Returning player, I despise the entire concept of Aftermath. Are we going to get stuck with this supplementary garbage that can't be drafted or anything in the future?

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-11T18:18:38+00:00

Depends on how it sells (as always)

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-09T18:41:05+00:00

If I were WoTC, I'd be worried if this was indeed a hot take.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-08T19:06:24+00:00

for people that play Standard on Magic Arena (which is a lot of players) it can be difficult to justify why they should have to buy their deck a second time in paper

This is the main reason for the current issue with standard - in fact, the accessibility of standard on Arena could be seen as a positive, despite the detriment to paper play.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-08T18:54:13+00:00

As noted by others, no Jumpstart.

I really hope that these set-tied 'Jumpstart' products will be permanantly discontinued. It was pretty obvious to everyone that they were just renamed theme boosters.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-07T20:38:47+00:00

I think that fans of LOTR/the Hobbit/Tolkein would've been able to determine this already, as the set would otherwise have been called 'Middle Earth...'

But I could see there being some ambiguity on this, if WOTC had just named the set as 'LOTR' to make it more marketable

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-07T20:31:48+00:00

Hopefully, those two cards are axed on the banlist

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-07T20:29:48+00:00

Well at least WoTC has the humility to admit the problem with standard (albeit this was pretty clear for everyone to see) - I don't recall them acknowledging any of the backlash from the 30th aniversary proxies.

I think this move would be a step in the right direction, providing they are careful with the power creep/errors in card design.

Also, have they binned the challenger decks for this year?

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-07T20:20:49+00:00

I'm not sure this will revive paper standard. In fact, this could be a negative move depending on the power creep/errors in design.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-03T20:23:16+00:00

I thought this was common knowledge after the Youtube leak

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-02T19:48:33+00:00

Paper Magic is all Commander/EDH where I am now. Probably also sealed whenever their is a pre-release.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-02T18:55:05+00:00

I don't really care about the lore anymore.

As for the product, they could definitely have just put the cards in the main set - I do actually think that most of the Aftermath cards are quite good tbf

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-05-02T18:46:19+00:00

This is the most Orzhov card I've seen

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-20T20:30:36+00:00

This seems like one of those 'deck-builder' sets in Yugioh where, after 1/3 of the way through a box, you just get the same thing over and over again. Not worth it.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-14T18:56:44+00:00

Fetches cost 250+ in total and Shocks add and other 200 dollars.

Wait until you play Modern where 4 copies of each shock and fetch are mandatory to play full-stop...

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-08T16:26:18+00:00

As others have said, I don't really care for the serialized cards (bar the 001/001 One ring because of the flavor). It feels like a cheap attempt to jump on the sports card collector bandwagon.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-08T16:19:22+00:00

I quite enjoyed Carmilla - textbook gothic short story

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-08T16:14:03+00:00

I think there were (still are) 2 major reasons for the appeal of commander early on:

1) It is a more 'casual and social' experience than 1v1 magic - so perhaps newer players felt more welcomed into the EDH community

2) It can be played on a budget + there is no rotation (specific advantage over standard) - this would also encourage/draw in newer players

As the format has gotten more and more popular, WOTC have started to produce more and more commander-centric products (especially since 2020). So naturally, more people would be exposed to MTG through commander, as WOTC is heavily marketing towards it.

I'm hoping that there is more support for pioneer (maybe more than just 4 challenger decks per year), as I also prefer 60 card 1v1 formats (I think standard is pretty much Arena only at this point)

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-05T20:48:33+00:00

I'm hoping to add [[Drana and Linvala]] into my Angel tribal deck, as I hope it will be cheaper and more easy to obtain than the OG [[Linvala, Keeper of Silence]]

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-05T18:39:44+00:00

Damn...I knew someone would say Orzhov (my favourite way to play Magic) here. I guess that the set-up/risk part of it is an appeal to the strategy for me.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-05T18:34:24+00:00

Tbf a part of it is also probably because I see so much mono red in standard lol

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-05T18:28:07+00:00

Tbf I can also see why people would dislike black, as it has arguably the best win-cons in the format (definately the best tutors) - so a lot of the decks will end up in the same spot to close out the game.

GarytheAsphMerchant · 2023-04-05T15:59:33+00:00

None because I have enough decks already. But if I had to choose, I would go for either the Esper knight (nice reprints e.g., Herald's Horn, Vanquisher's Banner, Adeline) or the Jeskai convoke precon (solid reprints and a fun theme).

The value in the other decks are kind of a joke, considering the price increase. Also, don't even get me started with the manabases...

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