I was 17, not 16! 😉

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

dammit. also, hi!!!

@johnmraz4332

2 жыл бұрын

The legend arrives!

@onglt27

2 жыл бұрын

How can a comment so short get so much attention?

@xx3uddhaxx

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha Olle I use the art depicting you on sylvan safekeeper in my landfall deck thanks for always keeping my creatures safe buddy.

@ollerade5769

2 жыл бұрын

@@xx3uddhaxx Good to hear, good to hear!

I would LOVE to see an “Anatomy of Card Advantage” Pretty Deece video. The way luck itself was broken down in that entire sequence between Nassif and Chapin was absolutely perfect. I’d kill to have another one of that caliber.

@wizardsmix7961

2 жыл бұрын

Problem is there really isn't some hallmark iconic example of card advantage like there is for luck. The reason that video is good is because the moment it's centered around is good. If it were centered around Joe Mama playing at their kitchen table it would've sucked. Also there is no climactic moment in card advantage to build up to. It would be a slow crawl over a dozen turns until we see one guy is winning because he has 3 cards and his opponent has 0. Wowee. Exciting.

@recusantvessel

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't need to follow the same formula, in fact I think it would excel in a completely different one. There are so many nuances and little intricate decisions that impact card advantage in Magic that you couldn't possibly have it boil down to one or two iconic moments.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

i think you should ask rhystic studies about that one

@recusantvessel

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcgplayercom yeah, I watch their content a ton But something about the formatting and how you put together these videos is something special.

All those unsleeved cards being loved and abused was peak magic.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

fr

@nickfanzo

5 ай бұрын

When I started in 94 we used to play unsleeved in the school cafeteria and the moxes and lotuses were flying with the pizza sauce 😂 wild times. I still love playing sealed deck, and not having to sleeve. Feels so good

I see a Pretty Deece video, I like and comment for engagement. This content is the best, keep it up!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@druzo5198

2 жыл бұрын

they remind me to order since I always tend to procrastinate buying my list

Best magic content being made these days and it's not remotely close.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

honestly wish we had more competition

God, I hope Pretty Deece is just going to become a kind of History Channel for Magic. Top-notch script, engaging delivery, great editing with an eye for the most amusing and human moments of the subject: fucking love it. Thanks for another banger.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

hey you're welcome

This historical angle you've been taking has been awesome, as has the further step up the production has taken on the visual side. Really excited for this new series!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

we live to serve

Oh man, another episode this soon??? Keep them coming! My favorite MtG series on youtube!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

hey thanks

@rickelmemonti1405

2 жыл бұрын

i actually don't play magic at all and never did, and still really enjoy this show

@SmuggyOcelot

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickelmemonti1405 What’s keeping you from playing? Not interested (that’s okay, I’m just curious)? You could get together with a friend, and purchase an Arena starter for $10 or less/or heck, start with Arena Please don’t feel like you aren’t allowed to play, ever… unless you don’t have time for it, which is perfectly acceptable but unfortunate

@rickelmemonti1405

2 жыл бұрын

@@SmuggyOcelot looking back at my comment not sure why i said "never did" play magic. i have played magic a little bit, mostly arena when it first came out. it's cool, but it just didn't draw me in as much as the other card games i really enjoy playing. those being, yugioh, digimon, and legends of runeterra.

@SmuggyOcelot

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickelmemonti1405 hmm suspicious… kidding. I’m the opposite where I didn’t like where Yugioh was going. I mainly enjoy Magic and Flesh and Blood (even if I don’t really have a local scene for FaB) That’s okay though, everything isn’t for everyone, especially when it comes to tabletop games

Even when the format is bad, I love seeing old tournament footage.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

obviously, same

any day with a new pretty deece is a good day

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

that's nice of you to say

Omg raw shuffling duals 😩

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

quickly becoming this channel's specialty

Thanks for all the effort you put into these, always a watch priority when one of them comes out. Hope you can keep making them :)

15:20 - What you are describing there isn't really exponential. I think the term logarithmic makes much more sense. Even though they are kind of inverses of each other, I think logarithmic makes more sense for what you are trying to prove. That being that the early increases matter a lot, then later ones are less important.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

you're probably right, i suck at math. thanks for the hot tip

The soothing sounds of that sweet, sweet narration.

