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imma be real this is how I found out that chocobo isn’t a pokemon

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Scott Matkovich's avatar

This is a dark road we're on.

If we look at the track record: assurances from WOTC that UB and Secret Lairs were just a top tier premium "add-on" to magic, and it wouldn't disrupt formats, that they were just a fraction of available product, and we could just engage with the classic product line and ignore what we don't like... that Magic would remain Magic.... well, it was misleading when they said it, it isn't true now, and trends seem to indicate it'll be even less true in the future.

we are now facing a future where half of magic is ALREADY universes beyond, and powerful cards in those sets and products make the UB branded cards ubiquitous and unavoidable. What was once a joke about how bad it could get is already in our rear-view mirror, and the dark road stretches on.

every new UB release compounds the problem, and I think MARVEL sets over the next two years are going to skyrocket us over the border into a new era in Magic where we won't even recognize it at all anymore. When we get there, I think we'll see these sale trends begin to reverse, as the longstanding fanbase of the game steadily lose interest and stop playing, and the new players with their mechanically broken cards featuring franchises from across multimedia produce a play environment that will feel over-commercialized, and ultimately... unfun to play.

Maybe a decade from now, someone at WOTC will revive core magic, and a new generation will get a crack at playing MTG... but for now, we're in a full nosedive regardless of what the sales figures may say.

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