Unfortunately, I am aware of the visual errors throughout the video (I count 3) due to problems with my rig/software. I'll be looking to do a full system refresh in a week or two to fix this, as besides that, I am fresh out of ideas. So please bear with me!

I enjoyed this essay a lot (especially as I prepare my own study on Innistrad). Magic is intentional about releasing sets that mirror the weather patterns of the northern hemisphere, and I think it's significant that Fall on Innistrad will feel and behave differently than it did a couple of years ago on Ravnica (which was largely an aesthetic shift more than a narrative one). The changing seasons have always created deep anxieties and superstitions in human history, especially when the Moon is involved (Harvest Moons, Blood Moons, Full Moons, etc), and I expect those hesitations will manifest on the cards and enhance what Paciorek would call their psychogeographical elements. In other words, I hope that the Fall becomes just as much a monster as the vampires and werewolves here, and judging by Vitale's illustration in "Join the Dance," I think we're in for a treat. Where Fall felt warm and cozy on Ravnica, it will instead seem eerie and disquieting on Innistrad. I'm reminded of the farmers and woodsmen who endured months and months of famine at the beginning of the 14th century in Northern Europe. This hunger is omnipresent in the folktales that the Grimm brothers collected centuries later, some of which appeared in Eldraine. The 21st century isn't unique in worrying about the natural world's power over human volition. Even Midsommar's central conceit is an atmospheric one: the incessant sunlight presents its own horror in the context of what transpires at the village. When used correctly, the weather can drive the dread in a setting, and not just in the traditional and archetypal ways. I hope that comes through the cards in the coming months.

This was a really great video! Shades of Rhystic Studies. Good stuff. :)

Someone give this "folk pagan horror study against the history of Innistrad" video an Oscar or like...KZfaq award of some kind, lol. Excellent breakdown...verging on legit documentary. Long time lurker, but I finally had to smash the subscribe button on this one 🙌

Making good use of that English education, are we? Well thought out, as always.

This is hands down your best video, PK. I love it.

Get yourself a youtuber who can make (hilarious) shit, piss and dicks jokes AND at the same time produce thoughtful, well-researched and narrated videos on the lore of MTG 💖💖💖

YES FOLK HORROR IS SO UNDERAPPRECIATED

When I saw the card "Join the Dance" I felt an unnerving feeling of alienation. This gentelmen with candles on his head, joined with other dancer, dancing in name of protection, reaches out to me. "I would not take his hand", I thought to myself, "I do not belive in this. This magic will not work for me".

I will always show up for essays digging into art styles and the impact and meaning. Absolutely love it!

I love when Vince flexes his research and knowledge roots, I'll watch anything this man puts out, but I feel like his heart is really in this work.

AVR had its own kind of horror even after the tonal shift. It had that “humans are the real monsters” subtheme.

Great work! Really enjoying the diversity you've been putting into your channel lately!

While the critique of Avacyn is valid, I feel that you can expand upon your framework a bit. The Shadows and Eldritch sets do a lot to explore the feminine in many ways. Emrakul is referred to in the feminine, and the two most effective at combating the goings-on of the set were feminine (Tamiyo and Lilliana). Furthermore, there is a space to explore the angel/mad woman dichotomy you bring up in Lilliana, as an archetypal “monster” turning out to literally be “the last hope.” Just food for thought, good stuff altogether.

This is genuinely the type of magic video I can watch a hundred times and not get tired of. Delving into the thematic and literary ideas behind sets are my actual favorite topic.

Was not expecting an in depth discussion of the nature of horror when I clicked, but I am 100% here for it. Excellent video! And it got me more exited to see where innastrad goes, since they do seem to be going for a different style of horror each time we visit. If I come out of this set with a Green/White Texas Chainsaw Massacre or even Wickerman deck, I'll be thrilled.

This sounds and reads like a Spice8Rack video and I positively love it! Also you mentioning the witchcraft as neo-pagan for Innistrad’s WG make the leaked Commander legend with a “Coven” mechanic also in WG make a _lot more of sense._ I for one don’t mind witchcraftery in non-B colors at all, it just makes me really intrigued about what are the other provinces of Innistrad doing now, especially Nephalia or Moorland…

PK: Can I sit here ? MagicManSam: Sure.

A shame Eldritch Moon was just kind of breezed over in this video, I personally found it to be a fantastic set, and Eldritch horror is far from easy to nail, but wizards did a pretty good job, both from art, flavour, and gameplay perspectives. I don’t think we’ll ever really get another set like it, I digress, good vid.

