Why Karlov Manor Failed And Thunder Junction Succeeded As Magic: The Gathering Sets

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@TolarianCommunityCollege 18 дней назад

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@Paul20661 13 дней назад

Ye was also not a big fan of Murders at Markov Manor

@jadasc 18 дней назад

Final tally: • Murders at Karlov Manor: 5 • Murders at "Markov" Manor: 24

@centrallyintelligentagency 17 дней назад

Thank you. It’s been aggravating me to no end, and I’m only 5 minutes in.

@VolvoxSocks 17 дней назад

To be fair, Nahiri murdered more vampires at Markov Manor in SoI than there were murders in all of MKM...

@daniduc 17 дней назад

THANK YOU! I started counting but then came to the comments to see if anyone had already done that. Take my like

@caverramos7581 17 дней назад

ill get alcohol poisoning XD

@TerryTags 17 дней назад

Thank you! I'm only 1:30 minutes in, and I came to the comments to see if anyone had commented.

@vinnythewebsurfer 18 дней назад

There were more detectives in MKM than dinosaurs in lost Caverns. A singular set had more detectives then there are werewolves across 7 DIFFERENT INNISTRAD SETS.

@SomeOfTheJuice 18 дней назад

I was honestly annoyed when they added detective as a creature type. Not because I have a problem with new creature types, but because when I heard the title of the set, I was hoping for rogues, assassins, spies, thieves, scouts, etc. Making them all detectives felt so unnecessary to homogenize them into a new creature type at the expense of creature type variety, and instead there were painfully few of any of the other types.

@lVideoWatcherl 18 дней назад

@@SomeOfTheJuice Yeah, but detective is also a super-niche type overall. I mean, any of the types you mentioned could arguably encompass a variety of people. Detective is literally just the name of one single profession, and it's extremely narrow of a descriptor.

@cherry9787 18 дней назад

@@SomeOfTheJuice A better idea would be like the Outlaw thing in TJ. Outlaws include 4-5 creature types so synergy is super easy. Maybe instead of detective, they could say "lawful creatures" or something and include soldiers, advisors, and whatever else

@joachimjacobs8377 18 дней назад

@@SomeOfTheJuice But that would have had too much Synergy with Thunder Junction's outlaw mechanic and can't have that!

@Dolphgrim 18 дней назад

@@cherry9787 they could have just let advisors/scouts/soldiers be in the "batch group"=detectives. 🤷‍♂️

@MattyCMatterhorn 18 дней назад

I feel like its worth mentioning that satisfying world building is NOT just shoehorning recurring characters back into every set. I wish they'd break away from all that.

@DoctorWhoBlue 18 дней назад

Part of why I'm excited for Bloomburrow. I'm not a big Redwall person, but it feels like a return to the vibe of Lorwyn with original concepts playing off of tropes, instead of 90% trope and 10% original.

@Wingnut202 18 дней назад

Which is part of why it feels like Fortnite, or a Hanna Barbera cartoon. Haha look now [marketable character] is in a funny cowboy hat because he's a cowboy! Don't you get it? they're lassoing now and saying yeehaw! Have a Marvel-tier pun or joke as the flavor text! There's nothing wrong with using characters that we've seen or having them travel to new places, its an important storytelling device, but the way its done makes it feel like a dumb joke or episode of a nickelodeon cartoon instead of the living, breathing worlds and planes that Magic has always been about. It's just grating and honestly borderline insulting how much they harangued the gimmick in OTJ and ESPECIALLY in MKM, in my opinion.

@DoctorWhoBlue 17 дней назад

@@Wingnut202 tbf, it seems like Thunder Junction has a little bit more going on in the background, but the worldbuilding wasn't a focus in the story and didn't come through in the cards much.

@devononair 17 дней назад

I agree, and I don't even know anything about the story of MtG!

@andyphilipson6983 16 дней назад

Yup. Every time I see I see Liliana, Jayce et al in a new set I cringe. They kind of harm suspension of disbelief. I’m not discovering a new plane. They are. And they beat me to it and are already there.

@PatJamma 18 дней назад

For me, the number one reason for Karlov Manor failing is the lack of a break in the story. You can't have a murder mystery if you can open the victim, the twist, and the answer in your first booster of the set.

@__-be1gk 18 дней назад

I remember when they were holding Elesh Norn's head up in victory before march of the machine's spoiler season was even finished

@posisteve 17 дней назад

I don't think flavor and lore is important enough to boycott a set. long term Markov manor does ok. I stashed a case of play boosters.

@baixiaolang 17 дней назад

It didn't help that WotC put out that video to introduce ppl to the themes and mechanics of the video that blatantly spoiled the murder mystery before the story was even finished releasing. I had been waiting until the full story was out to read the story just to get spoiled by a video that in no way seemed like it was going to spoil anything lol. I honestly didn't bother reading the story for the set after that.

@IncredulousPasserby 17 дней назад

On one hand, fair and agreed. On the other hand, a murder mystery isn’t enough to cover two sets, and we’ve seen from experience that tiny sets meant to separate the end of the story from the bulk of it are. Not a great idea. So I’m not sure what the answer was. I think a murder case and investigation in general isn’t a bad background for a MtG set; I just don’t know how to make it a “mystery” for the players.

@tsizzle7883 17 дней назад

Yeah, they should really, like, distribute the accompanying fiction of a set ahead of the first look so that it's finished before cards get shown so that anyone who cares has ample opportunity to read it, instead their current policy of [checks notes] ... Hmm.

@ovatae3349 18 дней назад

Honestly, if this set had been on New Capenna with actually good writing, it would have been heat. A New Capenna Noir set sounds awesome.

