"I feel like the magic community as a whole is really into big ladies." -Kathleen "Not as much as the street fighter community" -Nelson "Or the resident evil community." -James ....Oh my god the unifying individual for those is Adam
I believe you were close with the flavor text. If I remember correctly, the conditions to liberate the eldrazi from the hedron trap was to be in the Eye of Ugin, 3 planeswalkers and cast dragon fire.
1:29:42 It is a reference to the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. One of the characters is an "evil" scientist named Doofenshmirtz and whenever the show cuts over to his build it plays a jingle. Graham was actually very close to the one they use in the show in his initial guess.
I'm gonna assume his closeness was partially subconscious, Graham's referenced Phineas and Ferb in the past, he's at least somewhat familiar Edit: now that I've gotten there. Yeah, it's totally in his brain, he just couldn't place it fully.
The Frantic Firebolt explanation is in the flavor text. Johann keeps summoning bigger problems to solve his smaller problems, so he's 3-4 steps from calling Emrakul for help.
I can't explain why, but Kathleen's intro just made me think "Statler, Statler, and Waldorf: Attorneys At Law". That is my contribution to this engagement.
Hi! Comment explaining the Frantic Firebolt nickname here. The flavor text says "Johann's conjecture about draconic fire dispelling rainwater elementals proved to be correct. Now he just needed a way to dispell draconic fire.". In much the same way the old lady swallowed bigger and bigger things to kill the last thing she swallowed, it's implied Johann would summon/create bigger and bigger threats to dispell whatever he last summoned, ending with emrakul two flavor texts (aka cards) later. In summary, Johann keeps summoning bigger and bigger things in order to deal with the things he previously summoned.
"Cluedo" was the original, it's a combination of the words "clue" and "ludo" (Latin for "I play"). It was renamed in North America because it was apparently too confusing.
@@Arkouchie that's honestly so weird to me. In the UK it's considered a total classic, to the point it's kinda outdated now. It's like Sorry but without the Sorry part.
Honestly, I'd love to be able to award medals for this set's "Already named the nickname" or "That has REACH?!" on top of the naming, but that's just too complex to be worth doing, I'm sure.
37:13 I think it's referencing the flavor text rather than the card text. It's doing a "Old lady who swallowed a fly" thing where he just keeps using bigger spells to solve the problem caused by the last spell. Ending in Emrakul, the biggest spell.
Hi, feeling obligated to mention that Hylda and Disney's Frozen are both based on the Hans Christian Andersen story "The Snow Queen". Always love the nicknames episodes and TTC in general, keep it up!
Great episode as always. Didn't really get around to submitting any nicknames this time (well, I submitted one, 'Biting Axe' for Witchstalker Frenzy), because I had surgery right around when submissions opened. It was just a tracheal shave, so it wasn't a big surgery or anything, but it did mess up my schedule enough that I just didn't find the time. But I still really enjoyed the episode. The Three Bowls of Porridge nickname actually made me laugh until my stomach hurt.
Cinamon the Steed has a playtest card. 1/1 for 1 legendary that gives food horsmanship and each turn makes a non creature food into a 1/1 knight. (from memory)
22:48 While I always knew these puzzles as 'Dingbats' apparently that's the trademarked term for a particular game featuring them, and the more generic term is 'Rebus'. The Dingbats puzzle books were a big part of many family holidays when I was young
That's why they bought them! It was for Desert Bus two years ago where they did a Star Trek theme for NightWatch, so graham found them. They were also spill proof in some way which amde them perfect for the bus.
For anyone curious, sheep is a creature type. There are 4 of them, one from unfinity (not acorn) and one retconned by the type overhaul. Also, two distinct sheep tokens with different stat lines. Edit: should've listen like 2 more minutes
i cant find any comment confirming or denying that. its odd, they usually tell us if there's a delay. and yeah sometimes they skip a set but we're currently 3 sets behind.
