Tolarian Community College is a

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focused on the collectible card game '' Magic: The Gathering''. The channel is run and presented by Brian Lewis, and the channel's writer is Jesse Robkin. Lewis is known on the channel as "The Professor", and has an official '' Flesh and Blood'' card named after him. The channel hosts games, unboxings, product reviews, gameplay tutorials, analysis, and discussions of lore, as well as a podcast. It has raised over for charities.

Channel

The channel was started in August 2013, and is named after the ''Magic: The Gathering'' card Tolarian Academy. It is run by Brian Lewis, "The Professor" and head writer Jesse Robkin, a writer, filmmaker and the 2025 ''Magic: The Gathering'' United States Regional Champion. The Tolarian Community College channel provides videos of games, unboxings, product reviews, gameplay tutorials, lore and analysis as well as a podcast. The channel has also covered antisemitism, sexism, racism and transphobia within the ''Magic: The Gathering'' community. The channel became Lewis's full-time job after he set up a

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account. Writers who have worked on the channel include Carmen Klomparens, as well as Robkin. Lewis has also appeared on other ''Magic'' channels, including playing a game with

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Charity work

Trans Lifeline

Since 2020, Tolarian Community College has run an annual fundraiser for the charity

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, a phone support and

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for

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people. In 2020 the channel raised ; in 2021, ; in 2023, ; in 2024, ; and in 2025 over .

Fundraiser for black communities

In 2020 Tolarian Community College raised more than for black community charities Saving Our Sons and Sisters International and the Trans Women of Color Collective. The channel raised this money through the sale of rare ''Magic'' cards, selling cards from some of the game's earliest sets including a copy of Black Lotus.

Serious Fun

In October 2019 the channel ran a fundraiser for Serious Fun, a charity that runs summer camps for children with serious illnesses. The Professor raised for the charity by shaving his head.

Products

''Flesh and Blood'' card

In 2023, the trading card game '' Flesh And Blood'' created "The Professor" card based on Lewis as part of the "Round the Table: LSS x TCC" box set. The card is a "hero" card and was illustrated by Simon Dominic.

The Academic card box

In 2022 The Professor collaborated with game company Gamegenic to produce a ''Magic: The Gathering'' card box called "The Academic". A

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campaign was run for the card box with a goal of ; almost worth of preorders were placed.

References

External links

* * {{YouTube, c=tolariancommunity English-language YouTube channels Gaming-related YouTube channels Magic: The Gathering YouTube channels launched in 2013