- What's up guys and welcome back.
Not gonna lie, I'm geeking out today.
This video today is brought to you by Wizards of the Coast.
(energetic music)
That's right, Wizards of the Coast,
the company that produces Magic, The Gathering,
has sponsored this video.
I'm actually geeking out.
As a kid, and even up through high school,
I played Magic, The Gathering, a lot,
not just because it has to do with magic,
but also it told a story.
And that story was ever evolving
with each new set that came out.
In the latest expansion, Guilds of Ravnica,
they've included a lot of really cool things.
And one thing that drew me into Magic, The Gathering,
as a kid and even now,
the story the cards told themselves.
For those of you who don't play Magic,
there's also sometimes a little subtext
and always included is an amazing piece of art.
In the Guilds of Ravnica there is one particular guild
that really stood out for me,
which is the Dimir Guild.
One thing I found very interesting with this artwork,
it's very nefarious, very dark,
filled with vampires, thieves, pickpockets,
and that type of thing.
One of the many cards that stood out to me,
Metphitic Vapors, this one here.
Ravnica's safest strongholds are often neither.
I had an idea.
Let's say we live in the universe of Ravnica
and we are trying to get into this Guild of Dimir.
I try to think well, what's one of the tests
that they would have you do to be in this guild?
And one really interesting thing would be lock picking.
Today I'm going to learn how to pick a lock,
and not only pick any lock,
pick five locks in a row starting
from easy to very difficult.
And if I do unlock these five locks,
I'll consider myself to be a part of the Dimir Guild.
I'm geeking out. (laughs)
I don't even care.
I don't even care, I love this stuff.
By the way, quick shot-out to Mike Boyd,
a good friend of mine who has a channel called Learn Quick,
also Learn How to Pick Locks.
So check out Mike's channel if you're into that as well,
I'll leave the link somewhere below
where you can check out his video.
Without further ado,
(dramatic music) let the test begin.
(intense music)
So in order to enter the Guild of Dimir,
I must first unlock a few locks starting with this one,
this is a beginner lock,
this is the one that will teach me
about the inner workings of said lock.
I left the link below to this lock
which you can see the inner mechanics of down below
as well as the lock picking kit
that I purchased off Amazon.
I know a little bit about lock picking,
I've seen some YouTube videos
and now it's all about choosing the right tools.
Now this here is a little tension rod.
So the way that locks work is
you have this little brass cylinder,
these little springed pins lock
into the top of that brass cylinder.
To unlock them, they must move upwards
and remain there so that this can turn
into that little groove.
And then once that turns in,
this then basically pulls this outta the way,
which then releases this and the spring goes up.
So the whole point of this little thing,
this little tension rod,
is to apply enough tension so that when
these little rods here are lifted,
they wont' drop back down
because of the tension being applied to this cylinder here.
So opening this one should not be so difficult,
opening the other ones blindly, will be.
Might be the best, I'm using a number six.
(chuckles) I don't know what that means.
I feel like that's just slightly small enough.
So from what I understand you can see
the pins individually raise.
See that, how they're like bouncing around?
So these are jumping up and down,
now some locks are made to where
if you jump them too high, it won't work.
So you gotta be really careful
and kind of like use your dexterity.
'cause at the same time I do have to apply
tension here with this tension rod.
So we're gonna bring this in,
we're gonna apply tension,
and we're gonna start to try and pick this lock.
(lock clicks)
And there we go. (chuckles)
As simple as that, we can do it again.
And this is like I said,
picking a lock isn't hard when you know what to look for.
So now, let me try this again.
And when you can see what you're doing,
obviously makes everything a lot easier.
There you go.
(lock clicks)
Boom, lock is now open.
That was the test lock.
Now I'm moving on to something
a little bit more challenging.
First in line we have this little guy.
Now I'm gonna examine the key
and it shows you about the size that you need, I think,
for the lock pick.
It's a solid little, solid little thing.
This tension rod might be a little too big,
actually I got a small one here.
Weird how that works.
Okay, we'll keep the tension there,
bring in this, and here we go.
By the way, this is the first time
I've ever picked a lock that was not transparent.
Right now I've never, ever, ever in my life attempted it.
So this'll be a small victory if we do get it.
Besides, we have to get into the guild,
this is one of the requirements.
Oh, I thought I had it.
Really keep the tension there.
Nah, this one's weird.
I might need a different tension rod.
Something like this, this little guy here.
That's kinda cool.
Yeah, that could work.
Oh, I like that, I like the feel of that.
(smooth music)
So I gotta like loosen the tension
just so I get my rod in there.
(lock clicks)
Boom, and there we go.
One and done.
(lock clicks)
Moving on to the next.
This one looks a little bit more difficult.
Also, some of these locks,
especially the last one which I'll get to,
they've added things to make it harder to pick
and I don't know how difficult that's gonna be for me.
Tension rod seems a little too weird.
Let me try this one.
That might be good even though it's a little big.
This is my tool of choice, by the way, number six.
You can hear them inside clicking.
(lock clicks)
And as I drop, as I let go of the tension
you can hear them dropping back down.
(lock clicking)
And these locks are getting a little bit more difficult,
I guess they have more pins
and more anti-picking technology within them.
For some reason I think these tools aren't not gonna work,
let me look at the teeth.
Looks about right, the size looks about right,
maybe this one's a little bit too small.
I'm gonna try to jump in with something
a little bit bigger.
Notice that that tooth is probably around the right size.
So as you take this, I can measure that up.
Look, it's probably around the right size, right?
So we're gonna try with this tool instead,
we'll leave this one aside.
This is actually pretty exciting.
Yeah, that one looks good.
Let's begin.
Oh, this (clicks tongue),
this pick might be a little big.
