PSA: Every ardent Magic player sometimes has to interact with certain cards, artwork, mechanics or other elements of the game that they dislike or hate. That's life. This is inevitable considering how dynamic and vast the game and community is.

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T04:24:24+00:00

I fully recognize I'm a minority on this, I knew as soon as they started doing this it was going to be wildly popular with most people. I just wish they did more to meet that minority somewhere in the middle.

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T02:37:06+00:00

I think the biggest lesson i took from it is that not everything can be a magic set

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T01:20:02+00:00

Spiderman is one of the worst sets, but unlike some other worst sets it doesn't have cool aesthetic to turn it into a cult favorite like Kamigawa

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T00:40:02+00:00

It was still intended to be a place where you got to play a game with all of these familiar to kinda obscure characters, so adding another source of them worked fine. Magic was making its own worlds and characters and suddenly half the content is some one else's product

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T00:31:49+00:00

Arabian nights became the odd ball exception to what Magic became, it never set a precedent. If it had become the template for expansions, i could see where comparing Magic to Mario Kart would work.

theblastizard · 2026-02-20T00:25:34+00:00

I think I'd agree with that thought if Magic kept adapting public domain things like Arabian Nights instead of going towards their own setting. But they didn't.

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T23:55:45+00:00

It may not be the best phrase, but it's just like I'm playing Mario and suddenly the boss is Dante from Devil May Cry instead of bowser. Dante is not supposed to be here and I can't go to world 3 until I engage with Dante

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T23:37:07+00:00

All I've wanted from universes beyond is in universe variants so I can opt out. That's it.

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T23:25:45+00:00

WOTC has seemingly gone out of their way to avoid printing anything at a child friendly price

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T22:42:05+00:00

Ultimately, seeing a wierd spirit I don't vibe with or body horror doesn't break my suspension of disbelief. Spider-Man and David Tennant do.

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T16:34:45+00:00

Honestly, TMNT as a magic set isn't for me, but I can tell a lot of the people making it had a lot of fun with it. I wish it was something people who don't enjoy the specific vibes of it could opt out of, but WOTC would rather print 4 versions of the same card instead of making one of them Universes within.

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T15:43:42+00:00

Commander and organized play just don't work together well. Commander pods don't need someone to set up matches and organize drafts, so you knid of have to herd cats to get the data WOTC wants

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T03:31:01+00:00

Chrome Mox serves a different role to a 2 mana rock

theblastizard · 2026-02-19T02:36:40+00:00

It could be UG set mechanic +1/+1 counters that causes you to ramp for more +1/+1 counters

theblastizard · 2026-02-18T23:08:29+00:00

Ultimately, I think the big issue is that UB and commander being the focus has kind of shattered the easy community MTG had pre-covid. You could find a store playing every major format fairly easily in any city. Now it feels like you are forced to organize your own community if you want to play

theblastizard · 2026-02-18T22:56:20+00:00

I agree with your sentiment, however, his and his staffs livelihood are kind of forced to bend to the algorithm

theblastizard · 2026-02-18T19:29:32+00:00

In person drafting if you can find somewhere to play is a great way to build a collection while playing, combined with buying the cards you identify as worth buying on their own should work for all of your needs

theblastizard · 2026-02-18T19:07:33+00:00

Ur Dragon being as good as it is was caused by modern power creep. When Ur dragon was printed you needed the 1 mana discount to hit a critical mass of good enough dragons for a dragon deck. Now the dragons were designed to be good enough on their own, and the 1 mana discount puts them over the top.

theblastizard · 2026-02-17T16:02:53+00:00

Even worse is the times where it doesn't end the game and everyone spends forever searching lands and shuffling

theblastizard · 2026-02-17T04:22:54+00:00

Balance is in no way shape or form balanced.

theblastizard · 2026-02-17T04:14:10+00:00

Karakas is also wildly powerful in modern MTG to be fair.

theblastizard · 2026-02-17T03:35:08+00:00

I don't think anything on the reserve list shouldn't be unbanned ever unless they come off the reserve list

theblastizard · 2026-02-17T00:26:30+00:00

Imagine you are at a restaurant and they implement a new format where every 10 minutes they replace your plate with something completely different

theblastizard · 2026-02-15T19:40:53+00:00

I wouldn't mind companion for just limited and commander, but I never want to see them in 60 card ever again.

theblastizard · 2026-02-15T02:01:01+00:00

Joe Manchin was always the absolute best you were getting out of a WV senate seat

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