@snakeman830 18 дней назад

New Capenna noir would have been perfect. Gangs have always been a staple of the genre.

@jefff3023 18 дней назад

I'm pretty sure you'll never see good writing in the MtG universe again

@christopherb501 18 дней назад

Am I seriously the only person that thinks if an alternative were found, _Fiora_ is the most sensible choice?

@japoniano 18 дней назад

The main theory is that MKM was originally in New Capenna, but WotC pushed fedora hats on Ravnica to milk-out the plane's fandom, yet here we are

@UkuleleProductions 18 дней назад

@@japonianoMaybe they also didn't like that we just had New Capenna. But they were so excited about detectives they couldn't wait another 1 or 2 years... ?

@imaginarymatter 18 дней назад

What makes it worse is that Wizards already had a template for a mystery set: Shadows Over Innistrad.

@SDTCG 16 дней назад

But they already had their gimmick wedding set!

@derekkey2803 10 дней назад

Also, it could have been Murder at Markov Manor, which flows off the tongue better. I've made that slip up plenty of times. 24 times even.

@swordsman111982 15 дней назад

One of the things that bugged me about Murders at Markov Manor is if you watch or read old pulp detective stories, there is usually 1 detective. Not 37 running around in the story. They should have made like 1 detective per guild plus a neutral one, and had lots of “suspect”creatures

@resentfulshrimp8044 3 дня назад

It's kind of bizarre. The kind of structure they're going for reminds me more of something like a slockly death game (victims we care about, a very large quirky cast, tonial whiplash). Which. Is a choice. But it's not the kind of thing you would call noir. It has that vibe of a parady made without love for the source material.

@eyeoffate89 18 дней назад

Wizards: "We want to do a murder mystery set in the style of noire film and pulp detective novels, but we need a plane to set it on!" *Glances at New Capenna, the actual 20's/30's themed plane full of crime syndicates* Wizards: "I'm going to ignore that."

@Helios810 18 дней назад

OMG YES!!! Imagine a murder mystery in New Capenna and it’s something like the Obscura’s Raffine.

@KynElwynn 18 дней назад

Where's the law enforcement on New Capenna to look into a murder? That was the main reason New Capenna wasn't used, there's no police.

@aliasisudonomo 18 дней назад

@@KynElwynn *were* no police. There's angels all over the place now; 'they set up a law enforcement organization' isn't any more of a stretch than 'everyone on Ravnica suddenly dresses in 1920s noir fashions'

@flaetsbnort 17 дней назад

There's a pretty strong theory that they initially intended this set to take place on New Capenna but it was not a very well liked set so they changed it to the player's favourite plane

@JoeGrzzly 17 дней назад

@@flaetsbnort That's wild to me since New Capenna was the last set I was inspired to go to a prerelease for.

@yklys10s 18 дней назад

Funny how the prof also says Markov Manor.. This set is so not Ravnican that we even forget the murder was on Karlov manor.

@Cyber.Oni.Ink. 18 дней назад

I think this is also due to RU-vid restricting videos if the word "Murder" is used a bunch

@nertak7518 18 дней назад

He is clearly saying Markov on purpose. It's supposed to be funny. I don't see how it's a joke or how it's funny at all, but you don't say it wrong 50 times in your video while having the correct name in the thumbnail without it being intentional. Maybe it isn't a joke. Maybe he did it for exactly the comments we are writing. The algorithm demands engagement.

@Dolphgrim 18 дней назад

@@nertak7518he said it was a joke that he was just going to lean into in his previous videos

@benvoliothefirst 18 дней назад

I've been calling it "Markovs at Karlov Darkov" because I can't be bothered to learn the real name, lol

@themoops4006 18 дней назад

marklars at marklar marklar

@power_SERG 17 дней назад

Biggest thing that got my attention to Bloomborrow is the art where the mice is standing bravely against the giant dark wolf. Instant buy in for me.

@ArixOdragc 17 дней назад

One of the issues I had with MKM, flavour-wise, was that "murder mystery" as a theme doesn't mesh with the concept of a game of Magic being a battle between clashing planeswalkers. We're supposed to be summoning armies to send into battle against our enemies - solving cases, looking for clues, and starting up a detective agency in the middle of that simply doesn't go. And yes, Bloomburrow is quite possibly the most excited I've been for a new Magic set in years. I've gotten so fatigued at them just throwing anything and everything at us just to find something that might stick, Bloomburrow feels like an actual, cohesive creation that they've dedicated real time and effort to. I also love that it feels more like a more traditional fantasy setting - traditional fantasy has always been my jam, and I'm relishing a return to that style at last.

@peeporiot9948 18 дней назад

I like the comparison of why one set was a success and one was not. Would be an interesting retrospetive series.

@Aigis31 18 дней назад

Idk why my immediate thought at the idea of a retrospective series with this premise was Legends vs Homelands, but it was.

@thefinalstair 17 дней назад

Seconded!

@connorsherman7932 18 дней назад

Its pretty obvious. Cowboys Hats > Detectives Hats.

@japeczon 18 дней назад

You are completely right.

@styfen 18 дней назад

Don't forget the boots. Cowboy Boots beat gumshoes.

@insainraven9875 18 дней назад

Man, you work at wizards don’t you 😂😅

@newtpondskipper 18 дней назад

I respect that as your opinion but I will always love detective pulp noir over cowboy pulp. Now if it's Eastwood it gets tougher.

@travis_approved 18 дней назад

Noir could have been so cool but they clown nosed it

@DavidSpira 18 дней назад

As an Arena player, Thunder Junction is a mythic wildcard black hole.