Always delightful to see these, and to see a few of my own suggestions. Also, here are some of the ones that left you scratching your heads. 37:13 Read the flavor text. It's a "woman who swallowed a fly" situation. 1:18:42 As in "Fe-fi-fo-fum!" but with respiratory virii. 1:29:41 Phineas and Ferb, with Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated.
Like, I get _why_ nobody voted for "Anserine Krasis" as the nickname for The Goose Mother; not many people know what "anserine" means, but I'm still sad that _nobody_ voted for "Anserine Krasis" as the nickname for The Goose Mother.
1:29:40 This is Phineas and Ferb. If we go back, Deperate Parry the Platypus is Perry the Platypus, then Totentanz is Doofenshmirtz😂 Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated is his company and in the show, they play a theme song everything the scene changes to this location.
Comment to appease the algorithm. Also taking this opportunity to say I really enjoy this format with Statler, Statler, and Waldorf off camera. Thanks for the good show y'all!
Ill be honest. It’s been a while since I watched one of these, because people started upvoting “nicknames” that were full length jokes or just bad memes. But it’s still nice to hear Graham’s voice after a rough day of work.
From the discussion of the card Candy Trail: the UK calls the boardgame Cluedo instead of Clue, it's a portmanteau of Clue and Ludo (meaning "to play").
I forgot to go back and vote after I submitted a few, so imagine my surprise when my submission came up for Welcome to Sweettooth! I may have squealed.
Kathleen's discussion on Candy Grapple reminds me that it was so funny to see the salt lords come out of the woodwork during set spoiler season to whine and complain about how MtG is "getting so cringe" and "trying too hard" with joke names and joke flavor text and I think what they don't realize is that MtG has always been this way; it was just going through an edgy phase there for about a decade, and has realized in its adulthood that it's okay to just keep being a goober.
Would you believe it just slipped my mind to put my name on the ratatouille's monster nickname? "ratatouille is the name of the dish, the rat's name is ratatouille's monster" is such a silly brainworm of a joke, it just keeps showing up in my head when I'm at work or shopping, and I'm glad other people seem to agree that it's funny
I hadn't felt all that creative for nicknames this time 'round but I Really thought 'Femininity if a Spectrum' could have gotten there on Spellscorn Coven
So while i love this format, I think it could be better served by having a camera on the other people present, including Paul, just so we can get facial reactions
storm's rules are 702.39 from the judges rule page 702.39 Storm 702.39a Storm is a triggered ability that functions on the stack. “Storm” means “When you cast this spell, copy it for each other spell that was cast before it this turn. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for any of the copies.” 702.39b If a spell has multiple instances of storm, each triggers separately.
I checked and the "The Three Blind Mice" braille one is almost "three blind mice", but it's missing the last e (or at least what's displayed on the overlay is), so it's "three blind mic"
RE: Edgewall Inn. Even if that is a ramp, that looks way too steep to me. Perhaps someone with a more artistic eye can confirm this, though. Loved the ep, nicknames is always great!
For Stormkeld Prowler, it's in relation to the flavour text of it being stolen from a giant. Fee Fi Fo-Vid, like "Fee fi fo fum, i smell the blood of an Englishman"
1:11:50 Ovinomancer creates 0/1 green Sheep creature tokens if that counts? (And I totally didn't have to skim through my Mairsil deck to check the card, why would you think that?) Edit: Guess I should've waited 20 seconds for Paul to identify several better examples...
6:30 if you havent noticed EVERY Archon is a person riding a flying creature or in 1 case a flying vehicle. So its probably not the creatures but the people riding them who are the actual archons.
I’m almost certain Oko knows he has a kid. Every time he sees a field chock full of elk, I’m sure he’s thinking “yeah, I definitely made some of those”.
Aha, Cluedo is a play on words! At the time when it was devised, 'Ludo' was a popular boardgame in Britain. So you have a boardgame where you're looking for Clues. Clues, Ludo. Cluedo. Ludo was not a big seller in the US, so they dropped the portmanteau.
