MTGs Insane 2 Year Plan - Worthless Wacky Races And Stupid Space Operas

[@TheMagicHistorian]

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[@FalseNeon]

yeah is really stupid... but im really interested in the space opera jejejeje

[@laurentrobitaille2204]

Already??? WotC can’t catch a break

[@HauntedCorpseGaming]

2 Fast 2 Furious. 🤣 Bloomborrow should've been done as a 3 set release like the Saga's of old.

[@tcgmetaslayer4202]

Mtg lore is basically fortnite at this point, so.. what’s the point? Mtg lore with me ends with weatherlight

[@zachnewman3795]

WITHOUT the constructed 3 block set and story to really tie things together, we get this mess that makes no coherent sense. Not only are they burning out players but they are literally going to have too much available and most players will happily skip or proxy things due to budget issues, this is the way to madness

[@OceansTempest]

I buy like maybe 6 cards a set. They are just random cards that are hard to tie together.

[@TheSickjits]

I think they're trying the "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" method and it's not working

[@KuroKitten]

Madness you say? "Enough... we have endured...*more* than enough."

[@joeallan3706]

@@TheSickjits but it is. they are making plenty of money, the ignorant masses/"investors" will buy any schlock you put in front of them

[@TheJadeFist]

Ya I don't think any one is happy with a new set every couple of weeks. I buy boxes of bloomburrow on pre order. Open and see what I get, order on card kingdom a few days later, and they aren't here yet. I can't even finish a deck before another set comes out. It was the same Eldraine.

[@andrewgolubiewski3463]

This kind of feels like the comic crash in the 90s where they over printed a ton of crap stories and flooded the marketplace with so much trash that the collect ability was destroyed and the stories were garbage.

[@Rucarlos]

I'm calling it, this goofy ass death race theme set is gonna make Markov Manor look like OG Ravnica

[@GiraffeCrab]

A friend of mine runs like 3 different vehicles decks. I told him that there is a wacky races set coming ... And he bust a nutt. He literally brought packs in OG ixilan then waited to recent Ixilan for packs and this is the 3rd set I have seen him get excited for ... But he is cautious that it will tickle his fancy then just be a big pile of printed trash.

[@Kingnothing7x]

I miss playing Standard tournaments at FNM in the days of the onslaught block

[@iliasmess]

Yes, that was a fantastic era 👌. Innovation and excitement everywhere... Morph, Fetch lands, then a set full of only creatures & then Storm... Fantastic gameplay, limited was so cool, FNM with friends in lgs was awesome... Blistering Firecat anyone? 😎 Unfortunately we're now so far from all this true fun, it really hurts 😳

[@Kingnothing7x]

@@iliasmess I ALWAYS had a rough time dealing with firecat and exalted angel lol

[@everythingmetal9400]

Such a fun block I miss old magic

[@shadowmarez7457]

Theme Set AKA everyone playing dressUp. "I'm a Detective" , "I'm a CowBoy",,, etc

[@FinalFantasyMyriad]

bloomburrow - "i'm a furry"

[@mattmaccay2351]

Hey thunder junction was legit.. riku of many paths is by far my favorite commander from the last 5 years. I have so much fun playing him

[@rft-oi4fx]

Absolutely.

[@laurentrobitaille2204]

⁠@@mattmaccay2351 I mean, OTJ cards scream commander. But the issue main with OTJ is the flavour. This is easy to spot in the plot mechanic which sucks from a flavour standpoint.

[@FinalFantasyMyriad]

@@laurentrobitaille2204 its cheaper.. but at the end of the day its the same mechanic as foretell. sept worse imo, because there is absolutely no element of surprise. completely 100% agree with you on the flavour.

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

The game we love is being turned into a cheap amusement park that's just a couple kiddie rides and a gift shop.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

> *Wacky races* **Loudly laughs like Muttley** (couldn't resist. 😂)

[@saimaidar9417]

That was a fun cartoon

[@joeferreti9442]

My 2-year plan is to not buy MTG products.

[@everythingmetal9400]

That's a good plan

[@everythingmetal9400]

That's a great plan

[@mattschmidt4584]

"Am I a joke to you?" -Homelands, probably.

[@laurentrobitaille2204]

Tbh I wouldn’t mind a new set taking place on Ulgrotha.

[@Y2KNW]

I'd joked that the Phyrexian invasion of everywhere was gonna skip Ulgrotha because Elesh Norn set her coffee cup on that part of the map and forgot it was there.

[@torrentthom4734]

As it was written in the Merchant Scrollz

[@gypsieking3280]

Preach, Matt. But i would love a return to both because i want more story from those planes. Even new wizards crappy story

[@laurentrobitaille2204]

@@Y2KNW That’s funny considering one of the battle cards is called “Invasion of Ulgrotha” and has Grandmother Ravi on the backside.

