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@TheLoraxWithMjolnir

Жыл бұрын

*please sir, can i have some more?*

@alexlore4716

Жыл бұрын

You have anything to say about how bad the shuffler on Arena is.... I know how to fix it.... Do you ?

@TheLoraxWithMjolnir

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlore4716 how

@alexlore4716

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLoraxWithMjolnir Rebuild the game on a 128 bit client or better, anything short of that we will forever be stuck in Hell, WOTC knows this yet we hear nothing about Arena 2.0.. they are bastards as long as people still spend money on Arena 1.0 we are fucked endlessly.... Understand how serious the problem is and how it pisses me off everyday while im at work knowing i have shit waiting for me everynight cause it will never change with the Fisher-Yates 32 bit maybe 64 bit shuffler thats borked?....

@TheLoraxWithMjolnir

Жыл бұрын

@@alexlore4716 k

Oh my young Nikachu, I was there when Negator was printed. It was pure terror when playing with a non-burn deck and your opponent played swamp, dark ritual, negator. I have never in my life seen an era of magic with more first round concedes. It made ripples at the time as one of the most aggresive glass cannon deck types.

@punkjay4681

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it wasn't the worst creature if you get it turn 1 with some removal in hand. And the unearth mentioned in the video :)

Flame Jab recycling a Swamp becomes extra amusing when you realize it has Retrace, a mechanic that allows you to recycle the card by discarding a land.

@thonk7611

Жыл бұрын

actually perfect

@TheLoraxWithMjolnir

Жыл бұрын

lol

@Infernoblade1010

Жыл бұрын

300 IQ move

@nonlamesniper

Жыл бұрын

And it's the same plane.

"The sword would come back from the graveyard equipped to the sword." Nailed it.

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind has some weird characters in the flavor text that when turned sideways spell Niv-Mizzet. I think it might have been mentioned in a different video though

The amount of times i've confused players when casting Nevinyrral's Disc, and saying Larry Niven's Disc is countless haha.

@grimtrix

Жыл бұрын

OMG! I never understood why I was calling it that!

One of my favorites involves Krekno, Mob Boss. In the background of his art you can see two goblins skulking around. That background is the full art for Krenko's Command.

Back in older formats, Phyrexian Negator was a played card in competitive formats due to being a 5/5 trample for three mana. The decks it was played in operated similar to Delver decks nowadays, where they just used tempo and removal to diffuse the downside of Phyrexian Negator's effect.

@nobodyshome6792

Жыл бұрын

Good ole Suicide decks. So much fun. So format defining and dominating as well...... At one point the folks at the DCI and Wizards were discussing banning the Negator......

@ianonthego1355

Жыл бұрын

Swamp, Dark Ritual, Phyrexian Negator on turn 1. Good stuff.

@user-jd5zt4of8q

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't Phyrexian Negator be very good in a Zedruu Commander deck?

@nobodyshome6792

Жыл бұрын

@@user-jd5zt4of8q no. Negator wouldn't be permitted in that deck based on Deck Construction Rules. The Negator is a Black Creature, Zendruu is Blue/Red/White commander. Even if you found a way to incorporate them in the same deck, the moment they have control of the Negator, they will make a point of removing that Negator fast as possible. (Potentially just pinging it themselves, depending on the deck they are playing.) There are considerably better options for Zendruu decks.

@chemicals8582

Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the card played in a Legacy Grand Prix back in the day.

Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away did a lot more than just get referenced in Nevinyrral's Disk. It could actually be argued that Niven's work inspired the entire flavor and function of Magic: the Gathering. In The Magic Goes Away, magical power was a limited, finite resource that was literally drawn from the land and it took time for the land to recover, which inspired Richard Garfield to create the tapping land for mana mechanic. While it was originally based on the oil crisis it actually made a brilliant game mechanic, as the main character had to seek out other lands just to gain the ability to use magic again... or in MtG terms, he had to control more lands, to tap for mana.