@gemkid85 18 дней назад

Facts.

@GGCrono 18 дней назад

I play exclusively Gladiator, where I only need one of something to be a playset, and it's STILL eating all my mythic WCs! I can't imagine what the 60/4 players are going through.

@Umezete 18 дней назад

BIG score is honestly criminal, I might quit if wotc pulls this off again. Both in paper and arena it's been frustrating. In paper they're scarce enough to be low inventory at stores and prone to crazy spikes (see cage and synthesizer) and arena they're as you said.

@eduardoserpa1682 15 дней назад

I was actually quite happy with that because I get the choice of spending mythic wildcards on reprints that were previously rare, and I had almost 20 of those lying around. Might be an Explorer/Pioneer thing, but rare wildcards feel so scarce.

@KazeconKarne 18 дней назад

It's actually impressive that he was able to ping back from Markov Manor and Karlov Manor at one point before it stayed Markov Manor

@ReplicatorFifth 18 дней назад

He must have Sorin on the brain. I thought that was just a me problem…

@Zomburai45 18 дней назад

The trenchcoats and fedoras look was bizarre, but I feel like we do need to set the record straight: The first Ravnica block story was ALL ABOUT detectives. Agrus Kos was entirely playing out a cop show story with all the cliches--his drug addiction, him holding himself responsible for his partner, being told he's too close to this case, the whole bit.

@TolarianCommunityCollege 18 дней назад

Detective. Singular. I did have a section in here about Agrus I had to cut for time, but in short, he was a singular investigator defined more by being a ex-soldier than a "Private Eye", it focussed on a singular character not 50+ detectives, and he didn't dress up in a trenchcoat and fedora.

@Badbufon 18 дней назад

i don't think wotc knows or even cares about it. the plot of the new one is just a meme

@ceulgai2817 15 дней назад

@@TolarianCommunityCollege It really feels like everyone is ignoring the whole "Our friends and family gets murdered and nobody bats an eye, but Teys Karlov dies and suddenly it's a big to-do? Guess we'll have to investigate ourselves!" angle.

@xenonchikmaxxx 13 дней назад

@@Badbufonyes, investigation should be done by Boros/Azorius guild, not by some random guys. I don't believe guilds allow to emerge so powerful organization.

@connormohs6046 18 дней назад

I wish you mentioned something about Lost Caverns of Ixalan’s worldbuilding, as the whopping 20,000 word Planeswalker’s guide put so much about the world for us to love, and it expanded the world that people really liked on top of a great set.

@jiratrello 18 дней назад

Yes I really love the world of ixalan, one of my fave planes

@cuccooverlord9812 18 дней назад

Wizards treats Ixalan like rubble for no reason

@Shinius 18 дней назад

My friends didn't want to play Markov Manor because they didn't like the theme. It felt like "Oh, they're making this because they want to sell the Clue crossover" and that feels kind of gross.

@SpectrumIntruder 18 дней назад

yeah, it felt like hasbro threw their properties at WOTC and said "do something" Can't wait for a Monopoly themed set

@MrHalapino13 18 дней назад

@@SpectrumIntruder that one's gonna have 56 creatures with the new 'capitalist' creature type

@nathanmarcinek2073 18 дней назад

@@MrHalapino13 "your Purphoros landed on my hotel at Marvin Gardens. I get twelve treasure tokens."

@gjacks898 17 дней назад

I hate all the universes beyond and crossover crap.

@CrouchingscarabflyingJ 16 дней назад

A monopoly set would be heat

@aspen2007 18 дней назад

MKM was my first ever favorite set, in part because I love murder mysteries and I joined in Eldraine. When it came out I was so surprised that no one was excited about it. I thought it was very fun and interactive to draft, with fewer bombs and the really cool disguise mechanic! That’s just me and my friends though, so good for us that the boxes are cheaper :3

@Umezete 18 дней назад

It's honestly a good set, I liked the limited quite a bit and the surveil lands are probably going to be the most important cards from a standard set for quite some time.

@fidly4 17 дней назад

Some minor corrections about Bloomburrow: 1. Bria and Byrke are from a starter kit, so they're probably not indicative of power level or complexity. 2. Bloomburrow only has a "light" kindred mechanical theme. Each color pair does have a critter type, and the set is indeed designed so that you can make a cohesive deck by drafting creatures of that type, which should make it very new player friendly. However, this is going to primarily work by giving creatures of the same type similar mechanical themes that make them synergize with the same strategy rather than actually requiring/benefitting creatures of that type. For example Boros will mechanically be an equipment deck, tis just that all the mice in the set will be designed to synergize with equipment. (I do appreciate you using the word "kindred" though, because "typal" just sounds lame)

@nick8402 18 дней назад

I think one of the factors that will make bloomburrow a super beloved set is its focus on supporting creature types that don’t currently have buildable decks in commander. People LOVE typal decks

@Lucifers-Stepdad 18 дней назад

Especially little animal ones.

@luketfer 18 дней назад

Prof hits home with the Redwall influence being another driving factor for me personally, I remember reading the books and watching the cartoon series when I was a kid, was a massive redwall nerd so Bloomburrow hits me right in the nostalgia. I've always loved those sort of settings, why I like Hollow Knight so much because it combines my two loves, human style worlds inhabited by tiny creatures and exploring decaying worlds past their greatness ala a lot of the Soulsborne series.

@gordongreene7360 18 дней назад

Ditto! When I heard about Bloomburrow my very first thoughts were "Redwall MTG?! Fuck yes!" and "....I hope there is a legendary Badger."@luketfer

@DJK5364 18 дней назад

MaRo has said repeatedly that Bloomburrow will not be a typal focused set. But everyone keeps talking about typal with it. I worry the wrong expectations are being set...