[@gankgoat8334]

Wizards can't keep Hasbro alive forever. Wouldn't doubt it that other companies are eyeing magic and D&D.

[@saimaidar9417]

Hasbro has squeezed Wizards of the Coast to the edge of Failure and it is on the edge. Meanwhile the edge is on fire, the Unicycle they are riding has a flat tire and the pins have been pulled from the grenade they are juggling.

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

Clever writing ❤

[@ZerohSyks]

I'm 37 today... I'm an old wizard to! Lol Keep doing your thing man, hope the best for you. I also hope you win that mobile home. 🤣

[@shadowmarez7457]

I felt like i blinked and Assassins Creed was gone, it felt like it was out for like a Week before they literally just moved onto the next set, it's the set many skipped for BloomBurrow.

[@AtriumXP666]

"Set" XD It felt more like a 5-color Ezio Commander deck that Wizards made us assemble via 5-card booster packs

[@MediocreTCG]

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[@SylveonSimp]

​@@AtriumXP666lol nice description

[@joeferreti9442]

It wasn't a real set, just Universes Beyond garbage!

[@gypsieking3280]

​@@AtriumXP666so bleeping true

[@ArtoriusMaximus]

Hatcher doesn't only inform us on Magic History, but on Magic Future as well!

[@cobaltplasma]

He's the Magic Futurian :D

[@hamsandwich6685]

Magic is worse than dead, it is souless now, and forever more. There is no return from this depth they have sunk. Give it time only and they sink more, gouge you more, rip you off more, take away more, add more crap though, but take away logic and reason with the addition of adding all the crap. This game is suffering a fate worse than death.

[@HitthaChoint420]

Degenerate consumers are the target demographic. Just buy, don't ask questions, don't complain.. JUST BUY...

[@Izlr88]

Magic used feel like dining at a fancy restaurant. Now it feels like eating a cheap cheeseburger at McDonald's.

[@marcoottina654]

The era of mysticism, exoteric, dark & light magic, bending the elements, invoking the sacred and profanating the dead, ill and desperate, is long dead. It was a fantastic atmosphere to dive in and explore what "could" be. Now art has changed to a more cartoonist like, and despite ALL of the paintings are totally masterpieces deserving museums over museums, they are SO clean that it seems a videogame, a film, not some "ancient lore". Now it's ... A cartoon, at all, a mish mash of everything "because we can"

[@Izlr88]

@@marcoottina654 exactly! I loved the darker themes. Now the game is so clean that even sets like Innistrad fail to cause any sense of horror. You can't make a dark universe and be politically correct about it.

[@nobodyshome6792]

This is why I'm glad I gave up on the game when they banned skullclamp and then the rest of Affinity decks between 2004 and 2005. I do pay attention to what is going on, but it's more for nostalgia sake and not for me to actually play competitively anymore. (And yes, I was a decent player, with DCI ratings to outright qualify me for events.) According to interviews and articles from Wizards and Inquest magazines, Garfield and Rosewater did not get along or see eye-to-eye about the direction the game should be going. (Such as the Reserved List, which Garfield disagreed with.) Also according to Garfield, the game has long outlasted it life-cycle. I have no real problems with things like Universes Beyond or the like. But Secret Lairs, draft/collectors packs/boxes and the like have been bad decisions. Dropping the regular printing of a Core Set, was a bad idea. Discarding the 3 set block structure is a terrible decision. There has been basically nothing bad bad decisions since Schneider left. It isn't just Hasbro and its influence over WotC. There has been rot since before Garfield left.

[@TheDarkElder]

Oof. Bleak times ahead. So we went from the meme sets to the garbage sets in just a year? My poor beloved game.

[@TheGrimlok]

Designers are so bad at this point they can only "return to" or "remaster" sets or go to a universe beyond. Fucking whale investors looking for raised/textured foils and serial cards are gonna keep this shitty ship afloat. I wish LGS' could survive without this shit but they seem like they're stuck.

[@Y2KNW]

The best part about a remaster set is that anyone who was there for it the first time can almost painlessly skip those releases. I'm sure the remaster sets are just there to trick Starcity or Card Kingdom into each buying a seacan of boxes so the set isn't a total flop.

[@yurisei6732]

LGS are increasingly surviving without MTG to be fair. One of my locals has dropped their MTG shelf space significantly in favour of stocking Lorcana, One Piece, Dragonballz, and Flesh and Blood. They could have dropped space from Weiss Schwarz or Yugioh, games that sell poorly, or from Pokemon, but they chose to reduce how much MTG they were stocking. Another store swapped some MTG space for some bad indie called Achroma, that's how little MTG is worth on shelves these days.