Pretty Deece is always awesome! The videos are so finely edited, and it’s always nice to listen to! I’d put them all the way up there with Rhystic Studies!

So happy you're getting the time & support to continue making these. Pretty Deece is right up there with Rhystic Studies as my very favorite MtG content on KZread. Your level of detail, presentation style, and choice of topics are truly second to none.

As always, another excellent video. As someone who is still relatively new to the hobby you all do a great job presenting historical Magic information in an incredibly digestible manner. Looking forward to future episodes!

I've almost exclusively an EDH player for nearly a decade now, so pretty deece is a good insight to what happened in the formats I wasn't playing

Love the work you put into these pretty deece episodes. Keep it up Jon, you're doing gods work.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

blasphemy

God, these decks are like Midwestern emo mixes, making me nostalgic for a time I wasn't around for. It makes me want to care about being a fan of competitive magic.

@hiimemily

2 жыл бұрын

Truly this is the American Football of Magic.

@methyod

Жыл бұрын

@@hiimemily i'd say i feel similarly about jokulhaups as a i do about midwest emo and i'm not going to elaborate

@hiimemily

Жыл бұрын

@@methyod Nor would I ask you to. I understand exactly what you mean.

@nickfanzo

5 ай бұрын

Well I was playing these cards and decks back then and trust me…it was awesome

Please keep these coming, I adore learning about the history of games and that bit about the side event almost pausing the pro tour is absolutely an amazing bit

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

i will. thank you for being so specific with your feedback

I started playing in Aether Revolt, so I am loving these "retro" videos focusing on the game in the 90s! Keep em coming :D

I audibly gasped when I saw a new Pretty Deece in my subscriptions. I am so happy more of these are being made. Keep it up!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

ok

how crazy is that, just last week I stumbled upon a video talking about the history of competitive YGO right from the beginning and I was wondering if there was a similar video series for MTG... then I see this! Great video, loved the commentary! Hope there will be more of this content.

Easily the most quality channel for mtg on KZread. Keep up the work you’re an amazing historian

This is awesome, I love watching anything about the history of pro magic and Pretty Deece does it best. Thank you Jon, thanks a lot.

Man, so much memories. I started playing back in 1994, and here in Spain the game was introduced first in Barcelona, because the owner of a local games shop went to a board games con in EEUU, and brought with him 2 boxes of Alpha, 6 boxes of Beta and 12 of Unlimited, and january 1994 we started playing 👏. And that same owner closed a deal with a retailer in new york to ship him away every new set coming out, 12 boxes of the game. Until in 1995, the game was franchised in Spain by a company (Devir) and then came regularly to the entire country. Those days was amazing as a teenager, playing Magic, D&D, Vampire, Warhammer, playing in benches in the street because the local shop was so small that we cant be more than 10 people playing inside. Playing at the local library too... I missed those days so much.

As long as you keep making Pretty Deece, I'll keep watching it. Great as always.

Could watch these videos all day. Great work.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

This series got me hooked on magic, ty for another awesome video.

Great video. I was playing back in the early days and the nostalgia factor for this stuff just blows me away.

Real happy to see this. I was recently looking for old ProTour and World Championship footage and it's unfortunate how hard some of it is to come by.

Pretty Deece has consistently been interesting and educational. Love your stuff

It was called Type 2, which became a variation of standard, and then there was type 1 and type 1.5

This was an amazing video. It's so cool to see how similar Magic was back then, to now!

just finsihed watching all your pretty deece vids. thank you very much for the informative content which is fun to watch!

Another top notch video. I love the tiny minutia that you get into in your videos. As always, more please.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

ok

I appreciate the high quality analysis of something many people would never come across on their own.

