"Dack Fayden, zero." first and only planeswalker to die in the trailer. Ooof did not age well lol.

Sorin will be there as a legendary land

The set is called War of the Spark, so naturally Optimus Prime and Megatron will show up. Optimus will of course die for the millionth time.

3:06 Dack! Odds of death? Zero. *laughs in latest trailer*

Sorin: Let me in. LET ME INNNNNNNNN!!!!!!

"For you, the day Bolas graced your plane was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." -to Vivien Reid

Gideon: "You have my sword." Vivien: "And you have my bow." Garruk: "And MY Axe."

Uh, no offence, but Tibalt will obviously be the one to deal the killing blow to Nicol Bolas. He is the strongest planeswalker after all

What if they shoot the Blackblade at Nicol with the Arkbow?

Oh god, Huatli and Saheeli *NEED* to build a Dino-Mecha-Flamethrowing-Stompy-Planeswalky-Thingus

So. Wizards confirmed that there will be 36 planeswalkers in next set. Candles on the candlebrar represent them. Bolas' plan is to kill them all. So they will come, one way or another. So no "safe on another plane" this time. There might be much more killing than you anticipated. You might need to make a updated video. Does anybody else noticed the lack of Koth there? RIP confirmed

Things we absolutely need that you mentioned: Liliana lich and definitely Kaladesh dino zords fighting Bolas. Great work!

Magic Arcanum. Odds of death. Zero! At least I hope so anyway. Thank you for the great content!

"Kneecromancer"

(Ryan) Ok! Couple of notes and things I want to address: Edit on April 1 - for my revised chances of death, come join me on twitter: twitter.com/Magic_Arcanum/status/1112714658832678912 1. I pronounce "necromancer" weird. Deal with it. 2. Some planeswalkers are missing from this list, notably Koth, but also ones like Aminatou. For anyone I didn't talk about, assume their odds are 0 out of 3 and I don't expect to see them in War of the Spark. 3. I based all my predictions assuming each Planeswalker could decide for themselves if they wanted to come to Ravnica. In other words, I assume they are not FORCED there by magical means or by Ral's signal beacon. This means some characters could chose not to come at all and thus would be pretty safe, while others would put themselves at risk by investigating the call. My odds would change (and the body count too) if we confirmed everyone was brought to Ravnica against their own will. 4. You all are great. ONE MILLION total views! Be nice to each other. Lots of crazy ideas are getting tossed around in the comments and I want them each to be respected, no matter how off the wall they are. That's part of the fun. 5. Seriously, necromancer? Nobody cares how I say Garruk but NECROMANCER?

5 color ajani beats bolas at the last moment when planeswalkers from different colors give/lend their powers to him in order to defeat bolas. Some lose their spark in the process, others die in the aftermath/explosion of the city of ravnica. Ugin and Bolas disappear together in a binding spell that exiles them beyond death in the blind eternities thanks to spell from tamiyo.

I think Boss baby and Shrek will be entirely important characters to the franchise and will not die.

The Spice 8 Rack says hello lol

I think Bolas would say something like, "a weapon to strike down a dragon, can not strike down a god!" when Vivien takes her shot and misses, I feel he'd mock her for it, and play on the whole "god pharaoh" thing he had on Amonketh.

Huge congrats on the 1 million for the series! Much deserved. I really hope Vraska finds a way to survive. She's such a fun character and I love her planeswalker cards.

I want Huatli and Saheeli to show up using their own planar bridge with an army of mechanical dinosaurs. Because what could be cooler than ROBOT DINOSAURS FIGHTING STONE ZOMBIES, C'MON WIZARDS!

I was just thinking that I was missing some Arcanum videos, boy am I happy to see you back.

Sarkhan is going down in a big beautiful dragon-y blaze of glory. He practically has Jon Bon Jovi hair.

i honestly can't thank you enough. so many times i've wanted to know something about the magic lore but its always so daunting to get into it, or not immediately get lost in the sea of places, characters and events you need to know about for a story. you manage to break it all down into a digestible and entertaining video explaining the part of the story i was interested in. thank you for being my go to source on the magic the gathering story.

Whoever did that x men thumbnail deserves a raise

Im glad you make this info easy to obtain. Wizards sure doesn't like their story to be well known lol P.s. loved the poker joke

I Just binged on all your "Magic Arcanum" series including the Bolas saga. This is some of the best MTG content on youtube. Also, now I'm sad that I don't have anymore to watch :(

Now that we have all 36 Planeswalkers in this set revealed, maybe you could redo this video?