I know it is a tired bit, but I ordered WHO on release date because i kept forgetting to preorder. So not in the initial wave, but my stuff is slated to arrive Wednesday, not even a full week later
"I feel like the magic community as a whole is really into big ladies." -Kathleen
"Not as much as the street fighter community" -Nelson
"Or the resident evil community." -James
....Oh my god the unifying individual for those is Adam
Someone send this to Adam
I have literally zero doubt about Adam appreciating a big lady. lol
Adam is big, for him big ladies are just regular ladies.
"I'm ready for SMOOCHIES!!" -Adam, in that one Highlights 😊
*Vince McMahon voice* She's so... BIG
6:35 Fun Fact! On Eldraine, archons - the rider and the mount - are singular creatures. They literally cannot be separated.
The frantic firebolt name is a reference to the flavor text. Think Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly up the chain until Emrakul
I believe you were close with the flavor text. If I remember correctly, the conditions to liberate the eldrazi from the hedron trap was to be in the Eye of Ugin, 3 planeswalkers and cast dragon fire.
Stormkeld Prowler explained: Fe Fi Fo Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Same with the FEFIFOVID
@@NStripleseven May I ask which card that is in the nickname of?
@@elusiveillithid2633 wait nvm it looks like that actually is stormkeld prowler.
Well received.
37:17 It's a joke about the flavor text. The idea is that Johann keeps getting more and more dangerous things to deal with the last thing he got.
Thank you for this.
Dispelling colorless dragonfire was part of freeing Ugin and the Eldrazi Titans
1:29:42 It is a reference to the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. One of the characters is an "evil" scientist named Doofenshmirtz and whenever the show cuts over to his build it plays a jingle. Graham was actually very close to the one they use in the show in his initial guess.
I'm gonna assume his closeness was partially subconscious, Graham's referenced Phineas and Ferb in the past, he's at least somewhat familiar
Edit: now that I've gotten there. Yeah, it's totally in his brain, he just couldn't place it fully.
@_ravanys I mean there was a Perry the Platapus joke earlier in the episode
Bumping this bc it's the correct reference and *man* is it a good show.
@@TheMetalupis a) most of my comment was made while I was still early in the video
b) that's my point
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated
1:18:26 I think it's supposed to be like Fe Fi Fo Fum because she's stealing from a giant.
The Frantic Firebolt explanation is in the flavor text. Johann keeps summoning bigger problems to solve his smaller problems, so he's 3-4 steps from calling Emrakul for help.
Also, Stormkeld Prowler: she's stealing from a giant. It's Fe-Fi-Fo-vid
This was my first time submitting nicknames, and I had 4! Glad to make people laugh, or at least chuckle a little
It never becomes less disconcerting to see/hear your name in one of these 😅
Real glad that my Elusive Otter nickname made Graham stumble-chuckle. I was very proud of that one, and I will never come up with anything funnier.
It's a 3 AM choking laughing fit to be sure.
I can't explain why, but Kathleen's intro just made me think "Statler, Statler, and Waldorf: Attorneys At Law". That is my contribution to this engagement.
SAAAAAAAAAAAME
Hi! Comment explaining the Frantic Firebolt nickname here. The flavor text says "Johann's conjecture about draconic fire dispelling rainwater elementals proved to be correct. Now he just needed a way to dispell draconic fire.". In much the same way the old lady swallowed bigger and bigger things to kill the last thing she swallowed, it's implied Johann would summon/create bigger and bigger threats to dispell whatever he last summoned, ending with emrakul two flavor texts (aka cards) later.
In summary, Johann keeps summoning bigger and bigger things in order to deal with the things he previously summoned.
"Cluedo" was the original, it's a combination of the words "clue" and "ludo" (Latin for "I play"). It was renamed in North America because it was apparently too confusing.
Apparently there was a game called Ludo that Cluedo was based on, but that game never became popular in the states
@@Arkouchie that's honestly so weird to me. In the UK it's considered a total classic, to the point it's kinda outdated now. It's like Sorry but without the Sorry part.
