Can Standard Be Fixed? | Dies To Removal 42 | Magic: The Gathering Video Podcast

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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Apologies for the extreme audio problems on the original upload of this. I took it down and completely redid the audio work and so have re-uploaded here with fixed audio. Sorry again for the issues with the first upload! Cheers, friends.

[@FelipeASaito]

I thought I was having a deja Vu or Mandela Effect moment

[@drmntpibb]

Yo I started to think I smoked so much I forgot. This makes more sense

[@Glass_Ninja]

I thought I was losing my mind or something cause I remembered the topic, I remembered the first few jokes.

[@worldatwar956]

Great to see you fix any problems your videos may have even when KZbin would incentivize you to do otherwise

[@piss5061]

@@FelipeASaito me too lmao I went to the comment section to comment that

[@sandaxlovaliii6061]

I was sad at the thought we might have lost Kenobi shouting " I want to hit Urza with my car" forever.

[@JTByrd386]

I knew it! Where was that from!?

[@MOTOSolid]

@@JTByrd386 the opening of this video

[@Godzilla2000312]

I clipped it and was panicking once the clip was missing

[@williamzhang153]

Me: "But why??" Kenobi: "JUST DO IT!!"

[@lanaebabs8675]

I literally told friends about this cold open and was so upset when it got lost for a few weeks there

[@stropes.]

The fact that they don't included MTGA redemption codes in packs or boxes is still completely baffling to me. I haven't bought a booster box since Eldraine and I would actually consider it again if there were redemption codes in there...

[@Dawnfeethers]

I actually considered getting a standard challenger precon thinking they had codes in them; I'm lucky I asked on the amazon store page before buying because it turns out they don't!

[@BenjaminKlahn]

That was the best opening skit you've ever done... I want that on a t-shirt, "I want to hit urza with my car."

[@lysolboss]

Exactly like, who doesn’t wish they could hit urself with their car?

[@caioo08]

I love the Genie "it's all commander now"

[@Invictus-Solaris]

I’d buy it for sure. 🤣

[@jimmysmith2249]

With a pic of a car rolling over Urza on the back! Those who get it would laugh. Those who don't get it... Well, I mean, it would be horrible for them, but...

[@LadyLunarSatine]

I tired out of it around 2 minutes in and jumped ahead to the meat of the video.

[@rigbone1522]

this is interesting to watch considering us pokemon tcg players are asking the same question about our game so much that we came up with our own commander format Gym Leader Challenge

[@sentientwaffle535]

Seriously? That’s neat! How does it work?

[@durge12]

vince absolutely hits the nail on the head near the end with the commander-ification of standard. having standard sets just be a vehicle with which to dump more designed for commander cards onto players is SO detrimental to standard. you telling me anyone ever believed smothering tithe was meant for standard? and that was before eldraine and the brawlmanders being forced into standard. funnily enough, i reckoned they should've actually put out brawl decks each rotation if they ever had any interest in keeping brawl around. by only ever doing one round of them (dumping a bunch of broken commanders onto formats in the process) and never bothering with more, brawl really was the first time wotc was like "commander makes money, lets only ever focus on commander now- forget every other format, let them crumble because people only ever spend money on commander". the pandemic stopping in person events only exacerbated their loss of interest in any paper format other than commander. wotc interfering in commander beyond one round of pre-cons a year made every format worse (commander included) because dumping a bunch of barely tested bombs onto formats every month certainly doesnt improve them

[@Midnitebhmn]

Finally someone says that the "Commanderification" of standard is part of a broken gameplay and in people losing interest in the format. And since now there are an excess of products the Commander cards can be a part of them, while appearing very occasionally on Standard. I'll also note that the power balance between colors should be analyzed more in depth to balance the overall gameplay of the format.

