Strixhaven total recap with some final thoughts. What did you think about this Magic: The Gathering story?

Tell me your wonderful stories bearded papa

Garruk was watching over the twins??!! And damn, it was really cool to see Will and Rowan diverge in personality, but ultimately compensate for each others' differences, save the day!! See, that's the thing - I would Never in a hundred years have known about these awesome relations without the Aether Hub.. I wish you the best of like in the future, but no matter what, know that I will always be Incredibly grateful for you shedding light on the curious relations between otherwise lifeless characters!!!!

Really great job summarizing Strixhaven! I really had some trouble getting into this set. I can't agree more that the one set per plane limitation really hamstrings the story and world building.

Finally. Seiben Lore.

Way to stay strong with great content lately man. I know you've had a rough patch recently and I'm glad you have not let that defeat you. Keep it up brother.

It really sucks that some of these videos seem to be getting less and less views from what I can tell. You always do a fantastic job, and should be proud. I happily watch them all, and have for a couple years I believe.

Thanks for this video, I was waiting for it! Not exactly sure what they are doing in the grand scheme of the story. I just wish they would get back to some sort of story ark with cohesion and we knew what these planeswalkers were up to.... Which so far since WAR has been a while lot of nothing. They had such a great opportunity in Kaldheim to make Tibalt a real antagonist and he fell right on his face. I guess we have to wait for Bolas to break out for the story to get back on track.

I was going to say the Oriq was also the villainous ascended in Stargate but those are the Ori.

I think you should have gone a bit more into the fact Lukka had a very negative personal experience with authority on his home plane which turned him into a turncoat anarchist, and also the fact Lukka's kinda dumb, extremely vindictive, and slightly insane. Looking at Lukka as a wayward and tired former soldier full of anger, angst, anarcist energy and a desire for a group like he had before makes his actions make a lot more sense. The Orix is exactly what he was dreaming of; a group of rebels that are massive underdogs. Why wouldn't be join up instantly? He's definitely not the strongest character, but he's definitely got the potential to be an interplanar rebel, and maybe less of a villian and more of a force of nature, sometimes the antagonist, sometimes an ally, always the underdog.

I just realized the Rowan/Will planeswalker card perfectly reflects their diverging personalities, by being a modal double faced card it forces you to choose between one or the other unless you have two copies of the card.

The only thing I want now is Will training a dragon, maybe in Tarkir

Wooooo! Been waiting for this video! Keep up the good work man, been watching ALL your videos lately and I’ve gotta say from what I’ve seen they’re all top tier!

Shadrix Silverquill is a personal idol of mine. Near unlimited power, and he relishes above all else the eloquence of the spoken word.

I'd love to see a B/W take for Liliana

Okay so I now need a story where Garruk finds out Will lost a leg and is an angry protective daddy bear. Also he makes a peg leg for Will. +_+

That was a cool story. Izzet is my favorite guild, so I totally go for Prismari. I am glad that Will and Rowan got to be in a new story. Blue is my favorite color. If I had to pick between them, I would definitely go for Will.

Very good recap! I love the use of story spotlight cards here. Absolutely wonderful job here!

I was waiting for ever for this. It's so nice to listen to your calm voice.

Thank you for the video, way better than the actual story. When I read it, it was written so badly and the story was high key bad

Was really hoping to see Garruk show up even without a card being printed in the set but it is what it is

Yay! I was waiting for someone to make something like this!

Hagrid Wildspeak: "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEG!?"

This turned out pretty good all things considered

lmao I love how you constantly include the actual card names in your storytelling

Dang that silverquwill dragon is insane just look at those abilities!

Awesome stuff! Thanks for this.

I definitely prefer the broken up videos that go into more detail and drag the story out... But im glad to finally habe this video after weeks of waiting. 💜

Plot twist: oko shows up on Arcadia and impersonates a professor, and we get Throne level shenanigans all over again in the next set.

