The Strange History of Affinity and Artifacts with Frank Karsten
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- One archetype in Magic: The Gathering still sends a shiver down the spine of older magic players. Carl interviews Frank Karsten and Tobi Henke from Cardmarket to delve into MTG's history and discover the broken past of Affinity for Artifacts in Standard, Extended, Block and Modern.
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I played the heck out of broodstar deck
The change of thumbnail really made a difference
Commenting to support Carl's quest to do longform videos with disproportionate amounts of effort compared to Top 5 ones.
Thank you 🙏 I really want to do more of these :) Magic has so much more history to explore!
@@CardmarketMagic Please keep at it, and know your Shrek references were very appreciated.
Yess i want to eat up every single magic history video
Doing the same
Seconding
For the algorithm:
It is sad that the way how the youtube game plays out, videos like this are discouraged, since they are in a way a piece of art.
And thusly they have a merit of theit own.
These insights into magic are always great and serve a purpose.
Magic has been around for so long that some of these cards and stories feel like actual history documentaries about ancient history… which crazy to me since this is a card game
It is indeed a card game, but what makes it feel like history is the people :) especially the pioneers in the early days of the game like Frank. I really hope you like this one!
Adding to the algorithm to support a great channel making all sorts of videos they enjoy! 😁
@@CardmarketMagic I did and you are right what makes these videos great is the voices of people that care so much for this game and thank you for that.
This really felt like a Rhystic Studies video, shows how great and varied you guys are as content creators.
Bump
For the algorithm
Not only did you do an amazing job, you got Frank MF Karsten to speak on it!!
Frank is such a legend :D
They've got some other videos playing with him! They're amazing!
"And we all remember that episode of the French revolution" absolutely killed me...and the Queen for that matter lol
A mix of good history and good humor! Always a fan of these types of videos!
I'm really happy you enjoyed it :D
i haven't made it further than that in the video yet, but the history intro alone makes this a great video. good job, carl
Clicked because I thought it was Rhystic Studies just based off of the thumbnail and length. Instead, it's my other beloved MTG channel. I'm not upset in the slightest, I love these longform history videos. Would be cool if someone with schedule control let these nice passion projects fill the vast empty spaces that exist between other longform channels' uploads.
Commenting to help justify long-form history videos.
Thank you for your tribute to the yourube gods 🫡
Love long form Carl! Justified 🎉
Affinity has always been one of my favorite mechanics in the game if it’s artifacts you can just add the card without thinking too much about it thank you for all of the history I love how the channel has grown
I really hope you enjoy this one :)
I like the mechanic from a game design perspective, but the thing we often learn is this: Cost reduction mechanics are dangerous.
Delve: Treasure Cruise, Dig through Time
Phyrexian mana: Gitaxian Probe, Dismember
Affinity (for artifacts): *watches video*
I would be willing to bet that, if you counted the number of banned cards in non-rotating formats that cost zero mana and/or had a way to reduce its cost, it would have the highest number by a long shot.
This deck really made my affinity for magic grow.
i see what you did there
The early affinity for artifacts era just sounds like modern day Yu-Gi-Oh
well, for some reason most of it is still running free in Pauper
I'm basically that guy that destroyed you and your vampire deck when you first started playing. I teach kids to play Magic after school, and whemever a kid thinks they've solved the game, I pull out my old Affinity deck (with some updates), and just rip them apart. I want everyone to know there's always a bigger fish out there so they never get too complacent or prideful.
I would love to see more content like this! You guys are easily my favorite MTG channel and I'm always looking forward to your next video, keep up the incredible work!
Thank you :) I really hope I get to start doing more of these history videos! Magic has such a wild past
I love the deep dive lore videos you do, and I especially love any excuse to listen to Frank Karsten speak more ❤
Frank is a gem :)
Hey, more Frank! Always good to see him over here. I greatly look forward to the next few episodes of the old world championship decks.
Unfortunately, this video was done in a call. We have not recorded any more World Championship videos with Frank. But maybe again some day :)
@@CardmarketMagic I figured as much. I have no idea what the travel time is between your two areas, but I imagine it's not exactly pleasant.
@@CardmarketMagic The World Championship series with Frank are my favorite videos on your channel
@@alexkuzela9266 a lot better than some other guests they have on. Cardmarket is based in Germany and Frank is from The Netherlands. I imagine it's just that Frank is a very busy man, unlike Mengucci, the LRR crew, or the people from MTGGoldfish, his job isn't content creation, so it's probably harder to justify taking a few days off to do something like this.