[@DamonXWind]

It's amazing how good Kenobi's green screen effect is. It's almost enough to believe he's really there and not in England

[@CromCruachTheElderK]

I enjoy Standard a lot, especially recent sets. Like the Innistrad double one, Neon Dynasty, even New Capenna. And even then, after Eldraine and Ikoria rotated it already became plenty enjoyable for me.

[@PedanticAngel]

There are some good takes in this. As someone who used to play a lot of paper magic and spent a lot of time playing at local game stores' Friday night tournaments. I think you guys came up with good solutions to incentive people to play locally. I got back into magic through Arena and would love a reason to buy more physical cards and go into stores that would add value to my primary entertainment source. I think I am repeating the popular opinion as well when I say, I would love to have pro tour and more tournaments again. I loved watching the Star City table one camera and people who were better than me play the game. I prefer that to searching for a streamer who has both the skills to entertain an audience and play at a high level.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

[@calebgilbert1125]

I am in the *exact* same boat. I’m *dying* to go play the Standard I know and love from the “good ol’ days”. (Maybe even back to Onslaught/Mirrodin.) I have no incentive to do so. Why bother? Nobody cares about Standard anymore. I come from a tight-knit community of Gen-X “long-haulers” ($80k+ worth of cards in my group.) They are all practically in mourning over the death of this wonderful game. That death was entirely caused by the watering down of the Standard format in favor of other formats. Standard was our life. The Life. Of Magic: The Gathering. None of us ever made it to the Pro Tour, but the **aspiration** was what made us open our wallets every time. Even as an 11-year old child, I managed to spend an insane amount of money on cards. Because I played: Standard. Standard was the prestige format. The adventure of trying to play in the most competitive (and most rewarding) format, was a roller coaster of intense emotion. Those games *mattered*. The entire hobby for most of us was: casual play during the week with your buddies to “test out” your deck. All in service to Friday Night Magic. It created a reliable revolving-door community of “love-hate” fans of the game. Standard used to be the “sport” of Magic. The “sport” for the nerds. You may not make it to the NBA, but if you study the cards hard enough and spend your money wisely… you might make it to the Pro Tour. When that aspiration died. So did the “cash cow”. Other formats are “fine”, but Standard has to be in the driver’s seat. Standard drove this game for nearly 3 decades. Now the “long-haulers” are **running** for the hills because they’ve amassed a lifetime in a hobby produced by a company they no longer trust and now actively despise, because WotC has slowly stripped away all of the appeal.

[@calebgilbert1125]

Of Standard. (Type II as it was called in my day.)

[@thomasvogel106]

I'm having Dejavu watching this intro

[@scottcampbell9515]

I am as well.

[@ejmoreno270]

Pretty sure this is a re-upload.

[@ramenkingcruz]

I'm having dejavu watching this intro

[@lucjanszulik7354]

I feel like since I came back to magic, right after release on Kaladesh, this is the most common question that ppl within in the community are asking? I believe that it wins with "are you paying +1"?

[@thetimebinder]

The Professor loves reprints so much that he's reprinting his content.

[@leovaeg]

BUY SINGLES! (of youtube videos)

[@sailordaigurren8225]

THANK you. I thought I was going crazy, but I was pretty sure this was a repost

[@itstoddclark]

Prof’s new deck box on the table threw me even more for a loop

[@Joseph125]

Audio issues can’t stop Kenobi getting into magic canon. It is his destiny.

[@theblackchapel9262]

The scavenging ooze promo was how I started playing Magic and yes it was my first time in a game store

[@pokeflora]

Kenobi is already in the MTG canon: he's Circle of the Moon Druid...

[@prosamis]

I genuinely think if they become very clear with their banning system, most of the issue of "but I put $400 for my playset of this op card!" gets fixed Imagine this: every time a tournament, gp or whatnot, happens and a card is showcased to be very obviously overpowered, the first thing people expect is "yeah that's definitely getting banned" Hell, YUGIOH does this to a great extent!!! I play yugioh as well as magic and a lot of the banning that happens is expected We see a card breaking the format after a tournament and we go "yeah that's getting banned. Not going to invest in it" And they do ban it And practically no one's sad other than the people that aren't aware that that's the culture But guess what, it's so frequent that it's so easy for even new players to know this Set. A. Precedent. And most issues get cleared!

