdering people on Ravnica. Etc
@@Case2_0 no Jace is not killing anyone
@@Davide6898 Thats what he wants you to think!! ;)
Absolutely loved this video, fantastic work! Just Realizes the lore and flavor of the gods card are reflected 😮 the god isn’t a creature until you have x amount of devotion to them 🤯 indicating that their power comes from that devotion and belief. Sooo damn cool! Exactly why I love MTG!
Great point
Ajani is the character that got me into magic, he'll always be my favorite character and walker
While I love the character, he's been pretty disrespected as of late. We didn't even get his true compleat card. The Gatewatch brushed him off, Elspeth and Chandra barely got time with him, no showcase of his talents on Theros. He's been on the back burner more than anything especially during the Phyrexian arc
As one of my favorite characters he needs more and to do that he needs to stop playing second fiddle. We need another "Alara" where he's actually the main character
I agree 100%. While I believe Ajani plays best on a team (based on his powers) that doesn’t mean he can’t front run a story himself.
@@AetherHub Let's hope Angrath and Quint also get more love. Iconic as non-human planeswalkers. They are my favorites by far, but Angrath is my number 1. I still suspect he's from Ulgrotha, so here's hoping a return to it
Great video! Ajani has a super interesting story, not many can say they bested Nicol Bolas 1 on 1. I Ajani is very under appreciated but I love how much depth you into in this video ❤.
Next character I'd like to see would be Chandra, she has an interesting story arch as well
So happy to see your content pop up!!
😘
Good ol Ajani. You’ll find one in every MtG friendgroup, alongside Timmy, Spike, and Vorthos.
Ajani is probably my favorite recurring character in magic. Thank you for putting his lore in one video so I didn’t have to read for hours
Ah my favourite lore channel doing an hour long video about my 2nd favourite planeswalker
What can I say! I always got your back!
What’s your favorite. Maybe I’ll do them next :)
Got to say that Teferi is my favorite walker. Thanks a lot for taking the time out to provide this in depth analysis of Ajani, and I can not wait for the next deep dive video!
Considering how rare planeswalkers are, they sure do keep running into each other.
Id love to see you do a video like this on liliana. Shes had a very interesting character arc over the years
Keep the Alara love going with a Tezzeret video. Thanks for all you do!
Tezzeret is set for some BIG things in the lore :)
Impressive lore reccap. Can we do the Lorwyn five first? I'd like to see Liliana next.
I have plans for Liliana but not at the current moment sadly.
This was a great video to listen to at 7 in the morning as I loaded trucks at work thank you
That’s why I love these long videos, I listen to other creators who do the same! It helps make work go by.
Personally Ajani has been my favorite Planeswalkers since his first printing. So I thank you for telling the story of his Lord.
I always find it amazing that Ajani is the only planeswalker to fight nicol bolas in single combat (souk effigy not withstanding) and live
I want to thank you for making these great lore videos. The lore and world building are my favorite part of mtg.
One of my favorite planswalkers is no longer a plans walker, that it Huatli. I guess you can still do a video on her. I also would like a video on Vivien, Kaya, Nissa and Vraska.
Thanks for making this video! He has such a good story, and I loved relearning about it again.
Finally I have answers as to how he became a sleeper agent. Not gonna lie the process would help if it were included here but still thanks a lot for this video 👍
An elspeth complete story would be great!
I won’t lie, I’m happy he’s back after the Invasion, though I hope we get to actually see him afain soon!
I think my favorite planeswalker is Kaya. Even though i'm not a huge fan of her cards.
I don't really know why, maybe just because she is an orzhov character
Great video ! It is cool to see it appear in my recommendations
Great video updating Ajani's journey. You got one detail wrong. Ajani was able to compleate three gods before Heliod. He states that the first three were easy because their doctrine aligned well with that of Phyrexia.
Editing to add my preference of which planeswalker's story I want to see: Jaya Ballard. Her story ties into Chandra Nalaar, Jodah, and Lim Dûl. I also like how her original Time Spiral design is what I speculate to be the prototype design for planeswalkers. The planeswalker card type did not exist prior to Lorwyn.