3:45 i didnt know there was a framed mokey mokey art at the office, thats awesome
It's our colossal dreadmaw for Yu-Gi-Oh :) we are big Mokey Mokey fans
Oh wow! This video single-handedly allowed me to get my degree, fixed my car, and cured my cat of epilepsy! No other form of video could do that! The Cardmarket higher-ups would be fools not to let Carl do more of these, as this is nothing short of a miracle!
It’s fascinating to watch these as someone who started in Battle for Zendikar, I’m an engrained player with a bunch of experience, but I never went through prior major events and they’re fascinating to get an introspective of ☺️
I really appreciate these videos. Despite everyone saying, "Anything you put on the internet is there forever," there's increasingly more lost media and lost history because people just don't care enough to archive it or tell its story. So, having historical snapshots like this is valuable for those of us who are interested.
I want to really say I appreciate the team that makes these videos. The writing, direction and editing lead to a really great storytelling style that is very engaging. You guys normally put out really good content but somehow you keep upping the level. Great job.
Unfortunately, there isn't really a team making these. That is why I always have to ask for engagement when I make them. They take me months on the side of making regular videos. I really hope one day they pick up as much as our gameplay videos, which take much less time, so that I get to make more of them :) luckily I get to pick the brain of incredible people like Frank & Tobi for the videos
@@CardmarketMagic All the more impressive! Fantastic work all around.
Karl, this video is exceptional. I lived the days of the Mirrodin block when I was in uni, and I remember reading all that you have told us in the video both in magazines and internet. This was a very emotional video. I hope your bosses let you keep doing this type of stuff.
Oh I wish I had access to those magazines! It was so hard finding information about what was only 20 years ago 🤯 I'm really thrilled that you enjoyed the video :) have a wonderful day
@@CardmarketMagic I now live in the UK, but next time I go back to my parents in Spain I will try to find them if those magazines. They would be in Spanish though, they were called Urza (the first and most famous in Spain) and Serra.
Just one more thing; your videos are fantastic, they have rekindled my interest in magic after 20 years of not playing. I am about to buy my first commander deck using cardmarket. That is my bit of support for you guys
this is one of the most perfect videos i've ever seen in this platform.
the storytelling, the pace, the jokes and the knowledge. just amazing!
i really hope Carl continues to do videos like this, i would watch them again and again just for support!
I love these longform videos. Not only do I feel like I know more (as someone who started playing in 2022). But also, learning about little anecdotes like the ornithopter story.
This long-form content is a lot more interesting and the extra effort is well-noticed. Maybe not by the algorithm, but by magic fans.
Hardened scales is my modern deck of choice, quite fun and similar play patterns to early affinity, and I am glad to learn about its past (indirectly).
This history belongs to be told and I am so glad you guys are eternalizing it!
Thank you! I am thrilled that you enjoy this kind of video :D
Oh affinity, spells costing 0 mana would never be a problem or inspire toxic playpatterns…
Luckily they learned from their mistakes and never printed 0 cost spells again…
@@jefl3228 cries in modern horizons X
Soon we'll have "negative cost" spells: spells that adds you mana or cards in hand as an alternative casting cost. Yes, no other costs: just mana and/or cards added.
2025, I believe in you
@@marcoottina654Dark ritual from alpha. Magic just like Richard Garfield phd intended
Thank you for bringing Frank Karsten on! He's my favorite pro Magic player, and I love all the videos you make featuring him.
YES! I was just rewatching the history of Jund video before this. More!
Hands down these are absolutely the best MTG videos on the internet i lived through all of this stuff and hearing everything i already knew with the reciepts to back it up makes me happy to know those time won't be forgotten.
The shin kick bully line resonates with me deeply. Wish I had that mentality as a child.
I really love when you do documentary episodes. You put emotion and story into them that make me care about something as small as the history of affinity.
As someone who doesnt play magic but loves this channel, i enjoy videos that delve into the rich history of the game. Seeing that your editor in chief is a main part of the history of this deck was a big reveal to me that made me enjoy the video all the more
These long form videos are incredible and Ive been loving Carl’s approach to the creative direction of this channel!
Thank you very much for this history dive. I enjoyed watching this very much.
Pls keep makin these long form videos Carl n Cardmarket team! Love learning about magic history and having Frank come on is a great treat 🥰
I love competitive mtg lore like this. It’s my favorite form of content right now.
