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  @raghunema7665Күн бұрын

  What’s your theory on what Ulalek’s purpose is/why it was created?

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  @Jaebird88Күн бұрын

  I would posit that the Eldrazi serve a similar purpose to something like a Galactus, from Marvel comics. A necessary entity whose role is to correct the imbalance between Eternity and Death (both as personified in the comics' cosmic cosmology). Galactus also served as a buffer against a character called Abraxas, who is mainly a destroyer of any and all things within the (Marvel) Multiverse. It's also said that Galactus takes the form of something recognizable before whoever gazes upon him, which is more effort than what the Eldrazi are capable of.

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  @ThatHuedGuyКүн бұрын

  More concerned with Jace. Why does he need Loot? Will this be related to Nicol Bolas? Like what if he wants to get his spark back so he wants to know how Bolas would have done it? Wild.

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  @crh1985Күн бұрын

  The blind eternities and also be inhabited by Demons. as demons can cross through the blind eternity to other planes

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  @OnattamatoКүн бұрын

  Honestly, I was really hoping that they would show up in March of the machines when realm breaker punched holes into the blind eternities.

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  @ThatHuedGuyКүн бұрын

  The metaphors and way you crafted the explanation is 100% on point. You need to write the story henceforth, thanks In advance 😂😂😂

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  @user-zr7jo2dk1vКүн бұрын

  And what is marit lage in relations to the eldrazi?

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  @maximumkillmtgКүн бұрын

  To explain this killing of Ulamog and Kozileg using the fish bowl analogy, imagine being able to move the person's heart to their hand in the fish bowl, and then stabbing said heart. That will kill someone outside the fish bowl with just their hand in it.

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  @dirtdog34792 күн бұрын

  Well for me I would like see a new story about them. I mean if there's no story then people just going guess and really in my opinion they should make a new story instead guessing in my opinion. And awesome video as well

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  @Theframeinator2 күн бұрын

  Sure, it may have a better resource system, but when I compare the 2 I immediately see 2 problems. 1. It’s limited to only Disney Star Wars, which is becoming less and less popular. Issue number 2. When comparing the art design of the cards to mtg, mtg takes the cake, I find unlimited’s card art extremely ugly and not good to look at. Where as mtg, sure there are a handful of ugly cards, but most of the cards look great with solid design and theming. I understand that since WOTS in 2019 that most sets lack identity, but when I look at Star Wars unlimited, it looks like a pizza that has every topping on the menu on it. It’s chaotic and messy and there are no defined sides since I can just take whatever I want with the only downside being it costs 2 extra resources. Sure there are some cards that look great, but those are like $500 each and they don’t look $500 great either. I’d say another issue for me is that they didn’t only focus on the OT and Prequels and chose to add in the stuff from the shows. If it was only focused around those aspects I would’ve enjoyed it more as I don’t really like all of the new lore that they’ve added, plus if your a casual fan, you have no idea who most of these extra characters or locations are. If you enjoy it, great I’m glad, but there are a lot of downsides to acknowledge as well.

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  @MagicArcanum2 күн бұрын

  You say it's a problem that it's limited to "only Disney Star Wars" but then admit they didn't focus "on the OT and Prequels" and "chose to add in stuff from the shows." So which is it? Are they not including enough other stuff, or is it too much? And then, you say "if your (sic) a casual fan, you have no idea who most of these extra characters or locations are." Isn't the same true with Magic? Do casual fans of the game read the stories and know who the legendary characters are in each set?

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  @TheyCallMeDio2 күн бұрын

  How to underrstand the Eldrazi: 1. Look at spaghetti 2. Look at the monster 3. Look at the spaghetti monster 4. Become corrupted by spaghetti monster 5. You are spaghetti monster 6. Spaghetti

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  @ArclinusCastoral2 күн бұрын

  It would be super cool to tie the planewalker's transplanar abilities (maybe even the omenpaths) into the nature and existance of the Eldrazi as the Blind Eternity's natives. Could even tie it back into the Mending as some sort of catalyst for provoking the Eldrazi back into activity.

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  @Alejandrodemontana2 күн бұрын

  My bet is that the eldrazi destroy planes and as a by-product maintain the blind eternities, and one of the reasons the holes in the multiverse are appearing is eldrazi are not there to consume those who linger in the blind eternities, or to consume any mana leaking between planes which can cause the holes.

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  @jacob49203 күн бұрын

  RETURN OF THE ELDRAZI would, at any rate, be a great idea for a FUTURE block-level story that Wizards could explore in the future. Fans would eat that up, particularly if it answers the questions regarding Ulamog, Kozilek, and, most importantly, EMRAKUL!

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  @xXSamir44Xx2 күн бұрын

  I think answering those questions would ruin the Eldrazi on a fundamental level.

