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In Part 1 of this 2 Part series we explore the first stirrings of New Phyrexia and trace their rise to the point of invasion culminating in the March of the Machine.
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More Lore Documentaries:
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Yawgmoth and the Rise of Phyrexia: https://youtu.be/hOFeZqDmXyk
Urza Planeswalker: https://youtu.be/6ERoUkYZ7WM
Time Stamps
0:00 – Intro
3:09 – Chapter 1: A Corruption Spreads
12:07 – Chapter 2: A Storm Gathers
23:06 – Chapter 3: A Desperate Alliance
32:08 – Outro
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I will accept our phyrexian overlords with open arms. Let all be one!
New Lorebrarians video always makes my day ngl
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what was that anime tho
How was this video only released after the end of March of the machines story ark?
If only I had gpu acceleration so that I could see the effect
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How was this video only released after the end of March of the machines story ark?
…and then the phyrexians all collectively slipped on a banana peel and fell into the blind eternities.
Literally mutated their entire body and minds, but enough plot armor means all the compleated planeswalkers (who didn't die) will be un-compleated. Gotta love WotC and their non-committal nature.
What music do you play in the beginning? It's great!
23:10 Jordan Peterson is that you?
I feel like the whole community thinks that the ending of the new Phyrexia threat was rushed. Phyrexians have been an enemy in magic since the beginning and in the last years, since Bolas' banishing, they were making moves towards this big goal of multiversal compleation. We get to see how much of a menace they are in Dominaria United and All will be one, and in March of the Machines, we get half of the stories where they are stomping everyone and everything feels hopeless, and the other half is just Norn throwing a tantrum at Elspeth. And then it ends. Tamiyo and Lukka die (which were the only good parts of the story) and all the other compleated planeswalkers either disappear or are cured; zhalfir is back in the multiverse, but not in Dominaria, so it's still isolated, and that's basically all. The stakes felt high, and it was a letdown. I feel like there should have been two or even three sets for this multiversal war, because this big event has been teased for a long time, and now we are just going back to Eldraine, with no apparent major consequences. Yeah, there's the aftermath set, but I'm pretty sure that will be mostly Nahiri getting cured, or something. I'm sorry for rambling, I just wanted to express my feelings about this issue here.
What a cool set of villains. I sure hope they are defeated in a well written and believable way.
In the beginning Argentum was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Such threatening villains with an interesting lore behind built across decades… it would be such a pity if all of a sudden such relentess force of destructions happened to transform into little more than a mild nuisance of which the heroes could dispose with laughable ease.
Kinda makes you wonder how the phyrexian were defeated just because Norn died. Norn didn't exist when karn brought the oil to mirrodin.
Sloppy stuff.
I think it's SUCH bullshit that the Phyrexians just did the whole "And then the robots shut down" thing. It's not like there was anyone ordering the oil to compleat Mirrodin. It's almost like they've been trying to sweep the old baddies of magic out of the way to make room for their new storylines, continuity be damned.
The Phyrexians must've been heavily inspired by the Borg (the ultimate Star Trek villains)
They assimilate others into their collective (compleation), thereby overriding their personalities and making them into loyal drones for the cause. They strive for 'perfection' at all costs. They invade entire worlds. They are creepy and there is a lot of body-horror. They are unnatural and artificial, blending flesh and machine. They follow a queen who has plans to conquer everyone and everything even making portals to other universes to invade those, which ends up backfiring.
Incredible lore video as always.
As an old player of Magic: The Gathering, I've been absolutely blown away by your content, which has reignited my passion for the game after all these years. Your videos have been a real work of art, and I can't thank you enough for sharing your deep knowledge of the game's lore with us. I hope you can share more about the Zendikar gods in the future.