Honestly, I'd love to be able to award medals for this set's "Already named the nickname" or "That has REACH?!" on top of the naming, but that's just too complex to be worth doing, I'm sure.
37:13 I think it's referencing the flavor text rather than the card text.
It's doing a "Old lady who swallowed a fly" thing where he just keeps using bigger spells to solve the problem caused by the last spell.
Ending in Emrakul, the biggest spell.
So proud to have got a couple of mentions! Especially Ratniss Neverclean, I was very proud of that one.
Rightly proud, that was an excellent one 💙
A Rebus, the puzzle graham is thinking of is a Rebus
I think it's actually a crossword
OMG Thank you I've always wondered what these are called.... I grew up doing them
We will never stop trying to make Oathbreaker a thing! There are dozens of us! DOZENS!
I believe Cinnamon, Syr Ginger’s Horse, got a Playtest card in Gavin’s Un-known event
Sick hope to find it somewhere
Hi, feeling obligated to mention that Hylda and Disney's Frozen are both based on the Hans Christian Andersen story "The Snow Queen". Always love the nicknames episodes and TTC in general, keep it up!
I look forward to these every time. They are the highlight of every new main set. ♥
I love the nickname episodes for showing how creative this community is.
1:30:30 Petition to make Paul rename his channel to "Hats"
Totentanz nickname is a Phineas and Ferb reference.
Great episode as always. Didn't really get around to submitting any nicknames this time (well, I submitted one, 'Biting Axe' for Witchstalker Frenzy), because I had surgery right around when submissions opened. It was just a tracheal shave, so it wasn't a big surgery or anything, but it did mess up my schedule enough that I just didn't find the time. But I still really enjoyed the episode. The Three Bowls of Porridge nickname actually made me laugh until my stomach hurt.
Cinamon the Steed has a playtest card. 1/1 for 1 legendary that gives food horsmanship and each turn makes a non creature food into a 1/1 knight. (from memory)
22:48 While I always knew these puzzles as 'Dingbats' apparently that's the trademarked term for a particular game featuring them, and the more generic term is 'Rebus'.
The Dingbats puzzle books were a big part of many family holidays when I was young
Burnie Sanders because in the art its cooking a bird. Burnie Sanders, Colonel Sanders. Burnie Sanders the fire elemental cooking a chicken
@1:18:44 I think its a reference to Fe Fi Fo Fum like the jack and the beanstalk tale.
Is it just me, or is Graham's mug the same one the replicators on DS9 always put everyone's raktajinos in?
That's why they bought them! It was for Desert Bus two years ago where they did a Star Trek theme for NightWatch, so graham found them. They were also spill proof in some way which amde them perfect for the bus.
For anyone curious, sheep is a creature type. There are 4 of them, one from unfinity (not acorn) and one retconned by the type overhaul. Also, two distinct sheep tokens with different stat lines.
Edit: should've listen like 2 more minutes
22:55 Dingbats! They're called dingbats.
Am I missing something, or are they not doing these anymore? I really want to catch up on them.
i cant find any comment confirming or denying that. its odd, they usually tell us if there's a delay. and yeah sometimes they skip a set but we're currently 3 sets behind.
someone else mightve already mentioned it but fefifovid was a reference to giants going "fee fi fo fum"
I am so happy my nickname for feed the cauldron made it! I really love this new format btw!
How did I not think of "Gale of Otterdeep" for Frolicking Familiar???
I’ll never not watch a nicknames video. These are always so fun
Always delightful to see these, and to see a few of my own suggestions. Also, here are some of the ones that left you scratching your heads.
37:13 Read the flavor text. It's a "woman who swallowed a fly" situation.
1:18:42 As in "Fe-fi-fo-fum!" but with respiratory virii.
1:29:41 Phineas and Ferb, with Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated.
Graham, "sheep" has been a creature type since Ovinomancer was printed in Visions.
Like, I get _why_ nobody voted for "Anserine Krasis" as the nickname for The Goose Mother; not many people know what "anserine" means, but I'm still sad that _nobody_ voted for "Anserine Krasis" as the nickname for The Goose Mother.