Not sure if you’ll do anything with this, but my favorite planeswalker was always Gideon. I was a big fan of Aurelia and the Boros as a kid (Aurelia was one of my few really powerful cards at the time, and the deck I built around her was my best one) and Gideon was allied with Aurelia from what I remember of that storyline. Plus, between his story on Amonkhet and in Dominaria/War of the Spark, I was never bored with his story. (Now, I know Gids isn’t the most popular or well liked, so if a video about him isn’t really what you’re looking for, I’d also cast votes for Liliana and Chandra, because they’ve always been some of my favorites as well. (I’ve liked Liliana since Origins and Chandra since M15)).
Loved this video great job would love something like this for sorin Markov
Very impressive video, Vraska is definitely my favorite
Love to see Liliana, Elspeth or Garruk! Awesome video btw ❤
Ajani Goldmane was my first ever planeswalker card, and he glorious anthemed my merfolk army to many a victory at my LGS. That being said, I think his greatest companion, Elspeth Tirel, is my favorite planeswalker of all time, even before her angelic glowup
This is why ajani is my favorite planeswalker
Awesome video!!! I’d love to see Serra next in an deep
Dive but I know there’s not a lot of info in her. I’m glad they gave her some spot in Elspeths awakening 🤣
How about the wonderer next
My favorite kitty cat. I love you Ajani and I am so glad you were cleansed.
Praise be to the purrrrfect planeswalker
I definitely want a send-off video covering Tamiyo; she was fridged in March of the Machine and there's a lot of fun unknown LotR she would be connected to.
...They better do some spectacular writing for Nashi.
Heliod gets his come uppence so much though. Not only sent to Nyx but also Compleated and killed in finality.
I would love a video on Jace!
Ajani is my favorite character in MTG. And I want to give him hugs. >_
I would love a garruk video, garruk was the first planeswalker i was introduced too and partially why i got into magic
Great Job!!
Probably my favorite planeswalker ever. My first ever mtg deck was a mono white deck that was given to me by my steo brother. We played 2v2 in scouts. Me with the cat deck and him with wolves. We never lost.
It should be no surprise that my second favorite planeswalker is Arlinn. When SOI released we bought like $100+ worth if packs and went to the opening night. We have every card from the set. I still have my Pre Release Thing In the Ice from almost 8 years ago
I started playing last summer and even I have an Ajani Planeswalker card
I'd love to see a full story of the Wanderer!
Garruk or sarkhan next would be awesome
I dont even know anything about Magic the Gathering i just love Ajani's design!
Just wanna know what happened to my boy jace and im prob the only one who’s fav magic character is Lukka and even read his book and built a deck with an alter of him and have him as a boros commander as well. Anyway, awesome video. I love magic lore so much.
I have always liked Ajani and he is one of my favorite characters. I always knew that his story was kinda tragic but not as tragic as it is.
Vraska and Gideon will always be two of my favorites, and in terms of gameplay, I'll always have a soft spot for Domri
I agree. Besides jace and Teferi, i still respect Ajani Goldmane. :)
Tamiyo is a very mysterious planewalker
While i love Ajani and his journey, i hate the fact that WoTC has basically forgotten about his connection to red mana and how he used it to empower his allies, even in his compleated form. I'd love to see this power reflected once again, maybe even having a fully Nayan Ajani with acces to white, green and red mana.
PS: Gideon or Garruk explained next
The thumbnail card is his best card.
Exactly why I used it 😉
Ajani is always my top favorite Planeswalker in this storyline. Maybe do Elspeth or maybe Tezzeret
I would love one of these about Tezzy
I hope we get a lore snippet with Ajani returning to Theros to purify Brimaz.
I feel like Ashiok would be interesting to a video on
Garruk would be great! He's my favorite and yet another classic from the first five released
One of my personal favorites as well!
Saheeli Rai quickly became my favorite planeswalker after Kaladesh came out.
My personal favorites would be Garruk, or Ral Zarek for your next entry
I love Garruk so much. I hope we see more from him soon
Let's go! Comment for the ALGO!
Ajani very cool.
Do Elspeth next please 🥺
it saddens me we never got complete ajani card
His backstory is so sad 😢😢😢😢 poor Kitty
Just some string will help him get through it. I promise
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You said that Ajani managed to compleat three Theros gods. Which three? I only know that Heliod was compleated.
That’s ALL we know sadly. We will have to wait till we return I guess…
@@AetherHub then how do we know that Ajani compleated three gods?
Can you do Vivian, Nissa or Garruk next please?
Vivian is on top of my wish list both the other two are cool too.
Guess what my favorite mtg color is. 😁
I certainly have plans to do them in the future!