@rumpus5633 17 дней назад

@@DJK5364 I can't remember the name of the video, but in it a Magic designer spoke about how the Lorwyn block was a confusing draft environment because players would often be stuck with a hand full of tribal cards that they didn't know what to do with- something that was particularly frustrating in Limited because there isn't really a clear goal with how each tribe wants to win. With how EDH has been influenced by tribal mechanics in the last few years I think they are putting a lot more thought into how each card interacts with one another rather than stapling Tribal to their relevant cards.

@christina.morris 18 дней назад

I'm *so* excited for Bloomburrow, and having to suffer through two meme sets in a row to get to it has been so rough

@TeaGarrison 18 дней назад

Maybe it’s just that Bloomburrow is a meme set that you think you’ll enjoy? I don’t think they’re bad over all, but the themes of the main sets this year all seem to lack creativity and fall back on tropes, Bb included. It seems like that’s landing better because most people like cute animals but it can’t be denied that it looks like a lot of pastoral children’s fiction like Peter Rabbit, Fantastic Mr. Fox etc. Again, not saying it’s a bad thing overall but it is just as “meme-y” as the other sets this year and speaks to Wizard’s issues with their storytelling.

@chamber8234 18 дней назад

Jawline check

@corpgiroro333 18 дней назад

Every set this year is a meme set.

@fragtore6457 18 дней назад

I feel the same, but to be frank, Ixalan is kind of a meme set, so is bloomburrow if I think about it, and duskmourn seems also like a meme set. Like everything adopting a tropey genre that isn't that original fantasy setting or is a bit more originally designed I'd probably call a meme, since I hate lazy art direction.

@connorsherman7932 18 дней назад

I'm unironically rereading Redwall through Legend of Luke to prepare myself.

@froschkenig 17 дней назад

Jup, looks great, sounds great. Didn't know Bloomburrow was coming, but I am excited for first time in a long time after your introduction.

@raxon912 18 дней назад

Bloomburoghs announcement made me want to pick up the red wall books and I'm so glad that I did

@luketfer 18 дней назад

There's also a Redwall animated series which is...surprisingly close to the books. Theres a reason it got nicknamed 'Game of Thrones for kids' when people went back to watch it recently.

@ElliotButch23 18 дней назад

I wish so badly we went back to 3 set blocks. I miss being able to live in a plane then just blow by one

@thatepicwizardguy 18 дней назад

yup, agree. plus they just felt way more cohesive from a gameplay and storytelling perspective. whole experience was better.

@cherry9787 18 дней назад

Supposedly, Wizards' marketing data showed that blocks aren't as successful as the current model 🤷‍♂️

@k9commander 18 дней назад

Three set blocks are too easy to mess up. Two set blocks are what they should have continued.

@leandroteixeira33 18 дней назад

@@cherry9787 I believe this to be more about how it used to be one big set and two minor sets. I have my doubts about whether GRN, RNA + WAR or MID + VOW suffered from the same problems considering they are by all means (besides "meant to be drafted together") multi-set blocks.

@kenpatchiramasama1076 18 дней назад

Story wise maybe but draft formats were so hit or miss like fuckin Ixalan block

@zombiemaster823 18 дней назад

New drinking game, take a drink every time Prof says Markov instead of Karlov.

@notreallyhere67 18 дней назад

Everyone dies from alcohol poisoning >.>

@1krani 14 дней назад

No thanks. I like having a working liver.

@allict 17 дней назад

Man I got product fatigued out of magic like 8 months ago but Bloomburrow looks so freaking cool

@somethingelse1339 17 дней назад

I find the idea that Ravnica could be swept up in a new fashion trend way more believable than the idea that people from all over the multiverse all independently decided to wear the same hat

@gamerbear84 17 дней назад

Especially when it's people working in the same profession, giving them even more reason to follow a trend so they look like they belong among their peers.

@matta6639 18 дней назад

I'm so unreasonably excited for bloomburrow and thunder junction took me by surprise with how much I enjoyed it.

@docterfantazmo 18 дней назад

The weirdest part of Thunder Junction lore is that Marchesa's there... like, ma'am, you are a queen! What are you doing!?

@k9commander 18 дней назад

Vacation.

@jefff3023 18 дней назад

Wizards dgaf about the story anymore. They got their poor excuse to put any character in any set now.

@dubiousbrick4483 18 дней назад

Sometimes a gal just has to commit some crimes

@TeaGarrison 18 дней назад

Wizards gave everybody a cowboy hat and it makes me feel sad

@Zurai002 18 дней назад

Agreed. I don't mind the vast majority of the random visitors, but Marchesa definitely felt super out of place. As far as I know she's still the queen, right? Why does she need to start doing crimes in Thunder Junction? Maybe if there'd been some storyline about her wanting to conquer it or something, but that's totally not the case, she's just a random "hey remember this character?" add-in.

@angeldoyle859 18 дней назад

set retrospectives and deep dives don't happen often enough here! excellent job

@kevinxiao8400 18 дней назад

funnily enough it was the thunder junction epilogue story that got me back into magic. i enjoyed the character dynamic between jace and vraska enough to join a prerelease and get obsessed with mtg after a nearly 2 year break. now im spending so much money completing a kamigawa theme cube, my first cube ;o;

@laurentrobitaille2204 18 дней назад

For me the epilogue was the final straw. Not because of character interaction, that was fine, but the fact that it was so silly and WotC is scared to put stakes in its storytelling. But to each their own. Glad you found enjoyment out of what I could not.