[@Xoulrath_]

But then they can't ban Uro instead of Omnath and still sell packs of Zendikar to make money. Granted, I'm speaking specifically about the Modern format here, because I do think that Omnath got banned in Standard, but I don't know for sure because I don't follow it. With regards to Modern though, Omnath has become an absolute nuisance in the current meta. It isn't even that he is too powerful on his own. It's that he replaces himself as you play him, gives access to life gain and mana ramp in a format littered with fetchlands, and now also pitches to the Elemental Incarnation cycle. Wizards would rather ban old cards most of the time than to ever have to ban a new card from the newest set. So the Uro/Omnath money tribal piles saw Uro take the hit since Ikoria was already 6 months old by that point, and Omnath was the new shiny toy. So if the precedent was, "Hey, if this card becomes clearly dominant, it gets banned," that might help. But the reality is that there are fundamental rules ingrained into the current 6th Edition ruleset that arguably hurt the game worse than slow bannings, or banning around new cards to save face and, more importantly, make bundles of money. There are also issues with consistency becoming too high for all of these decks, even in Standard with the access given to cards that dig 5+ deep. Having 4 ofs for every format (but Commander obviously) drives up the cost of the deck, which keeps a lot of players away, but worse, it creates far too high a level of consistency for finding and executing your chosen gameplan. One of the easiest ways to solve both of these problems is to go to a 3 card max. It makes decks less expensive. It makes decks less consistent and should help with more varied play experiences. And perhaps best of all, it frees up deck slots to help with diversity of building, even within the same archetype. So although your idea of following the YGO banning practice could help a but, the reality is that as far as traditional 1v1 competitive Magic goes, there are a lot more issues than just how to handle bans.

[@Nephalem2002]

Yu-Gi-Oh’s in an unplayable state.

[@prosamis]

@@Nephalem2002 it's very playable and the meta right now is really, really diverse Idk what you're talking about

[@caterinagerbasi1594]

big big problem I have with Alchemy is that a) the art is a big downgrade normally b) wayyy to wordy c) those cards dont allow for desicion making since they do everything for you.

[@GrandDungeonDad]

Ok you got me with that intro. Vince does the fanatic eyes really well. Creepily well in fact :-)

[@桜場娃夜]

Watching it again, I'm still impressed you are all able to realize the intro skit without bursting into laughter. PK is so into it, that's amazing.

[@krystalmcknight1834]

I am NEW to MTG (female at 38 years) - helps to destress my brain after intense uni study... Straight up - it seems like WotC are double dipping. I am about to purchase physical cards because I want to own them, but I cannot play them. Game stores in Australia have tanked (ignoring video gaming - which I have been all my life), to purchase - I buy from online game stores in Australia. WotC PUSH Amazon from the looks of it... I have NO idea where to really play and learn physical. So, Arena wins out. We drop money there to score cards to play, because physical is tanking (due to - less F2F stores). Arena - the CASH COW - not providing Arena codes in all recent physical packs. Again - I am so new - and all I can see is that there is little return. Prof - I am on board when you mentioned the codes - allowing players to opt for either game play (when it suits). Please remember - NEWB here. With a little more education - I may need to retract this comment. From a fresh perspective though, this is how it appears... This channel is by far my favourite to watch - even though I can't play (will need to teach a friend I think). Arena is fun for a bit - but... I don't want to grind a whole day just for a digital pack. Prefer to buy a physical pack (love the real deal) and have a code to have those cards on Arena... Cheers everyone! :)

[@krystalmcknight1834]

ps - now to watch the rest - I hit pause at the 20.53 minute mark...

