Good video. Few points 1. Similar to angels, all dragons do descend from a singular source, the Ur-Dragon 2. One of the most iconic angels Akroma was not created by Serra, but instead by an illusionist named Ixidor based upon his dead wife

@milessumida6770

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but he created her on a plane that already had Serra Angels on it. I think that puts her in the same category as Avacyn.

@RedOphiuchus

Жыл бұрын

​@@milessumida6770the thing is, Akroma isn't actually an angel in the lore like she is on her card. Everyone sees her as an angel and she performs all the functions of one but she's a living illusion not all that different from the ones Jace can make except made with much much much stronger magic.

@chadgrimwell8380

Жыл бұрын

​@@RedOphiuchusshe was created in a plane where Serra angels exist means she was created base on their image. So she is somewhat connected to Serra.

@burnsboy101

9 ай бұрын

Good comment. Few points 1. Know body asked.

@milessumida6770

9 ай бұрын

@@burnsboy101 Yeah, that is how comments work. Welcome to youtube, you'll adapt eventually.

more like this please!

@MagusFlorren

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree. This was really nice to sink into

Something I really think is neat is that there was a 3 card mini story in which an angel (angel of finality) gets corrupted (flameblade angel) and eventually gets killed (clip wings)

@LadyTsunade777

Жыл бұрын

That's Isobel the angel, by Howard Lyon. She's actually on 4 cards: Angel of Flight Alabaster, Angel of Finality, Flameblade Angel (promo), and Clip Wings. You can find his story notes for her by searching that in google and going to his website.

Actually, dragons DO have a unifying story and you can make an entire video just based on the Elder Dragons, who are the original spawns of the Ur-Dragon, the proginator of ALL dragons in the mutli-verse. These Elder Dragons include the twins Ugin and Nichol Bolas, two of the most important figures in the entirety of MTG.

I wish you talked a bit more about Liesa at the Innistrad section. Not mentioning how Avacyn killed Liesa and how Liesa eventually reformed feels especially egregious.

we need a goblin backstory!

I LOVE lore-centered stuff ^_^ I wish for my first tribal deck, Slivers but I was struck by the Angels recently, even on a philosophical level! Thank you for .. starting? ... this series :D what about top N best representation of the lore behind some particular topic? like Angels, Legends, constructs ... talking about machines, top 10 lore about (sentient) artifacts?

Shoutout to Homelands, the set that Ulgrotha takes place on. I just finished the complete set. It isn't the worst set in Magic history in my opinion.

@huntergrant6520

Жыл бұрын

I read the comics from homelands. My personal favorite set.

@lamronjr8785

Жыл бұрын

So what is the worst for you?

@milessumida6770

Жыл бұрын

@@lamronjr8785mercadian masks?

@cax1175

Жыл бұрын

​​​​​@@lamronjr8785Prophecy. Nizzahon has done videos on both sets and Homelands has more cards with competitive success than prophecy. Homelands has a couple of cards that still see play today like Merchant Scroll. Merchant Scroll is actually restricted in Vintage, you can't say that about Prophecy. It has Rhystic Study but that is only good in edh.

@cax1175

Жыл бұрын

​​@@huntergrant6520 actually also got that for my Homelands collection too. It was still sealed and it came with a copy of Apocalypse Chime. Chandler is my name, so I had to make an edh deck with him as commander.

This was great. I'll take niece lore over top 10 videos any day.

Surprised you didn't go over how the ones on Amonkhet ended up weirding the gate watch out for not being all female.

@LadyTsunade777

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the Amonkhet angels being male was part of Old-Walker Bolas twisting the plane to his own needs and wants.

@thedancingpikachu

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyTsunade777 true, but it still was a way to show how ingrained certain aspects were to the nature of angels in mtg. They had to be twisted by an old-walker to be male.

Do an urza story! It seems a really good thing to call people back to for viewer engagement..and important lore

This was great! Love how you covered the lore here, would much rather watch your takes on MTG than some other channels

@MrDeeluv1996

Жыл бұрын

MTG lore content creators are generally extremely boring neck beards, who just sound a little to excited with middle earth tunes playing in the background

idk if there's enough lore for a 20 minutes video but I'd love one on Alesha! If not the Umezawa clan.

This Video was definitely a touch above the cut. Very interesting topic and as usual very nicely narrated.

