The Old Kamigawa
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Channel: Rhystic Studies
Views: 221,755
Rating: undefined out of 5
Keywords: magic the gathering, mtg, trading card game, themagicmansam, rhystic studies, kamigawa, rei nakazawa, flavor text
Id: 5Z1CAYTMm3I
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Length: 29min 4sec (1744 seconds)
Published: Mon Jan 31 2022
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Another banger from Sam.
I really enjoyed the section criticizing the design and use of the kami as vengeful horrors. I love the weird-looking spirits in Kamigawa blocks, but no small amount of that admiration was a baseless assumption of authenticity.
Edit: To clarify, I'm saying specifically the psychedelic designs I love so much (as seen on [[Hana Kami]], [[Kami of Twisted Reflection]], and [[Pain Kami]] for instance) I had wrongly assumed were representative of how Kami appear in Shinto. In terms of how Kami actually behave and their relationship with vengeance, I am not an authority, and neither is Sam.
I always forget that OG Kamigawa has some of the best flavor text. [[Night of Soul's Betrayal]] is existentially horrifying, but Sam picked so many examples of damn beautiful text I hadn't seen before. Bravo
Seeing this video and Spice8racks video back to back gave me some interesting differing perspectives on old kamigawa.
Damn, I just checked his channel out of the blue an hour ago or so and didn't see anything.
Wandering Ones has one of the best flavors text on all of Magic: the Gathering
Top 10 for sure.
I really wish Rhystic would go back to "The Magic Art of", it's been 2 years, has there been any specific reason why he stated he wouldn't go back to it? There are still dozens of great artists to make videos for, and these were my favorite for MTG ever. Hell, some of my favorite videos on youtube. Legitimately made me appreciate and see the art so much more for these artists.
/u/themagicmansam