Who just keeps coming back to watch this

The range of emotions they captured in Liliana’s eyes could colour the multiverse.

Who would win? -A literal God of a dragon -My 21/21 Squirrel Token

Keep coming back, and that defiant scream from Liliana sends chills every time

This is a fully animated trailer that broke the 1 million views less than 3 hours after it went up. A fully animated trailer made just for the release of the new set of a 26 years old card game. What a time to be alive.

0:40, look at that polite soilder giving that man his lost soul. Such a nice thing to do

The moment Liliana defied Nicol Bolas, her contract was broken, and her life was forfeit. But she was free to choose her fate, and she decided it was worth the price. And you could see that moment, that emotion, captured in her face. Bravo, Wizards. Bravo.

Two years later, this is still epic. Amazingly well-done.

I'm not crying. I just tapped too much blue mana.

Everyone talking about Lily but DAMN, seeing Bolas animated like this for the first time is just as amazing.

"I would rather realize my will in death before never seeing it come to life." - Liliana Vess, moments before her sacrifice

"To Liliana's suprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her."

It is beyond amazing to finally see WotC/Hasbro move into the fully animated trailers rather than partially adapting a handful of cards. So excited. Keep it up!

Whoever they got to do Lili's scream at the end, it was the right person.

Back to this cinematographic work in animated form, now in the year 2024. Definitely, no matter how much time passes, this animation, along with this music, and Liliana's scream, will never lose all its emotion. In fact, in my opinion, this feels like wine, getting better and more nostalgic as it ages so well.

Overall a masterpiece of a trailer but more specifically whoever is responsible for depicting Liliana here and animating her facial expressions is genius, she's perfect.

Well. I certainly wasn't expecting... That. From a trailer for the next set of a card game. My goodness.

I have goosebumbs every time I watch this. This is by far the best cinematic wizard has ever made. (Here again on 17/09/2021)

Ough- at 2:07 the way, right before she betrays Bolas, Liliana raises her hand in the same motion as the Gatewatch Oath is so good

How are people not mentioning Bolas' face design? He looks extremely good in this trailer compared to the goblin/dragon he is on certain cards. GJ whoever worked on that.

Indestructible really came through for Gideon in this

I come back here every now and then (March 2023 this time) to witness the peak of MtG-history. It can not get better than this...

I hope the people behind this trailer see all the love of it since its launch. The animations, the choice of music, the timing, writing of the script and Liliana's scream - These people did an awesome job. What a wild ride of emotions they managed to put into three minutes, especially the climax at the end!

I come back here after every MTG trailer that fails to surpass this one...

Admit it, this isn't your first time watching this. It's just that good

Her expression of both Sadness and Rage at 2:10 is just perfect. Can a 3D Model wins an Oscar?

We didn't know it at the time, but this was the height of Magic.

Learning her story has quite possibly made her one of my favorite characters alongside Gideon. Listening to all the videos about the two before re-watching this again, and watch as everything comes together.

Just a little context: So pretty much planeswalkers were godlike beings that can travel across the multiverse onto different planes. Nicol Bolas is the dragon planeswalker that you see in this video, one of the elder dragons who also happens to be a planeswalker (Double OP). A lot of books later (like literally like 20 books later), an event called the Mending happened that had planeswalkers sacrificing their planeswalkers spark to mend rifts in the multiverse that were caused by them jumping around reality a bit too hard. During the Mending, it weakened all existing and future planeswalker sparks everywhere, rending these gods into simply gifted wizards. Liliana is a necromancer and a planeswalker from the new generation who, centuries ago, made a pact with demons to gain immortality, since planeswalkers were no longer godlike. Unenthusiastic about being a servant to the demons, she tries to break the pact while keeping the immortality by killing all the demons who signed the pact, but here's the twist, when the last demon dies there's a fine print that transfers the pact to NICOL BOLAS. During this time Nicol Bolas has been waging a war against numerous planeswalkers, trying to regain his former godlike spark since the Mending. The roster includes a plethora of great characters, but our main protagonists in the recent books are the Gatewatch, a group of planeswalkers sworn to protect the multiverse against the biggest threats led by Gideon Jura who you can see getting his ass pummeled. Liliana, once a member of the Gatewatch (planeswalker power rangers), but she does not wish to die by breaking her contract, so betrays her friends and serves her master Bolas. The video is pretty much Nicol Bolas getting ready to planeshift to Ravnica and Liliana helping him against the Gatewatch trying to stop him. That's why her change of heart is so epic as she literally choses to turn to dust as her immortality fades and using everything she has to keep the oath she made to the Gatewatch and save the Multiverse in the final WAR OF THE SPARKS.