Well done. I have always loved the story of Serra. Such a beautifully written character. Keep up these kind of videos.

I love this story type content

really good video, I like your voice and the story of angels is something incredible

Aaaaaaannnddddd this is why MTG has the superior lore to any other original TCG ... Great video 👍🏻

Your provably my favorite yugi-tuber and its awesome that your also on mtg idea for a video: top 10 worst storm cards.

Love these types of videos

I do love me The Unknown Side of. Always. Love seeing these on the YuGiTube Channel can't wait for more here too!

I don't have a source for this, but I remember hearing that the reason Amonkhet's angels were male, is that they were part of the corruption of the plane by Nicol Bolas, another hint that something wasn't right about the plane when he was in charge.

Great video

More lore videos!!

Amazing! Please more😍😍😍😍😍

love this type of video

the singular beautiful creature type that got me into the game. Ironically in the M15 and Tarkier block which was full of dragons. I still use my old foil Emancipation, Platinum and Aegis Angels I got back then for my very first commander deck featuring Ephara.

Awesome!

Hell yes. I love this Loredump more please

Good video

How about Power 9 lore? Lotus fields, crafting of the Moxes, whose ancestors are being recalled, Tolarian's connection to time walking. Definitely more "iconic creature type" lore, too.

I once spent $100 on a booster box of Ikoria for a Serra The Benevolent avatar in MTG:Arena even though the closest "local" gamestore for actual paper play would be 4 towns over because I love her design so much

I'd love an Urza Video

i like these lore videos

I always wondered why demons, hydras, and sphinxes never got an in universe origin within magic. I hope they expand upon this someday. Especially demons. I love black in magic and I'd love to know where they came from.

I was hoping you would talk about akroma and page. I know, old stuff but interesting either way 😮

Well done on the video. Wish you covered Kaldheim’s angels (valkyries). If all angels in the MtG universe trace their origin in Serra, how did Kaldheim’s come about?

I need to get this card! Wish I was flush enough to pay 55 smackeroos for a foil XD

She is the UR-Angel

Angels Elsewhere - what about Kaldheim? Are Starnheim's valkyries also manifestations / lingering descendants of Serra's works too? Normally I'd still just run with that, but the presence of Youthful Valkyrie throws that off to me.

@LadyTsunade777

Жыл бұрын

Most planes have their own different ways of creating Angels: Alara has them made from the souls of heroic dead, Innistrad has planar pools of white and black mana that the angels and demons there return to when killed and can reform eventually, Ravnica are all created directly by Razia or Feather, Zendikar coalesce from pure concentrations of white mana, Dominaria form from the gathered prayers of mortals, and on Kaldheim the valkyries have existed since the plane's birth. Capenna may be different, as until we have more details it's unclear. Theoretically angels are a typical race on Capenna, meaning they procreate and such. Seeing as they appear as mortal humans when immature, and that it was canonically confirmed that Capenna has both female and male angels.

Please do dragons and the Ur-dragon next

Id love to hear the lore abour Myr(s) tbh I dont even know how deep that goes if at all but I love those little artifacte constructs

@Sillimant_

Жыл бұрын

Myrs were created by memnarch, who was created alongside mirrodin by karn*, so it's quite an in-depth and convoluted story *at least, that's my understanding of the connections

@YoshiKing12EK

Жыл бұрын

@@Sillimant_ Oooh thanks for the tidbit heck now I defiantly want to have a full breakdown on this channel of my favorite little artifacts.

I wonder if serra was directly responsible for Elspeth. As far as I'm aware, anyway, this is the only time a character has been reborn as an angel, creating an angel from the souls of the dead is a hallmark of Serra's work I think after letting herself die, part of her spark refused to die and wandered the blind eternities until Elspeth, and by proxy the entire multiverse, needed help the most. It would be fitting that even in death she continues to help those in need

do the wandering emperor!

then weeping angel got made grom doctor who :p

No mention of Akroma and the Orzhov's Angel of despair, shame

@christopherb501

Жыл бұрын

Pegasus succeeding too well and megapastors creating s3x s1aves, yes.

@LadyTsunade777

Жыл бұрын

He mentioned the Orzhov angels in the Ravnica segment. All Ravnican angels are direct creations of either Razia or Feather, and any that are no longer in the Boros are ones that left to either other guilds or the gateless of their own will.

