Game Theory: Minecraft. The Secrets of the Undead Ender Dragon

Mat: Fearing that he will start controversy after debunking the "Phantoms are hallucinations" theory The Actual Controversy: Mat's pronunciation of "Elytra"

I was skeptical with the dragon connection, but when Mat said the Illagers were trying to recreate something they had never seen in full, that made sense.

“As humans, we require sleep” Me sitting at my desk at 2am

The elytra's were also probably made with part of the dragon's bones, making them much stronger than just a bunch of phantom membranes. When your elytra breaks, all your left with is the dragon bone and a bit of remaining dragon wing. Now you can add phantom membrane back to it so it actually can provide enough lift to fly again, but you can't make it completely out of membrane because it falls apart without something stronger like dragon bone to keep it together. Kind of surprised you skipped over this possibility, as it makes even more sense.

An important detail against the hallucination theory is also, that while phantoms only spawn when the player hasn't slept for at least three days, they do attack other players as well.

Phantoms are scared of cats, just like creepers, so it makes sense that they are creations as well.

Don't forget that phantoms don't just appear for one player as all players in a server including non-sleep deprived players can see them.

I was waiting for Matt to point out the fact that Phantoms spawned in The End in snapshot 18w07a, a very early 1.13 snapshot and this alone almost confirms the theory. Even so, I never thought about they being related lol

Mat: trying to solve Minecraft lore Also Mat: "Ellitra"

"Mom, can we get an Ender dragon?" "No, we already have an Ender dragon at home" The ender dragon at home: A phantom named Chombi

At first when I heard "Geico" I thought it was a joke- Congratulations theorist team! I didn't believe this was possible...

One bone I have to pick with the illager conclusion is that Mat thinks they heard the tales of the dragons. If what Mat said about Enderman being ancient builders who were trapped in the End, how would it be possible for the illagers to hear about what they did in the End?

I actually thought of my own theory as to why the phantoms look so different from the ender dragon. I believe that the reason why they’re smaller and look different is because the phantoms are the dead zombies of the male drone dragons. See, it’s important to note that the only ender dragon we ever see is a female, as shown by our prize once defeating the dragon: an egg. I believe that this species of dragon reproduced similarly to bees, where they would once in a while purposely produce males to send their genes to another female. Evidence of being able to control what gender an unborn baby will have is seen in real world crocodiles, where the temperature of the burrow incubating the eggs will determines if it’s a boy of girl, and I think the dragons can do the same. This would also explain their presence in the over world, as the males would be able to fit through the portals while the females are much too big. However, going between dimensions can cause a creature to zombify, like with piglins. This would also coincide with your theory about how they sense the player, but also explain why they attack the player instead of normal mobs, because they were trying to defend their queen from the old builders. But that’s just a theory, a GAME THEORY! Thanks for reading.

"Let's talk about every YouTuber's favorite hobby - Sleep Deprivation" I heard that's a hobby of college students as well.

The part that makes Matpat more believable than others is that, HE ACTUALLY connects everyone of his theorys

Man has litterally gotten so big, GEICO sponsered him. Well done. Well done indeed.

The most chilling thing I’ve learned this game theory is how MatPat pronounces Elytra Edit: It’s been almost a year now, you can stop replying with how you personally pronounce Elytra. After 385 replies to date, I GET IT.

The fact they actually got a sponsorship from Geico is blowing my mind

You know what I find interesting? Creepers (among other hostile mobs perhaps) aren't hostile to the villagers. Might make you ask what differentiates them from the player in the eyes of an overthinker.

Hey MatPat here's another peice of phantom evidence to back up that Phantoms are not hallucinations. Phantoms are incapable of spawning when a player is under a block. This backing up the idea of heat/heartbeat seeking undead dragons. Therefore they couldn't be hallucinations, because it shouldn't matter where the player is for them to spawn. Unless they are heat/heartbeat seeking monsters.