Fun fact about Erase (Not the Urza’s Legacy One): It’s had its flavor text errata’d, as they’ve since used two of those words as card names (Abrade and Frazzle, in case you were curious)
I was going to say woolly but shaved is also good. Could give +1 counters out by tapping. OR just put useless "scarf counter"s on creatures for flavour.
Prowess was evergreen, then it was no longer evergreen, and then as of M21 it's now deciduous (they can use it whenever but you shouldn't expect it EVERY set, like vehicles or treasure)
"What's the opposite of, like, 'I gotta buy a lottery ticket.'?" Probably, 'I gotta get more life insurance." Which I imagine is tough to do on most of the MtG planes.
@@DimT670 Oh, I’ll bet Azorius makes it quite difficult and complicated to get life insurance. And Orzhov makes it quite difficult to get life insurance you will like. : p
I feel like since the Efreet Weaponmaster is a master of weapons, they probably show up to the fight with a sword they can hand to whoever needs it at the time.
@@christopherlundgren1700 "Hey my summoning sickness is gone, can I get that sword back?" "Oh, um so I kinda got it stuck in a hooting mandrel and I got distracted by a weird morph looking thing and when that was gone, the other two hooting mandrels were holding some kind of hooting memorial thing, and I would have waited for them to finish, you know, to pry our sword out, but I'm pretty sure one of them hooted in my direction and I started feeling pretty conflicted about stabbing the first one, which in retrospect had only approached me out of curiosity, and I kinda wanted to get out of there because the hooting was getting pretty loud and I thought the morph thing might come back to see what all the hooting was about... and" "You could have just said apes took it, I don't need to know your whole combat phase."
@@GullyRooster what a journey you’ve taken us on, I feel honoured to have trodden this path, one thing though, don’t those monkeys eat like... everything in the set? Especially everything in the set that wants to +3 when they actually have a fight? XD
I'm so glad that whoever edits these showed the Hunted Lammasu on screen because as soon as Graham said that there were no other Lammasu I could feel myself reaching for the comments sections to say "um actually".
It is edifying that not only was he proved wrong on it not existing, but proved wrong on it not existing anywhere else, since Hunted Lammasu is from Ravnica....
12:16 How dare you upset all three Lammasu fans at once, they'll have so much to talk about at their next annual meeting... then again I guess it's better than the weather? Maybe you've done them a service 😅
Ah, got to the end of the video and Graham looked it up. I was mostly surprised that the other one was re/printed so recently. Now we just need a Lammasu commander (:
I have a headcannon that Graham is stuck in this room, opening packs till the end of time, because someone (I'll say Paul) willed it. What we are seeing is Graham's slow path to insanity.
"I don‘t do this intentionally." I want to believe he meant Crack-A-Packs and for some months Graham stumbles into the Moonbase and unintentionally creates great content. Reminds me a bit of the "unwilling master of pack wars" from Friday Nights.
"Seeded" makes me think of a thing that was popular a while ago where they would embed some flower seeds in paper that you could send in like a birthday card or whatever. It was a fun thought. It would be a weird thing to be in a magic pack though.
Lammasu are Sumerian mythological creatures. I know Tarkir aesthetically covers a lot of cultures from the east, going as far west as the Abzan being Persian influenced, but it’s a surprise to see one here. I don’t know if Czech influenced Ravnica having them is more or less unusual.
Oh the memories! Khans was my first prerelease ever and my first set since I stopped playing Magic in Time Spiral! Haven't stopped since 2014 and it has grown to be my biggest love.
Little bit I found fascinating during the Erase ( not the Urza's Legacy one ) talk when I looked at the flavour text: WotC has since used Abrade and Frazzle on cards.
"Were you a Mantis Rider or a Siege Rhino? Post in the comments below!" edit: I knew Hunted Lammasu 'cause I started at 9th/Ravnica. Did not know that they've only done 2, total, lammasu. Seems like it would be a good place for big white fliers that aren't angels.