1:29:40 This is Phineas and Ferb. If we go back, Deperate Parry the Platypus is Perry the Platypus, then Totentanz is Doofenshmirtz😂 Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated is his company and in the show, they play a theme song everything the scene changes to this location.
Comment to appease the algorithm. Also taking this opportunity to say I really enjoy this format with Statler, Statler, and Waldorf off camera. Thanks for the good show y'all!
Speaking of Syr Ginger, I was totally ready a Phyrexian gingerbread in MOM, and expect my disappointment
Graham, the word puzzles you're talking about are called rhebuses.
"they may be a vocal minority, but theyre very vocal" There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Hylda: There may be better sources of winter witch
Hylda's Crown: But they don't have... this hat
Ill be honest. It’s been a while since I watched one of these, because people started upvoting “nicknames” that were full length jokes or just bad memes. But it’s still nice to hear Graham’s voice after a rough day of work.
Minecart Daredevil somehow avoided being called “Hope you like thrill rides!”
There are also already ghost sheep! Spectral Shepherd. They are less cute than normal, but still great.
From the discussion of the card Candy Trail: the UK calls the boardgame Cluedo instead of Clue, it's a portmanteau of Clue and Ludo (meaning "to play").
Stormkeld Prowler: Fe-Fi-Fovid, as in FE FI FO FUM, I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN
to be fair, the Cheeky House Mouse also has an Almost Cursed Ring to back up the 2 power
1:18:30 the half of the joke you're missing is FE FI FO FUM
I'm very happy my stupid Lazav joke got in as the Looter nickname. That was a very sleep deprived bolt of inspiration!
In response to the Stormkeld Prowler, it’s meant to be a Fe-Fi-Fo reference
I forgot to go back and vote after I submitted a few, so imagine my surprise when my submission came up for Welcome to Sweettooth! I may have squealed.
I just want to add to the "Pro Peanut Gallery" votes. Love the offscreen commentary.
Kathleen's discussion on Candy Grapple reminds me that it was so funny to see the salt lords come out of the woodwork during set spoiler season to whine and complain about how MtG is "getting so cringe" and "trying too hard" with joke names and joke flavor text and I think what they don't realize is that MtG has always been this way; it was just going through an edgy phase there for about a decade, and has realized in its adulthood that it's okay to just keep being a goober.
I can't believe ego drain didn't get a system of a down reference
Picturing Felicia Day when she hears "Shankerbell"
(Specter of Mortality trivia: The Guild ended ten years ago.)
Would you believe it just slipped my mind to put my name on the ratatouille's monster nickname?
"ratatouille is the name of the dish, the rat's name is ratatouille's monster" is such a silly brainworm of a joke, it just keeps showing up in my head when I'm at work or shopping, and I'm glad other people seem to agree that it's funny
I hadn't felt all that creative for nicknames this time 'round but I Really thought 'Femininity if a Spectrum' could have gotten there on Spellscorn Coven
So while i love this format, I think it could be better served by having a camera on the other people present, including Paul, just so we can get facial reactions
Wish I had entered this.
Imodane's Recruiter = Brave Titan
(like Grave Titan making 2 2/2s, but is brave with haste when it etbs)
Lord Skitters Butcher slays me and will continue to slay me in perpetuity.
1:08:39 Nitpick: This would be sovereign immunity, not diplomatic immunity.
the "Totentanz Evil Incorporated" is a Phineas and Ferb reference to the tune of "DOOFENSHMITZ EVIL INCORPORATED"
To confirm Kathleen's assertion about the Magic community (in addition to others) in regards to giant women... we just want uppies.
storm's rules are 702.39 from the judges rule page
702.39 Storm
702.39a Storm is a triggered ability that functions on the stack. “Storm” means “When you cast this spell, copy it for each other spell that was cast before it this turn. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for any of the copies.”
702.39b If a spell has multiple instances of storm, each triggers separately.
