The best way to build a deck is 4 shocks, a bunch of haste and 16 lands
@thurismundbotheric75982 күн бұрын
Ok, a week late to the vid and I'm only a minute in, but my brain immediately goes to a mono black reanimator deck using things like Plot, Fortell, Madness, and cards that give value for life like Phyrexian Arena, or Command the Dreadhorde, so that you can get your good stuff into either the grave or exile to then play them later for cheap. This sounds fun to me now
@Ramperdos3 күн бұрын
Nice to see some chill gameplay from the new set! The audio in this is surprisingly low compared to any other content I've seen here so far.
@MagicArcanum3 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback. When I make scripted videos I try and balance out the audio while I edit and master the final video, but when I stream live I don't have as much control over that. That said, I'll see if I can make some adjustments for next time!
@van-hieuvo82084 күн бұрын
The word "empress" isn't used because Wizards decided so, not because of some inherent linguistic distinction. If you look at all the European translations, this character is still very much an "empress." It's true that in East Asian languages, female emperors went by the same gender-neutral title as male ones, but they have completely separate and unrelated words for a ruler and a ruler's wife. In European languages, words for female emperors are derived from words for male ones with additional femininizing suffixes, and "empress" is one of those words. The English version can get away with calling a woman "emperor" only because modern English doesn't have grammatical gender.
@TheArchanjel6 күн бұрын
16:42 This got me good. 🤣
@RealmRunner946 күн бұрын
Magic is 100% pay to win. If you have 2 people equally skilled. 1 has £50 the other a £500. I guarantee the most expensive deck will win 8/10 times
@MagicArcanum6 күн бұрын
So at the Pro Tour level, where everyone is equally skilled by virtue of being in the top 5% of this game's players...who wins? The one who brought the most expensive deck? And, did those players only reach the Pro Tour because they played with valuable cards? If that was the case, couldn't anyone buy their way into that circuit? Some cards are stronger than others, and those cards tend to be more desirable among players and thus, command a higher price on the secondary market. But that doesn't mean the game is pay to win (even if we ignore limited formats entirely, where it is 100% a contest of skill).
@RealmRunner946 күн бұрын
@MagicArcanum let's say I'm in a pro tournament, I have a budget deck, because I'm not allowed to proxy and haven't got money, and I go against a guy who has all the best fast lands, all the best ramp card and artifacts (mana vaults ect..) that's instantly makes it unfair, because one player has access to better products because of money. Maybe a better phrase would be pay for advantage which is no doubt a fact
@chrisstorrer6 күн бұрын
I really appreciate your summary! It was well told and easy to follow.
@MagicArcanum6 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@dmv997 күн бұрын
Awesome review! I think you just sold me on this product. I love the professors accessory rating videos and after this, I’d love to see more from you. You were very informative and to be honest, I think your vibe is perfect for those kind of videos Also, PLEASE keep us updated on your cube progress, I can’t wait to see what your cube turns into once it’s completed!!!!
@MagicArcanum6 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@uniformchaos8 күн бұрын
Love the idea of making use of more cards in the collection as a deck building practice.
@OURENJI8 күн бұрын
Ashiok + Griselbrand or Bolas's Citadel.
@2505903178 күн бұрын
“It was Ashiok all along~” “And I trolled Jace too *maniacal crackling*”
@omegavulture83798 күн бұрын
🎶Ashi, are you ok? Are you ok?Are you ok Ashi?🎶
@JavierOrtizBultron8 күн бұрын
Seems like fun!
@obadijahparks9 күн бұрын
Yup! She is really fun.
@carlpalacios9 күн бұрын
I miss the flavor wins videos :(
@MagicArcanum9 күн бұрын
I've considered bringing them back. Maybe over the summer, while we're waiting for the next standard set and there isn't much happening with the story.
@aceundead47509 күн бұрын
I like using Ashiok Planeswalker cards
@StewartHiles9 күн бұрын
How funny, I was just making a joke that I've gone months and I still haven't finished reading all of Ashiok's text.
@danalbert71669 күн бұрын
🎶 You Ashi-ook me alll night long 🎶
@MagicArcanum9 күн бұрын
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@daodasbrot48179 күн бұрын
Now I know what the story could have been, I am very sad they screwed this up. Some realy cool Crime Lords, some great followers and Side Groups. Elpeth in a weaker sate than after? This could be 2 great sets and i would love to make a Gangster Deck, as long the don't copy All Capone Dress code.
@filip_5489 күн бұрын
Halvar on the bridge could be a reference to a story called The Viking at Stamford Bridge.
