Every MTG Color Pair Explained 

Intro 0:00 Golgari B/G 1:17 Izzet U/R 16:13 Orzhov W/B 31:17 Simic U/G 44:29 Rakdos B/R 57:23 Azorius W/U 1:12:20 Gruul R/G 1:24:15 Boros W/R 1:36:19 Dimir U/B 1:50:22 Selesnya W/G 2:02:53

Boy, I struggled to grasp what a positive representation of Rakdos would look like, and then while watching this I realized a recent blockbuster movie had a perfect depiction ready to show off. That character is Hobie Brown from Across the Spiderverse. He categorically rejects any structure or organization that might limit him, he argues about how he is just to avoid being pigeonholed, but he still pursues what he believes is right, that just happens to be self-determination and autonomy instead of preserving the presumed necessary order the rest of the spider squad represent without hesitation. Hobie rejects Miguel's rules, he openly refuses to engage with the bureaucracy, and he incites chaos just because he doesn't believe stories are immutable and have to play out a certain way. And if that's not Rakdos I don't know what is

I don't think I agree that in Izzet the blue and red sides are always in opposition. One of the most classic Izzet archetypes, the mad scientist, is a perfect example of that. The mad scientist seeks progress guided by impulse. They seeks to innovate for the sake of seeing if they can, throwing caution to the wind and building something just because they think they're able to. They achieve red goals via blue means, creating to sate their impulses, and blue goals through red means, making it up as they go along, not stopping to plan or take safety precautions. As someone who considers myself to be that particular pairing, while my impulsiveness and inventivness can definitely clash, I honestly find that more often than not, one is guided by the other. My impulsiveness urging me to put the ideas I come up with into practice, or my inventiveness figuring out the best way to sate my impulses.

Godlike vid, but somebody has to timestamp this.

the orzhov ending: "because afterall, life isn't so black and white" bro, you're a genius, nice writing

"Truth cannot be broken through questioning. It can only be reinforced if it is indeed TRUTH" (48:01) Damn that's actually a really powerful statement. Personally, I must say that I really vibe with Simic, though, when playing, I generally gravitate toward a white/black deck.

Izzet represents my struggle with bpd before dialectical behavior therapy, unable to find balance. Golgari perfectly represents me accepting opposites in order to find truth, understanding I am just a speck in the universe but also and individual whose existence matters. I truly love this game and all the passion it represents from creators to fans, and has given my life so much meaning and fun...and this deep dive on the philosophy and how it applies to humanity had me on the verge of tears. Thank you so much.

A video that would dive into tri color pairs seems like a true challenge. Not even the designers are able to nail that down.

This video was so insane some part had my heart beating by how beautifully it was written, the philosophy of magic is still my favorite aspect of it and i love how gameplay and real life meaning are so well intertwined in this game

Interesting. I agree with what you said about white in the Izzet video. I have always felt a strong connection to Boros & Izzet, but I never thought I had a connection to Azorius until I saw the Azorius portion of this video. Now I realize that I do have all 3 pairs of the Jeskai wedge.

I'm definitely an Izzet/Prismari person. That's something I landed on quickly when starting to play Magic. I'm someone who engages in the arts on a technical level. I'm passionate about the technical details when it comes to creating something, rather than the end process, and if I see or hear art that doesn't completely work, I'm typically the one who says, "but I can see what the intent was. I see what they were trying to do. How can we do the same again, but this time sucessfully/what could the artist have done differently?" But I also don't let rules get in the way, and happy to trust my gut instincts most of the time. I can wear both hats, but the two facets of my personality can clash and be a detriment. I can passionately focus on something, then I'll switch gears and start something completely different without the first thing being finished. I think if I were in the Magic universe, I'd likely be an artificer with a super messy workshop full of half-finished projects. I think in general, Izzet is powerful because blue is able to channel the raw power of red. Red is strong, but to me it's unfocused. Red is that kid who's lashing out against everything and anything. Rage is good when it's aimed in a direction where it's constructive.

I tried using this to sleep, but I just can't, it's too damn interesting and I want to give it my full attention

So which color pair resonates with you most?

Im a Selesnyan to my heart,but i really need some time to think how could i help. Also i asked myself "Why does everyone lefts things like selesnya at last?" and instantly replied myself "Well... Because we can wait for everyone else to go first"

Beautiful writing, and you read it incredibly well too. Even the video editing was high quality, I really hope you're proud of this video!

I may be in the minority, but I love the length and content of the video. Zero complaints. A+ work. Subbed.

Okay. Half way through vid. The Rakdos essay and especially the conclusion is so powerful what the heck

I can't thank you enough for this absolute amazing video. Wish I had found it sooner. Fantastic to have a chance to self reflect under the guise of my special interest

Man I didn't expect a Ram Dass like lecture on life and philosophy relating to magic cards but here we are. This video is healing. Im definitely gaining some spiritual life gain even if just until end of turn habaha.