[@joeferreti9442]

Foils are garbage and cards with serial number are even worse!

[@memnarch129]

I actually know of many LGS where MTG is now less than 30% of their revenue, at the least sometimes lower than that. So yes LGS can, but they have to shift to other games/products, and depending on their local community that might not be possible.

[@TheGrimlok]

@memnarch129 that's good news! Hopefully they can drop it to 10%or less and just have space for people to play.

[@snakepit1712]

Started playing in 94. I don’t even recognize the game anymore. There has never been a good outcome when a corporation takes over a successful independent or “small” company. Hasbro killed paper magic for me. Then I was excited for arena only to find out the game is totally fixed. Well they put the spike in the coffin. Now you’re the only magic channel I watch. Keep up the honest work bro.

[@MTGUnpacked]

A few more weeks and they'll be doing the official reveal of the set names / logos for next year, at least the ones they want us to know about ahead of time. Mystery Booster 2 will surely get a retail release next year. Gotta keep those Hasbro shareholders happy!😱

[@certanmike]

i dont see BIG cards in MB2 and with 1000 cards in the sets what are the odds to even get $20 cards?

[@far_north_magic5852]

⁠@@certanmikeif it is like mb1 it would be about every 5 boxes to see each card and the big chase would be those future sight foils that they said are about 1 a box as the chase.

[@justafoodguy9567]

You can't call it "power creep' when it's this obvious and clear. We can call it power leap now.

[@marcoottina654]

I'm waiting for "Questing Ragavan, partners", a 4/4 for G/R (yes, a single "Gruul") that has lots of soupy abilities and steal cards with ETB from top of all decks AND casting them for free AND casting them AGAIN _from the exile_ each time they hit a player in combat. Oh, did I mentioned "double strike", didn't I? Because it can get it by making your opponent gain 2 poison counters. Oh, right: "just once a turn", you know, for **power balance**

[@dameongeppetto]

"Shut up and consume our slop, goon," is definitely the new WotC corporate model.

[@SoulisStar]

I’m here for the rage against the sky… insert fist shaking

[@yurisei6732]

It's been like this since the beginning of 2024, it's just gimmick set after gimmick set: 1. MTG does detectives - a set for people who specifically like one subgenre of novel. 2. MTG does Fallout - a set for people who specifically like one video game franchise. 3. MTG does cowboys - a set for people who specifically like one video game franchise. 4. MTG does Assassin's Creed - a set for people who specifically like one video game franchise. 5. MTG does furries - a set for people who specifically like one subgenre of novel. 6. MTG does thriller - a set for people who specifically like one subgenre of movie. 7. MTG does mariokart - I don't even know who this is for but it's still not me. 8. MTG does Marvel - a set for people who specifically like one movie franchise. 9. MTG does Star Wars - a set for people who specifically like one subgenre of movie. 10. MTG does Final Fantasy - a set for people who specifically like one video game franchise. 11. MTG does Harry Potter again - a set that pretends a previous gimmick set is nostalgic. The only potentially good sets between 2024 and 2026 are Tarkir and Lorwyn, but as you say, Lorwyn will probably be a gimmick set too, and I personally wasn't into Tarkir, so that means there's no saving grace at all. Part of the reason they dropped the 3-set block structure was because it meant that someone who happened not to like the theme of the block wouldn't be buying new standard product for months, but now they've gone to making sets so aesthetically niche that it has the same effect. The benefit of doing standalone sets is that you can move on quickly. It would normally be OK that I didn't enjoy Tarkir, because during Return to Tarkir, I could be looking forward to the next set. But that doesn't work when every set is this absurdly niche gimmick because it creates a high chance of someone not liking several sets in a row. Then you double down on having niche gimmicks with having intolerable worldbuilding, and that chance goes even higher. So, when you knock out the sets that had bad worldbuilding or unavoidably will have it because they're hard to enjoy regardless of gimmick, which is detectives, cowboys, mariokart, star wars and harry potter, and you knock out the universes beyond sets because they're not MTG, which is fallout, AC, marvel and Final Fantasy, then there are only 4 sets in 2 years that I could even have a chance of enjoying, and those ride on whether I like Redwall, whether I like 90s horror, whether I like one of MTG's previous planes, and then a wildcard in Lorwyn. Anyone who happens not to be a fan of those three very specific things will get nothing out of this entire 2 year plan. It's ridiculous.