@NeutralGuyDoubleZero 18 дней назад

Karlov Manor was so pedestrian and insignificant feeling. Previous sets showed off entirely new planes/ returned to longtime fan favourites or continued cool ideas like Phyrexia. Karlov felt like a budgeted hearthstone add on. A bunch of characters in some house with murder mystery as the theme, and a bunch of clue tokens for the gameplay. Oh but wait its technically on Ravnica so it should be a sales explosion right? Ugh

@captawesome42 18 дней назад

yeah, if you don't read the story or play the game I can totally see how those could be your takeaways from MKM

@NeutralGuyDoubleZero 18 дней назад

@@captawesome42 What story? A person died in a realm where death isnt a big deal and everyones wearing fedoras/trenchcoats WOOOW. Expansions should deliver an exciting premise from the moment you form an impression of them. Ixalan? Exploring ruins and dinosaurs! Eldraine? Fairy tale high fantasy with kingdoms and knights and mystic creatures! Karlov? A murder mystery! In a house! With fedoras and trenchcoats I guess...

@luketfer 18 дней назад

Budget hearthstone mini-expansion really IS an apt for this, especially since Hearthstone had their own murder mystery set come out two years ago with Murder at Castle Nyathria...

@NeutralGuyDoubleZero 18 дней назад

@@luketfer Or like Medivhs house party adventure

@davidmaxwell4696 18 дней назад

Have I got *great* news for you about that upcoming plane that’s literally just a spooky mansion

@JacopoPatrocloMartinelli 18 дней назад

Btw how the professor writes its videos is refreshing. Such good linear and easy to follow storytelling.

@japankore 8 дней назад

Well said. I am very excited for Bloomburrow. And your insight on MKM and Outlaws make sense.

@deinomaster75 18 дней назад

Cowboys prerelease was one of the best MTG experiences I've ever had, everyone was wearing cowboy hats and speaking like a cowboy, got a lot of howdies lmao. Every round start the owner had everyone yell YEEEEEEEHAWWWW. I played Red green black and went 3-0 on my matches(6-1 on games)

@luketfer 18 дней назад

Went Won, Drew, lost at my draft night but unlike Markov manor it really felt like my deck was cohesive, a red/blue/black crime focused set which, if I got the combo on the field, really begun to pop off, giving things -3/-0, tapping things, pinging things, it all felt very good and I only needed 2-3 mana to get the combos going (the 1 cost 1/1 flying owl that taps a target creature is damn good). Compared to Karlov Manor and my attempt at a disguise deck just failing miserably because, as the prof said, if you get mana stalled it basically fucks you over for the rest of the game. Then you saw people with plot decks really pop off, lost my third game to a very well built plot deck.

@sandwichboy1268 18 дней назад

I love whoever edits your videos, that Glass Onion bit was hilarious

@redartifice 17 дней назад

Glad to see prof calling out cube playables. More cube love!

@charlesearle2055 17 дней назад

MKM and the Clue theme is what got me back into the hobby when it was annouced. Then I proceeded to buy ravnica remastered, mkm, fallout and OTJ so don't discount the long term implications.

@tommi3761 18 дней назад

The first Ravnica book the Boros guild was the “detective” one. Agrus Kos was not only a “Policeman”.

@ReplicatorFifth 18 дней назад

Thank you! I couldn’t have been the only one who read the books!

@drakegrandx5914 День назад

But Agrus _was_ a police detective, he wasn't some random-ass private investigator who just so happened to become famous. The Boros investigated crimes because, surprise surprise, that's what the police has to do in order to solve cases - at its core, it was a fantasy action story with mystery elements that came from the villains' schemes, it wasn't a "detective story".

@johnmadey9771 18 дней назад

Thanks for the video prof! My friends and I have recently got into magic a few months ago and you’ve been our go to guy for all things magic. Keep up the great work and we hope you get 1 million on the channel asap!

@jeffl1325 18 дней назад

I am very excited for Bloomburrow. Magic hasn't been feeling like Magic lately between all of these meme and Universes Beyond sets.

@benjaminlehman3221 18 дней назад

I’m happy that they are changing it to “enters” instead of “enters the battlefield”

@devononair 17 дней назад

Eh? But... you can enter the graveyard, land or library... isn't this going to be more ambiguous?

@benjaminlehman3221 17 дней назад

@@devononair “enters” will always mean battlefield. If it enters the grave it will say “enters the graveyard” for clarification. Also “dies” means “enters the grave from the battlefield”

@odinfastflame6568 18 дней назад

Outlaws of Markov Manor Junction (Thunder edition)

@KerrxLaeda 18 дней назад

Markov Manor!

@JesGolbez 18 дней назад

More like Markdown Manor

@KerrxLaeda 18 дней назад

@@JesGolbezMark-Oooow! Manor?

@Wolfie-gj9ch 18 дней назад

Sets so bad one of the largest MTG content creators can't be bothered to say its name correctly lol

@patali2941 18 дней назад

Tbh I always make the same mistake lol

@Artaimus 18 дней назад

I almost wanted to count how many times he said it wrong vs correct.

@Phantomjutsu 18 дней назад

I love Redwall. I'm pretty excited for Bloomburrow myself. I've been putting off making anymore decks till then (:

@cleetusi9559 17 дней назад

As someone new to Magic n not knowing anything about the lore of past reception of sets, finding this very interesting and informative!

@sle7189 18 дней назад

I don’t believe people cared that MKM was detectives set rather than a Ravnica set, people weren’t high on the story or themes of OTJ either. MKM was just a bad limited set (Disguise) and weak constructed cards, so there was no reason to open it. OTJ has amazing limited, and powerful and rare constructed cards. I think that’s it, full stop.