@tazaf9 күн бұрын
This is an awesome idea of a deck 😮 I might have found a home for this eater of virtue that sleeps in my binders 😄
@filip_5489 күн бұрын
now imagine if this was a new mechanic introduced to us in Tarkir set, Jeskai clan to be more precise
@thatonefirekestral10 күн бұрын
Do you have a video about what happened back in lorwyn?
@MagicArcanum10 күн бұрын
I do not. I've tried doing videos about older sets, and they usually perform far below anything current so I've pretty much given up on them for now.
@daodasbrot481711 күн бұрын
Thx, was good, but i hate how bad they write stories now. All this about Eldrazi, Bolas, Sorin or the Planeswalkers, were good. No Talkin, but good. But now? Just low Budget crap
@andrewlemley260412 күн бұрын
I am biased towards the siblings story because they always make me happy, but I will say Geralfs study of how magic is affected on different realms was cool, I'm just worried they are not going to go anywhere with it.
@andrewlemley260412 күн бұрын
Gisa and Geralf story being the best story in the set. March of the Machines all over again.
@sxnnfred13 күн бұрын
Its funny how all the characters are based on mostly german folklore :D i liked the twists that the giants above the clouds have the all knowing mirror and Eriette is some kind of the bad-step-mom (Aunty) here.
@EffinChat13 күн бұрын
The variety of where these stories come from is what really irked me - you have a face commander, some backstory for probably the most prominent OTJ original character, a story based around an Alchemy card featuring a returning commander legendary as an antagonist, and what is basically an extended cutaway gag from the main story. Any single one of those would be a cool concept for the premise of a bunch of sidestories, but having them all just feels... rushed, i guess?
@andrewfornes532013 күн бұрын
Millions of planes.. millions of them but it just so happens that Vraska would end up on a plane with two of her past co-workers. This is starting to get like Star Wars, where everything revolves around the same 6 planets.
@MagicArcanum13 күн бұрын
It wasn't random. She waited until there was a mapped path from Vryn to Ixalan (and then to Thunder Junction). The whole point of the epilogue chapters was to show us how patient and methodical Jace and Vraska had become after their time as Phyrexians. It's a big change for them because as planeswalkers they could be much more spontaneous - if something goes wrong, they could just planeswalk away from trouble. But now, they can't, and so they spent months planning how to get into the vault and figuring out exactly who they would need to get help from.
@andrewfornes532013 күн бұрын
@@MagicArcanum My bad, I jumped to conclusions, I will leave my comment and your reply to show others and allow them to read the response. Did they ever say how much of a time gap there was? I noticed that Kellan looks a lot older and doesn't have his sword handles anymore as well as Ral setting up a network thing that wasn't mentioned in Murders at Karlov Manor, to my knowledge. Thanks for the explanation and keep up the vids. I am hoping we somehow get to see how the Coin Empire was in the past sort of how we saw the Brothers War from Teferi. Wotc really needs to introduce a walker with time manipulation powers but one that cannot interfere with time, only view it. It would help with storytelling imo.
@davidbrasher359514 күн бұрын
As with New Capenna, I was a bit turned off by how almost all the people in the Thunder Junction stories were criminals. Kellan becomes a criminal. Jace becomes a criminal again, like when he was a pirate. Even Ral becomes a criminal at one point. I would have enjoyed it if there were a couple of stories about hardworking honest citizens dealing with the crimewave, lawmen trying to establish order, or lone vigilante heroes fighting outlaws. There could also be the Gatewatch problem again. Readers complained that it was hard to find a threat that was challenging to five or so heroic planeswalkers teamed up together. In Thunder Junction, there is a gang of like ten villains gathered from all across the multiverse. You would think nothing could stand against them. And they have talked about getting together again for future heists in future sets.
@MagicArcanum14 күн бұрын
That's a great point. Both Thunder Junction and New Capenna seemed to think they could tell dramatic stories based around the conflict inherent to there just being "bad guys," but without "good guys" to actually oppose them, there wasn't really any context for the struggle.
@123silverslash14 күн бұрын
I think it makes sense that Nasho took the potion. He wants to be stronger, and while his newfound confidence helped with that, it didn’t take away that desire. He’s adapted his skills to be more of himself instead of like Tamiyo, but he’s still a black mana character, so he’ll take whatever power he can get. Hopefully, this extra power helps him be even more of his newfound self.