[@graefx]

I remember when I wasnt playing magic and I was at a store for a tournament and I asked what the weird decorations were for "oh those are cars for magic. Theres cars and your creatures can jump in and drive them" and I thought it was the dumbest thing Id ever heard and that magic had really jumped the shark. But after coming back, i appreciate Kaladesh for the work they did to make it conceptually rich and unique but still feel aesthetically cohesive with mtg. But with post covid mtg, it feels like its just slamming hats on things like its a late 00s Valve game. That being said, I am looking forward to the space opera set because I can see them making that work with like magical robots and space ships and I do love constructs. The Fumori empire and new creature types that arent just [generic word]-folk could be promising. You can explore the concept of what a plane is. Maybe to have "outer space" is actually an inverted plane. A massive sphere thats really the empty space where a plane once was and its like a cavity in the blind eternities with debree and asteroids and constructs to travel and survive in. Instead of walking on a planes surfice, its like walking on the inside of a bubble. Just...dont do "magic powered" ray guns or modern nonsense like New Capenna

[@Zjivarra]

I’m just gonna get some foundations bulk after it gets opened a lot by people and then build a low power casual cube from it. Then I will finish out some set cubes for recent sets or old sets I liked, Kaldheim, Strixhaven, Brother’s War, DMU being the more recent ones I enjoyed. After that I’ll be done with Magic 100%. Nothing coming out in the next year has me excited in the slightest. This property is no longer what brought me in the first place.

[@ditzykunoichi]

wizards go a month without releasing or announcing a new set any% challenge

[@ubernerrd]

They have to sell product or the company dies.

[@chriscongemi2109]

Just buying singles that I feel fit magic.

[@Talthain]

I completely feel this.

[@traceyradley9218]

That is exactly what I have been doing for years now

[@everythingmetal9400]

I only buy Old school and vintage magic

[@haslittle8078]

I can't wait for Hasbro to collapse and for someone who cares to pick up Magic in a bankruptcy selloff.

[@Theanthill216]

Most players dont care about the lore wotc obviously just wants players to spend money for 2 years; then not care about a long term customer. Now that UB sets is a thing, theres no way they can release this many sets and give mtg its own identity at the same time.

[@fargnbastage]

Glad I got out of this game. They've ruined something I had been playing for 30 years. Oh well.

[@NeverDauntedRadioNetwork]

Here's how you save magic and keep shareholders happy: Return to three block sets, release them bimonthly. Two major lore-based sets a year mixed with one MH set and one Universes Beyond set. That's 8 sets a year, but Standard players aren't overrun, and Modern players get fed at a smaller amount. Commander players benefit from all of it.

[@rraunso]

Came back to magic after many many years of being away from the game. Bought a bunch of bloomburrow. Love the set. Same feeling as in 95 when opening packs. Then I found out there also now was transformers, time doctors and effing halflings... I was like,: But, but that is not magic... Feeling old ...

[@helhal]

When is return to bloomburrow? I only interested in that.

[@marcoottina654]

"return to the prequel of Bloomburrow" The next new set. Will come out next week, ... Pre-release: Yesterday

[@blankspace178]

*After 20 years, I cashed out of MTG last week and bought a middle-aged-man-mobile. I lost all confidence in wotc and decided to get out while my cardboard was still worth something.*

[@putonghua73]

I returned to Magic back in 2018. However, whilst I did buy product like Challenger precons and JumpStart, and some old cards for Commander / Cube, I also sold cards worth more than £5 Inc LED. I was a bit premature during COVID and left money on the table (that's ok), but was more than happy to sell because like yourself I had no faith in WotC / Papa Hasbro's stewardship. I did buy a Strixhaven Collector Booster due to the mystical archive. The card quality is night and day compared to older 90s sets. There is NO card quality! WotC have one main job and they cannot do that right! Hence, the only cards I will buy are old cards for a cube. I came back to MTGA for Bloomburrow and am enjoying casual Magic. That's as far as it goes e.g. in paper, JumpStart and Cube. I'm have mixed feelings about never leaning into Magic during the 90s - although I did buy cards - but largely escaped the money pit. What I have spent on Magic since 2018 is trivial (and have sold cards).

[@jeremysmith4789]

Congrats! I did the same years ago and now just dip in and out of Arena when I get that bug and want to play for a few months. When Hasbro started extracting value from the secondary market, you know the players/collectors, I saw it was time for me to divest.

[@Butmunch666]

Im only playing right now because bloomburrow is a legit fantastic fun set.

[@blankspace178]

@Butmunch666 As someone who was present at prerelease for og Mirrodin, Lorwyn block, and Shards of Alara...I strongly disagree. We've done "cute but deadly" before and far better imo. There's a reason "banding" and "strife" were removed from the game.

[@jeremysmith4789]

@blankspace178 Benalish Hero is still my homegirl. Her and Timberwolves can Band all night with whomever they want. Mirage was an incredible pre-release, the entire block was one of my favorites as Visons and Weatherlight were all absolute bangers and really fun for limited.

