Alara Reborn || Crack-A-Pack - March 31, 2022

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@MaskedTai
@MaskedTai 2 жыл бұрын
The main reason I remember that Alara block was drafted Shards->Conflux->Reborn is that I did a reverse-Alara block draft in my LGS... 9 years ago? It was a hoot and a half I tell ya. Oh, and Identity Crisis isn't something I'd play in Limited, but I have a vivid memory of casting it in a game of EDH on someone who promptly got *very* upset and just picked up their cards and left the table. Exile target opponent too, I guess.
@EricChoiniere
@EricChoiniere 2 жыл бұрын
What I like about the Borderposts is the naming scheme of combining two words that each signify a color, and in-order too: Fieldmist, Mistvein, Veinfire, Firewild, Wildfield
@TheMaestroso
@TheMaestroso 2 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember that I did a triple draft of this once on MTGO. Taking borderposts is very important, because you can play them turn 1 provided you also had a basic land. It was possible to play fewer lands than normal since borderposts act like slow duals and let you replay your lands so you don't miss your drops too much. Also, set rules.
@calebjacobson3139
@calebjacobson3139 2 жыл бұрын
The Alara Reborn drafts were just a ton of fun... Granted I only did four of them, and two of those drafts were spent drafting a nasty red/black aggro deck that killed most around turn five or six, but still really fun.
@princephantom1294
@princephantom1294 2 жыл бұрын
Glassdust hulk might be my favorite common of all time. Just, so much synergy. Made a whole golem deck using the splicer cycle to just dump golems onto the field and give them a bunch of abilities as if they were slivers. It wasn't very good, but it felt so cool and unique
@tvanddy
@tvanddy 2 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate Graham's delivery on these. It's improvised and chaotic, but it's not rushed or loud or overdone. Just an excellent series.
@sandmanlives3
@sandmanlives3 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@ShinjiSixteen
@ShinjiSixteen 2 жыл бұрын
Ooh, perfect description of Graham's delivery
@tomwitty465
@tomwitty465 2 жыл бұрын
I’m just glad I was not alone in also going “…some crimes go slipping through the cracks.”
@thrall898
@thrall898 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like Identity Crisis has some use in that once it resolves you immediately kill any graveyard strats your opponent had and force them into top-decking. Whether that's worth the 6 mana is a value question (probably not, in my opinion) but still, it's got a certain control niche.
@artemi7
@artemi7 2 жыл бұрын
I've never been more disappointed to not be called a Putrid Leech before ;~; Also I really wish they'd finish the Borderpost cycle. They were really cool!
@bigwig8657
@bigwig8657 2 жыл бұрын
God I love heavy multi color sets so much. This makes me excited for new capena tbh.
@ImrahilToChaos
@ImrahilToChaos 2 жыл бұрын
The edit on Leonin Armorguard was GODLIKE. I laughed for a solid thirty seconds.
@KumaKaori
@KumaKaori 2 жыл бұрын
oh that /got/ me. MATT.
@BlameScott
@BlameScott 2 жыл бұрын
During the pause after you said "sometimes," that theme started playing in my head. And then you actually started singing it. Never change, Graham.
@TubbyBubbleLove42
@TubbyBubbleLove42 2 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes, some crimes, go slipping through the cracks..." I was almost asleep and you starting the chip and dale rescue rangers theme set the whole opening going in my head.
@Matti_Mattsen
@Matti_Mattsen Ай бұрын
Alara was one of my favourite blocks in magic EVER, i thought the idea of shards was so neat and well done in this block
@kpoffaas
@kpoffaas 2 жыл бұрын
The order to drafting (go from newest to oldest) occurred during Theros block. So for Alara block this would be the last pack you opened.
@Hiddenkeymaster3
@Hiddenkeymaster3 2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait until we go back to Alara. I was not around for the first Alara block, but so many of these cards are unique and memorable.
@paulallison3974
@paulallison3974 2 жыл бұрын
Alara draft was a complete blast (both with and without expansions) and also a great chaos pack to include
@hurricanealpaca804
@hurricanealpaca804 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Heather, Matt, James, and Graham! I love seeing all the cards from sets I never played, and getting nostalgia from all the ones I have!
@MrBenioPL
@MrBenioPL 2 жыл бұрын
I need to draft Alara someday. Some of those cards are weird. Love it.