@MagicArcanum13 күн бұрын
I dunno. I think Obeka did him a big favor by not killing him outright even with her first move, and then he immediately tried to steal the potion again and lost his drone for it, and she was like "look kid, you should just give up" and then he still came back later to finally took it. That seems really dishonorable, even for someone with black in their color identity.
@123silverslash13 күн бұрын
@@MagicArcanum that’s a fair interpretation, but I’ve never really considered Nashi to be especially “honorable” in the first place. What I have considered him being is resourceful and determined. If anything, being told to give up probably spurned him on to do it just to prove he could.
@123silverslash14 күн бұрын
From my interpretation, a rune is a symbol that in itself holds magical power, and an incantation is like words that hold no power unless strung together, like a witch’s chant. So what they likely found on the tombstones was a poem or king form spell written in an actual language, rather than runes like in kaldheim
@albertoparolin717014 күн бұрын
I wish thunder junction was a plane devoid of previous sentient life, it would have been more interesting to see the people from various planes leave their previous places and watch them cooperate and struggle together as the main focus. Like, of course humans of innistrad would like to not be eaten by random zombies or killed in the usual apocalypse scenario(wether is homegrown of external), of course some ravnicans of the 9th district are tired of the guilds infighting and want to leave and so on and so forth...
@Cephalopopo14 күн бұрын
Like everybody suddenly knows how to use omenpaths. The world building is but a joke. You on the other hand are excellent.
@MagicArcanum14 күн бұрын
The omenpaths have existed for over a year now, and it's not like they require special training to use. You just step through it. Enough time has passed that most of the omenpaths are mapped now too, so it's not a mystery where you'll end up after walking through.
@mollygladwin816015 күн бұрын
Hey I just wanted to say that I love this channel and I love the mtg lore. I know it's not the most important thing to most players but it means a lot to me. I only got into magic a year ago when my friend started telling me about the horrors of the phyrexians and the planeswalkers battle against them. I have since become obsessed with the card game and the lore around it. So thank you Ryan and Nicole for compiling the stories here in a fun and casual way to learn.
@MagicArcanum15 күн бұрын
Welcome to the game, and thanks for the kind words!
@RibusPQR15 күн бұрын
The stories were okay, but Gisa and Geralf are delightful characters. Question: did the (fomori) Coin Empire fall when Urza used the Sylex? How long ago was that?
@MagicArcanum15 күн бұрын
At this point we don't know enough about the Fomori to be sure. It seems they existed across multiple planes (between the vault on Thunder Junction and whatever Quint discovered on Ixalan, at least) so it is unlikely Urza's use of the Sylex on Dominaria would have directly affected them. (I suspect they were already long gone before then, actually.)
@AidanWR15 күн бұрын
10:03 One of my favorite instances of cards being weird with the story, is that a 3/2 first strike Thalia defeated a lot of eldrazi, and was going toe-to-toe with a 9/10 flying, first strike, lifelink, vigilance Brisela for a while
@christopherb50115 күн бұрын
Obeka was established as a contemporary. Okay. WHERE IS SHE FROM?!
@MagicArcanum15 күн бұрын
Well, Nashi recognized she was using time magic to defend the potion. He didn't necessarily recognize Obeka personally (though the story does mention him searching his own memories for information about time mages, specifically known to be here on Thunder Junction, so it's possible he at least heard of her and knows her by reputation if nothing else)
@KnicKnac15 күн бұрын
Daily shorts? What about nightly shorts for crime fighting? lol
@Hakelous15 күн бұрын
you shouldve mentioned alchemy with Delighted Halfling
@HereticalPreist15 күн бұрын
No wot in Tarnation pun? Now I’m sad
@ajh2289515 күн бұрын
Marchesa wasn't in any of them
@ajh2289515 күн бұрын
They really buried the lead on that one. Demon fire-breathing snake should be an important detail.
@Mrtfarrugia15 күн бұрын
I'm picturing a spitting cobra with dual flamethrowers right now.
@robjohnsonmusicandgaming15 күн бұрын
I know a lot of fans of magic aren't very happy with the theme of this set and plane, but I love it more than any other I've experienced. I'm from Arizona and hearing some other creators refer to the plane as a joke or a meme really bothers me. Magic's planes are almost always based in a real culture. Khalidesh is like India, Amonkhet is basically Egypt, etc. But for the first time, now an environment and culture unique to my home is in magic, and it feels like having this culture and heritage be recognized and legitimized in a way. It is a unique and specific culture and setting, just as much as British Isles inspired Eldraine or Norse inspired Kaldheim, but many people treat it like it's just a cosplay or a meme. This set meant a lot to me, and really made me feel at home. In a game that seems to ever increasingly cater to people other than me, that was really refreshing. I also really loved this story, and it got me back into mtg lore, which was what led me here. It was a highly enjoyable adventure, without agendas or some social message, and it turned out to be centered indirectly around the character I most enjoy and idenitfy with. I will always look back fondly on this expansion. I love Thunder Junction.
