The Magic of Flavor | A look into the flavor text of Magic: The Gathering cards

This is my first video essay on the Flavor of Magic—an ode to flavor text within Magic: The Gathering. I hope you enjoy it. If you have any critiques, I welcome them and encourage you to leave them in the comments. I’m always looking to learn and grow.

Again, thank you to the many sources I used throughout this video (and even those I didn’t use). I love watching your videos, reading your articles, and trying to emulate them with one of my own. This video showcased to me the hard work and love you all put into your craft. So, from all the fans of Magic, thank you!

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Sources (in order of appearance):

‘The Mechanics of Writing Flavor Text’ - https://watchingfortheplot.wordpress....

‘The Flavor of Silence’ Ant Tessitore - https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/anttes...
‘Hatred Outlives the Hateful -Rhystic Studies    • Hatred Outlives the Hateful | Magic's...  

‘Urban Flavor’ – Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar - https://web.archive.org/web/202108010...

‘Add Text to Flavor’ Mark Rosewater https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mak...

‘The Write Stuff’ -Mark Rosewater - https://web.archive.org/web/202208140...

‘Form of the Writer’ -Doug Beyer - https://web.archive.org/web/202201290...

**I hate that I had to use The Way Back Machine in order to get to some of the articles…a possible video on that in the future.

0:00 – Intro
1:05 – Eliminate the Unnecessary
1:20 – Baby Shoes
2:48 – Power of Silence
4:20 – Counterspell
5:11 – Color Philosophy
5:24 – Selfless Savior
6:09 – Phyrexian Hulk
6:36 – Rhythm and Flow
6:42 – Stasis Cell
7:10 – Creating Ravnica
7:28 – Not Perfect
7:38 – Ancient Grudge
8:18 – Subjectivity
8:49 – Humor
9:01 – Real Quotes
9:29 – Glimpse into Another World
10:30 – Wrap Up
11:05 – Thank you!