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  @wayneigoe67223 күн бұрын

  Actually, WHY Bolas decided to release them is just as interesting as the HOW.

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  @NicoleBolas3 күн бұрын

  How can you look at Emrakul and still tell me there's no romance in MTG 🥲

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  @formalyeti27453 күн бұрын

  i was hoping there would be a clash between the phyrexains and the eldrazi where maybe one isnt so bad knowing the other as a massive threat

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  @evanbradley82833 күн бұрын

  I was picturing Ryan's voice coming out of Ugin when he was explaining the Blind Eternities using the Fishtank Parallel, lmao

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  @MagicArcanum3 күн бұрын

  Fun Fact: I voiced Ugin in a Spice8Rack video.

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  @evanbradley82833 күн бұрын

  @@MagicArcanum YOOOOOOOOOO, HOW DID I MANAGE TO MISS THAT!!! It makes so much sense now

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  @just1gamer3 күн бұрын

  Slight correction / maybe just addition? You claimed that no living things exist in the Blind Eternities accept maybe the Eldrazi. There are other living things that dwell on the "shelf space". Examples are trees such as The World Tree and Realmbreaker along with creatures on those trees such as Koma and Toski. It's also possible (theoretically) that other beings we are aware of came from there as well, Marit Lage comes to mind. Love your work keep em' coming!

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  @MagicArcanum3 күн бұрын

  As Magic is a game based on exceptions to rules, there are also some exceptions within the stories, but even most of your examples are still arguable. Realmbreaker (or The Invasion Tree) was grown on New Phyrexia / Mirrodin. The Planeswalker assault team went there to plant the cylex bomb in its roots, specifically. Its branches did eventually break through the Blind Eternities, but I don't think we can say that tree "lived" there. Kaldheim's World Tree is another curious case. It does seem to exist outside the realms we visited, but it's also visible FROM most of those realms, so it behaves differently from anything else that is entirely "within" the Blind Eternities. One way this would be possible is if all the Kaldheim realms are actually contained within some sort of "super bubble" and the Tree connects them, and creatures like Toski and Koma can also move around within the bubble, but are still not exposed to the actual maelstrom of the Blind Eternities. That, or those guys have some version of a planeswalker spark that we haven't yet fully explored. Anyway, in a very general sense, nobody really calls the Blind Eternities "home." Toski might pass through it as he scampers around the branches of the World Tree, but it seems he still prefers to live on solid ground when given the chance.

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  @Kisthenewp3 күн бұрын

  @@MagicArcanum I concur with the "super bubble" explanation. From the Planeswalker's Guide to Kaldheim article we have this section: “The space between realms, a nebulous space filled with shifting lights like an aurora, is known as the Cosmos. It's challenging, but not impossible, for denizens of one realm to cross the Cosmos and enter another realm.” Since it’s explicitly stated that an average person can cross between the realms of keldheim with some preparation, and it explicitly has a set appearance and does not share the blind eternity's trait of shifting appearances based on the beholder, we can safely conclude that all of keldheim’s realms + the tree + the cosmos is a part of a giant plane that is only partially habitable.

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  @just1gamer3 күн бұрын

  Slight correction / maybe just addition? You claimed that no living things exist in the Blind Eternities accept maybe the Eldrazi. There are other living things that dwell on the "shelf space". Examples are trees such as The World Tree and Realmbreaker along with creatures on those trees such as Koma and Toski. It's also possible (theaoretically) that other beings we are aware of came from there as well, Marit Lage comes to mind. Love you work keep em' coming!

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  @gorg99283 күн бұрын

  I would love if the made a Eldrazi Planeswalker.

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  @xXSamir44Xx2 күн бұрын

  What would be the point in that? Eldrazi can already travel between planes.

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  @gorg99282 күн бұрын

  @@xXSamir44Xx Because we could have a new colorless Planeswalker with Eldrazi-like abilities.

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  @danalbert71663 күн бұрын

  Eldrazi ARE like Jazz and this is why i'm eagerly awaiting 'Whispers of Emrakul' by the Innistrad Eldritch Orchestra. Should be out by the next new moon

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  @schumerus67863 күн бұрын

  I don‘t think the Eldrazi have any purpose. Like leeches, all they do it suck the energy by destruction to survive and if by side effect it happens to have any other effect, it‘s mostly by chance more then purpose EDIT: And why didn‘t Emrakul eat Innostrad alone? Probably they have to work together, so all 3 or it‘s not possible to consume a plane

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  @Horaxto33 күн бұрын

  Love the Outro, as always.

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  @opinionofmine32383 күн бұрын

  I find the prospect that the gatewatch defeated two titans to be frankly ridiculous.

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  @xXSamir44Xx2 күн бұрын

  That tends to be the issue with introducing eldritch horrors into stories that aren't cosmic horror.