I liked your reaction to Sorin PFAAAAH STUCK IN A ROCK. That said, if Tybalt doesn't show up, I'm going to revolt

The SPICE 8 RACK dude is pretty Great in retelling in a Comedic Tone the MTG Lore, But Ryan Is the V-SAUCE of MTG lore

I would love love LOVE to see a series of in-depth videos on the stories of all the planeswalkers through Magic history

"Sorin: odds of deat--HE'S STUCK IN A ROCK" and he somehow made it to the fight... *How the hell did he made it out of that rock???*

I was waiting for that! Thanks man, I have not watched yet but I know I will have a great time!

I wanna see Garruk show up and kill every planeswalker at Ravnica Punisher style ... 👍

Hey Ryan! I just wanted to say that I love this series! Thank you for all the great stories, and I look forward to many more.

You're making amazing videos! I've always felt in the dark about the broader stories in MtG. Your storytelling and knowledge of the whole story make for a really fun, gripping, and just over all enjoyable watch. Thanks for filling in the gaps, and for being so excited to tell us stories! Definitely going to keep watching

Your guess for vraska was too low, that's a hard 100% for me. If Vraska lives then WOTC has to deal with the political ramifications of the rest of the Guilds finding out that _The Living Guildpact_ is shagging _The Queen of the Golgari_ and I don't think they want to deal with that.

I don't think Gideon will die here, but I do think that he WILL die on Theros and use it as a means to meet Elspeth and the two escape the Underworld along with Dack Fayden's help.

MAKE MORE OF THESE! I love these so much! Some more of the older sets would be fun too! But what ever you do, just keep doing it!

It has been very fun to watch this video at present x'DDD (The predictions about Dack , Vivien ,Sorin.. etc). Great video and great channel, a lot of Magic History, a lot of fun, GOOD JOB!! ^____^

I'd bump Vraska's odds of death to 3 out of 3. Why? Because Jace will need some Manpain™ to do what must be done to finally kill Nicol Bolas. Also it'll get rid of the competition for Jace to be paired up with Liliana, who will most likely survive to further the whole Raven Man storyline. Though I DO like your idea of her becoming a lich. Tin Foil Theory: A lot of hype was made in backstory that Nicol and Ugin were the only elder dragons who didn't have two names. I think that in the end they will both merge together to create Nicol Ugin. Something something two halves of a soul, something something balance.

Stuff confirmed by card spoilers as of 4/20/2019 - Domri: Dead - Gideon: Dead - Bolas: Defeated, but not dead

I am very happy that finally appeared a person who explains the story of the game in the form of films , not only in the form of articles. Great job !

I quite by accident found the Magic Arcanum playlist and have now binged every video. They are all amazing! This one is so broad I am impressed by the scope of story that is told. I'd love to hear some stories on the Brothers War or the Dominaria/Phyrexia war.

"Dack odds of death 0" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

I still want to see the split Elspeth planeswalkers- one zombie, one eidolon. That would be great.

Thanks, Magic Arcanum is really useful to track the story and know where the pieces are set in place. Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷.

Thank you for providing us with such a thorough and informative narrative!!! Love the videos

Maybe Bolas doesn't need to kill planeswalkers in order to achieve whatever it is he is up to, but rather just needs a lot of planeswalkers (sparks) to be on the plane at once, similar to how the Eye of Ugin only works when there are 3 planeswalkers present. Would set up really well for a set that has a planeswalker in every booster pack, just like there was flip-card in every Shadow Over Inni pack - which is kinda what I'm expecting. That would be really cool to see, because such an abundance of planeswalker cards would push Wizards towards designing planeswalkers in some unique ways we haven't seen before, plus there would definitely be some good superfriends cards in the set.

What if the War of the Spark is that Nicol Bolas has found a way to create/steal planeswalker sparks and give them to other people? How crazy would that be?

"Sorin? Haha, you're stuck in a rock!" Joke's on you, he's in.

Just followed and liked all your videos. I’ve been showing ya videos off to my mtg squad. Keep it up. I can’t wait for the sliver stories

So this video was done before the pictures confirming all the planeswalkers, huh?