[@hamsandwich6685]

Magic the gathering turned into Majick the gouging

[@phaedrosx]

Urza bred a race of clone warriors in his lab... but electricity is a step too far? What?

[@phaedrosx]

Further, Kamigawa's future version isn't based on Cyberpunk, it's based on the futuristic Anime that Japan created that inspired Cyberpunk...

[@neverstreamer4875]

What is all that Izzet red/blue lightning shit?

[@Fhuck_thats_Magic]

We need a marvel snap to reset the multiverse. It's too much man too fast.

[@seebassteterismaster7879]

@@neverstreamer4875 Thats magi-tech, not true technology. Even Kaladesh and New Capenna is also Magi-tech. Magi-tech is a setting where technology exists, but it is fueled purely by magical means. Hextech from LoL is a prime example of such a thing. The only technology that is different is Innistradi tech, where it is powered by Vite (angel ichor for skaabs) and Geists for geistsnatcher.

[@seebassteterismaster7879]

That is more biomancy and eugenics then technology.

[@TFBidia]

The more I watch your videos the more I realize how spot on you are with content and delivery of it. Thank you for working your craft so well.

[@KDD0063]

There is no way in hell I will play with anyone with a marvell card. I will 100% just walk away

[@everythingmetal9400]

I don't even let people play with certain UB cards

[@TheJadeFist]

I'm not big into the lore nor read the novels or all of that, but I'm happy for people to have that to enjoy. I do however like having sets being their own worlds with themes and mechanics and an art style holding them together, and having a few sets in a block to make it feel like this big thing. Say what you want about the power of Kamigawa, but it felt like an era of magic and there was this cohesive theme tying it all together, and the yearly numbered set along side it at some point. Mirrordin same thing, Lorwyn/Shadowmore kinda was a double block kinda thing, and it was fantastic. We don't need new random sets every month.

[@retekretekretek]

The worst thing is that we know they won't slow down the pace in order to keep the investors happy. We will see even more releases if anything.

[@hermodnitter3902]

I really don't care since last year. Stopped buying any new sealed, only picking up a few singles here and there. I'm happy doing old school, premodern, and cubes. Now I'm making a 95-99 nostalgia cube! And why doesn't more people build their customized cube? It's super fun, and an awesome way to experience mtg.

[@PawzBrownMTG]

I doubt mtg will be around for another 30+ years now with all the crap happening so sad

[@benjaminwileman4771]

I'm done. I appreciate this video so much but it made me realize I'm done with magic. I've been getting slowly burned out since 2021 but I didn't want to accept it. I'm going to my card shop ASAP and getting 60% in store credit on my cards. I'm going to miss your videos but you just did me a huge favor and opened my eyes. I gave too much to this game and now it is time I cut my losses. Gosh I feel that I've been so stupid. Anyway, love ya! And I hope you can somehow keep surviving.

[@vinnyangelo6634]

Same.. I sold 90% of my collection and now play Flesh&Blood. Give it a try.. it's a ton of fun and LSS actually cares for their game and players. It's a much better vibe

[@benjaminwileman4771]

@vinnyangelo6634 I love being completely consumed when pick a hobby, basically to a fault. It's definitely time that I found something new that isn't going to simultaneously suck the life out of me.

[@DaveAmbroseflavadave11369]

"Magic shouldn't have drones"

[@munen-muso]

It blows my mind that you don't have 5 times the number of subscribers. I know that I'm super grateful for this channel. Thank you🙏

[@HitthaChoint420]

I quit watching after the neverending spoilers baked into every video... MTG historian? Nope, more like MTG spoiler-MORE-ian 😂

[@dragonrider7796]

This is why I have decided to quit Magic and sell my collection. It was fun up until the last 5 years. Keep it up Magic Historian

[@anthonywolf943]

I will 1000% transparent I have been interested in nothing but Space Lands, cool Secret Lairs, full art foils, Warhammer, and the announcement of FF7 that's it. I have been saving for a rainy day..... please Wizards you get ONE shot with this one. I've been playing a long time, please just one more banger!

[@HitthaChoint420]

You've already admitted you're not buying everything they release, they no longer care about you or how long you've been in the space. If you're not a mindless consumer, you're not their target demographic.. Remember, Kyle Brink said guys like me can't leave the space fast enough 🤷

[@Gzilla313]

When’s Rath Remastered? Bring back Slivers!

[@bewbunyon1]

Imagine if The Critical Drinker was a MTG player... Yes, I can definitely smell shiiiite!

[@jonathandock8416]

I am not buying Magic any more.

[@edgabrillo1909]

It's fckng unbelievable-it's been less than 2 months since Bloomburrows came out, and there's already another set on the way. I wish they'd space them out to at least 3 or 4 months before releasing a new one.