Drafting Jeskai in triple Khans might be the only time I actively loved playing blue and white together. Really enjoyed the stronger emphasis on evasion and prowess rather than being the boring stall the board control archetype. Popping off with Ascendancy was fun too.
The only reason I knew there was more than 1 Lammasu before the card popped up was from having built a Volo Commander deck recently and thus having gone through all the weird creature types to find good unique ones. It's a weird one indeed. (Sadly neither made the cut). Always enjoy a new crack a pack, thanks for these :)
Khans, specifically KTK, is still my favorite plane and story in Magic. It's just so solid and fun. Also, I propose "I'm gettin' me mallet" as the flip side of "I should buy a lottery ticket"'
Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One) has pretty good flavor text errata on Gatherer where they crossed out two of the synonyms for erase they've used since printing it
When you do, you might want to not mention the Lammasu. However when you are asked specifically, giving wrong information about whether you saw one could be fraud.
I will have a great many opportunities to use the phrase "I obviously have other brain deficiencies at the moment" in future, and I hope to remember this phrase in those times.
I find the Tarkir banners to work as well as the obelisks from Alara. The banners have a bit more bang due to the card draw. Yes I do put them into commander why do you ask?
Lamassu are really interesting mythologically, but they are out of place in Tarkir's turkic-inspired world. I think WOTC probably just took them from the D&D monster manual rather than Assyrian myth. But it would be cool to see a Mesopotamian plane at some point. (and maybe they have contact with Amonkhet?)
I _hated_ Prowess in that set because it never worked out for me, whereas I was constantly blown out by random instants triggering my opponents' whole board.
Graham if whatever is wrong with you makes you ask questions like "could you shave (sheer) a lammasu and make a nice scarf" then I have the same thing. At least it's a fun thing! I think it's fun
I legitimately said to myself at the beginning "No need to, Graham. I will definitely forget what card it was anyways." And then thought, "Why did Graham say supris- Oh right, the card at the beginning..." So I guess jokes on you- Me? At least one person here was the butt of a joke, it may have been both.
Hunted Lammasu from Ravnica says hi! (edit: I commented before it reared up his head) (second edit: do you guys take into account that you have a prerelease foil when looking up the prices of the cards?)
@@loadingerror2975 ...I played OG Innistrad when I graduated from college. Way to make me feel old... Edit: Having Checked Scryfall, you're correct, it was Innistrad.
Graham awkwardly answering his own questions is the content I am here for.
Graham: "We're all going to pretend we didn't see the rare"
Editor: "So anyways I put it in the thumbnail"
The Jeskai banner was usually the best banner, because they triggered Prowess and of course that mechanic was in Jeskai colors.
I watch these for the "Graham-isms" much more so than for the pack.
Fun fact about Erase (Not the Urza’s Legacy One): It’s had its flavor text errata’d, as they’ve since used two of those words as card names (Abrade and Frazzle, in case you were curious)
We'll know who to thank when Shaved Lammasu shows up in the next set.
I was going to say woolly but shaved is also good. Could give +1 counters out by tapping. OR just put useless "scarf counter"s on creatures for flavour.
Maybe we'll see it in Unfinity
@@Mugulord Well there is a hunted Lummasu, maybe they are already trying to shave it
Has there ever been a weaver? If not then Shaved Lammasu should partner with a weaver of some description from one of the white associated clans
Prowess was evergreen, then it was no longer evergreen, and then as of M21 it's now deciduous (they can use it whenever but you shouldn't expect it EVERY set, like vehicles or treasure)
That sounds more like they're undeciduous about the concept ;-)
"What's the opposite of, like, 'I gotta buy a lottery ticket.'?"
Probably, 'I gotta get more life insurance." Which I imagine is tough to do on most of the MtG planes.