@YumaNanami15 күн бұрын
I approve of Yuma's Side Story
@christopherb50115 күн бұрын
Never enough T
@ProffessorYellowКүн бұрын
I do not,but it's because it feels superficial and popularity driven. All of a sudden WOTC wants to write a trans side piece when it's popular? If I'm not mistaken, Yuma is literally the first, so it's obvious profit pandering. In my opinion. Gotta start somewhere but still
@TheLanach15 күн бұрын
I felt thst Nashi came back to steal the potion just as a way to show that he could overcome a challenge he failed at before. And to get back at Obeka. Black is a part of his color identity, after all.
@MagicArcanum15 күн бұрын
I dunno. I think Obeka did him a big favor by not killing him outright even with her first move, and then he immediately tried to steal the potion again and lost his drone for it, and she was like "look kid, you should just give up" and then he still came back later to finally took it. That seems really dishonorable, even for someone with black in their color identity.
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My cousin's are TERRIFIED of my Ashiok
The best way to build a deck is 4 shocks, a bunch of haste and 16 lands
Ok, a week late to the vid and I'm only a minute in, but my brain immediately goes to a mono black reanimator deck using things like Plot, Fortell, Madness, and cards that give value for life like Phyrexian Arena, or Command the Dreadhorde, so that you can get your good stuff into either the grave or exile to then play them later for cheap. This sounds fun to me now
Nice to see some chill gameplay from the new set! The audio in this is surprisingly low compared to any other content I've seen here so far.
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback. When I make scripted videos I try and balance out the audio while I edit and master the final video, but when I stream live I don't have as much control over that. That said, I'll see if I can make some adjustments for next time!
The word "empress" isn't used because Wizards decided so, not because of some inherent linguistic distinction. If you look at all the European translations, this character is still very much an "empress." It's true that in East Asian languages, female emperors went by the same gender-neutral title as male ones, but they have completely separate and unrelated words for a ruler and a ruler's wife. In European languages, words for female emperors are derived from words for male ones with additional femininizing suffixes, and "empress" is one of those words. The English version can get away with calling a woman "emperor" only because modern English doesn't have grammatical gender.
16:42 This got me good. 🤣
Magic is 100% pay to win. If you have 2 people equally skilled. 1 has £50 the other a £500. I guarantee the most expensive deck will win 8/10 times
So at the Pro Tour level, where everyone is equally skilled by virtue of being in the top 5% of this game's players...who wins? The one who brought the most expensive deck? And, did those players only reach the Pro Tour because they played with valuable cards? If that was the case, couldn't anyone buy their way into that circuit? Some cards are stronger than others, and those cards tend to be more desirable among players and thus, command a higher price on the secondary market. But that doesn't mean the game is pay to win (even if we ignore limited formats entirely, where it is 100% a contest of skill).
@MagicArcanum let's say I'm in a pro tournament, I have a budget deck, because I'm not allowed to proxy and haven't got money, and I go against a guy who has all the best fast lands, all the best ramp card and artifacts (mana vaults ect..) that's instantly makes it unfair, because one player has access to better products because of money. Maybe a better phrase would be pay for advantage which is no doubt a fact
I really appreciate your summary! It was well told and easy to follow.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome review! I think you just sold me on this product. I love the professors accessory rating videos and after this, I’d love to see more from you. You were very informative and to be honest, I think your vibe is perfect for those kind of videos Also, PLEASE keep us updated on your cube progress, I can’t wait to see what your cube turns into once it’s completed!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Love the idea of making use of more cards in the collection as a deck building practice.
Ashiok + Griselbrand or Bolas's Citadel.
“It was Ashiok all along~” “And I trolled Jace too *maniacal crackling*”
🎶Ashi, are you ok? Are you ok?Are you ok Ashi?🎶
Seems like fun!
Yup! She is really fun.
I miss the flavor wins videos :(
I've considered bringing them back. Maybe over the summer, while we're waiting for the next standard set and there isn't much happening with the story.
I like using Ashiok Planeswalker cards
How funny, I was just making a joke that I've gone months and I still haven't finished reading all of Ashiok's text.