I've been so glad to see Pretty Deece back, I would replay the Masks block and Phyrexian mana videos a ton. Thanks again for the quality videos!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

so you're the one who's been running up the views on those

@natalbright4865

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcgplayercom Guilty as charged. The Eldraine one has become a new recent fave though, as one of a zillion people glad to never see a Stomp into Bonecrusher Giant into Embercleave in standard again.

First five minutes of this video is some of the best MTG content I've EVER seen. Keep it up!

these videos are why i'm subscribed to this channel, please keep it up!

Wooo, I love these, keep em coming!

Love pretty dece. Thank you oreo kid for making these videos. Always will watch and rewatch them for so long

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

If this becomes a series i'm gonna be so happy, old pro tours and standard decks are my jam.

Love these videos. Can't ask you to put more cards on screen just because I started playing in 2017, but I still appreciate the content. Waiting on some more.

I need more of this. Much more.

My daughter works at TCG Player , and i tell her about my getting into Magic , Neutral ground was the big sponsor around the northeast , i would even play at Tales Twice Told where Cheddy worked , i started around The Dark set but would soon be trying for pro tour events, i didnt do great but it was some of the most fun i have ever had in my life. My pride and joy of Magic the Gathering is 2 alpha and 2 beta lightning bolts signed by Richard Garfield

@markchaney4469

Жыл бұрын

He signed my shivan dragon at the magic camp good memories

This was incredible. Thank you so much for this historical Magic videos. It's amazing how Wizards went from severely underprinting to severely overprinting sets. Jyhad, Richard Garfield's first game after Magic, was also overprintend and you could still find decently priced packs recently.

I played in the late 90's and early 2000's. It was amazing. Miss those days sometimes.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

i own all the gold-bordered decks and played with them a lot and i can safely say that you have amnesia

@omnivision616

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcgplayercom Definitely not. I'll just keep enjoying PreModern with my fellow middle aged players.

@nickfanzo

5 ай бұрын

@@tcgplayercomI have them too and they rule. I’d rather play 93/94 than current standard, myself.

Great Video! Comment for engagement and also to point out that it's great to see a well-made series with proper subtitles.

it’s pretty simple, when you see pretty deece, you drop EVERYTHING to watch pretty deece

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

don't drop a baby

Excited to finally get these regularly again!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

samesies

This was awesome. Thanks, my dude. Time to put in an order for some more cards.

YESSS PRETTY DEECE. This made my week. Thank you sir

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

Solid vid, really fun seeing how magic (as a game and as a product) used to be compared to nowadays

Pretty Deece is the content I look forward to the most. I always get unreasonably excited when I see an upload.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the kind words laserface

YAY! Thank you all for the steady stream of Pretty Deece!

Man I would buy the hell out of some pretty deece merch

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

preach

Pretty Deece not having its own channel and patreon is a crime

Great video, love this series!

These videos are absolutely amazing

Always some of the best quality videos for mtg

I literally stopped halfway in this video; saving it for tomorrow’s dinner 😂

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

bon appetit

@rando7096

2 жыл бұрын

TCGplayer thanks!

Always an excellent job! Chill music too

The little touches in this video are fantastic. The cards used to represent Urza block were great.

Gosh this show is so good, keep the great work bud 👍

I haven't played Magic in 10 years but I always watch every Deece video. Top tier content.

I just love these videos.

Everytime a new Pretty Deece video is released my day gets way better.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

same

This was brilliant to see. Thanks.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

It is fascinating learning about the game's history that happened way before my time.

I find it funny that as a newer player, born and raised on commander, Jon makes me care about formats I otherwise would never even think about looking into.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

awe

best magic the gathering content on youtube full stop. seriously no one makes videos about the game as a whole like you

Always love to see a new Pretty Deece video

This was super fun to watch! It gives me vibes of an MTG version of Jon Bois over at SB Nation. Are you guys planning on covering more years of the pro tours? It would be sick to watch the recap and history of each season, or even just some of the more notable seasons!