[@this_is_america_speaking]

I honestly dont care if lorwyn is just a reskin as long as I get more giant support

[@marcoottina654]

Nah, nothing can actually be sell-able if it costs more than 4 mana to cast. So . They will literally rain lots of recursion and free stuff or .. nothing

[@cobaltplasma]

Magic has become piles of memberberries and disparate, inconsistent rubbish funneled through the Commander moneymaking machine. All they're doing is going back to places that made money to try to bleed out more money, poorly thought out garbage, and mundane cosplay. Oh and UB. Yay.

[@justafoodguy9567]

Wizards knew how busted Nadu was going to be, so much so that they reprinted Shuko in Mystery 2.

[@Faber-dn8xw]

Sadly MTG lore is now just a nonsensical bunch of mish-mash shit

[@swordrush]

Ruining Magic's feel, aesthetics, universe, story, etc. has been Wizards' trajectory for a very long time now. It comes at no surprise.

[@zlink88]

My playgroup decided collectively that it's ok to proxy anything over $5. We still haven't had power creep in the group, nor any cedh monstrosities to stomp the rest of us. We just can't afford to keep up with the game we all love to play

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

But I've purchased 20 sol rings and 20 arcane signets. I proxy those now too...I'm not paying $2 for another f'n Sol Ring

[@TheLordSorin]

@@zlink88 your opinion on cedh players is flawed.

[@zlink88]

@@TheLordSorin no, it isn't. I'm just saying we're a much more casual focused pod. Cedh is fine, just not our thing, even with proxies

[@gmalanga]

I feel the same about MTG these days, and I love the commentary! It really makes me laugh! Keep up the good work!

[@simplyerik101]

I have been playing this game for 25+ years,damn near every single day. Not an overstatement. Literally out of 25+ years, I might have a weeks worth of days that I haven't played in one way, shape or another. Anyways, I feel like Wizards is top decking with only 10 cards left.

[@allahcT]

I'm 50 and don't play mainly cuz of the continual monetary hikesvandvoutput. And shoddy shops and shady players. Thus year us the first I've played and bought cards in almost 10 years. Go Bloomburg I hope Darkmourn is is at least as good

[@togusa1301]

Looking forward to the Monopoly tie in

[@travelmind5487]

3 or 4 years ago i updated my two commander decks with every new set, looked at the spoilers, got into the mechanics, thought about synergies, looked daily on cardmarket, sometimes build a new deck to try. At somepoint it just became to much to many new cards that are to powerfull. I have not bought anything for 1/2 a year. Also thinking about selling a lot of my cards (i started to play 20 years ago and never thought about that). I will keep my sisay and Korvold deck, some cards to change or that i just like and the rest just needs to go. Now i spend the money that went into cards on books.

[@chromejailer6799]

Daily reminder that for the past 3 years, there have been 20+ Commander precons per year. 23 in 2022, 22 in 2023, and 24 in 2024. Let's see if 2025 will push those numbers all the way to 30. Lots of Commander opportunities in the mentioned sets.

[@travisrose7164]

Wizards of the Coast tells stories the same way my buddy Joe tell jokes....just throw a bunch at the wall, and if something sticks, run with it until it is no longer enjoyable.

[@BlueGriffin20]

I’m still bummed we aren’t getting a visit back to Alara, but at this point maybe it’s for the best…

[@untrainedear]

The three-set block structure was truly an 'it ain't broke' way of developing paced, proper attachment to a plane/story setting. There's simply no reason to care now because you're not given enough time to do so any more. Good settings and stories get the same 'blink and you'll miss it' treatment as everything else... And I say this as someone who stopped playing actively about 20 years ago and follows the game/lore/buys the odd single now.

[@werst9]

I dont really mind more modern tech on some planes if its done well. My big problem with the game is too much new poorly thought out product and only one set per plane. I dont care if they churn out secret lairs,remaster set and universes beyond, but please give us a full story in the cards. Let us stay on Bloomburrow for a little longer. Stop rushing through everything.

[@indrafides2648]

Yet mtg fans keep buying garbage product after garbage product.

[@MajuGen]

This and the way universes beyond works, you get people who aren't MTG fans buying product. LoTR was the best selling set in recent history. Marvel is going to sell pretty well I'm betting as well, which will encourage more bad practices.

[@indrafides2648]

@@MajuGen oh to me magic fans are the most pathetic fan base I've seen played it all my life until I realized why waste my money on this when it's obvious WOTC has no love or respect for the people supporting them for years

[@Swellington_]

@@indrafides2648 youve never played world of tanks very much have ya?