@adancein
@adancein 2 жыл бұрын
I love the concept of "all gold cards" and I probably overestimate the strength level of this set a lot.
@Eramiserasmus
@Eramiserasmus 2 жыл бұрын
Alara was the set that my friends used to teach me how to play. The nostalgia.
@Dovorans
@Dovorans 2 жыл бұрын
This hits all the nostalgia buttons for me, Alara Reborn was the set where I first bought my own cards with my allowance. I remember making a silly deck with Wall of Denial and Overgrown Battlements to ramp into nothing because I didn't have any big creatures, but it sure could ramp!
@Flickstro
@Flickstro 2 жыл бұрын
I just wanna say, I love what Matt's been doing lately. Keep killin' it!
@kamikazehansu
@kamikazehansu 2 жыл бұрын
Giant Ambush Beetle is an awesome name for a magic card. Like Scuttling Doom Engine. 💖
@wehpudicabok6598
@wehpudicabok6598 Жыл бұрын
"In this case, X equals sure" is a sentence I want to start using more often
@thecolortwelve3784
@thecolortwelve3784 2 жыл бұрын
The "hi graham" moment was great and reminded me of the green tree boa editing from the Live and Let Die episode.
@kyleellis1825
@kyleellis1825 21 күн бұрын
Honestly, Alara REborn was one of the most well recieved third sets because it was trying something so new. Usually the third set was barely sold, but with this block it was conflux we mostly ignored.
@EyalBrown
@EyalBrown 2 жыл бұрын
Leonin Ermahgahd totally GOT me, lmao. What an edit.
@eonchao
@eonchao 2 жыл бұрын
Triple Alara Reborn was a weird but fun draft format. Not designed to be played that way but turn 1 borderpost, turn 2 blade that gets buffed by the borderpost. Really enjoyed that format
@NeoBellmoore
@NeoBellmoore 2 жыл бұрын
The moment I saw the art for Terminate, I thought 'that looks very Pathfinder' and Wayne Reynolds has indeed done a lot of art for Pathfinder.
@Rihnoswirl
@Rihnoswirl 2 жыл бұрын
I'm going to hypothesize that "Giant Ambush Beetle" is supposed to be a reference to the "Giant Enemy Crab" from Sony's 2006 E3-show.
@gamerbear84
@gamerbear84 Жыл бұрын
The shroud makes sense there, you can't get two-for-oned with targeting land destruction. I think that card is totally fine.
@lightfut
@lightfut 2 жыл бұрын
ermahgerd it's an armorguard!
@deleteman900
@deleteman900 2 жыл бұрын
I have the vaguest of memories of the borderposts, and really adoring their design as well. They may not be *super* great, but fuck it, I'm here for it!
@SirStickBug
@SirStickBug 2 жыл бұрын
The guy with vigilance and haste seemed really good in draft. Nice stats and very aggressive.
@robertfranklin8522
@robertfranklin8522 2 жыл бұрын
Borderposts are amazing in my Niv-Mizzet Reborn EDH deck. He loves to see them as he is getting rebornt.
@cruinard3710
@cruinard3710 2 жыл бұрын
Fun with flurry of wings: it doesn’t just say attacking creatures you control, which was useful in a bird tribal deck I made a while back.
@2000sDigitalBoy
@2000sDigitalBoy 2 жыл бұрын
Flurry of Wings was the cornerstone of a standard token deck I used to play, back when standard was still called "Type 2." I would try and combo it with cards like Elvish Visionary and Khalni Garden to create a pile of tokens and then follow up with Beastmaster Ascension, which would become active in one or two attacks due to all the tokens. I was really proud of that deck, even if it wasn't very good. I have such fond memories of playing that deck that Flurry of Wings remains an iconic Magic card to me to this day.
@Darwingreen5
@Darwingreen5 2 жыл бұрын
you said the name "Chippy" and the gremlins in your memory center immediately brought up "Chip and Dale's rescue rangers".
@jacefairis1289
@jacefairis1289 2 жыл бұрын
borderposts are essentially somewhat worse bouncelands (only pick up basics, die to artifact removal) that can also be a 3 mana rock if you have enough lands. I think they're underrated!
