MTG thread

Arbitrary · Oct 16, 2023

To WotC

Leadsalad · Oct 17, 2023

Arbitrary said:
To WotC

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"Yes, you haven't given us all of your money and taken a loan out through our new financial services division."

Koushirou · Oct 17, 2023

Rudy wildin’ today. Best part of this to me is that all the points MaRo brings up are all problems they creates themselves.

Punko · Oct 17, 2023

Arbitrary said:
To WotC

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Every time I look into current MTG it is just more shit, it is like there are people actively trying to ruin the game but just not getting there.

I find it amazing.

Mist · Oct 17, 2023

Koushirou said:
Rudy wildin’ today. Best part of this to me is that all the points MaRo brings up are all problems they creates themselves.

They did a thing and then admitted the thing didn't really work.

What would you rather them do?

Sterling · Oct 17, 2023

I didn't really pay attention. Does this mean that there will be more rares shitting up limited and being generally worthless on the secondary market?

OneofOne · Oct 17, 2023

Mist said:
They did a thing and then admitted the thing didn't really work.

What would you rather them do?

If you read their release they try and come across that they are doing this all for the benefit of the community and the stores that sell MTG. And it's plain to see in everything they do, they don't give a shit about either. So it's a really, really scummy position by them. He's just calling them out on it.

pharmakos · Oct 17, 2023

I think MaRo actually does have the players in mind, but has to bend to the will of the investors.

OneofOne · Oct 17, 2023

pharmakos said:
I think MaRo actually does have the players in mind, but has to bend to the will of the investors.

And you say this because...?

pharmakos · Oct 17, 2023

OneofOne said:
And you say this because...?

From paying attention to him for many, many years, and seeing what Hasbro does to other good IPs.

OneofOne · Oct 19, 2023

Fallout decks went on presale today. 4 decks, $40 each, with Collector Boosters. Showcase frame looks interesting. Not like a MTG card, but what is anymore.

Urlithani · Oct 20, 2023

Make a deck where you roll d20's and not d6's.

The House always wins. The truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

Chris · Oct 20, 2023

Mist said:
They did a thing and then admitted the thing didn't really work.

What would you rather them do?

That's not a fair characterisation is it?

They made new types of booster to squeeze more money out of players, an accountant forcasted that the draft booster would eventually become obselete, killing draft.

Rather than put it back to how it was, they are cancelling draft and play boosters and making a new more expensive draft booster to squeeze even more money out of players.

pharmakos · Oct 20, 2023

Economic powercreep

Mist · Oct 20, 2023

Chris said:
That's not a fair characterisation is it?

They made new types of booster to squeeze more money out of players, an accountant forcasted that the draft booster would eventually become obselete, killing draft.

Rather than put it back to how it was, they are cancelling draft and play boosters and making a new more expensive draft booster to squeeze even more money out of players.

It's more expensive but there will be more cards per booster potentially worth money. It seems like a relatively good compromise to keep packs interesting and yet still playable in draft. Booster prices have not gone up in a long time.

I'd be interested to see how much the per-box price really goes up when real world prices hit. The dominance of Amazon has been really good to box-openers (and bad for B&Ms.) It has kept the margins on boxes very, very low.

Chris · Oct 20, 2023

Mist said:
It's more expensive but there will be more cards per booster potentially worth money. It seems like a relatively good compromise to keep packs interesting and yet still playable in draft. Booster prices have not gone up in a long time.

I'd be interested to see how much the per-box price really goes up when real world prices hit. The dominance of Amazon has been really good to box-openers (and bad for B&Ms.) It has kept the margins on boxes very, very low.

Is it more money per card?

You can put prices up and you can adjust the contents of packs. No problem.

The problem is adjusting the content of the packs "for the health of the game" when they are fixing issues they created themselves to get more money out of players. Then putting the prices up while doing that.

It comes across as dishonest and it's the typical corporate speak they employ to hide their desperate persuit of money.

pharmakos · Oct 20, 2023

Chris said:
Is it more money per card?

You can put prices up and you can adjust the contents of packs. No problem.

The problem is adjusting the content of the packs "for the health of the game" when they are fixing issues they created themselves to get more money out of players. Then putting the prices up while doing that.

It comes across as dishonest and it's the typical corporate speak they employ to hide their desperate persuit of money.

It's going to be the same number of rares per booster box as the old way, they said.

Urlithani · Oct 20, 2023

Gary!

...I really thought fallout in magic was the dumbest shit and they should have done Elder Scrolls, but I think I'm gonna cave for this one. Haven't bought all commander decks other than 40k.

meStevo · Oct 23, 2023

OneofOne · Oct 23, 2023

Marvel and Hasbro Team Up to Bring Marvel Characters and Stories to Magic: The Gathering

The multi-year, multi-set deal expands Marvel and Hasbro's relationship through the best-selling card game.

www.marvel.com

"The first tentpole Magic set based on Marvel’s fan-favorite characters and epic stories will appear globally in 2025, with additional all-new exciting sets for multi-generational fans to collect and play."

Curious what they are up to, and a few years back I'd think this was pretty sick. Hard to care as much these days.

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