🎶 You Ashi-ook me alll night long 🎶
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Now I know what the story could have been, I am very sad they screwed this up. Some realy cool Crime Lords, some great followers and Side Groups. Elpeth in a weaker sate than after? This could be 2 great sets and i would love to make a Gangster Deck, as long the don't copy All Capone Dress code.
Halvar on the bridge could be a reference to a story called The Viking at Stamford Bridge.
This is an awesome idea of a deck 😮 I might have found a home for this eater of virtue that sleeps in my binders 😄
now imagine if this was a new mechanic introduced to us in Tarkir set, Jeskai clan to be more precise
Do you have a video about what happened back in lorwyn?
I do not. I've tried doing videos about older sets, and they usually perform far below anything current so I've pretty much given up on them for now.
Thx, was good, but i hate how bad they write stories now. All this about Eldrazi, Bolas, Sorin or the Planeswalkers, were good. No Talkin, but good. But now? Just low Budget crap
I am biased towards the siblings story because they always make me happy, but I will say Geralfs study of how magic is affected on different realms was cool, I'm just worried they are not going to go anywhere with it.
Gisa and Geralf story being the best story in the set. March of the Machines all over again.
Its funny how all the characters are based on mostly german folklore :D i liked the twists that the giants above the clouds have the all knowing mirror and Eriette is some kind of the bad-step-mom (Aunty) here.
The variety of where these stories come from is what really irked me - you have a face commander, some backstory for probably the most prominent OTJ original character, a story based around an Alchemy card featuring a returning commander legendary as an antagonist, and what is basically an extended cutaway gag from the main story. Any single one of those would be a cool concept for the premise of a bunch of sidestories, but having them all just feels... rushed, i guess?
Millions of planes.. millions of them but it just so happens that Vraska would end up on a plane with two of her past co-workers. This is starting to get like Star Wars, where everything revolves around the same 6 planets.
It wasn't random. She waited until there was a mapped path from Vryn to Ixalan (and then to Thunder Junction). The whole point of the epilogue chapters was to show us how patient and methodical Jace and Vraska had become after their time as Phyrexians. It's a big change for them because as planeswalkers they could be much more spontaneous - if something goes wrong, they could just planeswalk away from trouble. But now, they can't, and so they spent months planning how to get into the vault and figuring out exactly who they would need to get help from.
@@MagicArcanum My bad, I jumped to conclusions, I will leave my comment and your reply to show others and allow them to read the response. Did they ever say how much of a time gap there was? I noticed that Kellan looks a lot older and doesn't have his sword handles anymore as well as Ral setting up a network thing that wasn't mentioned in Murders at Karlov Manor, to my knowledge. Thanks for the explanation and keep up the vids. I am hoping we somehow get to see how the Coin Empire was in the past sort of how we saw the Brothers War from Teferi. Wotc really needs to introduce a walker with time manipulation powers but one that cannot interfere with time, only view it. It would help with storytelling imo.
As with New Capenna, I was a bit turned off by how almost all the people in the Thunder Junction stories were criminals. Kellan becomes a criminal. Jace becomes a criminal again, like when he was a pirate. Even Ral becomes a criminal at one point. I would have enjoyed it if there were a couple of stories about hardworking honest citizens dealing with the crimewave, lawmen trying to establish order, or lone vigilante heroes fighting outlaws. There could also be the Gatewatch problem again. Readers complained that it was hard to find a threat that was challenging to five or so heroic planeswalkers teamed up together. In Thunder Junction, there is a gang of like ten villains gathered from all across the multiverse. You would think nothing could stand against them. And they have talked about getting together again for future heists in future sets.
That's a great point. Both Thunder Junction and New Capenna seemed to think they could tell dramatic stories based around the conflict inherent to there just being "bad guys," but without "good guys" to actually oppose them, there wasn't really any context for the struggle.
I think it makes sense that Nasho took the potion. He wants to be stronger, and while his newfound confidence helped with that, it didn’t take away that desire. He’s adapted his skills to be more of himself instead of like Tamiyo, but he’s still a black mana character, so he’ll take whatever power he can get. Hopefully, this extra power helps him be even more of his newfound self.
I dunno. I think Obeka did him a big favor by not killing him outright even with her first move, and then he immediately tried to steal the potion again and lost his drone for it, and she was like "look kid, you should just give up" and then he still came back later to finally took it. That seems really dishonorable, even for someone with black in their color identity.
@@MagicArcanum that’s a fair interpretation, but I’ve never really considered Nashi to be especially “honorable” in the first place. What I have considered him being is resourceful and determined. If anything, being told to give up probably spurned him on to do it just to prove he could.