@koolaiddude7685894 18 дней назад

Absolutely hitting the nail on the head! I dont think even the professor could sum it up better in a few sentences.

@JohnFromAccounting 18 дней назад

OTJ draft is very bomb heavy and very swingy. Some archetypes are unplayable bad like UR.

@lVideoWatcherl 18 дней назад

Thankfully so. I mean, I do care about the story at least a bit and about the card art especially, and I would have been bummed had good mechanics come from MKM - because then that would have meant missing out on decent cards if I didn't want to compromise on the flavor, which - I will stand by it - is terrible in MKM. OTJ, while also being corny and not that great flavor-wise, is at least not as egregious as MKM. So in that regard, at least I can be happy that the cards I want are largely not out of MKM. And I hope wotc doesn't adapt your philosophy of card design, which ultimately equates to just creating mechanically interesting cards. They should value art and story also, for the players that do care about the flair of the game.

@robinvouz 18 дней назад

@JohnFromAccounting I've found a fair amount of luck playing UR in limited, if anything it's one of the more popular archetypes I've came into

@danumd87 18 дней назад

Exactly. The draft format was miserable. The prof is 180 degrees off here. It had little to do with the story/flavor. It was just a miserable draft format…especially following up Ravnica remastered.

@johnrobertson1 18 дней назад

I thought it was because the kids don’t like Columbo anymore.

@joedumas1047 18 дней назад

yet they loved the resurgence of western, curious eh

@newtpondskipper 18 дней назад

Just one more thing before I go...

@flowbot159 17 дней назад

The story would have been much more satisfying with a Columbo frame than as a whodunnit.

@magicalplaid 17 дней назад

Agreed, I'm super excited for Bloomburrow

@lazarusfey5371 14 дней назад

I've always thought of the Lorwyn esthetic when I think MTG. Bloomburrow looks amazzzing!❤

@TDM137PL 18 дней назад

Me, hyped for Bloomburrow, hearing its gonna be good according to prof gives even more hype

@mnmsaregood1 18 дней назад

I loved RedWall as a kid, this is great news for me!

@luketfer 18 дней назад

Same, really looking forward to it, even if it was a bad set, I mean I'd be a bit sad but that wasn't going to stop me getting cards. Karlov Manor was a case of 'love the theme...found the cards very boring' and thus once I'd done my one draft of it at the FLGS, I just didn't pick up any more booster packs.

@caseyquinnmusic9622 13 дней назад

I don’t watch every video but I will say it feels like such a nice call back when I saw the Tolarian Winds intro.

@TheGr3nadeboy 18 дней назад

I am so excited about Bloomburrow! I already know I will get all of the recon's and probably a play booster box as well! The art reminds me of one of my favorite indie games, The Night of the Rabbit. It has a town called Mousewood, that feels a lot like these pictures so far. I just love it so much!

@UnbreakableDoof 18 дней назад

I recently got back into magic through mtg arena, and I didn't even know Karlov Manor was a Ravnica set, and I am a massive Ravnica fan. That seems like a huge problem.

@tapedeccard 18 дней назад

I suspect the Play Boosters saw some major tweaks after their initial reception

@gaebril131 17 дней назад

The collation was really good in my box. Complete set of Uncommons, close to 3x set of Commons, less than 30 cards in excess of the above. Perfect for a set cube.

@andrewtomy2794 14 дней назад

@@gaebril131 Very heartened to hear this! Putting together a 1r/2u/3c draft sim is how I'd like to approach bloomburrow. Sometimes it can be a huge headache getting the last 20% of commons and uncommons when the box has a shitty collation.

@energy-turtle 18 дней назад

This video was a needed discussion and I appreciate it !

@davidryker9442 17 дней назад

To be honest, I liked MKM's limited more than OTJ's. OTJ felt too slow to me, whereas I found the pacing in MKM to be much more palatable.

@davemarsee102 18 дней назад

I have no idea how fun Bloomburrow will be to play, but I guarantee I'll be building a draft cube around it.

@andrewtomy2794 14 дней назад

This is what I'm planning to do too ~ basically boardgame-afy the setting. My internal debate right now is whether to just do a 1r/2u/3c draft sim, or try to incorporate cards from the precons into the set pool and make a plane-cube.

@unanon_user 18 дней назад

around here, both murders and outlaws are pretty comparable. well... as far as play boosters are concerned. I know this, considering I bought into murders quite a bit.

@KonwTheTrut 13 дней назад

The OTJ flavor took me awhile to get used to but I’m really digging it now.

@anniebrown1739 17 дней назад

Pretty spot-on analysis! It does look like Bloomburrow is going to be pretty amazing, I hope it sells really well!

@cactuarnoob100 18 дней назад

Take a shot every time Karlov manor was said wrong.

@smallerfrog5637 18 дней назад

I'm super pumped for Bloomburrow

@aislancesar 10 дней назад

It's been awhile since I got hyped for a set, but this BloomBurrow is really making me rethink going back to Arena. The last time I got exceited was on Doctor Who.

@crayzeegamer7695 18 дней назад

All I'm praying for in Bloomburrows is some more spiders for my Shelob commander deck. The classic big toughness and reach is getting a little old and Shelob turning creatures into food artifacts and buffing spiders felt like a breath of fresh air for the creepy crawlies.

