Aetherdrift Collector Box Opening - First Look at Aetherdrift!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Our first look at a Aetherdrift Collector box opening!
We're off to the races with our second MTG set of the year, Aetherdrift. I'm very curious to see what cards from this set make their way into the various constructed metas. Will vehicles actually be a thing?
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Theme is a miss. I’ll play in a prerelease and go from there. I definitely have my eyes on Final Fantasy.
I’ve already started storing acorns away for Final Fantasy. 😂 I hope the Aetherdrift Limited environment is a good one… I’ll be playing in a few events this weekend.
Man Ian, was really enjoying your Innistrad remastered videos. I was actually caught off guard seeing we’re ALREADY on a new set. Can’t keep up with wizards. Great content as always though lol
Yeah, Innistrad was a specialty set it had a narrow window. That set was a lot of fun. Like, waaaaaaaay better than I imagined it being from both a box opening standpoint. The Limited environment was a lot of fun too. Really well done.
The next set doesn’t come out until April so we’ll have Aetherdrift for a bit.
Limited INR is magical. Opened a play booster box with two other friends (12 packs each) and played some 1v1v1 limited and was so fun and cohesive. Azorious Spirit/Angels vs Rakdos Vampires vs Sultai Zombies @@WildcatMTG
Big hit on the Renewed Solidarity! 👀 22:50
Yeah, that card is nuts. Commander slot has some real juice in this set.
i usually wait til the end before i make a comment but the fact someone referenced Liquid Television in 2025 blows my mind. i used to love that show and watched youtube compilations as recently as last year. crazy stuff.
Love me some Liquid Television. It gave us Beavis and Butthead with the Frog Baseball and Monster Truck Rally episodes!
@WildcatMTG yesss! Dude that's so cool you remember that.
That Bloodghast is in a style called Rat Fink. It's from the 1950s hot rod culture and eventually as they became more popular, tattoo culture. Pretty cool stuff you should check it out
Rat Fink! Thank you! The term was escaping me while I was filming. It won’t be for everyone but I really like that art style on the vehicles for this set. I watch some auto resto shows and it’s always cool when they do a Rat Rod.
@WildcatMTG it's perfect for the set and an awesome inclusion of a little known culture :) it definitely won't be for everyone but it's super cool for those who love that kind of art style
Ill have to check out that LGS. Been going to little shop of magic. The group has grown from 2 to about 12 for Commander on Friday nights.
I’ll be there for at least one if not more prerelease events this weekend. I genuinely have enjoyed the atmosphere there. I’ve not played at Little Shop but frequent Darkside and K&D. I’ve also played a couple of events at Legacy. K&D is definitely worth a look.
Right on. I typically buy and sell at Darkside. Trying to make a pre-release, weekend is looking packed with school stuff though.
Max speed is just an iteration of the ring tempting
Yeah, it’s not even close to as bad as Night/Day. Once you hit max speed you don’t really have to worry about tracking.
11 mythics or 10 mythics and a special guest is a average collector box so you did great
I was hoping for a couple of the gear hulks but I’m definitely okay with the Mythic count and the commander cards pulled!
I think this set will be a singles only set for me. I don't really care for vehicles or energy. Just want Loot and the Frog god. The special treatments are not my speed either.
“Not my speed,” I see what you did there!
There will be some impactful cards. I’m not 100% sure what they are yet but I don’t have any doubt that we’ll see some cards penetrate the constructed meta. The challenge is how much bulk is there going to be around those cards?
@WildcatMTG LOL, 100% unintentional. An interesting note in a few openings, I haven't seen any Aethersparks pulled. It's not only Serial is it?
@@Esoni12 Aetherspark isn’t serial only and is also a regular Mythic. Lotus and Aetherspark seem to both have really low pull rates initially. Mythical Mythics…
@WildcatMTG OK, good to know but sad face. Those are mildly interesting to me.
6:38 he looks like a South Park Canadian character 😂
😂😂😂
It seems that most people do not really care for the theme of the set. But wotc will throw in some banger cards to sell it. Then they will call it a success. Kinda the same with OTJ. Still some really good cards though. Thanks for the preview!
I have a feeling that’s why we got Chrome Mox as a Special Guest inclusion. I think a lot of people are out on the theme. I do think there will be some impactful cards. The question will be, how much bulk is there around the impact cards though.
not sure why the yellow border lands are appealing but I hope they sell for cheap
I think they’ll be a few bucks each but. It crazy expensive.
17:00 hazoret has indestructible, 3 toughness doesnt matter all that much
Nowhere to Run, which is one of the highest played removal spells in Standard, gives -3/-3 so it would reduce the toughness of Hazoret to 0 which would kill it.
Personally , I am not hyped for this set. The rat fink art style on some cards doesn't resonate with me. I'll just play the pre-release to support my LGS and maybe buy some singles like the verge lands.
I definitely do not think you are alone on that stance. I’m a big Limited player so I’ll definitely jam some pre-release events this weekend. I hope it’s a good Limited Environment. I do like the Rat Fink treatments but I think it’s a really niche section of people that will adopt them overall.
This set is for the kids, plain and simple.
I’m reserving judgement until I have a chance to get some of these cards in decks but it definitely does not immediately hit as a banger…
Tell that to old Hot Rodders who started the Rat Fink style of everything. 😮
Or play 7 Luut overrun combo
Loot might be busted…
Back in my day, this would have been an Unset and it would have been fine. Not a fan of the theme. Only hope limited is fun.
It still might be… We have Japanese anime mixed in with Rat Rod car culture. What isn’t “Un” about that?! 😂
I think theme will largely be a miss for most. I am looking forward to jamming some pre-release events and echo your sentiment about hoping Limited will be good.
Soo I’m a bit torn on this set. I don’t like the setting but I do like a few of the cards. I will be getting more mainly for collection filling purposes. An interesting data point- I’ve seen ~20 collector box openings now and have seen 3 Bone Misers, 2 Lotus, 1 Chrome Mox but zero Aetherspark. Also these boxes seem very verge light. Feels kinda like I should be cracking play boxes for a better chance at getting certain cards
Yeah, typically I am not opposed to mana lands (as opposed to utility lands) not eating up premium slots in my collector packs but one verge in the whole box seems low. For Commander players, looks like some of the cards that slot are bangers. I was bummed to not get any gear hulks in this box. Feels like Lotus and Aetherspark are going to be Mythical Mythics…
Not excited for this. Just want to draft it and get the zombie commander deck
I’m trying to reserve judgement until I actually get to play with the cards in see them in decks but this one doesn’t seem as strong as the recent sets we’ve gotten.
👍... I don't think I like this set though
I don’t think you’re alone. I think this set will be an acquired taste. It feels a bit disjointed. I’m going to reserve full judgement until I get a chance to use the cards in decks but it doesn’t seem as strong as the recent sets we’ve gotten.