@UltimatTacoman
@UltimatTacoman 2 жыл бұрын
Borderposts are not to be underestimated! You can get them out even if you don't have the right colors, because of their ability! Great for 5 color budget decks!
@PeterHaderlein
@PeterHaderlein 2 жыл бұрын
I remember drafting Conflux at the time and it was very skill-testing. While hybrid mana and cycling gave you flexibility, mana fixing was essential. The borderposts were high picks.
@juliussiemes9569
@juliussiemes9569 2 жыл бұрын
I wasn't around when this set came out but these cards look really neat. This block should get a remastered set.
@sandmanlives3
@sandmanlives3 2 жыл бұрын
What an awesome set! I love it. Most of those cards are pretty great. I would also first pick the Terminate and not look back. Excellent, as always. Thank you!
@GradeAMolvanian
@GradeAMolvanian 2 жыл бұрын
I love the slow progression into madness that is this show.
@jettblade
@jettblade 2 жыл бұрын
Flurry of Wings is a really underrated card. It does have a weird cost but if someone is going wide you can have plenty of blockers. Additionally if you go wide you could swing out, cast this, and have blockers. If you could get at least 3 creatures, 2 at the very minimum, it is worth it.
@KirbytronicWouldLiketoBattle
@KirbytronicWouldLiketoBattle 2 жыл бұрын
I don't have answers for you Graham, but I can say that I also started singing the Chip 'N Dale theme a fraction of a second before you did
@ReynardWrecce
@ReynardWrecce 2 жыл бұрын
Well bugger you for making me laugh out loud at work at Leonin Ermagerd, Graham. Now I'm getting funny looks.
@vincentrutledge9445
@vincentrutledge9445 2 жыл бұрын
Graham doing math “X = Sure”
@alexpozniak4106
@alexpozniak4106 2 жыл бұрын
I love this block so much.
@ukaszbylica3261
@ukaszbylica3261 2 жыл бұрын
The draft order switch from oldest-to-newest to newest-to-oldest happened in Scars of Mirrodin block, so two blocks after this one.
@kingvire
@kingvire 2 жыл бұрын
Can I say how much these videos perk me up I look forward to watching them on my break so much. Thanks for the awesome and consistent content.
@raze667
@raze667 2 жыл бұрын
ah Alara block was such a fun series of sets.
@mikejunt
@mikejunt 2 жыл бұрын
At the time, you drafted in release order (Shards > Conflux > Reborn), though some people believe the set drafts better in the modern block arrangement (Reborn > Conflux > Shards), since the all-gold set lets you commit to your shard instead of wondering if you'll get shard cards after you're mostly committed to your colors.
@jcblacksmith
@jcblacksmith 2 жыл бұрын
Matt this editing is hilarious, please never stop
@ecyor0
@ecyor0 6 ай бұрын
I see Flurry of Wings and as someone who loves going selesnya style "six dozen little guys getting various +1/+1 buffs", I am *salivating* .
@arcengal
@arcengal 2 жыл бұрын
Giant Ambush Beetle got named Ronseal Beetle at our LGS. It did exactly what it said on the tin.
@terriblenorwegiangaming547
@terriblenorwegiangaming547 4 ай бұрын
I don't know about most borderposts, but fieldmist borderpost goes straight in my Tameshi deck ;)
@PVDH_magic
@PVDH_magic 2 жыл бұрын
Ah, one of my favorite draft memories is when we played 3x Alara Reborn draft. The set surely wasn't designed for that, as it was the third small set of the block. So, so, so many Sureblades; which were always on. Cards that couldn't kill them or interact with them profitably were just unplayable :P
@BenjaminKlahn
@BenjaminKlahn 2 жыл бұрын
@2:15 turns out replacing your land with an artifact is a good way to end up down on mana a few turns later to mass artifact destruction.
@docterfantazmo
@docterfantazmo 2 жыл бұрын
*Graham:* Well maybe I don't wanna join your silly ranks. *Esperites:* Fine... bring in the brainbite snake, ghost thing.
@gruultrainer4533
@gruultrainer4533 2 жыл бұрын
The Alara block is when I started paying magic. This was a great trip down memory lane!
@Mother_boards
@Mother_boards 2 жыл бұрын
I am here for the absolutely unbridled chaotic energy Graham brings to these videos.