I love easter egg stuff like this! Btw, Sword of the Meek is also depicted in Tribute Mage, who can tutor the sword (or the Thopter Foundry)

@quentincongdon6687

Жыл бұрын

Also Krosan Grip. Somebody really didn't like that sword

@skykur

Жыл бұрын

@@quentincongdon6687 krosan grip being especially good against the combo because it has split second

@mfmageiwatch

Жыл бұрын

That is an actual easter egg. The one in the video is not. Sword of the meek came out after that return to dust.

@TheWallerit

Жыл бұрын

@@mfmageiwatch Sword of the Meek has been printed in Future Sight, which is dated in 2007, while the first Return to Dust has been printed in Commander, dated in 2011. So I guess it's a valid easter egg as well as for Krosan Grip (printed in Modern Masters back in 2013 at first with that art)

@mfmageiwatch

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWallerit return to dust was first printed in time spiral, 2 sets before sword of the meek. You are wrong.

As someone who dabbles in zombies, the champion lore is cool... but, you can't help but smile seeing artists reference their other work!

Phyraxian Negator was the backbone of many decks that won GP and PT events in the past, are you sure you don't want a 5/5 trample on turn 1 in an all black aggro rush deck ? It might not seem so good *now* but it was amazing when it was released, and stayed a powerhouse in Standard and Extended formats for a long time. Look at the history of Suicide-Black decks. As for the Disk. Everyone knew that, as it was frequently mentioned by Garfield during the Alpha, Beta, Unlimited and Revised releases of the game. So much so that it is even mentioned specifically on the product packaging. It is only the newer players whom don't know about the reference. But seriously. Phyraxian Negator was and is nowhere near as bad as you make it seem. It is and was a force to be reckoned with.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

I would say Negator was Tier 1 in it’s time (like Morphling or Masticore) but it is pretty unplayable by todays standards.

@nobodyshome6792

Жыл бұрын

@@NikachuMTG it can still fit in some decks. But yea, it isn't as good now as it was then. That whole "powercreep" thing. There are very few cards from before 2002 that are playable now. Which shows a lack of competent game design in the newer stuff. (Game design itself has courses focused on preventing power-creep and making sure that older mechanics/items/cards stay relevant in new additions. Something not really happening in MtG, or most games for that matter.....)

Older sets when you put all four basic land together it's one giant landscape. That was fun to discover.

@KronprinzWaldemar

Жыл бұрын

All four? But never knew that

"A really old set called Tempest." I feel old, but also heartened that this game is still alive and booming.

Yes I played Disk for ages and just learnt now this esster egg 😉 And yes, as someone else stated, I played during Urza, and if u weren’t playing burn red or monogreen aggro, the start swamp-ritual-negator was lethal even for Replenish or Bargain! Am era buried under the dust…

6:55 Champion of the parish, Nikachu your misunderstanding the context of champion in this instant. In this context its refering to champion as the Hero, ie Hero of the Parish then Hero of the perished. Read the flavour text again with that in mind it will make more sense

@daniduc

Жыл бұрын

Champion 2. “a person who vigorously supports or defends a person or cause. "he became the determined champion of a free press"

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm just having fun :P

@daniduc

Жыл бұрын

@@NikachuMTG woooosh! Sorry, I should have known better

My favorite and relatively new one is the updated art on Imperial Recruiter has the silhouette of Kiki-Jiki and Pestermite which is the infamous creature combo used by UR Blue moon decks to close out the game.

So informative and fun. I love how decades later I can still be surprised by Magic. Thanks🙂

Always love seeing some Slivers being mentioned. Never thought about the whole Easter Egg thing though. But I have seen Steam Vents depicted in other card art. But only the Gildes of Ravnica version.

Return from Extinction goes even deeper with the slivers. At some point they were made to look humanoid but people hated it. The card from Modern Horizons shows the oldschool Tempest era slivers.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

I remember being one of those people who hated the humanoid slivers. What an awful direction to take that classic creature type.

@VinnieKielbasa

Жыл бұрын

@@NikachuMTG For me it was making the new Phyrexians casually transform as a result of contact with Karn's glistering oil instead of introducing one of the numerous planes overtaken by Yawgmoth like the ones Urza mentions in his travels to find someone who could have found a way to stop them. Much like Mercadia that served as an interplanar marketplace and was kept without much modification for centuries. For some reason Wizards just made it seem like all the oldschool Phyrexians vanished when Urza absorbed Yawgmoth and became Planeswalker Karn.