These kinds of videos are by far the best and most important content you make :)
Literally, the ONLY group u never imagined being in this Channel. I saw them when i was 19, and the shirt is still upstairs. Thanj you drumeo. That was AMAZING
After a line of videos with much higher tempo, silly premises and a lot of views, this feels like a return to something that feels like a passion project. These history videos with Karsten are some of the best things I've seen on youtube and I wish the algorith loved them more. Just know that you are contributing to keep an important piece of history alive for a lot of people who heavily enjoy it.
Thank you!
Thank you :)
As a new player these videos have been an excellent history lesson of prevalent archetypes and how they shaped the game. Please keep making these videos!!
Magic history videos are great for people that got in the game later. I started in 2014 and love these types of videos.
7:50 they don't technically need to, but they legally need to (in some places) which is why even when you mute everything on the phone and connect a bluetooth headset the phone will still make that sound from the phone's speaker - prevents people from taking pictures without being noticed as easily.
Please Please Please more of these! It is the direction of information about MTG that I have wanted for years!
I'm really happy you enjoy these :) hopefully I get to make more
Carl explaining archetypes is my favourite content on TH-cam ❤
It's so cool to look back at Magic's history and see how and why things changed and what impacts it had later on. And having someone like Frank Karsten who knows the ins and outs of seemingly every nuance is the best way to learn about it!
3 minutes in and this is already one of the better "magic history" videos ive seen. Great job Carl!
Need more like this! Magic has a rich history and we need historians to tell the stories.
Affinity has been my favorite archetype since I get stomped by it when starting playing. I've been playing it since it have my own money to buy my cards and I try to collect all the cards that have been part of the list during its history.
Great video!
This video about the history of affinity and artifacts is a really great video, and I'm glad Carl was able to make it thanks to his bosses seeing all of the supportive comments like this one.
As a lot of other people in the comments, im here to support Carl's mission to do story of videos or just longer videos in general. They are really good and I hope we get more of them.
Yay, Frank Karsten back on the channel! I love these deep dives into Magic History, its so fascinating
The strange history videos are some of my favourite videos that the Cardmarket team puts out. So much insight into this awesome game. Thank you so much Carl!
Thank you for your kind comment :) I put a lot of work into these so it's really appreciated!
So despite being subbed the algorithm decided to stop recommending Cardmarket videos to me for some deranged reason. I am in the middle of catching up (basically the whole LRR collab I missed despite always watching their pre-pre-release events and being very happy to see you made videos together) ... aaaanyway, what a super interesting mini-documentary. As someone who really only started actively playing Magic since WOE it's super cool to get some info on the history of the game. I love artifacts (pre-rotation one of my favourite Standard decks was Azorius Artifact Aggro with Michiko's Reign of Truth, which seems to be inspired by All that Glitters :D) and I kind of wish I was playing during the peak era while also understanding how frustrating it had to be. So thanks for sharing this and making this awesome video. I would love to see more like this! (if you still read this comment :] )
This format has quickly become my favorite format you put out.
Thank you Carl. Frank. Tobi. Cardmarket. I was never a fan of affinity, but this is a video ill encourage, a game ive loved, and content I never stop appreciating. Thanks!
Im gonna learn the first 3 minutes of this video by heart to be able to flawlessly explain to people (unsolicited of course) why magic is the best game ever made
I can definitely say that affinity is my favorite modern deck of all time. My first ever top eight was with the deck. It was the deck that got me into modern in the first place. I don’t think I would be playing magic to this day if I had never found affinity to love
I absolutely love this kind of content. Please, keep it coming, it's so nice to see the history of the game told by the legends that contributed to it
Carl, these history style videos make the channel Much More Substantial.
Commenting so that the management knows that these videos are really one of the best of the channel
YES THANK YOU Carl and co, bringing the people exactly the content they want, and I'm the people.
These are my favorite type of videos. Just a pleasure to listen to Tobi and Frank
These are probably my favorite videos the channel does these days, I cant wait for the next one!
History of Magic is really fascinating, and to hear it from the protagonists themselves is a real blast!
Comment for the algorithm, but also as appreciation for the work put into these videos by Carl and the crew. You guys make some of the highest quality mtg content.
Always a treat to hear from Karsten. Very insightful and thorough.
Carl, you outdid yourself with this one - absolutely loved the way this was put together.
I'm also totally with Frank: I miss modern affinity, always loved playing it while we still could!
