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Coldsnap, Fallen Empires (2x for card count), Saviors of Kamigawa. if we stick with sets designed to be drafted, replace the Fallen Empires packs with Rise of the Eldrazi becuase like Coldsnap it doesn't work well unless it's all 3 packs For anyone who hasn't ever tried to draft Fallen Empires: Thallids is the only viable archetype and there is zero removal

Get Bosh and Roll to build decks given the format in that year to beat the given meta Then have each of the decks in this video fight a deck that we build with modern deck theory

I think legends should be in There, while maybe not fair as is wasn't intended to be drafted the combo of a third of the set being unplayable e en by 1994 standards and a third being wildly over powered coupled with a non functional level of diversity seems crazy

You gotta throw in a random energy set too, for lack of synergy.

Wow those sound miserable great job guys

If all the boosters have a low power level, playability of individual cards will be higher relatively speaking. Maybe to make the whole draft miserable, add a very powerful booster so that the other two really don't matter.

It’s easy to hate on the early non-interactive mechanics like protection but they played well in ABU. They started becoming an issue when they started printing more and more of the same so you could play up to 12 pro-white or black knights. Add the removal of the OG dual lands from the base set to make splashing more difficult and that was a problem.

Alara Reborn is also dogshit in chaos drafts, you might get a pack with nothing you can even reasonably cast. Power level might be there, but its still pretty low, and every card has a very demanding mana requirement.

Big props on the fits. Classic nordiques 👌

I have to imagine if you ignore the wow factor of it existing and getting to open it, adding an Alpha pack to a chaos draft has to be awful with the high chance of getting five lands and a majority of the other cards being highly unplayable

Homelands, Fallen Empires, The Dark. For obvious reasons, not the least of which include a complete lack of power of any kind and small pack sizes. You might not even be able to cobble together a playable 40 EVER.

I'm surprised Cedric didn't color hack the Glooms to black

Just found this (after a couple of weeks of binging your traditional videos). This was absolutely amazing. You two have so much knowledge, and matching that with paper gameplay is just the best thing ever. Can't wait to watch the rest and all the future ones. Thank you for your work and this great content!

Netrunner BABY!!!!

Nordiques!

Pretty sure Champhang sold the card a few years ago but who knows

O’s!!!

pretty sure Justice and Stern played RG, with 4 black Vise, Orcish Lumberjacks, fireballs, channel, Howling Mine

great video think this was a really cool set

Music ruled! I need the name of the songs.

One important problem with Ante was that it made MTG essentially gambling, which came with legal issues.

Patrick should've rocked the Chris Kaman clips jersey!

gonna be really happy when land tax no longer features in these videos

I miss the old days, that’s why I play 93/94 old school and premodern, too many mechanics and abilities on new creatures. That being said, can’t wait for bloomburrow draft. I still love limited.

“Otter Von Bismarck” might be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while.

I feel like I'm one of the only oldheads who's just kinda universally up on this set. I think mechanically it looks extraordinarily fun, if not the most creative thing ive ever seen. I think the flavor is super on point, if a bit more youth oriented. None of those ifs are real detractors to me, and all of the preceeding statements are just points of hype. Really looking forward to otter storming someone into next month.

Patrick is the Larry David of MTG

Stop playing Serra Angels before your combat phase.

the "enters" instead of etb i cant stand. the simple verb Enters is too ambiguous; having the information of Where something enters into i think is important. without previously understanding the mechanics of the game, you literally read the card to understand the card. okay, the card enters - enters What?..

paws is cool mechanically, but i feel the choice to use paws for it limits its usability in future sets

1996 World Championships thumbnail … I don’t see the connection.

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I really want to love Bloomburrow, but something feels off. I don't like the wording on offer a gift, and the paw prints feel "un-magic" to me in that way that is totally subjective and almost meaningless even to myself. I think I've likely fallen out of love with Magic as it exists today, but not Magic as a game/rules engine. It feels like something broke at Battle for Zendikar and hasn't been regained, but that's probably a totally arbitrary thing for me.

Shout out to Cedric repping the O's hat

this was kinda lol preboard, generally close postboard and kinda lol when necro showed up.

I can't wait for P:3K

I love that Nordiques shirt 🙌

You guys really glossed over the lore here

You guys gotta do a PT Chicago ‘99 episode

I love that the toothpastes are on the shelf in the background now

How does that world championship card even work? It has an activated ability that requires it to be in your library??? Would this actually be vintage legal if he chose?

i miss yalls coverage so much, i had no idea how much i'd miss it until it was gone. ty for doing the resleevables, its feels very similar in all the right ways

Please note that there are quite a number of Homelands cards played in the top 8 - Arrows, Bears, Shade, mostly - without a deckbuilding rule requirement to do so (like in the first PT, 5 cards from each expansion). These cards were just good in the meta.

The intro song and clip for the tournament edition episodes is great

The gameplay results really lend some credence to MaRo's recap of the finals match.

There was a story back in the day that Changpeng would "accidentally" let his opponents see the Sleight of Minds during sideboarding, so that the opponents would not put the relevant hatecards in (mostly Gloom probably). Also, on the handicapped deckbuilding: Yes, it happened, but definitely not 6-12 cards. More like 4.

is cedric ever gonna win in the intro??

FYI the total prize pool was $150,000 not $130,000. At least based on the payouts listed at the 8 minute mark and my napkin math.

1:20:00 play Kjeldoran Outpost, trigger on stack, tap for white, sacrifice it. Play balance. Both players have 1 land, no creatures?

2nd place deck with the red splash and 0 lighting bolts is weird to me