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  @opinionofmine32382 күн бұрын

  @@xXSamir44Xx I'm not against eldritch-inspired beings being defeated by heroes in whatever story it may happen to be, I'm against what's established as a massive threat that three oldwalkers banded to seal being defeated by better-than-average pyromancy and other such things that shouldn't be putting a dent on the kind of threat the titans were established to be.

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  @xXSamir44Xx2 күн бұрын

  @@opinionofmine3238 I agree with you on that. It's a common problem with stories that have very powerful characters in the background and less powerful ones as the focus, unfortunately.

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  @daodasbrot48173 күн бұрын

  I love the Eldrazi as they are now. Please don‘t explain too much.

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  @jph1393 күн бұрын

  Honestly, weird connection, but the idea of the Eldrzi being attracted to "advanced" planes made me think of Kamigawa - which, essentially in the past few millennia while the Titans were sealed away, became the first plane we know about to advance technologically past, like... medieval-era fantasy stuff. Pure headcanon but it would kind of explain why the Magic multiverse was trapped in that "fantasy stasis" - planes that got too juicy and too advanced with mana-harnessing technology inadvertently attracted some big multiversal dudes to eat them.

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  @mega2009man3 күн бұрын

  The biggest hint to their purpose can be found in Gatewatch vs Eldritch Moon. Emrakul said Innistrad wasn't ready for her nor was she ready for it but none of the titans had the same thoughts for Zendikar. Which means Zendikar did meet the "conditions" for their purpose That or those two were just starving 😂 press X

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  @_Ve_983 күн бұрын

  Cosmic Horror has a fundamental conflict at its very heart. For a story to work, we need to understand it, the characters, the stakes, the rules of the world... But cosmic horror is born out of ignorance, from trying to understand something and failing miserably, from the knowledge, It's the complete powerlessness of not even being able to grasp just how screwed you are. The eldrazi, and any comic horror, need to strike a balance between being understood and being incomprehensible. I'm not saying that we shouldn't learn more about them, but whatever we learn should be vague, maybe even confusing, and raise even more questions. We should learn more about the eldrazi, but never understand them. The moment we don't have to speculate too much about them, the horror is just gone. That's why I love the last sentence Emrakul tells Jace. It makes enough sense to hint at a motive or purpose, yet it only makes things more confusing. This is why I also think printing Ulalek is genius. Just dropping the fused titans and refusing to elaborate.

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  @T_Peazy3 күн бұрын

  Yay! Missed you Ryan!

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  @Makotarao3 күн бұрын

  I would think of the planes as planets, so planeswalkers basically can jump from planet to planet, then the Eldrazi would be space monsters just as you said. Sort of galactus eating planets/planes. But I would like to see them featured in an upcoming big event.

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  @derekdunbar63523 күн бұрын

  I sincerely hope Wizards does not try to explain the Eldrazi. Eldritch creatures should not make sense or be explainable.

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  @qwcew3 күн бұрын

  Something to keep in mind is that the Gatewatch's Leyline Channel Fireball plan was their plan B, Jace himself stated that the Leyline Channel Fireball plan was "A messy, last-ditch, improvised plan with altogether too many unknowns and if-thens." (Brink of Extinction). Plan A was Ugin's proposal of resealing the Titans until a permanent non-sealing solution could be devised (Revelation at the Eye; Hedron Alignment) buut Ob Nixilis decided that the Hedron Alignment was the perfect snack to reignite his Spark. TL:DR Sealing was the Gatewatch's first plan, it failed, so Gatewatch cobbled together the Kill plan.

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  @dimitriosdoulgeris46593 күн бұрын

  Can we all admit that we all are indeed so jealous of Ryan's moustache? Maybe some not to light magic might help to make him tell us how he does it.

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  @manadorkuk3 күн бұрын

  Does anyone else remember that scene with Urza and Teferi in the blind eternities and there are fingers clawing into time bubble? I genuinely think is an eldrazi trying to claw in and really hope this gets built on more

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  @Leuber3 күн бұрын

  A lot of good points and it does seem to address some of MtG’s issues. However something that disappoints me in a game like this (same for Lorcana, Keyforge etc.) is that they are so like magic. Cards have power/toughness, tap and untap, typically not have haste, and the game is about attacking each other’s creatures and if you get through them a life total. Of course other terms are used for all of these, but my favorite are comparisons are the old Decipher Star Wars CCG and the old Middle Earth CCG. These games really work very different compared to MtG, MECCG probably most so where you have your characters traveling around over the map of middle earth, gathering allies, items and factions which all have VP’s. Then exactly half of your deck is hazards, cards (creatures or events) with which you can attack your opponent’s characters during their turn to try and prevent them scoring points. My point is, when you play MECCG, it really feels like a completely different experience compared to MtG. When I played Keyforge and I’m afraid this as well, it feels like playing the same game, just with different art, names for mechanics, and (for now) a more shallow card pool.