Lukka was an unsympathetic bastard in Ikora (and that's not easy of there is Vivien you were compared with) and so he is in Strixhaven. They need to get rid of him. When Liliana got teleported away there is a thing that always comes in my mind. "That's exactly what a 12y/o would write down." Sad it happens a lot since War of the spark. ("Blackbalde was all along not a weapon that can harme me muhahaha" >_>) And remember ppl get paid for those plot twists.

Won a new fan tonight cheers 🥂

LOVE the content :-D

hahaha Extus: Foolish ONYX you war powerless to stop me now BEGONE!!! Poof Extus: Now to return to my... Onyx: Back. EXtus: HOW?! Onyx: Not my first time i've been or have warped away if it's worth anything you teleported me into a bog and ruined these nice shoes i liked... >:l Extus: I've made a terrible mistake...

Amazing video! Thank you. :)

First the Eldrazi, then Bolas, and now the Phyrexians are returning...

Great video as usual 👍

An actual question: even for a cosmopolitan location like Strixhaven, we still wound up with more fantasy races on display than we usually see for a plane, even for a decuple-plane like we had last time. Is Arcavios just _that_ diverse, or, given this is apparently a happening interplanar site, past oldwalkers brought a bunch of people with them, like what happened with Ravnica?

Pretty sure Loth will fill that enemy Planeswalker role just fine.

A dean with a magic bird Students dueling inbetween classes A mystery involving a dark lord and a teacher looking for redemtion and trains the new students sounds like harry potter

The thing you mentioned with Kasmina and that she's forming a "cabal". Do you think that this group may connect the story to those that hunt for Davriel? Not sure if you had an video covering Davriel's story. The background worldbuilding done in Children of the Nameless (namely those planar manifestation entities and people hunting for Davriel for his connection to one) is something Wizards are yet to build upon in future stories.

Has there been a story/set that has focused on the creation and birth of Planes? I’m fairly new to digging into the depth of story of the MtG Universe. However I feel like Strixhaven and Arcavios is the first time they’ve really talked about the birth of Planes with the snarls as a focal point.

Man I loved this set

She also save school ,try be good person ,so she lied but atleast she did best be a good person .She likely seeks to honor death good person .Future student of her could good guy ,also teach other danger of black magic . Future bad guys the Pharexians ,Tazir ,Tabolt are one think right now for future problems .

Love the video!! I agree that single set blocks are not good for the story and lore. One set isn’t nearly enough time for a full adventure to be fleshed out. But from what I’ve heard from the past, three sets was too long. Should wizards go back to the 2 set block format?

well the larger story here is gonna be fun unless we go back to ravnica again

You mean to tell Liliana Vess the powerful planeswalker AND Professor of a school of magic couldn't teleport back to the fight😭yeah ok the fact she was even teleported away before she could do anything is surprising enough but the fact she couldn't come back is some crazy plot induced stupidity right there. It would have made more sense if she was teleported to a different dimension or something and couldn't come back in time because she was fighting creatures there. That would have made so much more sense

@aetherhub love your content. My only qualm is that your content isn't organized within the Playlist and I listen to your whole story bits since they are the longest but find that I have to try to navigate to the correct video while I'm driving. Is there any way that you could restack the videos...probably by naming convention I'm sure 1. The Complete History part I, 2. The complete history part II. So on and so forth.

Lilianna didn't return because Apparition doesn't work in Hogwa... ops wrong francise. Returning serious, maybe hopping in like a great beacon and doing so in a place full of MageHunter is not the smartest choice. Regardles, a line of her considering this option and discharding it for whatever reason would be very nice

Luca was literally helping a cult try to destroy a school I hope he continues to be a punching bag 😭 cause at no point did he not question his ideals like WHAT!?!?!?!??!

So basically its basically the SpiderMan Homecoming to Magic’s War of the Spark

16:20 Let's hope those efforts are better built upon in a possible return to Arcavios, as opposed to the slapdash worldbuilding efforts of that _other_ fantasy story built upon a wizarding school...