Whoa! This was really impressive, fully animated, Powerful & Beautiful Liliana....Well played A+

Who’s here after watching the kaldheim trailer wondering how we got from this to to that

"The moment Liliana defied Nicol Bolas, her contract was broken, and her life was forfeit. But she was free to choose her fate, and she decided it was worth the price."

I wouldn't mind donating to a kickstarter to get an animated series of the entire war of the spark, this was very well done and i hope we keep seeing this kind of beautiful and creative stuff from wotc

The song, the emotion, the expression... Who else comes back to this to feel it?

this is so touching and emotional when you know all the background for the characters and situation and stuff. what a story... I highly recommend for ppl to rewatch it after reading the lore if they haven't yet...

Once upon a time, a girl tried to save her brother.

MTG is now finally evolving into the mainstream gaming scene, FROM MTGA to CGI Trailers, GOOD JOB!! SO HYPED

Lilianas resolve and scream at the end still gives me goosebumps.

I've watched this an unhealthy number of times. Liliana is my favorite Planeswalker and necromancer in general fantasy. She's devastatingly beautiful, her power is her own, and she's ambitious enough to make deals with demons to preserve that beauty while having the audacity to destroy them to free herself from the contract (or so she thought). At it's core, the story of Liliana Vess is a tale of an amoral, power hungry, objectively bad person learning the value of sacrifice and service before self, becoming a good person. Gideon's sacrifice changes Liliana forever. "Is it better to be born good or to overcome one's own evil nature through great effort?" - Party Snax

Who all thought the hand under all the Rubble was jace for a second

After 7 hours this video has 4.1 million views compared to the last 9 (back to Kaladesh) trailers which have a combined total of 4.7 million views over almost 3 years. I really hope wotc does more of this

Coming back to this trailer over three years later… still so good. This set is what got me back into MTG after putting it down for years, and even invested in the lore. Just so well done.

>Blizzard-style cutscenes for a tabletop card game >Soft piano cover of a Linkin Park song I don't remember planeswalking to this dimension...

Are you kidding me?? 4,5 million views on the Magic the Gathering trailer?? Are we sure that we re in the right universe guys?? This is UNREAL! Great job Wizards, keep it up guys!

Almost 4 years later and this still gets me.

4 years old, still the best cinematic WotC has ever got That's a love letter to all Liliana players and fans, it's the most amazing way to evolve her character and yet still be aligned with her backstory and whole purpose to be a necromancer in the first place I still cry every time she unleashes HER full army onto Bolas

Wow. Super surreal to see MTG on the trending page

You realize if you made a series on Netflix or something of this quality, literally everyone, even non magic players would watch this wizards? Please

War of the Spark to this day is my all time favorite set. I had just gotten into Magic earlier in 2019, so as a new player this trailer got me so hyped.

It would have been awesome for them to continue the scene and show Gideons sacrifice...

Expectations when trying Magic: This trailer. Reality: 3/3 Elk.

She does the Oath pose before turning on Bolas. I'm not crying, it's just raining in my bedroom.

The date: Thursday, July 21st of the year 2022. The Time: 11:33pm EST Still one of the most unbelievable trailers WotC has ever made.

Another year passes. Another year where I haven't seen a more gripping and relevant cinematic in game history.

Don't mind me, I'm just getting myself ready for the Netflix animated series.

"Either you die a villain or live long enough to see yourself become a hero." -Lilliana 2019

I think out of all of the Planeswalker stories that Liliana’s is the most interesting and compelling to me. She didn’t want to die or suffer, and she knew the price and through growth she discovered what she really wanted, freedom and to be good.

Best trailer for anything ever. Change my mind. The animation on Lilli's face as she makes her choice, the scream at the end letting out all that pent up rage and hatred toward Bolas - absolutely perfect.

Wizards, you have outdone yourselves with this trailer. All the feels for this song and now can't wait to see what happens next and crack some booster packs!

LP's in the end: plays on an animated music video me: WHAT YEAR IS THIS!?!?!?!