I went with the "Oh, I should update my will" route
Not in ravnica
@@DimT670 Oh, I’ll bet Azorius makes it quite difficult and complicated to get life insurance. And Orzhov makes it quite difficult to get life insurance you will like. : p
I went with "Welp, time to move."
@@patrickdunham9490 "Like a good neighbor, Golgari Rot Farm is there!"
The khans trilogy had to have been my favorite set and story in magic.
"Only one Lammasu"
"There is... another."
I feel like since the Efreet Weaponmaster is a master of weapons, they probably show up to the fight with a sword they can hand to whoever needs it at the time.
That’s what I was thinking. Except I guess it’s one of those disposable one-time-use swords since the effect only lasts for the turn.
they unmorph and they just pass a sword to someone else in the fight
@@christopherlundgren1700 "Hey my summoning sickness is gone, can I get that sword back?"
"Oh, um so I kinda got it stuck in a hooting mandrel and I got distracted by a weird morph looking thing and when that was gone, the other two hooting mandrels were holding some kind of hooting memorial thing, and I would have waited for them to finish, you know, to pry our sword out, but I'm pretty sure one of them hooted in my direction and I started feeling pretty conflicted about stabbing the first one, which in retrospect had only approached me out of curiosity, and I kinda wanted to get out of there because the hooting was getting pretty loud and I thought the morph thing might come back to see what all the hooting was about... and"
"You could have just said apes took it, I don't need to know your whole combat phase."
@@GullyRooster what a journey you’ve taken us on, I feel honoured to have trodden this path, one thing though, don’t those monkeys eat like... everything in the set? Especially everything in the set that wants to +3 when they actually have a fight? XD
It’s like he passes someone an extra disposable weapon that breaks when based over the enemy’s head.
I love graham's random thoughts and weird tangents. They help me feel better about my own.
Scry was keyworded in Mirrodin, brought back in Time Spiral (because it’s seeing the future), and became officially evergreen with Theros.
I feel like if I were to binge all of these crack a packs in a row I'd see Graham's slow descent into insanity.
I'm so glad that whoever edits these showed the Hunted Lammasu on screen because as soon as Graham said that there were no other Lammasu I could feel myself reaching for the comments sections to say "um actually".
It is edifying that not only was he proved wrong on it not existing, but proved wrong on it not existing anywhere else, since Hunted Lammasu is from Ravnica....
12:16 How dare you upset all three Lammasu fans at once, they'll have so much to talk about at their next annual meeting... then again I guess it's better than the weather? Maybe you've done them a service 😅
Graham: Izzit prowess
Me, alone in my room: Yes, it is!
There is actually one other Lammasu, originally printed in original Ravnica and reprinted recently in a commander deck.
Ah, got to the end of the video and Graham looked it up. I was mostly surprised that the other one was re/printed so recently. Now we just need a Lammasu commander (:
[[Hunted Lammasu]]
Edit: You were judged, Graham.
I have a headcannon that Graham is stuck in this room, opening packs till the end of time, because someone (I'll say Paul) willed it.
What we are seeing is Graham's slow path to insanity.
It's not THAT slow
Shivam Vegas is just Shivam's alter ego.
My head canon is that Graham does these right after he wakes up from a nap, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
"I don‘t do this intentionally." I want to believe he meant Crack-A-Packs and for some months Graham stumbles into the Moonbase and unintentionally creates great content. Reminds me a bit of the "unwilling master of pack wars" from Friday Nights.
"Dang it! Why'd a Lammasu have to show up on my birthday?"
"Seeded" makes me think of a thing that was popular a while ago where they would embed some flower seeds in paper that you could send in like a birthday card or whatever. It was a fun thought. It would be a weird thing to be in a magic pack though.
Truly, truly, I love this loopy version of Graham. This is Painkillers Graham. I love him.
Lammasu are Sumerian mythological creatures. I know Tarkir aesthetically covers a lot of cultures from the east, going as far west as the Abzan being Persian influenced, but it’s a surprise to see one here. I don’t know if Czech influenced Ravnica having them is more or less unusual.