Cheers Nikachu! Thanks to this video, I purchased a foil Kiora, the crashing wave, on ebay for a great price in an auction that had less than 2mins to go! I am a big fan of Hokusai's wave of Kanagawa artwork.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

It's the perfect addition to your collection!

I was hoping for a video like this!!

Another great video and awesome commentary. Keep up the great work and catch ya on the flippity.

Thanks to this video, I now understand why "Sword of the Meek" and "Thopter Foundry" were in the Myr Commander Deck I saw on this site another day.

I loved that last Easter egg. From champion of the parish to champion of the fallen, I mean, perished.

Thanks 🙏🏻 learned a few things with this video😉

Amazing! I love expropriate,so many more easter eggs in that art!

Hey there Nikachu, love your stuff and I'm always showing Magic buddies your content as well. Keep up the amazing work, as you never stop giving me great information and laughs.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Holy cow! This video was such fun I love it

This video brought back good memories of my Magic origins…thanks Nikachu.

Nevinyrral’s disk one was mind boggling to me. That’s a cool Easter egg I will definitely be telling to customers that come to the LGS I work at

Easter egg videos are one of my favorites, makes me love Magic more.

This was awesome! Please do more MTG Easter eggs.

Phyrexian Negator is also depicted WAY in the background of the Jumpstart Phrexian special swamp

Amazing!

These Easter eggs are always fun to see, especially when they tell a story!

Hi, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" photo appears to be inspiration for Riveteers Ascendancy's art :)

I always love the easter egg videos! Thank you sir 🙂

I love Larry Niven. I love Nevinyrral's Disk. Had no idea why the strange feeling of familiarity.

Awesomeness! 🤘🐸🤘

I knew about Champion of the Parish/Perished because they're in one of my decks, but I didn't know about the third member!

the disc was by far my favourite. I also felt old when you said that tempest was a super old set ^^

I liked the Wave, really cool!

Favorite theme of this channel. Easter eggs!

There's an easter egg in the Original Kamigawa Block where a blue instant or Sorcerery ,(I can't recall which sorry hah) depicts Emrakul The Aeons Torn in the background. Always made me wonder if the Eldrazi aren't somehow related to Kamigawa

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people think that's Emrakul, but it's just a spirit.

I love the flavor text for disperse.

The great wave is also depicted in Rampant Growth. MTG artists love that wave!

The Disk is my favorite card, also my favorite easter egg!! love your videos

It should be mentioned that Flame Jab has Retrace...so you can pitch his land to cast it from your graveyard.

Gisela Blade of Goldnight has many cards that allude to her eventual corruption. There is also the Grove of the Guardians land card with the Risen sanctuary card that is a playable card, and you can use the Risen Sanctuary as the 8/8 token instead...

I don’t know if you covered that already but make a video of the first ever MTG tournament would be so cool

One of my favourite Easter eggs is the Sun Titan stuff; Sun titan, Terminate and Animate dead, even the flavour text follows the story!

Great video I love seeing MTG easter egss and call backs. Expropriate is my favorite card but you missed all the other MTG references in the art, like all the moxes just thrown about the painting

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

or did I?

I’m an old-time player who remembers back when Mark Rosewater was such an influence on the game’s design that they named a big green creature after him that complemented his playing style - Maro. 😎👍

My favorite Easter egg Krenko's Command art is in the background of krenko mob boss's art.

I forgot what exactly it was, but I remember one from Odyssey block that had to do with Kamahl and Mirari. I think from when it was on his sword

I can't remember the other cards that tell a flavor text story, but I know Unruly Mob is part of a series of cards with flavor text basically laying out Innistrad history being survived by this small band of folk.

Big Larry Niven fan, and I picked up on it immediately. :)

Nikachu you rock man !!!!!

More easter egg's and lore will be good 🤤 love ur content THX...

Larry’s Disk.. now I know why people called it when I started playing years ago lol. Everyone just called it that but never knew why hah. Thanks for letting me know

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Ok more of these videos please !