In Sera's story, is an Angle important?

Do sliver lore and preator lore

All angels should have flash. Think about it. Makes sense fof couple reasons

planeswalk lore like what is the mending?

I though that Sorin destroyed Avacyn as payment for Olivia Valdaren's forces helping him in a conflict he'd lose otherwise?

MTG Lore videos please

Guys how can you read and learn mtg lore?

No Akroma? This is a travesty

@huntergrant6520

Жыл бұрын

She's onslaught. Ixidor created her in the image of his killed girlfriend. You in my opin could argue she isn't real. But maybe there is more lore about it I'm unaware of. Been 20 years since I read those books.

@christopherb501

Жыл бұрын

​@@huntergrant6520Still waiting for her to be printed as an Illusion.

Do dragons please😊

Honestly, Serra's death never sat right with me. Letting herself die basically off screen like that after being such a prominent, larger than life character for so long is really disappointing. The weird thing is she did appear alive on a restored version of her realm in the Scourge novel, a novel that takes place years after the phyrexian invasion of dominaria and well after her supposed death. But unfortunately, that novel is extremely weird and while a lot of major events from it continued to influence future stories to some degree many minor events, such as Karona visiting Serra's realm, seem to be treated as non-canon. Especially since the justification for how her realm was restored is contradicted by the modern weatherlight crew and their story.

@kdash2657

8 ай бұрын

I'm fine with a larger-than-life figure passing on from a tragic and humble event. Not every figure has to die in a blaze of glory. While the brief explanation here leaves a lot to be desired, Serra passing on from the grief of losing her "heaven" and the love of her life by letting herself be slain says a lot more about the person she was and the true power she wielded.

@RedOphiuchus

8 ай бұрын

@kdash2657 for me it just doesn't work. Living for thousands of years, creating an entire world and an entire species that would be spread around the multiverse, being an immortal. These things, to me, make "love of my life"-related suicides feel silly. A lot of planeswalker deaths around that time were disappointing, and imo unnecessary, honestly Urza couldn't die sooner for how much of a hand he played in many of them, but Serra doubly so because it feels like an off screen death we hear mention of as an aside to everything going on. One of the most powerful planeswalkers we've ever seen deserves better imo

Not every Angel was created by Serra though. Akroma who later turned Karona was originally created by Ixidor. A powerful Illusionist who lost the love of his life in the phyrexian arenas. He then became mad with grief and tried to recreate his lover with his magic, at the cost of his right arm, he created an Angel. Akroma Angel of Wrath to be precise. The good folk of Amonkhet also found out how to create angels. First male angels to be precise. So who knows. Maybe now they can reproduce biologically? But not every angel decends from Serra.

3:00 prospectors Seriously it's like you don't pay attention at all

@ReyosBlackwood

Жыл бұрын

15:10 Heroines

DANNY DIVIROnnn whaaaa

Ah yes, Serra's Realm being used as a battery. Another point in the very long list of reasons of why Urza is the worst.

please unpack urza and please include your hot take on him lmao

LOGSSSSSSSS

Nice lore video. Funny how Magic's depiction of this all female race all either end up being corrupted or are just literal artificial things made by men or otherwise. Lol

@christopherb501

Жыл бұрын

Considering the bulk of them stem from Serra, a woman, to one degree or another, I'm going to say that analysis is a bit off.

@darthparallax5207

Жыл бұрын

During the time period they were run by a woman they were so specifically just objects they explicitly could not have sparks. I suspect Asha is a Walker but that will be a recon. The only plane that acknowledged blue and green angels they were made by a male vampire. So. Lol. Christian angels work better than Odin angels if you want something more feminist friendly. Lmao.

@darthparallax5207

Жыл бұрын

Retcon

@Sillimant_

Жыл бұрын

>funny that angels made by a woman are all women Go outside. Touch grass.

f*rst

Great video really i love all the quality you put in all of your creations, but man 17:20 the Elspeth arc is a piece of dog shiet, wizard put near 0 effort a Wattpad fan can write better lore for free than MOM story line rush, short, cheap and destroying his onw cannon created be better writer. Wizard is being so lazy with his lore than now i prefer no reading anything new.

Will you do Hydra's.