Hey man I love hearing these. The nicol bolas saga was fantastic

I love the story, and your videos are the most helpful thing out there! Thank you and keep making content!

"Sit around and laugh at how wrong I was" I just found this channel after hearing about the 36 planeswalkers that will get cards. Too bad this wasn't filmed two days later! My guess (I have no info for this) is that Ashiok has been quietly building a nightmare army and is the hero of the set!

From a branding / corporate perspective (which supersedes the needs of the story, sadly), planeswalkers are the core of Magic and Wizards is super conservative about killing them off. I think we've only had one permadeath (Venser) in many years. So, as far as permadeath goes, I think that's a de facto free pass for popular walkers like Liliana (the third most popular walker after Jace and Chandra) and Bolas himself (Magic's most popular villain). Having said that, from a dramatic standpoint I think War of the Spark is the kind of story where, if you're going to kill planeswalkers, this is the time to do it. Bolas should die once and for all, here on Ravnica, or maybe suffer a Sauron-style fate where Jace cracks that egg between his horns, causing Bolas to be defeated so utterly that he's reduced to existing as some vaguely threatening wind. Gideon is also being set up for death, though I prefer the idea of him "dying" on Theros to be able to see Elspeth rather than permadying on Ravnica. Liliana doesn't need to die per se, but this needs to be the end of her whole story arc up to this point, and either she needs to die or else grow as a character and begin a whole new arc. As for who I hope doesn't die, I sure hope they don't kill off Vraska. I liked her character from the beginning, and even more since Ixalan. I hate it when cool female characters get killed off to provide motivation to male protagonists. It's way too common a trope. I hope she's got a lot of interesting adventures ahead of her. Lastly, I'm adding my vote to Saheeli and Huatli showing up to Ravnica in Hyper Mega Dino Zords. Throw in some of Huatli's exquisitely awful poetry and my inner twelve-year-old will die of joy.

What if Liliana actually kills another planeswalker (one from the GW), and then the shock frees her from Bolas' grasp, and she flees away. She would still retain her good'n bad reputation, somehow remain in the GW while not being fully accepted. I don't think she will die, same argument than the one you had with Jace, she's too popular. Also I'd love to see Bolas finally die (and a bunch of other PW, as they are too many now). MTG would benefit from a fresh villain. Great vid BTW !

"Dack Fayden, chance of death: zero." *snorts* "Gideon, chance of death: 1/3." *snorts again*

Keep the lore videos coming! I've been waiting for a channel or something of the like to have lore videos on a regular basis.

If planeswalkers die, and vivan doesn't die, I will personally clog all of wizards' toilets.

Nice video as always, love Magic Arcanum. My thoughts on some of the characters, where I got a slightly different opinion: -Karn: I disagree with the 1/3 odds. WotC clrearly intends to bring back the Phyrexia plotline at some point and since I believe the overarching storyline of the gatewatch is supposed to end with WAR, I think it's unlikely for the Gatewatch to continue the Phyrexian plotline, especially since they don't really have a history with the plane, unlike Karn: 0% -Nissa: I think there's a good chance she will appear in WAR, but I am absolutely certain she won't die, whether she goes to Ravnica or not. I honestly can't even explain why, I just don't feel like she's the type of character they would kill of in WAR. I believe she's one of the characters in the MtG lore that will just have a happy end somewhere down the line: 0% By the way I completely agree on the Vivien part lol. She seems so insignificant and not fletched out, with her sole purpose being her relation to Nicol Bolas, that it only makes sense to her to go out in WAR aswell. I don't really see a future for her storyline anyways. Also it would really be kinda hilarious and fitting for Bolas, that a planeswalker basically dedicates everything in her life to defeating Bolas only to fail miserably and die first. Edit: Turns out that pretty much everyone expect Garruk is confirmed to be on Ravnica in WAR, so I guess I'm wrong on that. Also we're both wrong on giving a lot of Walkers a 0% chance to die because they will appear in WAR against all expectations lol

Just love the way you present the story. Great work.

Would love an update to this video now that all the cards have come out! I really enjoy the story recaps, great videos.