[@krystalmcknight1834]

Oh gosh... further in... There is NO way that they will expand the team - because - that is an expense... They presently do not appear to have enough employed to ensure testing (happy to later ban - why... cha ching $$$). Forcing players to drop cards and pickup others. I will never play standard outside of MTGA. I would LOVE for MTG to become HUGE (again) - it looks like, I missed that boat. Best way to have this though - is to get arena codes in packs or decks. Yup, just like pokemon... They need to keep the physical game alive - but... maybe they are hoping for it to dwindle. WotC is bank-rolling its entire playing community. Yes - this is the capitalism world at play... but really? What about that 11% increase due to come in? I can justify a little of it - but... Is it WotC's wish to make this game elitist - and only for those with a high disposable income? They have scored HUGE profits - even through the pandemic. Something about all of this is really blocking me from getting too involved.

[@mathewdebol923]

I might sound like quite the boomer here, but I think the hive mind of the Internet ruined Standard. Arena and MtGO solve formats far to quickly, so there’s no real reward for brewing anymore. There’s no “secret tech” anymore, because games are fired through so quickly. I used to love tuning into the weekend Starcity Opens and watching gameplay. KZbinrs playing Arena is a poor substitute

[@Audentior_Ito]

At the risk of being crass, I do think standard inherently suffers from a few extra monetary barriers compared to commander & that'll always hurt it for casuals (like me). I'm much more willing to spend $30-50 upgrading a commander precon that I know will be playable forever than splurging to buy cards that'll rotate out. Even besides that, it's a rough sell to need four copies of certain marquis cards rather than just one. Part of the reason I enjoy standard on MTGA is not having to put real money in to keep up with rotations.

[@nerrug]

The finger slide across the desk @3:03 🤌

[@swordshaver]

vince somehow predicted transformers in brothers war with this skit

[@Bobbyo2014]

Vince's socks almost match Crim's hair and I can't unsee it.

[@ProteanScrivener]

so glad this is back up, easily one of my favorite intro skits

[@andrewwaring3643]

3 set blocks….bring them back

[@MD-ru9rr]

I hope there's an Urza Planeswalker coming out in The Brother's War so I can recreate the opening skit with my vehicles deck hahahah

[@xnevyn5578]

Ooh this is a reupload! I thought i recognized this. I didn’t notice any audio issues in the original...

[@hippie_4762]

I'm not sure what people loved so much about War of the Spark standard, it was just Teferi's and Nexus. Absolute hell.

[@Crazymachin3gun]

Wait isn't this reupload?

[@pedrino321]

i think a big problem that exists is that paper magic is now mainly played with the same known playgroup rather than strangers (aside from drafts). in terms of standard, only arena is endorsed but you are forced to play strangers making rule 0 useless and getting burned out on when and what ban will happen. i play commander because on paper, our playgroup decides, not the company.

[@Flabnatz]

One of the best parts of this is the fun socks on display!

[@MaxMagic29]

please continue to make great content as much as humanly possible! love it all. maybe ask worc to do some reprints in an upcoming video lol

[@snappycaster]

4:55 bill clinton right by profs foot is so funny to me for some reason

[@itsholidaybb]

I really got into the game during "war of the spark" but had a mono black deck from like 2004... no idea what i was doing and never really got into it. I fell in love with control decks and the biggest issue with Standard is the sheer fact that it lacks variety in the meta. Each season that's come out since my good control decks have become unplayable due to rotation... the cards you need are super hard to find or they cost an arm and a leg if you're playing paper. To make a top tier aggro or ramp deck or mono white it costs nothing, but a control or jank deck on the same level, costs a lot more (more rares and mythics are required) if they gave control and jank more cards from the get go... standard would be amazing.

[@williamsimkulet7832]

How to Fix Standard? 1) FREE, prize supported FNM. 2) A good core set (IE, checks & balances & good cards like Lightning Bolt, BOP, etc. & Tribal support) 3) Balanced sets.

[@surfinggarchomp2820]

Bolt is NOT what we need for a balanced standard.

