A great look into Nissa's character! I feel like she was a missed opportunity to be a green villain-- after all, she unleashed the Eldrazi! Her actions remind me of Magento, always looking out for their people at the expense of everyone else.
Of all the cosplayers Nissa's acting has been the best so far. I also like the theme of this one, it really speaks to how people are afraid of perceived controversial narratives.
This was the most brilliant thing I've seen from you. Now slam Jace for doing everything in the multi-verse and basically having everything revolve around him.
+Sykdude it's funny that they're kinda wanting to integrate that as a part of his character, someone who needs to solve everything for everyone to the point of overworking himself, interesting way to "fix" the excess of jace throughout mtg's lore
+Mario Lozano I feel like it only really fixes it if he "breaks" and we don't have Jace for a while and he returns Sarkhan style in some down the road set.
+MaNU_ZID She could probably stand to do a little less leaning forward and clenching her fists, but it was alright. The Professor was much more natural in his acting (and far and away better than in some of the old videos, like when he was looking at the shop owner's MTG collection).
They aren't afraid of gay characters, you got Alesha, Niko, hal and Alana. They already re-wrote her character once before, and if you couldn't tell from the video it was to the character's detriment.
Well this is just the best. If you ever need someone with a weird half-Irish accent and acting experience, let me know! I could play Karn, or something. Probably.
+Windmill Slam And if you ever need someone with short hair, glasses, no real microphone, no time, a love of MtG lore, and a strange boil on his armpit, I'm your guy!
This is like "An old man remembers the 90's" 2.0 I like it!!! I didn't specifically care much for the Zendikar novel. Not that I hated xenophobic Nissa but most of that book was about running out of water and that gets old after a while. I get it, Zendikar is harsh and traveling there is dangerous. It was much better illustrated in the comic strip where Chandra is looking for a guide. Not to mention the amount of trouble Sorin could have saved the multiverse if he could have just explained things to Nissa rather than try to look cool by being mysterious!
He didn't have to tell her that he was a Vampire. He could have stuck to "Planeswalkers help Planeswalkers" and tell her the truth about the Eldrazi, Ugin and Nahiri (who let's be honest, probably wasn't even thought of back then) and how trapping them here was judged to be the only way to save the multiverse. After all let's not forget how Ugin mentioned that they might be part of a fragile "ecosystem" and that killing them could have drastic consequences and how Bolas really wants them free on his mission to restore the full power of the spark. For all we know, trapping them was the first step towards the mending. What if the Eldrazis were some kind of multiversal scavengers, feeding of old dying planes and recycling that mana in the process? (Just don't think about how that makes every plane some kind of residual Eldrazi poop) By breaking this cycle, maybe the multiverse was sent on a downward spiral that forced it to change the very nature of mana, the spark and the blind eternities. But I digress. I just think Sorin should have been more straightforward but that's me nitpicking. What would have made Zendikar a better story is really just better character interaction and less survival 101 issues.
This was really funny. You should make this into a full series, interview all the planeswalkers. I'd love to see you interviewing Jace, Lilianna and my personal favourite Elspeth.
Professor, this video was spectacular. It was well-written with some brilliant humor and a lot of fantastic points with facts to back them up. I would LOVE to see more of this style.
“After I was freed from Phyrexia I lost my planeswalker spark and thought I lost my connection to Zhalfir. After talking to Chandra, I was able to look inside myself and realize that my connection to Zhalfir was inside me all along.”
The woman who potrays nissa does a great job and looks alot like nissa if this is a series and you have people like this nissa this will be one of the best mtg youtube series ever
I do not know if Nissa was hinting at the Return to Lorwyn block coming soon. All I know is I will RIOT if the first set is not called Nissa's Tree. Great video Professor and Ashlen was a great guest to have. I will now see the new Nissa acting like that for the rest of the game's life.
Thank you so much Professor. I feel like you are the only mtg content creator that calls out Wizard's of the coast's bullshit. Also your the only one that produces anything original like this. this is why your number one! I would love if you would do more EDH videos and anything lore related.