[@FilthyCasual84]

I started playing Magic in 1996, but stopped buying products when Strixhaven came out. The only formats I play are Old School 93/94 and Pre-Modern. Sorcery Contested Realm is my new primary game.

[@Kajaxis]

@@FilthyCasual84 Sorcery is my game of choice now too. I dipped out of magic at Wilds of Eldraine.

[@viniMk2]

wow, cant wait for the innistrad remaster for Avacyn reprint with her 10 art variants costing 100 bucks each

[@BlueGriffin20]

I forgot that they’ll do all the alt art stuff fit the rerelease sets.

[@ProphetofEndTimes]

The Magic Historian has ascended to The Great Magic Prophet!

[@huddleaw]

Let's be real, Innistrad hasn't been interesting since the original block. They ruined it by adding Daybound/Nightbound to the point where I don't want to go back.

[@person-ol5uf]

I'm just curious why you don't like day/night all it really did was keyword the transform mechanic for werewolves

[@huddleaw]

@@person-ol5uf it's different than the original mechanic because you have to track it whether or not you have a day/night card in play or not. It's a pain in the butt to keep track of, especially in commander, to the point where if a card says day/night I immediately cut it. It was a mechanic clearly made for Arena online play and not Parker play.

[@imkranlopez5426]

I've given up on constructed. Tried a box payout split between Top 4 tournament and 2 people showed. If you can't get 8 ppl to show for a 18, 9, 5, 4 payout then I'm done.

[@Rjosephrod]

1-year player here. Here’s my maybe hot take: The “Fortnite-ification” of mtg is definitely for the younger audience to come in and mix the consumer base and I don’t see the issue. They know that to bring them in, having beyond sets and wacky ideas is the best way to get eyes on the game. I can see the casual fun of it and enjoy it to a degree. I’m sure that for the many of yall who have played so long see the issues and frustrations because it’s not the game you used to know, and I get it. But if something never evolves it will never grow. All that to say, the things that should never be glanced over are consistency within stories, quality of product, and ease of access.

[@carlop-Delbrook]

Final fantasy will be my final set, I can’t wait for that set. I want to collect ever version of every card and planning to spend all my money

[@MrJustintreat]

It doesn't matter what the set is. Whales will buy it, there will be a couple cards people will "have" to pick up.

[@MrDualityGaming]

I'm glad that I stopped buying any new magic cards since 2022 and have now just moved to buying old singles of cards that are older then I am and I like the art, everything that has happened with this game truly is heartbreaking

[@TheJadeFist]

I for one actually really dig the whole Neon Dynasty Kamigawa theme, even if it's blurring the lines between magic and technology. Their tech and stuff are based on enchantments and the spirit realm. Incidentally one of my favourite games of all time is Cyber Shadow, a game where you play as a robot ninja and occasionally enter a digital spirit realm for plot reasons or to get an upgrade or unlock a door in the real world.

[@KennethKnickerbocker]

Love this rant purps! Someone needs to say it. Wish I had been on the live stream following this video. Your energy level is off the charts! So much passion. 🤘🏼

[@TheTobaccoman]

I’m waiting for a return to fallen empires. No lie I actually kind of liked the set. That may be nostalgia.

[@paulthetexan]

Omenpaths are the multiverse in the MCU but for MTG. So sick of all that crap. I really miss Magic: The Gathering. I wish it was still around instead of the new Magic: The Greedening.

[@vinnyangelo6634]

Leaving this game was the best decision ive ever made 😂 I just don't care anymore. Flesh&Blood and Hearthstone brings much more happiness

[@ronjohnson2760]

The only reaching out WOTC is doing for younger folks is also swiftly followed by a hard shove away from the game by destroying standard, and most LGS that im aware of who run FNM for commander are dominated by these multi thousand dollar decks filled with expensive reserve list cards that only a small handful of people can even afford in the first place. Not to mention regular booster packs costing easily twice as much as when most of us older players started with and thats for just set boosters. Wanna crack some packs from "premium" set (because the already high cost of regular booster packs isn't allready high or premium enough)? Get ready to pay double or more the cost of even a normal booster pack. The high cost of sealed product hurts draft. It hurts new players who are trying to build a collection from nothing. Its just all around a bad thing. MTG has the perception that it is super super expensive and especially in these times if WoTC has any chance at all of getting younger people into the game that is a perception they gotta break.