[@williamsimkulet7832]

@@surfinggarchomp2820 Bolt is okay ever few years. It makes 4 toughness matter, and makes incidental instant speed lifegain relevant. "What's that, you alpha struck and put me to 3, then bolted? I guess I'll flash in my 1/1 that gains me 3 life, then crack back for the win." My point is that a good Core Set should have simple, proven cards. Murder and Cancel get in on the low-end of power, Lightning Bolt @ (U) can get it at the high end. If you print Lightning Strike, players know they're not getting the best. But if you print Lightning Bolt, they know they're getting the best. So build your format around Lightning Bolt, don't bench it.

[@surfinggarchomp2820]

@@williamsimkulet7832 right now it would be terrible though. Mono-r would become pretty good, and it would give boros and grixis a boost they really don’t need.

[@williamsimkulet7832]

@@surfinggarchomp2820 Obviously you need to design a format around Lightning Bolt being available. That said, mono red as an entry level deck seems like a good idea. Frankly it's backbreaking if you can put a +1/+1 counter on a 2/3 in response to their Bolt (lifelink or no), which opens up nuance.

[@dennisharris5137]

Casual players would connect more with standard more if there were 2-3 sets a plane so it’s not just a revolving plane every couple months. It invests people in the story

[@rcii7341]

Does prof. No longer upload these podcast to Spotify? Just curious.

[@zenkoan1838]

Yes, it can be fixed if WOTC is willing to design cards for Standard-only and Commander-only. Trying to satisfy two divergent play formats either screws one format over the other (In this case, Standard and other Standard-type formats lose to the more popular Commander.), Or it makes no one happy in any format because the cards are poor designed and/or playtested and result in after the fact bannings. In the end, WOTC needs to decide how to go forward besides passively sitting by and milling out cards without any idea of tomorrow.

[@ZaGodmon]

"Magic doesn't have an Anime." Honestly that is a pretty compelling argument to me. When I played Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid, I built and played bad decks that were played by the characters in the anime. I could imagine the same thing happening if we had a Magic anime.

[@leress]

All it has is comics and a manga.

[@nilzero5686]

Jokes aside, that one magic the gathering themed romance manga really deserves an anime adaptation.

[@anannoyedpanda]

Continue.

[@Chuubii]

I wish this was also audio only

[@SoftyDR]

Pretty sure that I've said it before, but Circle of the Moon Druid, from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, is pretty much Vince. He doesn't need to ask Crim to get in, he's already in (D&D, at least)

[@OneCSeven]

Looked it up and youre right

[@mastermike890]

Glad this episode is back

[@Idococaine123]

Bring back the blocks. 2-3 sets per block.

[@rhysticbuddy61]

its the killer combo of product release frequency and the lack of synergy between MTG Arena standard play and in person organized standard play. I am not gonna spend like $200 to build a standard deck in Arena that I can't use in person or vice versa. I think COVID + Arena have made people choose sides regarding where they want to play standard and most people picked Arena for convenience

[@balangaz]

I thought I had an episode as I was sure as I saw this before. Great excuse to rewatch the intro skit

[@mindustrial]

How to fix standard; 1) Go back to 3 set blocks, 2) Have cards like Thoughtseize, Pithing Needle, Siege Rhino in every block, 3) Kill off the Gatewatch, 4) Go back to referring to Black-Green, and not some faction from decade old set

[@edwinortiz1262]

It's ironic that pithing needle was in midnight hunt and no one really uses it unless they don't know of a better counter. E.g. people used it on ob nixilis at first and then realized you just have to have sacrifice hate.

[@DrOmnipotent]

If Urza ever shows up on office hours, he better watch out for Vince's car

[@NuBoDI1]

So this is the reason why there are Transformercards in brother war...

[@mRboylls]

Sets release so often I just don’t think standard is needed anymore.

[@lordspaz88]

Gettin' real Last Supper vibes from this thumbnail.