Oh the memories! Khans was my first prerelease ever and my first set since I stopped playing Magic in Time Spiral! Haven't stopped since 2014 and it has grown to be my biggest love.
Excellent, as always.
I am here for the Magic content and Graham being Graham in equal measure. Thank you.
This was the block I started playing magic. So glad I did.
Little bit I found fascinating during the Erase ( not the Urza's Legacy one ) talk when I looked at the flavour text: WotC has since used Abrade and Frazzle on cards.
I really like your magic inner thoughts. Please keep sharing them!
"Were you a Mantis Rider or a Siege Rhino? Post in the comments below!"
edit: I knew Hunted Lammasu 'cause I started at 9th/Ravnica. Did not know that they've only done 2, total, lammasu. Seems like it would be a good place for big white fliers that aren't angels.
I would love for a commander that's a Lord for non-angel white flyers. Lammasu, Archon, Spirit, etc.
Need more rare, playable griffins.
Siege rhino all day, love me some abzan
Drafting Jeskai in triple Khans might be the only time I actively loved playing blue and white together. Really enjoyed the stronger emphasis on evasion and prowess rather than being the boring stall the board control archetype. Popping off with Ascendancy was fun too.
Graham opening random packs, commenting on this and having fun ... this is the format of the future. I'd watch this the whole day long if possible. ;)
As soon as you said "I bet you..." I went "Uh oh." However I do not fault you for forgetting Hunted Llamasu.
Khans is my favorite set. Represent Temur clan!
Never stop being you Graham! Simply love these videos.
"What's the opposite of 'I've gotta go buy a lottery ticket'?"
I dunno, "I've gotta go sell a lottery ticket"?
The only reason I knew there was more than 1 Lammasu before the card popped up was from having built a Volo Commander deck recently and thus having gone through all the weird creature types to find good unique ones. It's a weird one indeed. (Sadly neither made the cut). Always enjoy a new crack a pack, thanks for these :)
I appreciate these so much. Thank you Graham for your awkward hilariousness
Always so joyful and chill; thank you so much!
Oh Graham, Graham, Graham... How quickly we forget the Hunted Lamassu.
Khans, specifically KTK, is still my favorite plane and story in Magic. It's just so solid and fun.
Also, I propose "I'm gettin' me mallet" as the flip side of "I should buy a lottery ticket"'
These crack-a-packs definitely cheer up my week. Thanks Graham for continuing to just do you on these vids
Would a lammasu be the source of wool for a flying carpet? Seems like that would work as magical component. Tough to harvest, though.
I love the flavour text on Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One), even more so because they have now used Abrade
Nothing is wrong with you Graham. Never change (I mean apart from the gradual passage of time which ravages us all) your brilliant as is.
I always call that specific card Erase (Not the Unhinged one). It's the fun thing to do.
I'm just here for the Graham show. Its no longer crack a pack its called Graham's rambling lol
Grahambling
The opposite of "oh, I gotta buy a lottery ticket" is "oh, I gotta buy insurance."
there are two lammasus in the entire game of magic the gathering, which is more than enough for a tribal deck.
I immediately thought of hunted lammasu bc i love that cycle so much
Alternate opening: Greetings, you Hooting Mandrills!
Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One) has pretty good flavor text errata on Gatherer where they crossed out two of the synonyms for erase they've used since printing it
I love you, Graham. You be you.
You got it right, Graham! This is the origin of prowess.
Your color commentary is pineapple pizza perfection. I applaud it.
Gotta buy a lottery ticket = Gotta but life insurance
When you do, you might want to not mention the Lammasu. However when you are asked specifically, giving wrong information about whether you saw one could be fraud.
You know what? I *will* try the Patreon! I hear it's got a full flavor this time of year.
Graham is great! I would love to see some other hosts for these videos. Particularly Cameron!