Ohh Vince I get Rhystic Studies vibes from this video

This is an amazing video! Not enough content creators take the time to provide such critical analysis of the art and world-building of Magic, and more this content and understanding would elevate discussion and conversation about the entirety of Magic as an art form. More this this please!

Vince, I really appreciate that you were not just hopeful for magic's story to include these more-than-skin-deep elements, but conscious in your script of the continual teasing OF a real story from wotc through the imagery and power their cards hold rather than actually making, say, for example, compelling horror in a unique medium.

This is wonderful. Really nice work! I've been doing a lot of research on medieval carnival for my master's thesis and you've touched on a lot of the things I've been reading up on. Check out the introduction to "Rabelais and His World" by Mikhail Bakhtin if you haven't already. Great stuff, Vince!

This was an incredible video, well done!

This is at least in your top 3 videos. I can imagine how a video like this costs a lot of time and effort for relatively little money, but I , and many others, appreciate you much more for sharing this with us

I am absolutely in love with the format of video. As much as you're usually the funny magic man who says swears, and even though I usually love you for it, this really buttered my biscuit in all the right ways

I was genuinely surprised and delighted to find the you tube channel filled with innuendo's and toilet humor struck me with a very thought provoking video. Great Job!

This type of video shows exactly why people love innistrad so much. Great flavor and lore that bring all our favorite elements of MTG together. I'm very hyped

i loved this video from start to finish. thank you so much for your time and effort in making it!

Thank you for showing me the love that Wotc put into this beautiful yet terrifying plane. Delving deep into the actual genre, and you explaining it was wonderful to hear. I love everything about this. Please keep it up! I also really loved the Thalia #short too

This is by far my favorite of your videos, and I love a lot of your content. This was great work and brilliantly presented and I would be so down for more videos like this

Other than a few video hick-ups, this is easily your best video. You do a fantastic job describing the intricacy of the horror genre!

Amazing video! Absolutly loved every minute. Looking forward to more content based around innistrad! :)

Really awesome video! I opened the set without any spoilers and really enjoyed the aesthetic of the humans this time around, and I kept thinking back to this video too. I even built a green white human ball deck around new general who's a tribal cryptolith rite with legs, just so I could cram all these cards in one deck and see them all together, and I never build flavor EDH decks. Thanks for the deep dive into what I found so appealing about the flavor, it's super cool to have you go into territory like this you did a great job!

Thank you, this is a compelling analysis you've put together. I enjoy your other content but this is great too. I wouldn't mind seeing more like this. Since the drop of the story based blocks, we see so little of the amazing worlds that Magic builds before we move on you the next. It would be nice to see some content focus on the world and flavor of the set rather than just the mechanics of the cards. If no one cares than I'll just bugger off. Also I'd be interested in any suggestions for further reading on the topic. Thank you again for the time and work you've put into this.

"Ooooooo this is lovely and well said, is it a Spice 8 Rack video? - checks the brisk 22min runtime - Guess not."

I like the new video essay format your experimenting with. It’s really fun to listen to you talk about Magic’s story on context of genre.

Would never have expected a PK video essay but goddamn this was wonderful! Love this kind of Magic content

This is one of your best breakdowns yet vince, would love to see more like this!

This was amazing, I love the video essay format. Thank you for the continuous amazing content

This video was really interesting and entertaining; I've always loved your video-range capabilities and this was one of the better ones! The ending was superb and I also got happy by you mentioning my two favourite films~!

Really interesting video. Well organized and fun to watch. I hope to see more content like this from your channel!

Great video! Thanks for your efford and please keep this kind of content coming!

Awesome video. I can imagine how much work it is to put something like an essay in videoform together. Thanks a lot . It would be awesome to see something like this more often

Wonderful examination. Very thorough and well thought out. Keep up the great work, Vince!

This was a great little essay! Your thoughts and work are appreciated!

This video was dope. I like it when you do these more in depth videos once in a while. Thanks. Also I never seen Apostle so I gotta get on that.

10/10 probably your best and most thought provoking video. Love it hope you do more like this in the future.

Man I adore this kind of videos I'd love to see more of these in the future coming from you

That vídeo was awesome, and a breath of fresh air in your content, not that I don't like your regular, but this one... chef's kiss

This is one of my favourite videos, not only by you but, by any magic content creator ever

I really liked this video and hope to see more like it form you. Was not what I was expecting.

I really enjoyed this video and would absolutely watch more videos like it. Well done, Vince.

Amazing work Vince! You really should put out more of this video essay style content.

I really enjoyed this video essay. Very insightful. Thank you for your hard work!

That was very well thought out and a joy to watch. Great job!