I think Vivien lives, specifically because of the Arkbow. I think the Simic and Vannifar take interest in Vivien and the bow. Vivien becomes blue/green, and the first, true, Simic Ascendant, combining the souls and spirits of her home plane animals with Vannifars mastery of physical form. Vivien gets her victory over Bolas, she gets to live out her life as a planeswalker representative of her home plane both physically, spiritually, and thematically. (vivien's home plane after all is a bunch of artificers and a bunch of elves, blue, and green). This would also help explain why viviens original text is so generic. They could do some absolutely wild stuff with a 'Vivien, Simic Ascendant'. planeswalker.

I think you're overestimating the chances of anybody, even Bolas, dying. Marketing gets real upset when you kill their iconography.

I love this show man keep it up it’s great it’s really helped me getting my head around the story (only been playing for 2 years now so it’s confusing” so don’t stop anytime soon!

Love the videos, really amazing channel with tons of great content, you got a new subscriber. Hope to see more from you.

I think that liliana will sacrifice herself to save jace and Ravnica. But jace will use the chain veil to kill Nicol Bolas, becoming a demon telepath with Tibalt as his raven man character.

Arlen Kord and Saheeli make a Dino robot, Grimlock mattel promo card is then made Canon.

Awesome vid! Thanks for your input!

You are fantastic and an exelent story teller :) I love how genuinely happy you look well telling the stories.

20 videos?! Where the hell have I been. I've only seen the eldrazi episode. Gotta say. It's my favourite.

You missed the info about the set countaining 36 planeswalkers, including most of them, by a day or two...

thx Ryan. I really love your content! You are an awesome storyteller

I love arcanum!!! Please keep making these videos

Vraska can’t die. She just got a good character arc. Come on

Enjoyed the video. You should watch The Spice 8 Rack's predictions, I think they were pretty solid.

There needs to be an updated one!! This is so good!!

i look forward to every week listening to you!

Are you going to adjust odds, given that a lot of your zeroes were justified by "I doubt they'll be there" and now we've got confirmation they actually will?

Can you do a video on the potential future story lines that are yet unfinished?

Ryan I don’t know if you still read every comment but I love just putting on this channel and having it on repeat thank you for such a lovingly created show.

Your awesome Ryan, love the way you explain the stories!

Happy I'm not the only one that thinks Vivian was created to die in this fight

I didn’t know there where comics?!?! Anyways, great job! Love the videos!!

Just gonna comment because I know it (sorta) helps. Love this series of lore, enjoy the video style and enjoy Ryan. Thank you for distracting me from the hell that is school (Though, creating a Nicol Bolus commander deck will help with that now).

After this set comes out and everything is said and done i would really enjoy hearing you tell the story of what unfolds

"Dack, odds of death, zero." - didn't age well

Everything is going to hell, at the last moment Aminatou comes in and PULVERIZES Nicol Bolas.

Well, joke's on you, Sorin got out of that wall and he's reaaaady to rumble xDDDDD

Love these videos I've been playing card games my entire life and selling on TCGPlayer for almost a year now; but I love all of the additional exciting and informative content you all produce :)

So a bunch of the planeswalkers you gave zero ratings to because they wouldn’t show up on ravnica are now confirmed to show up on ravnica. Looking forward to the follow up video of your new predictions

Magic arcanum needs its own channel

always cant wait for the next epsiode of Arcanum! absolutely fell in love with the series :) would love to hear about Garruks story and also Karns ^^ most likely to die imo are probably Gideon, Vivien, Domri, Dovin with Ajani giving the final hit to bolas

With a good friend of mine we think that Niv-Mizzet's secret project is like a lighter of spark which he'll use for himself to fight Bolas :) Great vid mate BTW ;)

I feel like most likely that Domri Rade is going to be sitting at a 3/3 due to the fact that he's only useful for destruction, and that his free-spirited ways will make him almost useless to control and Nicol Bolas wanting to have maximum control will end up killing him due to that he's unusable in things such as politics, and overall control. He lacks the tact of Dovin, and isn't as resourceful or nearly as powerful as Kaya. He's basically a tool to use on Ravnica, and ONLY Ravnica, afterwards Nicol Bolas will destroy him and most of the Gruul Clan.

Odds of my wallet dying from buying all 50,000 different planeswalkers in WotS... 7/3, it gets obliterated out of existence

Another great video keep them coming

Planeswalkers I want to see for WotS: 1. Sorin (I know he's stuck but maybe Ugin gets him out?) 2. Ugin 3. Nahiri Twist: would love to see Aurelia get a spark!