Wow, I'll be watching this again... and probably again...

interesting how you described my internal struggles almost perfectly when you were talking about my favourite color combo - golgari

First off, incredible video. Love the Rakdos interpretation. I also feel like Dimir has a strong emphasis on forbidden and esoteric knowledge, as well as 'unknowable' maddening eldritch knowledge.

Myself, as a person, resonates with Selesnya. Your characterizations of G/W reallly felt like you were talking about who I try to be to the people around me. My favorite edh deck is Trostani. It's interesting that the playstyle I gravitate towards is Rakdos or Gruul, though. As a player, I am much more aggressive and focus on gaining strength and wagering position in games, so B/R and G/R are perfect colors for me to build in, often resulting in my most powerful decks.

I mostly fall into the ideaologies of both Simic; Constantly evolving the base that we work upon to make things better than they already were, and Dimir; Eternally improving upon one self and never satisfied. Fitting, as my favorite decks to play are Sultai - Blue, Black and Green, all in unison. Even my favorite CEDH deck is, quite literally, a Food Chain deck.

I feel like there's some bias in some of these descriptions, because while Simic and Golgari are described as being able to reach an equilibrium, Orzhov and Izzet are described as being eternally at-odds, as though the inverse can't be true. A Simic person may forever grapple with the question whether they are more Nature or Nurture; while an Orzhov person may reach a state of philosophical harmony by idealizing a universal hedonism that would strive to see everything being given to everyone. On the other hand, functional imbalance between colors is also a valid interpretation of someone using the means of one color to achieve the ends of another. As great as this video is (and it IS great), I feel like it's not actually as comprehensive as one might walk away feeling, given its length.

Funny, I heavily relate to Selesnya, and I almost entirely play Selesnya decks. Great video!

28:38 - izzit also has a elemental aspect that was not talked upon: Fire and Ice, Blaze and Water- both are explosive in combination. They inact change and hold the most ambition within the color combos. The izzit will spark change with its passion and will drive it forward with its logical mind for the future. The izzit may be the fastest way to improve the future, at cost of everything else.

Incredible video holy shit great stuff man

This is fantastic! 👌

This is a fantastic treatise.

Great Vid but i also think that part of Green's identity is Might that cannot be ignored.

This could have easily been a series, by color with the amount of effort put it, a shame because many people will skip this video due to it's length but if you split them up into multiple videos it could help get views. Either way this is amazing. I felt like i was being psychologically profiled myself through my favorite color combinations. Awesome video!

Amazing video!

Your take on Izzet really spoke to me

Look, this is an amazing (series of) video(s), but I came here for an introduction to the colours of Magic and not a deeply moving psychoanalytic call-out. Apparently I don't need therapy, I just need to master playing Izzet to win at life. ...Not complaining though. (Sarcasm aside, this is really, really good and makes the game so much more three-dimensional and appealing to a newbie such as I. I can't imagine the work that went into this, thank you!)

I would be interested in seeing the 10 trinaries done in a video like this, the shards & the wedges.

Would be great to see examples for every combination!

I love this. Really incredible work. Do you have plans to cover the three colour groups?

The description of Golgari (green/black) concept of destiny basically sounds like the Norse concept of _wyrd._

I watched this whole video trying to decide which colors fit me as a person, starting with just the certainty that white was the biggest one Came away with the certainty i was white green blue Probably could have saved some brainpower by assuming ally colors first

I would love to sit down sometime and just banter about all this and applying it to life

This is better than most movies and documentaries. Holy shit

This is amazing. Now do the 3-colors

21:30 logic/emotion in Izzet part reminds me of Lawyer Barbie from the Barbie Movie: “This makes me emotional and I’m expressing it. I have no difficulty holding both logic and emotion at the same time, and it does not diminish my powers. It expands them.” (It’s a cool line but it’s also played for laughs.)

Been playing Magic about 3 months now, and starting to get into the deeper concepts and lore of the world. Loved this video! Really made me understand why certain color combinations draw me in so much. Rakdos is most certainly the mindset I fall under, which explains why its my favorite combination to play when i get the chance.

I know im a little late to teh party but on izzit i always thought it as a balance between creativity and logic and to balance both you get creative intelligence that invents and experiments using both logic and impulse

My subconscious personality resonates with Azorius, my ego resonates with Boros makes sense. every deck i enjoy playing is either Azorius or Jeskai I enjoy building decks that are both unique and efficient. I don't care about winning and I don't care about how impactful the cards I use are. I just want the deck to be efficient and unique, and that's how I like to live my life. with efficiency and on my own terms

Extra Poll for the comments: Are the color/s you resonate with, also the colors you like playing the most?

