Learn the story of Elspeth Tirel, a legendary knight-errant, and her quest for justice across the Multiverse. From tragic origins she has become one of the greatest swordmasters in Magic: The Gathering and is poised to lead the Gatewatch against the looming threat of New Phyrexia.
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0:00 – Intro and Characteristics
7:02 – Early Years
10:07 – Alaran Paradise
15:38 – Defense of Mirrodin
21:40 – In the Land of Gods
34:50 – Capenna and the Gatewatch
40:42 – Outro
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Another Lorebrarians upload, very nice, very cool.
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My first big time card ever!!! Special connection with Elspeth
The by line is "what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger. But even death can't stop me."
Lol
Giada didn't die… Her ascent to angelhood released the angels from their statuesque stasis.
Also Tezzeret isn't aligned with phyrexia, he's using them and spared Elspeth's life and gave her a cryptic warning that she may be the one to start phyrexia's crumbling
Great video, as always. It's just too bad and so sad to notice WotC's ever lowering standards for their storytelling in such a great story teller. All the newer Planeswalkers will never have Elspeth's amount of backstory or character development.
I'm always happy to see one of your character studies and this time its on of my favorite planeswalkers, so once again thank you! Theros was kinda of a disappointment for me as while sure it was Greek themed, I had hoped the gods would be more like embodiments of the their colors. However, instead of showcasing White's collective focused or Order based faults in his villainy, Heliod is very black in motive. Not helped by the sequel's story being as you said cut, though Heliod reviving Daxos was a weird but nice surprise. Its too bad he and Elspeth never reunited. Its really fitting that Elspeth is replacing Gideon, (RIP) they're so similar, even down to having connections with Heloid and theorized be divine in nature
Could the divine glow be some kind of nascent divine power or ability she unknowingly picked up from Theros.
I'd like to see a sequence of her fighting back to back with The Wanderer.
Two master swordswomen fucking shit up, mountains of Phyrexian corpses.
How badass is that?!
Another beautifully summarised and narrated video. Keep up the amazing work.
I defo think she is an angel – planswalker. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we haven't got one of those yet I think…
The content creator has a talent for conveying stories in a way that engages his listeners. I do hope that more fans discover him.
Such a cool video! She's a very interesting character that I didn't really know a lot about 🙂
A video about one of my favorite characters from my favorite MTG lore youtuber. Happiness
This video essay was everything I could have hoped for from you about my favorite Magic character. Such a wonderful analysis of why Elspeth is such a compelling character.
Magic has such a rich and deep history and lore. I love anything lore, and try and delve as deep as I can into it. Your videos and storytelling are such a fantastic dive. I honestly didn’t know about the more recent things about elspeth, like how halo can defeat phyrexia, and meeting wrenn, and leading the Gatewatch
I just hope she stops trying to find things to put her hopes on… And like, embrace her own potential to lead herself and others . I didn't even know she wasn't from theros, and now I know all this nuance . Thanks !
Love this video.
Elspeth is great character study on how people confront trauma: she carries a lot of pain and guilt, but Elspeth still raises her sword against evil.
I would love to see the story of ajani!!; Love your content!! Jeep yo doing such amazing work!
This was a good video.
However, there is something I would like to add. Near the end, you raised the question of whether Elspeth could banish the darkness of Phyrexia looming over the horizon. However, she also needs to banish the darkness of Phyrexia from someplace else. The biggest question for Elspeth is whether she'd be able to excise the darkness of Phyrexia from her own heart (i.e., will she ever be able to find healing from her childhood trauma)?
Erek, I'm ecstatic you are covering my favorite Planeswalker, and one of MTG's biggest heroes! Looking forward to watching this. Thank you.
Just recently found out about your channel. Great job.
I'd love to hear more about the other Plainswalkers. Mainly white and/or green ones, like Ajani and Garruk 🙂
I wish i could delve into the fanfic i have with an OC that is connected to many walkers and several events