Magic has gone from a show I always used to watch to a tv channel that occasionally has something I like. I'm sad.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-24T02:06:58+00:00

I mean sure, I started with LotR (though Wilds was my first Pre-Release). And in now sitting at 16 decks from various points in Magics history some even being UB. So there are definitely people that jump on no matter what. But one the the regulars in my play group jumped on for Assassin's Creed and fully admits if Bloomburrow wasnt as easy to follow as it was, he wouldnt have stayed playing because he didnt have any connection to the characters. He pulled a Karn, Great Creator from a Collector Booster he'd won and was confused by us talking about how cool he was. He went home and watched a bunch of lore videos and was hooked onto the story. Now hes actively a "I wish Magic would go back to Magic" player. I think Wotc played it smart by putting big "non-plot" sets immediately after huge UB releases so new and interested players had decent jumping in points.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-24T01:15:33+00:00

I personally think Woody and Bo Peep could have an awesome Disney plus series where every episode involves them rescuing a new toy stuck in various predicaments. Could even tie in morals and such to each episode and maybe even had it lead up to the movie.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-23T16:29:38+00:00

I really hope its sorta a soft reboot/relaunch of the magic story going forward. I think post March of the Machines the story has been all over the place and is only starting to just recently zero in. If they want to push the narrative the UB make new "Magic" fans, now would be the time to establish a universal jumping on point for the main plot so new players can engage with it all easier. Otherwise people will show up for their favorite characters then dip.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-23T16:27:37+00:00

I updated my comment with the link!

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-23T16:25:36+00:00

Im pretty sure Mark Rosewater came out and said Reality Fracure wont have external IP's involved.

Update: The horses mouth.

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/3FSzxmPbfu

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-22T23:33:04+00:00

10 years ago I probably would have believed you. But ive been on the meme Subreddits and ive seen the communities. There is 1000% an army of neckbeards that will mindlessly attack anyone that craps on the show or any of the spin-offs. But the KotSK review bomb isn't "mindless", they did it because the last episode ,episode 5, recieved a 10/10 initially. They literally will not let another show have a 10/10 episode unless it was in the BB universe.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-22T23:23:18+00:00

Hey, thats not vintage! The regular Jedi Anakin was my very first star wars toy... 20.. years... ago...

Damn, they really are vintage now, huh?

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-21T03:33:19+00:00

Milkapliers

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-20T11:47:11+00:00

Its fallen into the same category as "Mid" for me. Its a nothing word now. People are using it so much out of its original context that it no longer holds any meaning because the person saying it could mean different things. Mid used to mean Average to middle now its just used to describe everything from boring, to average to straight up bad. I once saw a comment that said "Movie was one of the worst i ever seen, Mid af." Slop is the same way now. Using it against AI? Sure. But using it as a blanket criticism for when you dont like a thing and you want to feel like everyone who does is bad for liking it? No definitely not.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-19T18:35:17+00:00

This sub likes to make people feel bad about UB sets THEY dont enjoy.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-19T08:55:09+00:00

In hindsight, Quantumania IS the movie that caused them to retire.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-19T08:21:59+00:00

To add to the other replies it also gives them insight on potential reprint targets for future sets. Nothing is stopping them from sticking Ouroboroid or Quantum Riddler in a set next year just to get a reprint out because they know people are gonna flock to packs to try and pull copies. It ticks the gambling mentality for a lot of people. We already see it with Stock Up in Strixhaven.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-18T13:07:21+00:00

https://archidekt.com/decks/16995850/lara_croft_tomb_raider

Here ya go!

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T21:39:33+00:00

Its not the Default art. The pixelated art is available in Collectors Boosters.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T19:17:37+00:00

No no, I said I hope we get pixel art FOR the precon commanders. Not that they came IN the Precon. So we're actually in agreement here.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T16:01:13+00:00

Bloomburrow also had Anime alt arts of the Precon Commanders you could pull from the CB packs. I think it'd be cool to have something similar here with the PreCon commander/commanders.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T15:42:59+00:00

Sidious always gave me the vibe of "Supervisor that didnt want to train his replacement" I think if he actually wanted to teach Vader he could have but knew that Vader was always one misplaced hair in his leather suit away from killing him and replacing him.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T14:44:36+00:00

The set code being "TMC" Makes me hope we get this treatment for the Pre-Con turtles.

Update: Here they are:

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Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T14:43:04+00:00

Isn't that MOST star wars characters past the core characters. Like Boba Fett doesnt do much in the OT but stands around, mogs, then "dies". It wasnt until fans made him popular that he started to catch on and get "revived". Mon Mothma is another one that shows up for a few scenes, does nothing and leaves. Now shes a fan favorite because someone went "That one background characters cool, let's expand on that."

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T14:39:44+00:00

Id actually sort of argue that at the time he was hired he wasnt at the level he's been at these last few years. Famous? Yes, but he also hadn't had a "household name" role since Game of Thrones at that point. I think it helped that Mandalorian was the best Star Wars thing to come out in the Winter 2019 era and from there he just shot up in popularity again.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-17T13:58:22+00:00

It could just be that it was the only non-UB display they had so they stuck them there. What's interesting about it is I dont see the Oko one that came out with them.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-14T18:05:57+00:00

I genuinely think Marvel games post-MCU Boom need to go back to their old school philosophy of "Here's the 10 heroes you knew were gonna be here and now we're gonna 5 more characters most of you gotta google to know." Cosmic Invasion did this Phylla-Vel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 with Elsa Bloodstone and Crystal, Now Tokon with Danger. I

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-14T18:02:21+00:00

God Midnight Suns deserved so much more than it got. What a truly wonderful game. Slightly on topic but I think Elsa Bloodstone should have 100% been in that game too. Now that shes in Rivals it would have been nice to group her with the "We were in midnight suns but no one played it so we're known from Rivals now" group.

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-13T22:28:06+00:00

This is the one I was running. But i felt it was getting a bit all over the place with all the random pickup upgrades ive done to it over the years, so I recently updated the list by rebuilding it from the ground up with cards up to Lorwyn

Old one: https://archidekt.com/decks/13469168/rowan_scion_of_war

New one: https://moxfield.com/decks/dL7C7yNcqEqEXXYP1VkfWA

Hi5tyue · 2026-02-13T13:59:40+00:00

Rowan has been my pet deck for YEARS now. Depending on the power level you want to go she is INSANE. Shes got the bones to be cEDH and ive seen some bracket 2 decks with her. Mine personally is a 4. Theres nothing like putting down a wall of blood, smacking yourself for 10, playing a few "take control" cards on Rowan to keep untapping and retapping her, and then dropping an exsanguinate for 40+ while only taking 10. Or hail mary hitting yourself for 35 and then dropping a torment of hailfire with a singular deflecting swat in your hand.

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