@brendaneichler5244
@brendaneichler5244 2 жыл бұрын
13:20 Because it slaps, dude. It's one of the better late 80's/early 90's cartoon themes.
@2MeatyOwlLegs
@2MeatyOwlLegs 2 жыл бұрын
I never played Alara yet I have a huge amount of nostalgia for it because when I first layed eyes on the sets the cards were all so cool. And I still love them. The power level of that era feels just right. Also Mythics were still what they were supposed to be. Cool mana hungry stuff for commander.
@sallomon2357
@sallomon2357 2 жыл бұрын
Well, it was the first block they introduced mythic rares in, after all.
@FanOfMostEverything
@FanOfMostEverything 2 жыл бұрын
Reborn was drafted last, so you generally had an idea of what you were doing, though occasionally someone was trying to run Five Color Good Stuff. Or Five Color Bad Stuff. Or Five Color Quality of Stuff to be Determined. This is also the only block where I've done a Rochester Draft, and there are some fascinating mind games to be had there.
@Bearvas
@Bearvas 2 жыл бұрын
I love being adressed as a card by Big G! Think I might identify as a Goblin Guide one day....xD Much love and thanks for the great content! ♥️
@bossgoji
@bossgoji 2 жыл бұрын
As a frequent commander brewer, Alara uncommons and rares are absolutely some of my favorite goofy stuff to play with.
@hermatic1
@hermatic1 2 жыл бұрын
Lorescale would be my pick, mainly due to me loving simic since strixhaven. But my heart will always belong to dimir. Also thanks to you all in front and behind the cameras you are all killing it. Takecare.
@mkill572
@mkill572 2 жыл бұрын
My daily dose of pack opening ASMR
@ZaberFangAT
@ZaberFangAT 2 жыл бұрын
Unearth is exiled at end of turn, not sacrificed, unfortunately. Without other graveyard shenanigans, Kathari Bomber only gets you 4 goblins at most.
@BlueTrebol
@BlueTrebol 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, the first pack I ever opened! Had no idea all cards were multicolored, me and my mono blue deck were really disappointed The rare was Soulquake, in case you're curious
@matthewcolyer6797
@matthewcolyer6797 2 жыл бұрын
Love how the token is the most expensive card in the pack and they almost missed it.
@bigwig8657
@bigwig8657 2 жыл бұрын
Hot take, Shroud is fixed Hexproof.
@PHXRenegade
@PHXRenegade 2 жыл бұрын
It was a complete nightmare to collect in paper. The ordering of the cards in the collections were all over the place. It "did" make sense, but only after several servings of the beverage of your choice 🙂
@Ragnarok2kx
@Ragnarok2kx 2 жыл бұрын
I love that the Sureblade gives first strike. Too bad it's not red
@ShinjiSixteen
@ShinjiSixteen 2 жыл бұрын
4:37 Perfection
@lostmarble540
@lostmarble540 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like bird shamans don't mind getting mistaken for bird wizards, but bird wizards really don't like getting mistaken for bird shamans
@lolmonkeyjizz
@lolmonkeyjizz 2 жыл бұрын
Always love watching these :D
@BurningOleander
@BurningOleander 2 жыл бұрын
Seeing these videos in my subs always improves my mental health instantly, thanks Graham.
@kilo3989
@kilo3989 2 жыл бұрын
Three cheers for Graham's restraint!
@kilo3989
@kilo3989 2 жыл бұрын
I'd take Glassdust Hulk because I like Esper artifacts. Need to build a Sen Triplets deck sometime.
@christopherlundgren1700
@christopherlundgren1700 2 жыл бұрын
Borderposts are pretty high picks, as they not only act like tap-lands, they are also multicolored permanents for other cards that care about that, like your Bant Sureblade there. Terminate is a solid pick though. Alara Reborn is the set that brought us Cascade. If you could grab a Bloodbraid Elf or a Bituminous Blast, you were sitting pretty.
@pintpullinggeek
@pintpullinggeek 2 жыл бұрын
🎵These two gumshoes...🎵
@Luxatos
@Luxatos 2 жыл бұрын
It's weird I barely remember the Rescue Rangers theme song at all (just the Ch-ch-ch-ch-chip and Dale part), but the ones for Ducktales and Darkwing Duck are firmly lodged in my memory banks. I don't really remember Talespin's theme either, come to think of it. And all four were part of my daily routine.