From my interpretation, a rune is a symbol that in itself holds magical power, and an incantation is like words that hold no power unless strung together, like a witch’s chant. So what they likely found on the tombstones was a poem or king form spell written in an actual language, rather than runes like in kaldheim
I wish thunder junction was a plane devoid of previous sentient life, it would have been more interesting to see the people from various planes leave their previous places and watch them cooperate and struggle together as the main focus. Like, of course humans of innistrad would like to not be eaten by random zombies or killed in the usual apocalypse scenario(wether is homegrown of external), of course some ravnicans of the 9th district are tired of the guilds infighting and want to leave and so on and so forth...
Like everybody suddenly knows how to use omenpaths. The world building is but a joke. You on the other hand are excellent.
The omenpaths have existed for over a year now, and it's not like they require special training to use. You just step through it. Enough time has passed that most of the omenpaths are mapped now too, so it's not a mystery where you'll end up after walking through.
Hey I just wanted to say that I love this channel and I love the mtg lore. I know it's not the most important thing to most players but it means a lot to me. I only got into magic a year ago when my friend started telling me about the horrors of the phyrexians and the planeswalkers battle against them. I have since become obsessed with the card game and the lore around it. So thank you Ryan and Nicole for compiling the stories here in a fun and casual way to learn.
Welcome to the game, and thanks for the kind words!
The stories were okay, but Gisa and Geralf are delightful characters. Question: did the (fomori) Coin Empire fall when Urza used the Sylex? How long ago was that?
At this point we don't know enough about the Fomori to be sure. It seems they existed across multiple planes (between the vault on Thunder Junction and whatever Quint discovered on Ixalan, at least) so it is unlikely Urza's use of the Sylex on Dominaria would have directly affected them. (I suspect they were already long gone before then, actually.)
10:03 One of my favorite instances of cards being weird with the story, is that a 3/2 first strike Thalia defeated a lot of eldrazi, and was going toe-to-toe with a 9/10 flying, first strike, lifelink, vigilance Brisela for a while
Obeka was established as a contemporary. Okay. WHERE IS SHE FROM?!
Well, Nashi recognized she was using time magic to defend the potion. He didn't necessarily recognize Obeka personally (though the story does mention him searching his own memories for information about time mages, specifically known to be here on Thunder Junction, so it's possible he at least heard of her and knows her by reputation if nothing else)
Daily shorts? What about nightly shorts for crime fighting? lol
you shouldve mentioned alchemy with Delighted Halfling
No wot in Tarnation pun? Now I’m sad
Marchesa wasn't in any of them
They really buried the lead on that one. Demon fire-breathing snake should be an important detail.
I'm picturing a spitting cobra with dual flamethrowers right now.
I know a lot of fans of magic aren't very happy with the theme of this set and plane, but I love it more than any other I've experienced. I'm from Arizona and hearing some other creators refer to the plane as a joke or a meme really bothers me. Magic's planes are almost always based in a real culture. Khalidesh is like India, Amonkhet is basically Egypt, etc. But for the first time, now an environment and culture unique to my home is in magic, and it feels like having this culture and heritage be recognized and legitimized in a way. It is a unique and specific culture and setting, just as much as British Isles inspired Eldraine or Norse inspired Kaldheim, but many people treat it like it's just a cosplay or a meme. This set meant a lot to me, and really made me feel at home. In a game that seems to ever increasingly cater to people other than me, that was really refreshing. I also really loved this story, and it got me back into mtg lore, which was what led me here. It was a highly enjoyable adventure, without agendas or some social message, and it turned out to be centered indirectly around the character I most enjoy and idenitfy with. I will always look back fondly on this expansion. I love Thunder Junction.
I approve of Yuma's Side Story
Never enough T
I do not,but it's because it feels superficial and popularity driven. All of a sudden WOTC wants to write a trans side piece when it's popular? If I'm not mistaken, Yuma is literally the first, so it's obvious profit pandering. In my opinion. Gotta start somewhere but still
I felt thst Nashi came back to steal the potion just as a way to show that he could overcome a challenge he failed at before. And to get back at Obeka. Black is a part of his color identity, after all.
I dunno. I think Obeka did him a big favor by not killing him outright even with her first move, and then he immediately tried to steal the potion again and lost his drone for it, and she was like "look kid, you should just give up" and then he still came back later to finally took it. That seems really dishonorable, even for someone with black in their color identity.
Great stuff.