[@WitherFang]

I know it's an old episode, but this sketch is so far my favourite. Tbh, I rather run over Mishra with your car because that soul patch is horrendous... and because he was the one that tested the limits of the Ornithopter, and thus discovered the Caves of Koilos... and Urza is the more stay back and watch while Mishra is the fingering one... he was the one that reached towards the powerstone that contained Glacian's dormant spark and Urza tried to stop him, and thus broke it in twain and opening the portal to Phyrexia in the process. Also, Mishra invited Gix during the brother's war. He was always the easy manipulated among the two.

[@DroTalks]

Was this reposted or am a clairvoyant?

[@trevoris18]

same I got really confused, especially since not many others were recognizing it

[@brandonvoice8941]

that intro with Vince has real real "master oogway" quote vibes.... "if they have an in, they can get you in"....

[@badatmagic5042]

what happened to the dies to removals where Brian told Kenobi not to kink shame him

[@kainewilliams6424]

Vince spouting about opening rare wildcards in place of a physical rare made me think, maybe instead of a whole pack, why not just give us wildcards in place of the tokens in packs but we could do like 1 in every 6 packs or so

[@JoshPitts530]

Crazy idea: Start standard tournaments on weekends.

[@almogdov]

What we learnt this week is that Vince has a KZbin channel and a blue Ford Mondeo, but what he really wants is an Inn.

[@MagnusBrickson]

Listened to this while pretending to work. I only play on Arena (started at the D&D set last year) and I 100% agree that physical products need codes for Arena. The ONLY reason I bought the two most recent Arena Starter Sets are for the codes, and those are still my only physical MTG products. I would buy more physical MTG if there were codes. I might build something and hit the local game stores, too. Just my 2 gil

[@jmoore0341]

I would like to see standard follow a cycle of archetypes. Unless I missed it heroic hasn't been a thing since Khans of Tarkir. Instead of creeping with the new powerful hotness I would like to see a bigger focus on deck archetypes being the focus. Again this is personal opinion but it feels like standard is, here is a hot new card and you build around that. I would rather it be heres a bunch of pieces of a few archetypes can you build the best in that.

[@PopoTCG]

I like how the prof and pleasant kenobi let a yugioh character guest in their podcast

[@TijnMercx]

did that box of keyforge always stand there?

[@Triforcer]

My actually local game store is a premium store, I've been doing there since I was 14 before it was premium

hmmmm is the upload canceled on spotify? The last episode there is 41

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

Everybody knows Vince is already in... haven't you seen Circle of the Moond Druid?

[@xinx666]

Can somebody tell me why it takes so lang that these episodes are uploaded tot google podcast or apple podcast? episode 40 just came out a week ago. I like to listen to these in my car not watch them on youtube.

[@Crash32378]

I think power creep comes into play when you look at new cards. Older cards should be the ban target if there are to be bans but one of the biggest things they can do to stop banning is play test the cards and if there is an interaction that runs away with the game (too powerful for example or infinite turns) put the new card into a set that comes out AFTER the old card is out of rotation for standard. No bans ever in standard this way.

[@keenenp1997]

"Here me out Pokémon had a anime "credits🤣

[@scarfhat1]

I know it may feel bad for paper players, but maybe new sets being released on arena first before they physically start printing the new set. This way they get to see how the new cards function before they start shipping off cards that go into packs. What would people feel about that as a way around banning paper cards?

[@joshuaperrine2019]

This wasn't an issue until they stopped playtesting new cards. Seriously, there have been more standard bannings since 2017 than literally the entire life of the game before that point.

[@xero1134]

God every skit is so much fun, not a bad one yet!

[@pb9018]

Vince is a great actor, he should do a movie , someone has to get him in

[@cfcolodettifilho]

I feel like I gotta disagree with AsianAvenger's take on standard. New Capenna was kind of a push in the right direction because of the answers but it verged dangerously close to turning the format into a midrange slugfest where everybody plays hyper efficient cards and other archetypes cant thrive. But yeah, things gotta line up.