Nice job vid! How did you choose the order that you listed the color pairs?

Amazing video 🤌🏾

What about creativity? Red gives inspiration, and then blue methodicly follows through on it!

I see myself within Green/Black, Green/Blue, Red/Blue, and Red/Black

I have a renewed respect for Simics

As a new channel (not mtg) I really respect all of the hard work that obviously went into this video. Great job, hope you get all the subscribers :).

Hell yeah!

what annoys me is that the themes of Boros really resonates with me, however I couldn't find any commander that I find fun playing. I liked either aggressive or value type deck, which is why my two main decks are Dimir Zombies and Mono red Goblins. I'm not a big fan of equipments as well so I've been yarning for it, though I may try human tribals

Izzet is just the purest embodiment of adhd... I felt it so strongly.

It explains why im so drawn to golgari cause i do truly respect life and death and i find both equally beautiful, how ever i do think that everyone and everything has a purpose in this world like what green thinks

Golgari for life!!!!!! Enjoy it so much, and I've evolved into Sultai for commander.

This channel needs more love. Commenting for algorithm.

@1:13:58 "Don't call me Shirley" :'D

Great video, I love it. Also, I can't save it on my youtube list, Is this option desactivated for this video?

thinking of it, kamigawa could have been the simic invasion plane card, the land where tradition is enhanced by technology

Going to sleep to this

I love this vid, but it def made me realize that the color pie is just a few steps removed from horoscopes.

Golgari gets super neat when you make a villain with them. (The mycotyrant)

Man this vid would be wild if he added tri-colors into this

Always stoked to see another binge video! However, something’s gnawing at me about the organization of each segment. It feels random, somehow. Were I to have organized it, I would have done it in one of three ways: 1. In order of standalone video release, with the explanation provided at the beginning of the Orzhov video. 2. In Alphabetical Order according to assigned Ravnican name. 3. In order of the Color Pie (WU, WB, UB, UR, BR, BG, RG, RW, GW, GU).

I was not expecting to see WH40K Gregor Eisenhorn during this vid but here we are

IZZET TLDR Sees a situation Makes a calculated risk Yeet the situation into the wind Learn from the situation Repeat the process with slight adjustments to see if anything new is learned from slightest change Try not to die

Do you have a list of music from the video?

so green and black, For me, it's not as simple as we live for fate or that fate lives for us. we all live to each other. some moments have to happen. others do not

As a rakdos aligned person I really like this series and find it quite nice to understand myself and others better

Greatest video of all time. That is all lol.

❤❤❤

Im sure that if cenobites played magic they would bud a gougari deck as it similar to there believes.that pain and pleasure are one of the same

just to whom it may concern i could understand this on 1.5x speed. nonetheless, SUBSCRIBED

5:38 The chad among ogres, absolute madlad

Just a little idea: Golgari, which comprise of green and black, finds itself ever-questioning both destiny and self determination - paving your own path. The Matrix movies, which are dealing with the same dilema, also share aesthetics of green and black. Coincidence?

9:1 book mark

I should start crying

Which character is represented at 15:08???

Sorry for the nit-pick but a properly balanced compost pile smells faintly sweet if it smells at all.

Boros squad up!

1:57:21 among us reference

So Golgari is the borg

Comment for the algorithm

Not putting these in WUBRG order is crazy

What about triples?

Its 3:26 am

ying yang

If i relate moat to abzan does that make me a pig?

Here’s my personal ordering, in terms of how much I identify with each philosophy: 1. U/G 2. B/G 3. R/G 4. W/R 5. W/G 6. U/R 7. W/B 8. B/R 9. U/B 10. W/U Obviously i have a strong pull to green, but I noticed another really interesting thing; I consistently scored enemy pairs above allied pairs, except the green allies went above a couple non-green enemies. I wonder if there is something to the slight difference in how DiceTry conceptualizas enemies vs allies, where enemies are more prone to tempering and complicating each other, as opposed to allies complementing and amplifying each other. Perhaps I am not extreme enough in any particular way to jive with most ally pairings. I’m a little surprised how high up Gruul is, considering this, because I’m a pretty cerebral person. But I guess R/G philosophy is just one of those things I have a deeply rooted faith in, the importance of feeling how one is grounded in both one’s past and present, one is centered in both one’s emotions internally, and one’s environment externally. After so much agonizing over rankings, though, I have to say even my #10 is a perspective I can appreciate at times, or at least respect and empathize with. DiceTry did a phenomenal job coming up with compelling reasons to embrace every pair, and showing how each is unique. Amazing!

Izzet = me as a medicated working professional with ADHD

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*BOROS GANG* *BOROS GANG*

Your description of Orzhov reminds me alot of libertarianism.

Rakdos by far the worst philosophy there is, Azorius by far the absolute best. I love Azorius so much.

BOROS FOREVER