Ah, Erase, You remember when they put the answers to bombs into the following sets? Also, that Lamasu is wearing a hat!
I will have a great many opportunities to use the phrase "I obviously have other brain deficiencies at the moment" in future, and I hope to remember this phrase in those times.
Judged by lamaasu, beloved by manticores.
Lammassu are actually mytgological creatures Back from the sumerian days. I Wish there where a legendary lammassu to build a Deck around it.
Thank you Graham for the Erase path it had some very lovely views however they disappeared very sudden ...
Seeker of the Way was such a house in my blue heroic deck
12:10 the word you're looking for is Lamenting
I find the Tarkir banners to work as well as the obelisks from Alara. The banners have a bit more bang due to the card draw. Yes I do put them into commander why do you ask?
I just learned there were 2 Lammasu. That is now something I know.
Lamassu are really interesting mythologically, but they are out of place in Tarkir's turkic-inspired world. I think WOTC probably just took them from the D&D monster manual rather than Assyrian myth. But it would be cool to see a Mesopotamian plane at some point. (and maybe they have contact with Amonkhet?)
I did a search in the stryxhaven commanders they made a lammasu so there is as of now 2 total.
I _hated_ Prowess in that set because it never worked out for me, whereas I was constantly blown out by random instants triggering my opponents' whole board.
among creatures without changeling, always remember Mistform Ultimus is another Lammasu
As is Dr. Julius Jumblemorph.
I think the opposite of "I have to buy a lottery ticket" is "I need to buy insurance"
I remember getting that prerelease pack. Siege rhino hated dragon style twins and it won me so many games.
G, the opposite of "I have to go buy a lottery ticket" is "I have to go buy a 24 pack of toilet paper."
Graham if whatever is wrong with you makes you ask questions like "could you shave (sheer) a lammasu and make a nice scarf" then I have the same thing. At least it's a fun thing! I think it's fun
I, for one, was happy to go down that Erase rabbit hole, because the Un card is silly and needs more press.
lammasu are kind of like prismatic pipers in their flavor.
I legitimately said to myself at the beginning "No need to, Graham. I will definitely forget what card it was anyways."
And then thought, "Why did Graham say supris- Oh right, the card at the beginning..."
So I guess jokes on you- Me? At least one person here was the butt of a joke, it may have been both.
At some point in this series I wanna hear a distant boo from James when Graham makes a particularly groanworthy joke
Does anyone know why Prowess got taken off? The mechanic made sense for Red, White, and Blue combat usage. But now… well…
Engagement for the engagement god!
I judge Graham and deem him charming.
I knew of the ravnican lamasu thanks to an argument about Ravnica's eastern-european imagery.
Lammasu Gang judges you harshly.
I was called to act. So here I am.
I had the same thought about Erase the moment you read that name, so it's not weird at all to me you've gone down that path :P
The term for us is "Lammastans"!
Hunted Lammasu from Ravnica says hi!
(edit: I commented before it reared up his head)
(second edit: do you guys take into account that you have a prerelease foil when looking up the prices of the cards?)
Instead of shaving yaks we will now shave the Lamassu
[googles Lammasu] .. huh. Lamassu sounds neat.
"White mana doesn't like big lads."
Me: "White mana likes little lads."
(This is a TikTok reference)
Lammasu are an extremely rare creature subtype.
Will Graham be right about a creature type? When goats fly.
I bet a lammasu-wool sweater would be hella soft and comfy and now I want one. *trots off to Etsy*
I will say this, the Jeskai Banner was a little better than the other banners just because it's the banner for the prowess deck.
Anyone know what the background music they're using is called?
I think the first printing of Smite the Monstrous was Theros.
It was definitely in OG Innistrad. I remember playing it as a kid.
@@loadingerror2975 ...I played OG Innistrad when I graduated from college. Way to make me feel old...
Edit: Having Checked Scryfall, you're correct, it was Innistrad.
Petition for "shave a Lammasu" to be a new CK button.