I absolutely love your video essay videos. Great job!

Great Video! After seeing the Wickerman clips its interesting that we cant see whats in the mouth of that Wickermonster on Join the Dance. we only see the happy faces and the joyful dance, but there might be a whole different story a few meters up, maybe contextualized on a different card. I always like when different cards look at the same scene from different perspectives.

Love the video essay style, Vince! Would really enjoy more videos like this for upcoming sets.

Wow I loved this video! Relatively new here and didn’t expect this type of content but it’s a welcome surprise!

Beautiful! Innistrad is hands down my favourite plane as a Gothic horror fan. The direction they took later on with Shadows and Eldritch was even better I think with the eldrazi taking the place of the Great Old ones from H.P. Lovecraft. Can't wait for the next level, folklore sounds great

Really fantastic, Vince. Would love to see more content of this type from you.

Fantastic video! I am fairly new to your channel. So I do not know if videos like this are common, but I do hope to see more like this! Your mention of the humans on Innastrad potentially turning to the old gods. They reminded me of Emrakul's final word's as she allowed her self imprisoned. "There should be blossoms, not barren resentment. The soil was not receptive. It is not my time. Not yet."

This is my favorite video you’ve ever released, Vince. Well done.

I love this type of video and love to see Vince trying it out! Hope to see more

Great video! Honestly would love more essay video like this one

I always enjoy these video essay style videos. Really good job :-)

To be honest, this is probably my fav PK video. Can't wait for more video essays :)

Hey Vince, it’s great to see you doing more in depth video essays. I fell in love with your videos that were memes but it’s great to see you growing and using both humor and genuine analysis to bring us your views on the game we love. Especially in the context of the art and flavor which I think is why most of us fell in love with the game in the first place.

Someone’s been channeling Rhystic Studies.

Loved this Vince! Thanks for doing it

That was the most intellectually enriching video I have ever seen you do. Please keep them coming 👍

I bloody loved this video kenobi! Well done man

Loving the video! Got me hyped for the set but more importantly introduced me to some interesting new tropes and aspects of the genre I wasn't aware of :)

Hey, I know these videos probably take longer to make, but I really enjoyed it! Looking forward to more possible content like this from you in the future 👍

This was fantastic. Loved the outside comparison and references for the Innistrad sets!

Great video- obviously this sort of video takes more work than usual, but i'm always hungry for this kind of stuff

Really really love this video! Amazing content, even though I enjoy most of your normal content

Love food for thought on art, film, storytelling and genre. Well done Vince! Prof would be proud. I’d love to see more videos like this!

Such a well done video pk, as a fan of horror I can’t wait to experience my first time on innistrad. I know you were frustrated about the visual errors but I don’t think it took away from how well done the video was. Would love to see more videos like this :)

Wow Vince episode of your show is freaking amazing thank you man for making it. I love talking about horror and the difference of genres in it

Brilliant work up! More of this please

Can feel the passion in this. Nice job!

I love getting excited for new MTG story, but hate having it ripped away less than a month later with yet another set dominating the game environment. Also, Apostle is fucking fantastic. Love it.

I far enjoyed this 20 minutes piece than many classes I took at uni, while studying folklore and anthropology.

Brilliant video, awesome stuff :D

This was amazing. I appreciate how much effort was put into this.

Love this! Would love more analysis like this

Not what I was expecting to watch but oh boy am I ever here for it! Great job on this one!

I really enjoyed this video essay! Keep up the great work Vince, you bearded beauty!

This is content I would definitely come back for. Glad to see a sudden spark of inspiration to write the script, and from a favorite genre of mine. Would love to see more like this. Although, I realize great inspiration doesn't come around everyday. I really enjoyed your thoughts on this topic. More to come, maybe?

Fabulous work, Vince!

I absolutely loved this. As a fan of folk horror (which i realized while watching the video! Please more content like this!

Wow! I love, what you did there, Vince. Discussing popculture and a little bit of it's socio-cultural context simply based on a single artwork of a spoiler for an upcoming MTG-Set. Keep up that curiosity and passion! ❤️

Great Video PK! Love the lore. This set is Gunna be fire.

Excellent content. Well done my man.

Also this video is great. I really like looking at stuff like this. Hoping for more!

Green/White is such an exciting color pairing, and I am so excited to see what innistrad will have in store for it!

Really love this content. Keep it up!

This. This so much. Videos like this are why I still watch this channel and TCC even though I don't play MTG anymore. Thank you, Vince. I look forward to seeing more videos like this. Especially fond of the deep dive into Victorian women and gothic horror.