[@vincanthofred8195]

I can't wait for the beach episode where they play volleyball

[@reynaldofigueroa6125]

Love your videos bud. Thank for all the info

[@yukoncorneliusthelegendhim9751]

neon dynasty did feel like kamigawa imo that set is fantastic

[@putonghua73]

I was both excited and sceptical. WotC or rather the designers, knocked it out of the park! Ok, the power creep (looking at you WAR and ELD - loved, LOVED ELD), but NEO was so much better than I anticipated. Innistrad Remastered? I never thought I hear myself say, "Seriously, this shit AGAIN!?" about Innistrad but here we are ... A return to Strixhaven in 2026!? Seriously? The creative tank is that low? Designers burnt out churning out innumerable Commander Precons and cards. Whilst the latter half of 2024 looks good for Magic (am intrigued at how Foundations will work in Standard), 2025 looks like jumping the shark. If they give the NEO treatment to Lorwyn it might be redeemed. But too much product, too rushed - am fearful that there's not enough creative space / juice left. Wacky Racers and Space Opera? Oof!

[@yurisei6732]

Yeah Neon Dynasty was doing gimmick set right. Still very gimmicky, but with a feeling of depth, that they were able to insert via references to Kamigawa's history, plus having a good range of tropes to choose form to create distinct clans. A big part of the failing of Karlov Manor and Thunder Junction is that they feel homogenous - regardless of colour, every character is a detective or a cowboy and has access to all the set's mechanics.

[@illmilfinestke]

I liked this plane for sure🐰🐀🦎🐸🦇

[@Kleshumara]

You’re right. This is fast moving ‘enshittification’.

[@pascalraskal9347]

In my store we all where waiting for horizon 3 to make Our decks better but we now have to play energy or ring and to be true its dead for the most people legacy and pauper is now the good stuff for most of us they killed modern in Our store

[@PeteAndGrimm]

I gotta admit... I miss the days we only had 4/5 sets a year... We had a Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall, and a core set at one time and we were ECSTATIC about it! Now, realizing that Duskmourn is coming out and recognizing that it hasn't even been 2 months since Bloomburrow, it sucks feeling that there wasn't enough time spent enjoying Bloomburrow. It sucks WOTC has stopped focusing on world development and that they're going to shove nonsense crap at us...

[@bewbunyon1]

The direction mtg is going in is bad, and wrong. It's badong.

[@jasonferguson9052]

Hanna-barbera wacky races, but in magic!

[@VinniePaul91]

It all makes sense when you just imagine planeswalkers are cosplayers instead.

[@Fufu0117]

"Magic is dead" I've heard this before

[@TheLordSorin]

As a person who has devoted 10 years to this game, someone who thought that they would never hate the game or even have the thought of quitting such a wonderful game. I fully believe that magic is dying or it's at the very least dead to me.

[@Fufu0117]

@@TheLordSorin that sucks. I've been playing for 14 years. Take breaks from your hobbies, and having a friend group or close play group mitigate alot of this impulsive fear mongering content. It's not that bad, some things are annoying but the company is more successful than ever. And they're gonna follow the sucess

[@BlueGriffin20]

It’s not dead dead, but the core/main concept of it during its hay day is long gone. Removing the block sets that use to flush out planes now are blink and you miss it.

[@TheLordSorin]

@Fufu0117 I'm curious about what formats you play?

[@Firevine]

The game is dead dude. It's just being Weekend at Bernie'sed along until Hasbro is done with their necromancy. The _game_ is dead. The IP is not.

[@spiderfry2646]

Magic is my favorite game of all time. I started playing in ‘95. I was lucky to be part of a group of friends who would get together and draft whenever we got the time. I don’t have that anymore but I try to get down to the local shop for pre-releases. Ahhhh the good old days. -old fart.

[@frankvandorp2059]

MTG isn't a game for players anymore, it's a game for consoomers. The kind of people who go "OMG I'm so hyped!" after literally anything WOTC produces, the simpletons who reason "I like Magic, I also like Racing, therefore I like a Racing Magic set!"

[@jamescobblepot4744]

Sad but true. I've got a lot of hours in fallout, probably close to 1k across 3, nv, and 4 and I have never once thought "I need fallout as a magic set!" If I want fallout I will just go play fallout.............. I mean you can't tell me you've done all there is to do in those games when there's a never ending cycle of mod designers pumping out new content. Most players haven't even touched fallout 1 or 2 yet they sit here thinking we need a fallout lore set in a card game that has nothing to do with it? Insanity. Not to mention fallout and bethesda are at an all time low in player confidence from all their own greedy BS and that's the time they pick to crossover. hilarious

[@gtfawaynotnow]

@ the OP Good point about the lack of innovation. in my opinion MTG seems to be following the blueprint that the majority of the entertainment industry has used. Aka it’s too risky for Hollywood to create any new stories so they just keep remaking(and ruining in many cases) the existing stories that were popular. What they all fail to realize is greatness is driven by passion not profits in my opinion. Wotc is just setting itself up to be replaced and at that point Hasbro will jettison it like the dead weight it will become.

[@regalgiant1597]

Fucking hasbro.