In this episode we dive into the hyper-concentrated meaning and worldbuilding of Magic the Gathering's flavour text – and more specifically, flavour text around the plane of Phyrexia.

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00:00 A hell worse than hell
05:04 Learning from Phyrexia
11:45 Exercise
13:16 My take: The Dark Place
16:52 References and appreciation

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Here's the three channels I mentioned (and a link to a Phyrexia-related video of each)

‪@RhysticStudies‬
   • Phyrexia is Hell | A 30-Year History ...  

‪@Spice8Rack‬
   • Yawgmoth: The Scientific Priestcraft ...  

‪@DiceTry‬
   • New Phyrexia A Plane Perfected  

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Evidently, I do not own Magic the Gathering or Phyrexia, Wizards of the Coast (a company owned by Hasbro) does:
https://company.wizards.com/en

One of the footages you saw (with altered colours) was the Phyrexia All Will Be One trailer (also owned by Wizards of the Coast):
   • Phyrexia: All Will Be One | Official ...  

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Curious about the paintings I showed at the beginning?

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (1500)
John Martin, Pandemonium (1841)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Dante and Virgil (1850)
Jan van Eyck, The Last Judgment (1441)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dulle Griet (1561)

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Soundtrack:

Albi Lopez - Holland Spoor
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Special appearance of my grandma playing some incredible Chopin 🥲 love you, grandma. Full piece here:
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Extra footage, music and imagery:
https://pixabay.com/
AI imagery (backgrounds) generated in midjourney with my own prompts

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