Innistrad Crimson Vow (Lore) Set Review | Finding Flavor | MTG Lore
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Welcome to our lore-driven set review of the upcoming Innistrad: Crimson Vow in Magic: The Gathering's Multiverse. We're going to breakdown the lore and flavor behind many of Crimson Vow's cards, including notable legendary characters and new mechanics.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:21 - Wedding Preparations
10:11 - Legendaries
25:49 - Flavor Finalists
32:33 - Outro
Music Credits:
Beautiful Oblivion by Scott Buckley | / scottbuckley
Maestro by Tlakaelel
Intro/Outro Music by Alex Wakim
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Which cards in Crimson vow make your flavor finalists?
Honestly I love the Entire set The theme is just amazing whoever thought of this deserves a raise
Edgar Markov but I wish he could kick more ass...Oh well Sorin should be able enough to slap our upstart bride back in place...IF HE CAN STOP BROODING LIKE A TWILIGHT VAMPIRE.
Grisly Ritual. Innistrad in a nutshell 😂
Strangely enough, Runo Stromkirk just because it really encapsulates what the Stromkirk family of Nephalia is all about
Both Foreboding Statue and Forsaken Thresher.
I feel it in my bones that this card is a hint for the future set.
I'm happy that Innistrad set finaly came to play but sad cuz I want more expansions of present days on this plane.
It's always cool to see cards that make reference to the previous sets. #giveaway
I’m happy that Anje got a card and a spot in the story, working on building up the Falkenrath from collapse
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I was hoping you would mention my favorite of the set, Geralf. I've always been a huge fan of how Innistrad has represented both of the popular views of zombies in horror, endless hordes of mindless zombies and patchwork corpses revived by mad scientists. It is also a nice comparison for Geralf's new card to Gisa's original one, which similarly sacrificed a creature for 1 mana and make tokens based around their stats. Geralf, a methodical man of science, has focused on quality over quantity and so makes larger flying zombies instead of the hordes of mindless ghouls Gisa is content with. Of course, plenty of the other zombies have some nice flavor them to. My favorite among them being Patchwork Crawler, which lets you be your own stitcher and make a personalized skaab abomination by stitching a bunch of creatures together. Plus the art just gets more uncomfortable the longer you look at it.
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Member that time i but rayped you with geralfs messenger? That was a good day
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Yep, but we're quickly growing the community! I appreciate the support
I loved learning more about the minor vampire lines from this set. But My favorite piece was the background lore about Toxrill and Grolnok having rival cults that are dead set on fighting their gods against each other. With all the monsters that have attacked Nephalia over these sets, it’s just funny to see these people make new monsters and root for them like rival sports teams.
I agree, the lore and flavor behind these crazy monsters is super fun to see
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I love the alternate dracula cards they fit so well in the story ... thanks for the videos and congratulations for the milestone! (Also, the wedding-related items are spot on)
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Great info on cards & history, also well written, produced and narrated! thanks
I appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!
This is my favorite new lore:
Toxrill and Grolnok are raised by rival cultist to do a KAIJU battle!!!
As far as I remember, no flavor text mentions this.
That is some great lore! and you're right it isn't really mentioned
Innistrad has some of the most beautiful cards, Chandra Dressed to Kill comes to mind immediately from the new set.
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I just got this addition and it is stellar as always. This time I think I have a few you might look into though....
honeymoon hearse
groom's finery
bride's gown
of course my opinion
looking forward to your next post
I appreciate it. Yes, the entire group of bride/groom cards are absolutely on point and full of flavor!
I first got into MTG with Ravnica, City of Guilds and was absolutely enamored with Dimir and the vampires it had in its set, but fell off the game due to time and shifting interests.
Here I am now, nearly 20 years later getting back into MTG on Arena and wouldn't you know, I joined right at the height of Midnight Hunt's release.
Crimson Vow appears shortly after, and solidifies me as a full-blown MTG fan all over again (it's the vampires, I can't get away
Welcome back to the Multiverse! Vampires are such a sweet tribe, with lots of fun flavor. So glad you found the channel and I appreciate the support
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We need a card of arlynn and tovolar fighting edgar and olivia
I started collecting and playing magic with the first Innistrad block as I absolutely love everything horror related. I’ve collected pretty much everything related to Innistrad and thank all that I had a few copies of Edgar Markov before this recent price skyrocketing 🙏🏻 having every legendary from this plane in foil(if possible) is my biggest treasure in my personal collection. ❤️
Innistrad is one of my favorite planes. It's awesome you got your hands on a few copies of the vamp daddy
My favourite flavour of the set is the wedding announcement. The art is beautiful the mechanic binds into what it is and it shows in a microcosmos the whole story of the set. You could even argue, that it being a rare shows how little people are invited to this event and how it is something exclusive.