Others have also pointed out how the stories always had: here's the main character, main character gets attacked by Eldrazi, random thing saves them, end story. It wasn't until the battle that it was finally broken up but just one giant fight with Eldrazi. I think that observation and yours combine to show symptoms of the same disease: the weekly lore articles. While I like having access to them any time for free, that does limit character growth. Characters can't change too much because someone else may already be writing the character's next adventure. Novels offered one writer the ability define an arc throughout a book, rather than limiting writers to always have a conflict and no real resolution.
I'm new to the channel, has he ever talked about his favorite planeswalker, not just for in-game reasons but flavor and story? That was hilarious by the way. "Well, uh, I wouldn't say you fixed all that, you certainly erased it all."
+troy242621 Glad you liked it! I have several favorites, but of the current Planeswalkers my favorite is Liliana. If you watch ym analysis of Liliana vs. Garruk, it sums up why I like the character so much and am rooting for her. Of all Planeswalkers ever, hard not to be a major fan of Urza, but if I had to pick one from the old days, it would be Teferi.
I didn't expect the man himself, and so quickly no less! I'll definitely check it out! If I were interested in reading more on the lore, as I'm still fairly new, would you suggest a starting point?
+Tolarian Community College I guess Teferi isn't to bad a choice, I still hate him for his mistakes early in life and his crimes against "Arty Shovelbucket".
Ugh I love these videos that add to YOUR lore, Professor. Interviews with students, maybe your Dean (Who would that be?) Why do I hate my college classes but love enrolling in TCC?
Her arc in that chapter (and the others about the spirit deal) is the equivalent of me leaving my keys on the counter, walking outside, and going back in to grab them. Or forgetting they're in my pocket. "They were with me aLL ALONG!"
Revane huh ? Real subtle choice for a last name. Was Nature taken? HM? Nissa Nature? When Nissa Nature, The Tree Lover comes into play: Put a heart counter on each forest you control. - _Professor pulling no punches_
As a writer i think this extra hilarious and your clever skit disguised your ranting. Well done! I also agree with your point that making everybody a protagonist with nearly zero flaws is a shallow thing for wizards to do. Maybe they feel like no one cares about the story so they just kinda make a lame one and call it a day.
This video had me rolling, I couldn't agree more. It's just like the revisions to Chandra's story. In the original story she was more responsible for her parents death. But we can't have protagonists with checkered backgrounds now can we?
Awesome Episode! I've been irked by the revisions to many of the current 'Walkers. Nissa and Chandra especially. You pretty much hit the nail on the head for Nissa. Where is that bitter side? The conflict of hatred against both non-elves and her own tribe for casting her out, yet the need to protect Zendikar? Even if she had bond with Zendikar and gain a new respect for the non-eves of Zendikar, I can't imagine her suspicion and loner nature being completely taken away. Also, nice to see Ashlen Rose! Great cosplay!
I recently have been working on building a boros angel deck. I was inspired partly from the commander 2015 release. but what really drove me is two cards I had always wanted to play with as a commander player, both versions of akroma. I had long ago, when I got back into Magic picked up divine vs demons, and was happy to pick up akroma, angel of wrath. but I never got to use her fury. so I went ahead and picked up cards to help build around the deck. I used your advice on the recent from the vault angels, and picked up the singles I wanted rather than ones I wasn't going to use. I did however pick up Serra angel in the from the vault version because I felt that despite it being bling. it was a nice version at the low cost of $2. and most of my from the vault picks were less than $5 a piece.
Fantastic! I'm totally going to go subscribe to her. This is a common frustration all across media for me. We're steadily having flawed (and therefore *interesting*) female characters stripped of the things that made them interesting. Female characters are getting more and more shallow for fear of offending someone, or their creators being deemed "misogynist" or "problematic". I can't help but feel that Nissa fell right into this trap. Male characters can be as flawed and messed up as their creators can think of, but the women better be flawless, unoffensive, and empowering. So this leads to so many of them feeling "samey".