OMG, you missed the most adorable card in the Set:
Food Coma
Those are only in jumpstart packs
I'm honestly surprised my "Bear Down // Bear Arms" got voted up. It was my most throwaway one because I felt I had to write SOMETHING there.
Cluedo is a portmanteau of "Clue" and "Ludo" for what that's worth.
Also hi and thanks.
The bowls of porridge one caught me so off guard xD
As much as I love the commentary you guys provide on these. I would be a big fan of limiting the characters on the nickname episodes in the future.
Personally I like hearing from the big ensemble.
I was actually thinking I’d like it if they could make it a larger maximum so it could include a limerick. But no more bee movie.
It's a nickname not a free form comedy prompt
@@hadhayosh5105 Except it is a freeform comedy prompt. That's what it's always been.
@@irreleverent I will concede that that's how people have treated it, but that is certainly not what it is called.
Holy shit beanstalk wurm is a cow tech reference
I feel Song of Totentanz was already nicknamed "Rat Fireball"
Hooooly shit, the Ashiok flavor text subtext was A+!! Kudos, all around
Kathleen opened a core memory at 1:01:00 to the point where I choked on my Heath Bar
Obviously, James is the Waldorf of this particular peanut gallery. I will accept no substitutions.
Those puzzles are called Rebus
I checked and the "The Three Blind Mice" braille one is almost "three blind mice", but it's missing the last e (or at least what's displayed on the overlay is), so it's "three blind mic"
Also, pretty sure the "Totentanz Evil Incorporated" one is referencing Perry the Platypus (the various "Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated" jingles)
also fairly sure that it's missing spaces, so it's threeblindmic
11:30 I had the *exact same thought* for Belluna and I'm still just a little bit salty that somebody sniped me on it. 😂
I only just clocked all the ratty red eyes in the background of the Warehouse Tabby art.
RE: Edgewall Inn.
Even if that is a ramp, that looks way too steep to me. Perhaps someone with a more artistic eye can confirm this, though.
Loved the ep, nicknames is always great!
For Stormkeld Prowler, it's in relation to the flavour text of it being stolen from a giant. Fee Fi Fo-Vid, like "Fee fi fo fum, i smell the blood of an Englishman"
1:11:50 Ovinomancer creates 0/1 green Sheep creature tokens if that counts? (And I totally didn't have to skim through my Mairsil deck to check the card, why would you think that?)
Edit: Guess I should've waited 20 seconds for Paul to identify several better examples...
Woohoo! Engagement is here
Totentanz was supposed to be Doofenshmirtz's theme from Phineas and Ferb
6:30 if you havent noticed EVERY Archon is a person riding a flying creature or in 1 case a flying vehicle.
So its probably not the creatures but the people riding them who are the actual archons.
Improvement on Imodane's nickname: "Warhammer 400K (the K is Kelvin)"
It was a phineas and firb joke about Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated for Totentanz
I’m almost certain Oko knows he has a kid. Every time he sees a field chock full of elk, I’m sure he’s thinking “yeah, I definitely made some of those”.
Aha, Cluedo is a play on words! At the time when it was devised, 'Ludo' was a popular boardgame in Britain. So you have a boardgame where you're looking for Clues. Clues, Ludo. Cluedo.
Ludo was not a big seller in the US, so they dropped the portmanteau.
1:29:30, it's doofenschmirtz evil incorperated from phineas and ferb
28:18 looking at the high res art, it could be a ramp of horizontal planks but it looks more like stairs to me
Somehow managing to get two different Weird Al references, from the same album, even
I can never not say in my head “Rankles prankle”
39:45 yes that is, in fact, the rules section pertaining to storm
At 23:04 Graham is thinking of a “rebus” puzzle
I know it is a tired bit, but I ordered WHO on release date because i kept forgetting to preorder. So not in the initial wave, but my stuff is slated to arrive Wednesday, not even a full week later
Hamlet Glutton should be Colossal Fedmaw, as in what he did with the Food you bargained him in with