I love this. I don't know jack about MTG, the game, its characters, its lore and generally don't GAF about it. But this is so well done I come back and watch it every so often. The way the animators managed to tell a story with no dialogue and limited CGI human animation... It's a masterpiece of show, don't tell many movies would envy.

Not me still crying every time I watch this trailer...

The screaming in the end really did it. Gratz to the voice actor...!!!

Damn the expression on Liliana's face when she made her decision was well done... You can see the conflict, the despair, the sadness. And then the defiance. Nearly broke my heart.

4 years and war of spark is the bestest trailer of Magic yet.

How many times do you come back to watch this? Yes.

So when's the Magic The Gathering Netflix series coming? I'd gladly write the music for it.

Whoever produced this at Wizards has a long and lucrative career ahead of themselves.

3 years later and this thing is still a master piece. Not a single trailer came close after this.

Am I the only one who wishes we could have seen Gideon's hand grab Lilianna's shoulder before the trailer ended?

''To Liliana's surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her'' RiP Gideon

I don't play magic never have. I'm here because when this almost 3 min add came up i was unable to skip it. thats how good this advertisement is. good job.

4 years later and still gives me goosebumps

This is still one of the best shorts I’ve seen. It captures subtlety in emotion, great animation, we even get a character arc in 3 minutes. Fantastic. The people who worked on this should be very proud of themselves.

2:10 god that expression was perfect, she literally decided to disobey bolas just then and simultaneously realized she would die.

This is kind of how I would imagine the Mtg movie would be.

I came to watch this for my yearly viewing again and I don't even play MtG Arena anymore. It's just so good.

This...this was a hell of an epic trailer. Standard was still strong, sets and additionals were releasing at a reasonable pace, lockdowns didn't happen, and Hasbro's wasn't trying to overmilk the cash cow. This is the reminder of how magic should be, impressive storylines with well thought-out sets. It's disheartening seeing what's come of the game in the last few years. I'm keeping a sliver of hope that WoTC will make things right with the community and not try to brush off the people that make this game great (like what was done at the 'fireside'). Please wizards, bring back the old feel that I enjoyed as a kid (7th edition) and don't oversaturate the market nor target specific formats per set. Secret lairs and masters/jumpstart sets are great but you're releasing them too quickly to appeal to a majority crowd of people that probably don't even play the game much. This game has helped me with a lot emotionally due to the GATHERING portion. Don't kill the GATHERING in MtG. Please acknowledge your customers concerns and make things right.

That scream at the end gives me chills

This really emphasizes the new effort put on display by Wizards. Magic has been around for decades but only in the last year have we seen the likes of Arena, esports expansion and now this. Please keep this up, the best game in the world deserves to be treated this way.

This is still the best MTG cinematic 4 years later.

There’s a whole damn story in this 2 1/2 minute trailer with a complete arch and it’s amazing, years later…

Neat touch. The "peasants" that Lilli is watching is her model from Origins with her little brother's model too.

Anyone else gets extreme feels when watching this? I almost cry everytime I see it, it's so powerful and haunting

Who's there again after the: "Confront the Past" card has been announced?

Years later still keep coming back to this

Loving the reference to pre necromancer liliana with the kids. God how her character has evolved from loving sister to God rivalling powerhouse. Easily one of the best trailers wotc has done to date!

This just in: Woman is literally too angry to die

Back here again in 2023 and this trailer still hits the feels. Bravo Wizards! 11/10 can never be topped.

This was my first set, and Liliana is still my favorite planeswalker. I pulled her not knowing her value. Now she's my most treasures card.

I've never played MTG but I would pay to watch a 2 hour long film of it.

Linkin park... In 2019... Still hittin them heart strings!

We need this again. For each new edition.

Almost 4 years and still get chills when I watch it.

Everybody a gangsta until "In The End" starts playing

“I’ll keep watch. Happy now?” - Liliana. Me: Yes 😭😭😭

I still watch it from time to time cuz this is truly a masterpiece Sep 2023

Compared to the March of the Machines trailer... this one still hits harder! Maybe if ThaliaGitrog, MarvenGhalta, and other teamups were shown dropping into Phyrexia the MoM trailer would have had more impact. Still get chills and close to tears watching this 4 years later.

"you can became whatever you want" Liliana : "So i'll be Chandra"

With every release of a new trailer... I just comeback to this knowing it couldn't get any better than this one.