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That's a great point about the rarity! An exclusive party indeed
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Hope you enjoyed!
@@TheLorebrarians I sure did!! I loved the flavor of the wedding attire set of cards
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I would also like to point out that Sunstreak Phoenix from Midnight Hunt was in the form of a heron :)
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My favorite flavor cards in Crimson Vow are probably Toxrill and Grolnok.
The cards themselves don't add that much to flavor; however, I feel that the little flavor blurbs WotC published in their article really add a lot of color to Innistrad.
For one, we're shown that the cults worshipping giant beasts did not go away after the Travails; in fact, after the Eldrazi were gone, the cultists were actively looking for new "gods", to the point of creating them themselves. Both Toxrill and Grolnok were sought out and enhanced by their respective cults to be avatars of their respective deity.
For two, the fact that these cults have a rivalry going on and are actively trying to make their "gods" fight each other in a sort of Kaiju-battle is just the type of levity Innistrad needed. It's probably horrifying for the common inhabitant of the plane, doesn't detract from the horror atmosphere, but it's a hilarious image to the player.
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Those a great picks for sure! Many cults and their gods are making appearances
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Poor Sorin, failed at protecting anything and everything he cares about. Eldrazi? Invaded. Markov Manor? In ruins. Avacyn? Dead. Edgar? Enthralled to his arch nemesis. Innistrad? In the hands of his greatest enemies.
“The Mirthless” indeed.
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I love Anje, Maid of dishonor. She was invited to be a maid, because Olivia recognized the threat of her. So Anje is kind of mad at her, due to the fact, that she can't do anything about it, so her plan for now is just to drink a lot of blood. I find that quite charming. #giveaway
A tough situation to be in for sure.. but as long as the blood keeps flowing, right?
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great storytelling!
keep up the good works.
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mechanically, necroduality is probably my favorite card in the whole set. flavorwise, wedding announcement, panicked bystander, and desperate farmer are just so good.
Desperate farmer was so close to making my top 5. And can confirm, box smells amazing
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5. Panicked Bystander
It shows how the people have to become corrupt
4. Gutter Skulker
It is a greater demonstration of how Geist’s are starting to bond with humans
3. Innocent Travler
It goes to show once again that every person is dangerous these days and be careful who you trust
2. Dormant Grove
I like this one because it shows Emerkuls affect on the world in deadly forms that are touched by day and night
1. Sigarda’s Summons
It shows that Sigarda hasn’t lost hope and refuses to submit to the vampires.
I think that this set hit the mark on just about everything except it just ignored Liesa the forgotten archangel which is one of the things I was most looking forward to.
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That is a great top 5, dormant Grove was very close to making mine! And I agree, the set had some great lore but I wish liesa got some more love
You should do a Planeswalker Profile for Sorin Markov next, since we're back on Innistrad.
A great suggestion, appreciate it
I never realized how intense Olivia Voldaren was until this set was released. Especially in the cinematic animation!! #Giveaway
She is one brutal vamp you don't want to mess with
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Thank you for the words and support, we'll keep grinding to deliver great content!
Great video my dude, the shield bearer was definitely a great pick, it was super cool to No a reference to Malignus. #giveaway
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Great video!
My only advice would have been for you to have waited for the full story to be realeased. There are interesting things there, mostly in the side stories. The third one was really good.
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I appreciate the suggestion! Some of them will be covered in my next video detailing the history of innistrad
It’s a shame that Odric’s card is so bad in pretty much every way because his lore is actually very interesting. It’s really cool how innistrad really keeps a lot of secondary stories alive in general by continuing the story set after set with small callbacks. It’s a real pleasure to listen to the lore of the best plane in magic from the best magic lore channel. #Giveaway
I appreciate it. I agree with Odric, his story was so cool up to this point I wish the card did him some justice. A missed opportunity
So, fun story: I opened 3 Grolnok in the VOW prerelease. 1 normal, 1 foil, 1 alt art. But in terms of flavor, I like the Soulcipher Board. It’s cool.
Also cobbled lancer. I like the Skaabren flavor of taking a guy in your graveyard(exile it) and making a horse (from the exiled dude’s body)
The lore about skaab making from Syphon Essence can’t be discounted, either.
Since I’m commenting anyway,
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Wow, 3 is insane. And those are great picks! Lots of rich lore in this set
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i was really hoping there would be a runo stromkirk card in this set since the stromkirk-related cards in previous innistrad sets really compelled me with how different they were compared to the vampires found in other fiction and even the other families on innistrad, so i'm glad we got one! #giveaway
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