@mtguille7193 18 дней назад

I am not even that big of a vorthos but... the first ravnica was a mistery story and the main character was agrus kos, a boros detective. The story of the set has internal coherence, for those who cared enough to follow it: Trostani has been killing people for months, people has been dying in mysterious ways, but as they were only guildless and people society didn't care about, they didn't matter to the guilds... but that is why there are so many detectives going around, with the agency over it: there have been that many murders. I agree that all of this is not referenced in the cards, and that is a big miss. But the coherence and flavor is there, it just was badly translated to the cards and gameplay. It usually happens on top-down sets. The hats were indeed too much.

@newtpondskipper 18 дней назад

When you don't care about the story or it just feels thrown together that is a flavor fail. Art style and story have become important to me as I don't need more cards and can't afford to buy boxes like I used to. When I had to be reminded that Manor took place on Ravnica I knew there was a failure to launch. I like a lot of the cards but most come off as boring.

@oxpolitik 18 дней назад

Cowboy hats > detective hats

@danielslinger9017 11 дней назад

The BIG set being standard legal effectively added a bunch of mythics to OTJ making the set more valuable overall to collectors as there are more cards to chase. It was kinda a sneaky way of just making magic more expensive. And while I agree with your theories on set flavor and draftability I don't think draftability is that massive a factor on how well sets sell. We have to acknowledge drafters are a minority amoung magic players even if I personally love draft.

@gamerbear84 17 дней назад

When murders happen wantonly and just go unsolved... that's a pretty damn good reason TO establish a detective agency. It's SUPER consistent with the established setting's history.

@jacobnordquist3448 18 дней назад

Seeing someone talk about War of the Spark just makes me sad about the most recent phyrexian ark which had all the villains easily killed, no real lasting impact as planeswalkers were just magically made human and no planes ended up being lost. That arks ending hurt with how it had no real risk to main characters

@luketfer 18 дней назад

It does feel weird that pretty much any big impact the Phyrexian multiverse war had....has been completely undone. All the Planeswalkers are fine, if some of them are depowered. Perhaps it's because we haven't visited a plane that was majorly hit by the invasion. Ixalan basically had the Phyrexians countered because 'massive fuggin dinosaurs' the same way Ikoria did, Ravnica seemed to do just fine and Thunder Junction, Bloomburrow and Duskhaven are new planes we've not been to before. We haven't seen any of the 'hard hit' planes like Theros where a lot of their gods got Phyrexianified and killed etc.

@rileywoods45 17 дней назад

@luketfer in Thunder Junction's defense, it was practically empty before the omenpaths opened up and folks used it as a multiversal trading post. The vault Oko is after predating most everything else, it seems like.

@rileywoods45 17 дней назад

@@luketferI do agree with the lack of overall impact after the Phyrexian invasion. The praetors being killed off so easily, Vorinclex decapitated by a nobody, and Jinny G basically slipping on a bana peel and falling into tank treads when he could have acted more in-character and not been on the front lines. I could go on about the oil just... not doing anything once Norn died.

@ospero7681 17 дней назад

Not that this isn't an accurate description of how the Phyrexian arc went, but this exact complaint was leveled at War of the Spark back in the day. No confirmed named planeswalker deaths except Gideon, Domri and Dack (who didn't even have a card in the set) really rubbed some people the wrong way.

@PowerfulSkeleton 17 дней назад

War of the Spark and the Phyrexian saga wanted to have the show-stopping Infinity War/Endgame style 'EVERYTHING is happening, this is HUGE, ALL your favourite characters are here!' style story, but were too cowardly to actually follow-through on the premise. They wanted to have their cake and eat it, too.

@markosvafeas 18 дней назад

It's a shame too because OTJ is one of the most cynical, creatively impoverished sets of all time in its Marvel-esque "everybody is here", "I clapped when I saw Oko!!" integration of characters.

@connorsherman7932 18 дней назад

Dread it, run from it, the cowboys arrive all the same cowpoke.

@michaelvavrek8159 18 дней назад

It’s becoming hearthstone

@themoops4006 18 дней назад

I APPLAUDED IT FOR BEING DIFFERENT

@thechikage1091 18 дней назад

I don't know a single character from the magic multiverse, I just like cowboys and think they're neat. The flavor for the set was spot on with a ton of the new cards, and some cool new mechanics were introduced. Plot is a strategic mechanic that has a ton of potential, and the Spree modal spells are versatile without feeling too underpowered. Not to mention the card names- there's just so much corny, cheesy wild West jokes in it. "Shoot the sheriff" killing non-outlaws. A ton of dueling-inspired instants/sorceries, Literally "Holy Cow."

@gayratclub4874 12 дней назад

Bloomburrow is the most excited i've been for a set in a while, love the design so far

@Curiacity 18 дней назад

when I heard Bloomburrow name mention I perked up like a dog who heard you mention bacon, I'm so excited for critter world

@BluesbreakerWyatt 17 дней назад

I do not think affect on constructed in truly fair here. I think MKM not worse than regular standard legal set would have - Vein Ripper and Leyline had significant impact on 2 different non-rotating formats

@cptmachine 14 дней назад

For me the theme is key to drawing from a set in pre release or draft. Outside of that id just get the cards I need as singles for my deck. I loved the cowboy theme and how it leant into the theme. I’m super pumped for BloomBurrow for the same reason.