Not really that bad for a love letter to Harry Potter. Though it leaves much to be answered about the plane itself but that's not always a bad thing. Leaves it room to grow. Poor Lukka though is too much of a punching bag all too soon. I kept hoping he would realize throwing in with a bunch of dark mages wouldn't get him the solidarity of a chain of command and comradery he probably doesn't even realize he misses. I'm not sure he can be a hero at this point but at least he still has Mila. Maybe he can Planeswalk somewhere more tolerant and peaceful. Liliana's growth is the best of the set. She gives up trying to resurrect Gideon. Finally he can be left to the peace he's earned and maybe see from Theros that his action helped change many lives for the better. Also maybe Kasmina will put in a good word back at Ravnica for Liliana not to be public enemy #1? Seriously it sucks she risked her life and yet the Gatewatch probably still doesn't care. Will and Rowen got some good development and were decent protagonists if typical in their color's beliefs. Taking down a legendary almagmation of an era is noteworthy for sure. All in all a pretty good story for introduction into a plane. I hope one day we get more from the plane itself but I was satisfied with the story as a whole.

Neat. :)

I'm gonna assume Will chose to not have his leg healed because that

It's weird to see Liliana be heroic unselfishly, but I'm all for dramatic charter growth.

I'm gonna assume Will chose to not have his leg healed because that is literally some basic magic💀

Been looking forward to this recap. 😁

I have a question about Strixhaven: What if someone doesn't want to learn magic goes to the school? Is it possible for someone to still learn things that isn't magic?

I would love a white liliana plansewalker card

It's realy sad that they changed to the one block formula I would love to explore more of the plane of Arcavios but well I guess the main story has to do for now. Also I realy wish the return set ist just called return to Arcavios not return to Strixhaven .

The new urza is rowan.

Do non-planeswalker mages from other planes make their way to Stixhaven?

Hi!!

Sooo, will just doesn't have a leg? They couldn't magic it back or give him some sort of prosthetic?

Watch them revive Extus when Liliana teaches necromancy

I wonder if Nicol Bolas has ever been to Arcavios

Strixhaven? a haven for owls...? i guess most collage kids are night owls

Whoooooo!!!

well Liliana is about 200+ year so her being a student if good lore

Make three set blocks great again

I was quite disappointed in how they handled Lukka in this one..

Man this story feels so incredibly bland Liked the idea of Liliana seeking to ressurect Gideon but the Dragon says no and she completely forgets her pain and survivors guilt

Hey dude, I left this comment on your "I think this channel is dead" post, (in reference to you wondering why video engagement has dropped dramatically), but figured I'd repeat it here, as I imagine you'd appreciate it. ----> As a relatively new viewer (past few months), who just scrolled through like half a year through your uploads...I think it’s the thumbnails. I found myself thinking everything starting at about 2.5 to 3 months ago and older looked A LOT more interesting, as I was scrolling down. Even without reading the titles. The past 2 months of thumbnails just didn’t pique my interest. I’d have to stop and read the actual titles, for that to happen. That wasn’t the case for your uploads 3 months ago (and beyond).

What I want is jace to find her on strix haven

And cast treason on it.......

Rowan watched wandavision, eh?

Thank wotc for forcing d&d players to look for this video lol

:D

CAN NARSET GET HER OWN STORY

Too much information!..... too much to handle!..... I'm melting, mmnnniiiimmmm mnmnnnmm....ellllllthigiinng..............

This... ONYX person...

Anyone else really, _really_ dislike Lukka?

First?

I've been trying to figure out why the story for the game has fallen off, kinda obvious now that you point it out, with 1 set per block they just dont have the space to do proper world/character building before it's on to the next one, really takes away from the game...

I didn't like it, and the independent, one block stories are kind of making me lose interest on the lore.