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  @rafaelsousa26333 күн бұрын

  I think the Eldrazi are pretty cool, but I'd say it's one of those cases where the mystery is more interesting than the answers. To add to that, I think Wotc themselves don't even know what to do with them. Ulamog and Kozilek were obliterated and it seems there was no consequences to the multiverse so far. And Emrakul imprisoning herself in the moon was another case of Wotc bottling their villains for a potential future use again (like Bolas).

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  @planarcleansing3 күн бұрын

  If we believe Raven Man, Emrakul creates planes. Might be the ulamog erases everything to a blank state and Kozilek prepares it for Emrakuls creations

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  @paperwatt3 күн бұрын

  I've never heard any theories on if the eldrazi have a "purpose" in the cosmic scale of things. I'm content with them just being big bad villains that mindlessly eat planes. Zendikar was enticing already with all its mana, the hedrons amplifying the leylines just made them tastier. Though it is cool that Emrakul seems to have some sort of sentience. They all probably do. I can't wait for her to hatch out of that big old moon and give us another dose of cosmic horror on Innistrad, even if it means another another revisit to the plane.

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  @Cephalopopo4 күн бұрын

  Wasn't it emrakul herself explaining to Jace's elusion, in that moment when she actually captures tamiyo to imprison herself in fhe moon, wasn't it at that moment that emrakul explained that they are a cosmic recycle system drawn to dying planes? Dying planes emit a lot of mana into the blind eternities and then the eldrazi come and do their job which is, ulamog consuming all of the rest that is alive, kozilek then resetting the laws of nature and finally emrakul seeding new life on the so prepared plane. Ugin was able to trick them to invade zendikar via the hydrons and they actually were surprised themselves that the plane was resisting that much as it usually is not the case. After nahiri lured emrakul to inistrad to take revenge on sorin by lithoforming similar hydrons as those on zendikar, emrakul finally came to the conclusion that something is not right and she finally took control of tamiyo to stop the distortion of inistrad which emrakul herself deemed to be unrightful in the end. Jace was only able to gather this information through his illusion so he would not immediately die due to emrakuls mind touching his mind, something he could not directly withstand. The way you depict it here is that it is all known through ugin, so maybe i got it wrong, or did you just leave all that out for the sake of brevity? Cool video, and I think as you do, that it is really great that specifics about the eldrazi and the eternitirs are left vague and it actually is a big part of their appeal. I hope wotc never tries to explain the missing parts as it can only get worse from here.

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  @Ramperdos4 күн бұрын

  Amazing to get Eldrazi content from you! I find them fascinating and definitely my favorite monsters in MTG. I'm currently running a D&D campaign where we are at the final chapter trying to make sure Ulamog doesn't make contact with the world and start annihilating it!

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  @MagicArcanum4 күн бұрын

  Sounds cool!

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  @KnightShadowXZ4 күн бұрын

  I'm in the reset camp for what purpose the eldrzi serve, as you alluded to Ugin states that the multiverse is infinite but is finite. The eldrazi could serve as a way to take planes that are about to reach a critical point that could cause it to explode and release unwanted energy into the multiverse, this way the eldrazi drain planes and allow them to be reborn thus the eldrazi are a cycle of death and rebirth

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  @ZrinNZ4 күн бұрын

  Fantasy Flight has a well-deserved reputation of absolutely nailing the flavour of games that they make. I didn't know about this game, and am not much of a Star Wars fan, but holy hell do I wanna play this game now!

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  @GozMaster4 күн бұрын

  Primo!

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  @ZrinNZ4 күн бұрын

  I only just watched a video on the Eldrazi from The Lorebrarians but I love how Ryan presents content that I had to watch this too <3

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  @DungeonCreator204 күн бұрын

  I really thought that they were going to play into some angle where the eldrazi were basically decomposers for planes of excess Manna in order for the other planes to receive Mana. I was very disappointed when that was probably not at all true.

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  @jdogx2114 күн бұрын

  Maybe the answer is Kaz/elik, Fused Atrocity. If too much of themselves were lost during thier battles with SUPER Chandra on Zendikar, maybe the only way they could survive was to take what was left and mash themselves together?

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  @jdogx2114 күн бұрын

  12:00, would that be a bad thing? The Fallout and WH40K sets were awesome. And two of my favorites were the Mutants and the Bugs. So, why not e Locusts deck too!

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  @ashra82814 күн бұрын

  What if the eldrazi are there to stop things like the omen paths from forming? Or to stop like the interconnectedness of planes like with the phyrexians invading? Cos since they're been gone mtg has changed the blind eternities a lot

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  @Greg501-4 күн бұрын

  I am a "the Eldrazi recycle dying planes" believer. We don't know the signs of a dying plane yet, and Zendikar could be one.