I feel like it's getting jammed up in there.
Maybe the smaller one did work,
maybe I just switch out the tension rod here.
Listen, I'm gonna let them drop, you can hear them.
Ready?
(lock clicks) There it is.
Something's not working and I don't know what it is.
Maybe something like this with like,
this one has two prongs right here
and that might do the trick.
(bell dings)
(birds chirping)
(smooth jazz music)
I think the tension rod here is a little slack,
that might be better.
(smooth jazzy music)
(lock clicks)
Boom.
Baby, let's go.
So it looks like this is the magic
little tension rod that I needed.
Two down.
My little trophies, I'll just put them right over here.
(whistles) Two down.
On to lock number three.
This one I've seen a lot in my life.
The keyhole looks way different.
Damn, okay.
It's like not even, look at this keyhole,
it's like all loose.
What?
I don't understand why it's loose.
Look at the teeth on this thing, they're giant.
I'll try the bigger one here.
Like I don't even know,
I don't even know which way is the correct way
'cause I'm not hearing those pins.
So let me just...
(smooth music)
I think they might be there
and I think this little turny thing
might prevent me from trying to pick it.
Let me see if I can get in here like this.
And then I may have to move this in.
You see the way the teeth are shaped
is very different from the other keys.
This is kind of scaring me right now,
so let's try, and this turns way too much,
so let's try this instead.
Let's try with a different,
maybe there's something in here for that,
maybe one of these.
I dunno, this looks like it could be a tension rod
and a key thing at the same time.
Imagine that just opened.
All right, let's try throwing our trusty
tension rod in here in this bad boy,
let's just fill it right up with stuff.
No, that doesn't sound good at all.
(lock clicking)
Hmm, that's probably not the right tool.
(hums) Maybe something like this?
A little saw action going on.
(lock clicks)
Oh, what?
That was it, we got it. (cheers)
Three down.
This one I've also seen a lot.
I think this is gonna be an easy one to open,
we're gonna go with our trusty little lock pick here.
A good tension rod, this here,
I think this will take me a minute, not even.
(pick clicks)
Okay, maybe not, maybe it's a bit harder.
I hear the pins, so we're on the right track.
(smooth music)
I feel like I'm not lifting the pins high enough.
Let's try this one a little bit.
A little bit better, yeah.
I definitely feel like the pins aren't lifting high enough.
(lock clicks)
Boom.
Let's go.
On to the final one, this beast.
(dramatic music) The Master Ex Series.
One thing about this,
which kinda scares me,
is the packaging because it specifically
says here on number three,
pin tumbler key for increased resistance to picking.
Which is number three which is there.
And I don't know what that means,
hopefully it's just a sales tactic.
Wow, that doesn't even fit in there, what?
I might need this one over here.
All right, we got that in.
So the teeth on this key are quite raised
and they have like a little double edge.
This is it, if I do this, I get into the guild.
Let's go.
Oh, what?
I can't even get to the end of it.
(lock clicking)
Are we on the right path?
Let's have a listen.
(lock clicking)
Definitely.
Might need that taller lock pick.
I'm having a hard time getting into the end.
That one seems to be too big,
doesn't seem to be fitting into the end
and you really need a small,
it's funny how you can even see,
I dunno if you can see this on camera,
but right there in that keyhole, you can see the first pin.
(suspenseful music)
Yeah, this one's pretty tough.
Gonna try something different.
I'm gonna research what a tumbler pin is right now.
All right, so as it turns out, folks,
a tumbler is exactly what we've been doing the entire time.
So this lock is basically just like this.
One thing that I did learn, which is really interesting,
is the shear line.
All these pins need to be lifted at a different height,
but if you pass the shear line, the lock won't open,
which is what makes it smart.
This is why you can't insert any key
into any lock and it'll open.
The shear line has to be reached and if it's breached,
if it's surpassed, it won't open.
So sometimes I might be going
a little too hard on these things,
I might have to just take a step back.
Also, I might switch up my little tool
to use something a bit different.
And we don't want,
apparently we don't want too much tension either.
So lock picking is actually a very subtle art.
(lock clicking)
Nope, this one's not working.
This little saw hand here.
I'm inserting the tension wrench,
it's actually a tension wrench,
into this the opposite way.
Maybe that'll give me a little bit more,
a little bit more control over the tension I should say.
(tense music)
oh.
(lock clicks)
Let's go.
Lock picking level 100 confirmed.
Boom.
(upbeat music)
Baby, that's all five locks.
All of these locks were just picked.
Yes.
I'm officially a lock picking expert
and officially inside the Dimir Guild.
Well all right my pretties,
we have successfully infiltrated the Dimir Guild
by establishing our lock picking skills.
I'm actually quite proud of what I've done,
I've never picked a lock in my life
and this was a daunting task for me to say the least.
Let alone unlock one lock in my life,
I unlocked all five ranging from various difficulties.
And as I mentioned in the video,
if you guys are interested,
I'll leave the link below to the Amazon
where you can,
the Amazon link where you can check out this lock pick set
as well as the practice locks.
I was surprised knowing that you could just buy these,
I thought like only locksmiths were allowed to have these.
And there's an importance to know how to pick a lock
and not just for breaking and entering, obviously,
but I think for your own personal knowledge, how it works.
It's kind of like a really intricate puzzle
that you're going into blindly,
which is always really cool.
And plus, if you're ever locked out of anywhere
whether it be your house
or whether it be your shed or whatever,
you can use these skills to help yourself out.
So thanks again and thank you again to Wizards
for sponsoring this content.
I really appreciate it and you guys,
you can call me anytime if you wanna
send me some more Magic, The Gathering, stuff
because the inner child in me is like screaming right now.
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Peace.
(upbeat party music)