Yes. Keep this kind of content coming. Magic history is super cool

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

it really is

@anorouch

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcgplayercom On a second note, my first cards were a booster of fallen empires. They may suck, but perma fogging Thalids will always be my favorite way to play. Did I have hymms and goblin grenade? Yes. But I didn't care. I had a million tokens and I wasn't afraid to count them.

oh my goodness gracious more pretty deece!!!! my favorite magic videos of all forever

Slight of Mind makes sense -- he's running 12 "knights" that have protection from black. Being able to flip the "black" to another color at instant speed could counter removal and make the creature much harder to deal with.

@wheelinshirt

Жыл бұрын

sleight of mind is an awesome card. i run it in alpha40 with circles of protection (in a deck that runs karma and magical hack as well) and it can be a bomb. its the only way to make a cop:black in the format and can also help deal with black knights (which have protection from wrath and balance in the format due to the quirky 'time capsule' rules of the format)

Corrections on the format of booster draft and the PT2 booster draft format. Normal 444 draft is 45 cards (not 42, 15+15+15) because each 4th Edition pack is 15 cards, which you calculate correctly in the 44H you proposed (15+15+8). Originally, Revised draft was also 45 cards, same as 4th...only problem was there was basic land cars possible in both Uncommon and Common slots...that's probably why they thought they could get away with 38. In the LA/Orange County area, we had more sealed product than any other place in the Magic playing world, way more than Europe. And naturally, that play group was way ahead of the curve. Other US players also played well as there were stores all over that had cards since 1993 while Europe was just getting its first sets at the time, Italian Legends and Italian Revised. At our major play areas such as South Coast Games and Costa Mesa Women's Club, we played and practiced for Pro Tour Long Beach since it was local. Day 1, almost all of the non-US players scrubbed out.

Amazing video, great amount of research done here. I know you said 📼 but is that original footage of the 1st PT online anywhere?

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

yes

Love it! Keep up the great work!

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

hey thanks

By the way, Wizards calls PT2 as PT Los Angeles. Back in 1996, it was called Pro Tour Long Beach.

The only series I actually press like on every time because I want to see more

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

what about nikachu

I love the Pretty Deece series. Please keep making them

You should do a video about the magic worlds championship from khans, when either the Swedes or the Dutch used duneblast to win it all! Love the content!

Good vibes as always.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

i'm something of a vibesmith so this is much appreciated

I'm in the middle of the fallen empires skit and god what did we do to deserve such a great video.

That whole thing with the store owner, the kid, and the sales rep made me cry with laughter. Holy shit.

Pretty Deece is one of the few video releases I look forward to

Such a cool look at this!

This is an awesome video. Holy smokes

21:38 - Lol, there is a sleight of mind in the maindeck too. That must have felt pretty bad every time he drew that.

@CB-ke7eq

2 жыл бұрын

For context as to why Tom ran Sleight, it's because Anarchy was a 3-4 of in red decks. One-sided board sweeps suck I believe.

Another banger from pretty deece 10/10 and I havent even seen the video yet

Always Great. Love it.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

Feeding the algorithmosaurus. Excellent work as always.

As someone born in massachusetts, i love that a massachusetts guy won the first ever pro tour

I love your series, and this was a great edition to it. Your videos about phyrexian mana and about the anatomy of luck are some of my favorite magic videos on this entire platform. One small bit of feedback: your graph at 14:50 really really needs to have axis labels. I am really struggling to understand and interpret this graph. I cannot understand what either axis represents. Is one power and the other toughness? Is one mana cost? I think the graph would be better with some labels

"Homelands, released in October 1995, is the seventh Magic expansion. It was the second expansion of the Ice Age block until July 2006," You neglected to mention Homelands was, for a time, part of the Ice Age Block.

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

it was???

So nostalgic. These were the days when I was one of the more regular 'tournament scrubs' - showing up with weird jank and suboptimal decks because I didn't have the cards for the optimal versions and a bias against 'netdecking.' Falling one or two spots short of the finals, just close enough to convince me it was still in reach but never *quite* able to make the stretch.

What a wonderful history look back. I owe you a drink and/or a duel in the format of your choice good sir

@tcgplayercom

2 жыл бұрын

chocolate milk/battlebox