Yea I agree, I thought this was the cancelled one but maybe they changed their minds? 😝 I am exited though, I've always thought there is more than enough content in the game's history to make a tv show out of.
It’s happening! Netflix’s MAGIC: THE GATHERING animated series is now in production from showrunner Terry Matalas in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast. #GeekedWeek
This comes from the same market research that showed "the vast majority of tabletop Magic players (over 75%) don’t know what a planewalker is, ... don’t know what a format is". Take that for what it's worth. I personally cannot believe it, but if that's what we're dealing with it almost doesn't matter what question they ask, they'll get whatever answer they're looking for.
https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/698478689008189440/a-mistake-folks-in-the-hyper-enfranchised
Regarding his biggest fear and Magic's biggest threats:
“The places I get worried about are Magic’s tournament system, which has historically been important to Magic’s health. And then the philosophy that you should not make rare cards so powerful that you need them. People feel that’s a philosophy that has been broken from time to time, and I think it’s always been a mistake. It might have made money in the short run, but it has hurt the game in the long run, or at least until it was corrected,” he said.
“I think things that are existential threats for a game like Magic is if the community breaks down, and here I'm thinking of the community built around tournaments, but not just that. Or if people see it as being a game where you can buy victory, which is associated with this idea of making rare cards too powerful—or powerful cards too rare would be another way to put it. Those are serious problems which might lead to short-term profit but will lead to long-term problems that could be catastrophic.”
As the number of cards in circulation grew, Garfield went out of his way to keep common or easier-to-find cards powerful, while also keeping the rare cards narrowly attuned and never so powerful that you needed them to win. He would sometimes demonstrate this by bringing a deck full of common cards to games stores and beating players who had decks stuffed with expensive rares.
Today, getting rich kids to buy 10 sets of the game seems to be Hasbro’s primary business model. Wizards has adopted a punishing release schedule, printing so many new cards that the Bank of America recently reprimanded Hasbro for trying to over-monetize their players and downgraded the company’s stock. When I asked Garfield what he thought about this, he pleaded ignorance and told me he’s been completely disconnected from the game since the pandemic. He’s heard rumors that have alarmed him, but he thinks Wizards of the Coast old-timers like Bill Rose and Mark Rosewater still have the game’s best interests at heart.
I thought this was particularly interesting. I love the original vision Garfield had with commons vs. rares, bring that back!
I honestly don't buy that there is a pristine 10 Alpha Black Lotus in existence. The fact that they're claiming a 10 makes me extremely skeptical of all of this.
lol I thought you were joking -- here is the correct post https://mtgzone.com/post/376725
@[email protected] you forgot a digit in your link
inb4 "All abilities are just kicker" 😛 (TCC vid)
but seriously, I would love to see Buyback as well, I loved Whispers of the Muse and Forbid. Other than Buyback I would also love to see Spectacle come back. I feel like we don't have enough good Spectacle cards.
I also agree that consolidating from 4 to 2 packs is a good move. One comment in the Youtube video was interesting though, and they mentioned that increasing the number of uncommons will make an already difficult task in collecting every uncommon even more difficult. It will also have a more profound impact on draft than I think people are aware of but that we obviously have to wait and see.
This is great, I just want to throw out that MTG Online has "Penny Dreadful" as a format:
Penny Dreadful is an unofficial Magic Online budget format where the legality rules include only cards that cost 0.02 ticket - roughly one penny.
I like your idea a lot! I would certainly play this a ton.
or just bring blocks back!
PLEASE bring blocks back. The most fun I ever had was block constructed as a format. It sits between limited and standard and lets players into the lore more easily. You don't have to keep hopping around sets and mechanics every 2-3 months.
Is this how hydro homies started?
Didn't see this until today, but ZNR might actually get me back onto Arena drafting again 🤣 That was the last set I drafted a lot of. UB Rogues for me forced.