@andybrown5289
@andybrown5289 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine this being your first magic set and thinking all cards were multi color
@CityofLight11
@CityofLight11 2 жыл бұрын
Flurry of wings + soulcatcher aerie in multiplayer games means you wait for a big swing, get a bunch of birds to feed into the woodchippers, and now all your birds have like +10/+10. I really miss janky 60 card casual multiplayer.
@fanklok8891
@fanklok8891 2 жыл бұрын
"Maybe there was some kind of mass pump spell" Violent Outburst is a fucked up magic card
@Pengu92
@Pengu92 2 жыл бұрын
Alara-Zendikar was my tentative introduction to Magic. I dove deep into the lore because of the group I played with, don't play with them anymore but I still remember getting stomped by grixis
@marvin42thg34
@marvin42thg34 2 жыл бұрын
I only started with MTG 2 years ago (but drafting like crazy since) and Alara stands very high on the bucket list of drafts I wanna do. All I see from this set is just so crazy cool.
@ChiralWolf
@ChiralWolf 2 жыл бұрын
When they do something out there like every card being gold I feel like a good litmus test to see if they've done it since. They have a good track record of doing successful things again. So yeah, probably not so hot
@IRFine
@IRFine 2 жыл бұрын
I think it went over pretty well for limited, but in general the set was rather underwhelming. I don’t think the multicolored-ness was really the cause of that though?
@artemi7
@artemi7 2 жыл бұрын
Part of the problem is it took two whole sets to set up. Alara wasn't concived as "the shard plane", it was built from the ground up to support the 'all gold set'.
@christopherlundgren1700
@christopherlundgren1700 2 жыл бұрын
I think all gold was really cool, but you can't really go back to that well without kind of ruining the magic. I don't know that the fact they haven't done it again is so much unpopularity as it's just a really "out there" concept that only works in a specific context, and loses a lot of its cache if you repeat it. It's probably only a matter of time before they try a high concept like that again, but would it be all gold? I don't know.
@chifii
@chifii 2 жыл бұрын
Okay, good, if you didn't look up the price of the token, I was gonna. The moment you opened it, I went, "That's one of those tokens that they didn't print enough of."
@connorhamilton5707
@connorhamilton5707 2 жыл бұрын
I had an Alesha Tiny Leaders deck, and Kathari Bomber was awesome. Puts itself back in the graveyard for the next attack, and leaves you with some bodies to block with and sacrifice. My deck was pretty low power though, compared to everything else that was possible.
@mikedicesare7460
@mikedicesare7460 2 жыл бұрын
In a Reborn draft you always take the blade!
@Jaebird88
@Jaebird88 2 жыл бұрын
I was not prepared for Ermergerd.
@hatchetman751
@hatchetman751 2 жыл бұрын
My first block. The hybrid mana cards were so cool.
@iristheboss
@iristheboss 2 жыл бұрын
Graham reading the flavor of the beetle just makes me think of drax from gotg
@CaptainVryce
@CaptainVryce 2 жыл бұрын
I have a Rakdos deck that every card gives the opponent a choice, they're all bad choices. It's full of dumb stuff like dwarven driller, book burning, painful quandry. The hardest part is finding cards with that opponents choice option since a lot of them are worded differently than each other.
@Derpy_fish63
@Derpy_fish63 2 жыл бұрын
Kathari Bomber exiles itself when it leaves play due to unearth. It can't just be used over and over... not like thatd be super great anyways lol
@CorpCoCEO
@CorpCoCEO 2 жыл бұрын
I actually really like the Giant Ambush Beetle (this coming from a person who, admittedly, also has no idea what this format is like), just because it feels like it has a lot of utility - deal 4 damage to a creature, maybe leave a 4/3 behind, or it could just be a 4/3 with haste for some surprise extra damage, it seems like aggro could be pretty real in this format. Plus, in an all multicolor set picking up a card that keeps you open to 2 shards - jund and naya - is nice. Maybe I’m overvaluing versatility, but the beetle feels like it could end games one way or another.
@The_Mashupman
@The_Mashupman 2 жыл бұрын
Now i want a Leoning Irmagurd
@cpesper
@cpesper 2 жыл бұрын
I would probably take the Lorescale Coatl because I am a sucker for +1/+1 counters.
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