I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it :D and modern Affinity is such a wonderful deck :) so incredibly powerful but so easy to hose out at the same time. I'm one of the people who think they could unban the artifact lands 👀
These longform videos about mtg history always turn out as your best, most enjoyable content
Commenting for the algorith. But i'm also going to apriciate carl and the amazing work he does on the cardmarket channel always providing us with the best content and exposing me to pauper wich i now play semi regulary. Keep up thr great work carl.
I love these videos with the old players explaining what was going on back then.
I love your history videos, and I think they are invaluable. It's really important that you always include interviews with people who have a real attachment to the subject of the video so it never feels like a dry recap of events. Tbh, I always get a bit sentimental by the end even though I witnessed none of it and don't have a personal connection. I hope Cardmarket bosses allow you to make more of videos like this.
Exactly the kind of non-gameplay content for magic i like to watch!
Please more videos like this, as someone who got into magic during invasion this was a nice blast from the past
I'm really happy you enjoyed it :)
Favorite Magic channel running. Loved this look at MTG history! Thanks team!
I watch these without fail and usually several times. Longform content, or at least long-er form content are my favorite
Amazing series. Well worth the hard work behind it, thank you Carl and Karsten !
It's always nice to see longer form videos like this, especially from Carl and his enthusiasm! Hopefully more of these can be done and we can see more like it!!
I'm really happy you enjoyed it :)
These are definitely my favorite types of videos. I often watch while doing other things, so gameplay videos are tough to watch
Haven't finished yet but so excited. Affinity is my favorite arctype in magic, and seeing this video brings me great joy thinking back to the days of mirrodin and how it became the shaping to what is some of my favorite magic decks to this day. WotC bring back blocks!
Love this format. And you got Frank Karsten?! Living the dream.
Holy crap Toby, he's part of a very elite club.
Please do make more of these "history-style" videos. They are fantastic to watch and they benefit the community and teach us about decks from before our MTG times :)
I'll do my very best :) thank you for your kind comment!
More of this needs to be made, YT gods please appreciate good work again instead of drama and clickbait!
I discovered your magic history series like yesterday and binged them ever since. One of the best magic formats on TH-cam, amazing work.
Thank you :) I'm really happy you enjoy them! I'll do my best to make some more
@@CardmarketMagic if you ever don't know what do, the history of the Legacy format would be an insane topic.
I love that I had never played more than a handful of magic games in my life but I downloaded a homebrew for my psp called wagic in 2011 and realized affinity was an insane style deck all in my own.
That's how obvious it was
these thoroughly researched histories of the game are a lot more compelling viewing than the clickbait treadmill. more of these please!
Yes please!! Love the longer form stuff. Would love for you to be able to keep doing then at least every once in a while!!
The pacing in this is amazing, kept my attention the whole way through
these are literally my favorite types of videos on the channel
GOAT Karsten returns. Love the deep dive videos!
Quick edit: I hope this video got enough engagement to satisfy your bosses, Carl - you did a splendid job!
I love the long form videos!!! Carl always does fantastic work, and they are amazing to watch!!!
We need long form videos/articles like this to chronicle the history of the game.
I really liked the writing for this one.
I've been watching for awhile, but this is a whole new type of content I'm happy to see you making.
they need to have carl do these more, theyre some of the best content in this channel😌
i have been loving these videos ! its the kind that makes your channel really exist, not only as an advertising plateform, but as a team of passionates.
I'm really happy you enjoy them :) they are the favourite part of my job!
What's funny to me about this is, I started playing Magic around this time. I didn't realize that affinity and Skullclamp etc. were broken, I just though that was part of the game. I haven't played the game in years, so this was a fun walk down memory lane, and a good way to learn the fate of the affinity decks!
Really love the long form content! Please keep making these, they're my favourite style of video
You guys are so much more then magic content creators, you are expert producers of quality entertainment. You are one of the few channels I wish I could subscribe to more than once.
That is very kind of you to say :D thank you!
I have great memories of playing affinity in modern. I hope it comes back someday
Obligatory comment to encourage more videos like this. These history videos are incredible, I rewatch them all the time. Very happy to have another to add to the rotation!
I'm really happy you enjoy them 😃they take immesurable amounts of work compared to the regular videos but it's people like you who motivate me to make more
From the thumbnail and topic/length I thought this was a Rhystic Studies video and it wasn’t until I saw Carl that I realized it’s Cardmarket. Looking forward to watching!
Ever since the Weird History of Red Decks, I've wanted to watch another of these history videos, so super psyched to finally have another one!