An oldy easter egg I've seen is goblin grenade from fallen empires. The one wielding a spear the name 'Mike' can be seen hidden in the barbs of the spear.

These easter egg vids are a lot of fun.

Deep Analysis has a couple of Cephalid looking at the head of a Masticore... and the flavor text is "The specimen seems to be broken." Anyone who as ever played against a Masticore knows that card is SUPER BROKEN.

Champ of the Parish and Champ of the Perished were my faves.

i was just going thru a box of my cards to just grab up some alright ones for a 60 card black deck and ill be damned if i didnt come across all of these lolz i actually put some unearths in this one too

Yep been playing for about 20 years. Never knew that about nevs disk.

I'm pretty sure Sword of the Meek and Return to Dust was already mentioned in another Nikachu's easter egg video

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

You might be right...

There is a yellow rag doll that artist Richard Thomas got a lot of mileage out of. It appears in the art for the Black Vice, the Cursed Rack, Leshrac's Rite, the Rack, and Wall of Wonder.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

That one is really neat!

Krosan grip also depicts the sword of the meek getting obliterated.

@mathmagician5990

Жыл бұрын

Had to scroll quite a ways to find this haha. I also made this comment

Probably fairly known, but Ral, Izzet Viceroy and Tomik, Distinguished Advokist each have a cloth on their hand depicting the other's color(s) in their respective art.

Your Easter egg videos are awesome

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Phyrexian Negator is one of my favorite cards of all times. 👍🏻

that Negator can't catch a break 😆, from getting Unearth to getting bonked in the head by an Ancient Silverback (Urza's Destiny)

Come ooon Phyrexian negator was awesome during its time. Lots of cool suicide black decks back in the olden days.

another good one is the spirit of Precinct Captain looking over the soldier token from Ravnica in the art of Spirit Bonds

Ty

Mercurial chemister seems to be making the destructive orb featured in merciless eviction.

Yay new video! Stay cool coffee crew!

So there's a card called the llurgoyf and it has a quote on it from saffi ericksdotter she has a card in regular mtg and an unsanctioned set and then they just made hans ericson in commander legends that coincides with their story. Saffi and hans both work together as well as the outcome for the llurgoyf!

The Great Wave is also the inspiration for 10E's Rampant Growth

The cliffs in the background of Seaside Drake are the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast of Ireland.

Phyrexian Negator is also in the art of a swamp shipped with the phyrexian praetors secret lair.

Champion of the parish! Loved that card!!!

Sword of the Meek is also in the art for Krosan Grip

Larry Nevin's disk just blew my mind

Khans of Tarkir and Dragons of Tarkir have a bunch of them because of the nature of alternate timeline. ex. Feed the Clan and Ancient Carp. "Why eat now what could one day turn into a feast."

Kind of a well known one (or at least is was back in the day), Pemmin's Aura, which almost turns a creature into Morphling, is an anagram for "I am superman".

great video.............................

If you get to play Phyrexian Negator on your enemys board it suddenly is a really good card. ;)

Unspeakable Symbol and Wipe Clean tells a story, both on their flavor and on their arts both illustrated by Arne Swekel

Do more card lore it’s amazing!!!!!❤

In Expropriate art, you can find the Moxes and other well known artifacts

My favourite ,,easter egg" is that Stone Tongue Basilisk and Worldgorger Dragon (Wayne England) both look very much alike.

champion of the parish is my bread and butter so learning about champion of the perished is hilarious because now I have to make a zombie deck that mimics my human soilder deck

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Pull it out when the Humans deck get defeated.

You could make again the Saffi Eriksdotter one. Considering her card is not from ice age, she was on the desert after getting caught on the time spiral.

@cemereffstream7866

Жыл бұрын

lhurgoyf from ice age + saffi from time spiral (time spiral 2005 art)

Repentant Vampire was an homage to Angel from the Buffy series.

Gearsmith Guardian connects with Gearsmith Prodigy to form the full picture. Seasoned Pyromancer is literally a grown-up Young Pyromancer, both of whom are drawn by Cynthia Sheppard.

In the Art of expropriate there are also the 5 moxen