@@AetherHub
NICE!😁
I think you should do Nahiri or Liliana
I wish I could get the novels for each plane walker
Gideon at some point PLEASE!
I’ll be doing a poll for the next Planeswalker I cover :)
@Aetherhub is there a way you can do the Gideon Planeswalker he is one of my favorites I have like 10 favorite planeswalkers
More lore!
Please cover Nissa's story :)
Good video, didn't appreciate the Jace slander though. Jace executeda play that would have resulted in a Pyrrhic Gatewatch Victory, then was literally backatabbed by Kaya and Elspeth. The blast would've blown New Phyrexia... And several other planes... To kingdom come, and the invasion would have stopped then and there. The death toll would've been incalculable, but the Phyrexians wouldn't have breached the multiverse. TL/DR the gatewatch could've won, if they listened to Jace
Are you not doing lore episodes anymore?
As I prepare to watch, I have hppe that the Hub will be deft enough that it leads me to find a fondness for Ajani Goldmane, who I long considered to be an anthropomorphic yawn of a character. Perhaps I am too callous toward the Leonin, but I'd rather have Shawn Mich--I mean Gideon Jura back.
And Gideon was such a square.
Well I hope this video gives you a little more interest in the character, if not new found fondness :)
@AetherHub having just finished moments ago, I can admit I, much like Ajani, had been asleep to the reality of the life of this loyal leonin, who languished in lonely lament long before ever losing what little love he knew before forcibly leaving Alara as his sorrow saw his spark ignite. Truly, his was an oath to protect not just mortals' very lives, but indeed their hearts from the wounds he wore, vigilant in watching out for all worlds' woes. It recontextualized the tragedy of his completion for me, knowing that his most admirable traits were the very vulnerability exploited by the abomination of Phyrexia to integrate his considerable capabilities into their operations and, perhaps most unspeakably, to do so without his knowledge. As always, a splendid offering from everyone atThe Hub. Now I propose the more difficult challenge of answering these questions:
Who is the most pants wettingly terrifying among the potentia futurel big bads, and why is it that incorrigible bastard whom our brave young hero Kellan isn't likely be over the moon about having to call him Dad?
Srsly, Oko is capable of wreaking untold mayhem and catastrophe, yet what truly makes him so very petrifying are his "first I want to kill Batman, but then I decide I would never kill Batman" flavored motivations. His is not a pursuit of domination by conquest, nor does he seek to carry out some vague charge what finds him being burdened with glorious purpose (unlike some OTHER gods of mischief), or even just some all-consuming personal objective. Oko puts poops in pants because the most likely reason he gets up to the most of his awful disruptive shit for which he is infamous... is nothing more than his own amusement, derived from the joy of what I consider to be essentially just supernatural shitposting. His home plane of Eldraine already has them, and he would probably take offense were I to refer to him as such in earshot, but he ought to adjust his title because he's not King of the Faeries so much as King of the Trolls.
Ajani is my boy
nice
They really chickened out on the repercussions of compleated planeswalkers.
Excuse me but how in the ever insane sock Biscuits is Ajani able to planeswalk multiple Times with his Spark lost?
what they did to him in march of the machines was just lame!
He’ll be back 😎
What they did to him in Dominaria United was cruel.
It was cool with me, it's how he went from a threat to Nicol Bolas to jobber that killed me. But still it's in line with his character to not find peace or a moments rest since his birth. It's also in his character to pass knowledge unto other based from experience. So I interested to see an Ajani who wants to atone for sins he couldn't control and how much more Godlike his chracter will become once he's back
@@duckhuntdynasty6562 he was defeated and compleated offscreen. at least Tamiyo had a big fight versus Jhin Gitaxias. :/
@@AnimeProfilePicture they should've retired him already, his gigachad moments already happened. lol
I think you already did but Serra the benevolent
i am a fan of Sark Kaahn Vol
Arlinn or Garruk
I’m leaving toward my boy, Garruk!
Are there any more African themed characters/cultures in gathering? Humans ones as well?
Friendly lion guy
Floors me how magic doesn't have like 10+ games about its lore.
I mean they had the diablo clone and f'ed up that so rip
Ajani Kitty Goldmane
His mane isn't even gold, so glad WotC treats him like dirt
What FOOLS!
Ajani deserves better
Sorin
second
Thanks for dropping in so early 😘
But my name is ajani
They did him wrong