@TheRafy 18 дней назад

I like Murders.....😅

@AntiHero36 18 дней назад

I’m there too but that might be because I had a blast at prerelease

@violetlazuli3998 17 дней назад

I really enjoyed it too. It has a lot of issues but I had heaps of fun

@ajaxender12 17 дней назад

After watching: I think there's a decent chance MKM will end up considered underrated, and OTJ overrated. Why? Obvious power vs synergistic, conditional, or niche power. Obvious power is obvious. Everyone can see it. Everyone can build around it. Everyone can pick up a single. Everyone can sigh when they see it played *again*, or just shrug and remove it on sight. Most will agree on whether obvious power is auto-include, or power crept out. Synergistic, conditional, and niche power is the kind of thing that makes people discuss. Is it even good? What deck does it go in? Hey have you heard of this? No, omg that fits perfectly in my deck! Oh wait, what does that do? Oh damn, I've never seen that card/combo/situation before! People that like to brew love this kind of power. It takes a long time for opinion to settle, if it ever does, and then someone comes up with something new that changes perceptions anyway. I think opinion on OTJ cards will settle and for the most part, we'll move on. Good, or bad, either way, next. MKM has a bunch of cards that are gonna pop up every now and then and be interesting when they do.

@zaklawrence-earey6832 17 дней назад

Personally I enjoyed MKM drafts more than OTJ drafts so far (though both are fun and I have done an absurd amount of both). Disguise punishes mana screw but it and investigate are great mana sinks for when you flood out. Insidious Roots, Chalk Outline and Detective's Satchel are incredibly fun build arounds for drafts, and cases are quite close to Sagas for me in terms of enjoyment. Some of the List cards were super interesting switchups to how you might usually draft.

@snarferyasmr3739 18 дней назад

I plan to buy more bloomburrow than anything, redwall is such a great idea and the art was always lovely.

@vangandur3629 18 дней назад

The theme of Karlov Manor was destroyed for me the moment I drew my first legendary from the set. It was Teysa, alive and well. "Wait, doesn't this set start with her death? Why is she now in it?" Then again: "A yes, Orzov. Death means nothing." Then again: "... then why is everyone making such a drama?" I like the detective and disguise mechanics though. An added morph mechanic is nice and I like a lot of the cards (the Clue crossover was a bit too obvious though) Can't care for Thunder Junction much as Cowboys doesn't really feel like Magic anymore (neither do Detectives, but at least it's on a known plane I guess?) Looking forward to bloomborrow though. Squirrel Commander Deck incoming!

@violetlazuli3998 17 дней назад

Will just say, no the set doesn't start with her death. It starts with Zeganas

@baixiaolang 17 дней назад

Well, it doesn't start with her death, so a card showing her being alive doesn't really ruin anything

@LucyBean42 18 дней назад

Magic the Cluening is gross. Promotional tie-in sets being standard is insulting. Also, Play boosters are a nightmare to play with. WOTC keeps needing to relearn EVERYTHING! Commons matter in draft! If your packs lack needed commons to make a cohesive deck, it's going to be a bad time.

@niclasd.1257 17 дней назад

I'm super hyped. Thunder junction brought me back into the hobby after almost 6 months of abstinence and I hope that Bloomburrow will continue the fun I had with thunder junction :D

@Kapow015 17 дней назад

Played pre-release for the first time ever using OTJ and I gotta say it was really fun!

@NoneExon 17 дней назад

"Organize all those cards scattered accross your desk!" Damn it Prof, how did you know?

@Ben-jv2ll 17 дней назад

Only casually interested in MTG, but wanted to say I love that you mentioned Redwall! I adored the books as a child and it was my first thought seeing some of the artwork. Kudos to you Prof ❤

@tiantuatara 17 дней назад

At my LGS, no one wanted the MKM boosters we got for playing. On the other hand, we all want the Thunder Junction boosters and a bunch of us bought pre-cons. They are a lot of fun.

@user-sw7js4jw7v 18 дней назад

Loved Redwall. Bloomburrow looks really neat!

@kevinbeireis8739 18 дней назад

Take a drink every time Prof says "Markov Manor". 😄

@kendallmcnelly 17 дней назад

I’ve been excited about Bloomburrow from the beginning. To Prof’s point, it was one of the only set announced that truly screamed MAGIC THE GATHERING. Even though I enjoyed the cards/decks I played with from OTJ, I’m planning my time (and budget) for Bloomburrow

@matthewsawczyn6592 18 дней назад

Always glad to hear a Redwall shoutout 🐭⚔️

@TokuHer0 18 дней назад

I was wondering what it was about Murder at Karlov Manor that made it so uninteresting to me as a Magic set (aside from the cards) and this summed it up perfectly

@SRH420Gaming-ql9vp 14 дней назад

I was actually pleasantly surprised with the reprints in Karlov Manor.

@jeffreyweaver9854 16 дней назад

I actually like "MURDERS AT KARLOV MANOR " as sometime back I had purchased three 2022 Jumpstart packs and was able to create the mono-blue Inventive Detective deck from the packs that were found within them. Even before those packs were created, when the first Ravnica block was released, I found within that three set block the hidden RED, WHITE AND BLUE themed deck which I have called "Law And Order: Ravnica " and its variant "CSI: RAVNICA ". As for the "MURDERS AT KARLOV MANOR " set, I kept finding cards that remind me of various fictional detectives and the mystery stories that I have read over the years (for instance, the "Make Your Move" card had reminded me of Ellery Queen Mysteries).

@camoyuki 15 дней назад

I've been looking forward to Bloomburrow ever since I first saw it. The flavor is just really appealing to me, so I hope it goes well

@SkittleWolf 17 дней назад

I am so excited for Bloomburrow. I have never been this excited for a set and I've been playing for almost 10 years now.

@freakfreak12345 17 дней назад

I've been collecting Redwall books/posters/audiobooks/the TV show for most of my life...I've only been into Magic for a year or so now, but when Bloomburrow was announced, I felt that it's TRULY...the first magic set marketed...to me...directly...I am so excited for it, and no matter if its a total flop, I'll be buying it...but also collecting it...proper collecting.