[@laffyman8218]

Aggro and control and combo are all pretty present along with midrange, I feel like draw go style control decks are the only classic archetype of magic that is not present. Meta is in a decent place rn imo.

[@cfcolodettifilho]

​@@laffyman8218 Yeah, but every single one of these decks, the successful ones at least, have their toes dipped into something midrangy. Mono green aggro has the most efficient and grindy threats, which is something of a midrange staple. Esper can wear so many different hats: control, aggro, midrange... Thats what I mean, I kind of like where we're at right now but it feels like we're one "good enough" card away from becoming a midrange fest.

[@anannoyedpanda]

​@@laffyman8218 draw go control should never have a place in the meta. Most uninteractive degenerate form of magic there is. I literally have removed people from my play group for playing it. If your entire "fun" is ruining others ability to play the game you have no place in the community.

[@Berserker793]

I find it funny that they give deck codes codes for pokemon, but not for MTG challenger decks.

[@big13O]

“It’s my destiny” i lost it so hard hahahaha

[@jimmysmith2249]

Some old dude named Urza in the middle east (who has no idea what MTG is), gets this vid sent to him by a friend. He would be so confused...

[@aunrah02]

The best opening

[@jb3947]

1. Make standard cheap 2. Make cards usable for a significant amount of time 3. Create a time machine and never create arena because what new player would play a paper version of a game they digitally have multiple decks for?

[@masterthnag105]

Why do I watch this content when I don't even play anymore?!

[@uniwolfacorn]

Everyone is asking, "Can Standard be fixed?" when we should be asking "Should Standard be fixed?"

[@magnumpiorizanni4413]

Holy shit, that intro !

[@teamppappi2526]

Proffesor could u make a video on dragon shield "dual" sleeves?

[@teamppappi2526]

Pretty plz

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

I already did: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZWtlqNtfdmUo6s

[@CTDMUDRUNNER]

I think there also has to be a chance for the community to respond to the power of a card.

[@jimmysmith2249]

Hypothesis: Did wizards tank standard on purpose in order to promote commander? Standard was becoming too bloated and expensive, thus casuals were dropping out. Wizards wanted to bring standard to arena, thus freeing up the card-space for commander to become the flagship of MTG (until it gets too bloated and they switch again).

[@LetiferTV]

Every booster you buy should give you a code to redeem for a booster on arena, I would probably buy much more that way.

[@cleanartcollective]

Krim i have that same Haunter pin!!

[@huffdm]

He wants to hit Urza with his what?!?

[@SupaGrex0]

That's a nice shirt you got there, Crim ;)

[@thecommandmaster4354]

I love your skits I could watch a movie long skit with u guys in it 😆

[@josephs.4813]

I swear we ask this question every year

[@falconJB]

Most magic players will never go to a GP so that is not going to bring back standard. For standard to come back standard set have to be designed primarily around standard.

[@indrafides2648]

You make a shirt that says I want to hit Urza with my car!! I will buy that.

[@StormDunakin]

I have one issue with Standard, at least in Arena. GoCovertBlue makes a video on a deck, then thats all I see/play against until his next video. Meanwhile Im just trying to test my Gruul Wolves against a variety of decks.

[@dargkkast6469]

Can standard be fixed? I don't know, can WotC stop being greedy?

[@dargkkast6469]

Btw just a reminder the professor complained about white not having an identity, and now white is *the* only color one can see in standard. #mtgsortoflistens?

[@patrickmcathey7081]

Player rewards program?

[@janeremauro5738]

Here from the future: The answer was yes

[@UninvitedGhost]

I never knew I wanted a Star Trek movie starring Batman.

[@stevesomo6952]

also wizards needs to support the game more, start running requent pptq or whatever its called now, every one i went to during the khans era had at least 60-80 ppl do that for each format and watch the game thrive again!!!!