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The Very Worst Of Magic: The Gathering | 2023

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@TolarianCommunityCollege Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Giving away 12 Collector Booster Boxes of Ravnica Remastered on Friday, January 12 at 11am PST at https://www.whatnot.com/invite/tolariancollege and also get a $15 credit just for signing up!

@anonsenpai6533 2 years ago

Jeez, Prof. Don't you ever have anything good to say about Magic?

@cluelesscardgamer 2 years ago

seeing the wonka bar opening line and imagining it as magic cards honestly made me a little sick

@richyokai98 2 years ago (edited)

I got so excited saying "COMMANDER MASTERS" in perfect unison with the Professor

@rbizla 2 years ago

I genuinely love that The Editor has become a supporting character

@AcroxShadow 2 years ago

Secret Lairs were already overappealing to big money collectors over players. The 1/1 Ring is promoting exactly that kind of Golden Ticket behavior.

@sosukelele 2 years ago

Smh, such a shame that the Prof won't ever say anything good magic despite dedicating his whole channel to helping the game

@PrawnOneFiveSix 2 years ago

Opening Tolarian Contempt from your aftermath pack has to be the biggest feat of cosmic irony I've seen all year. 😂

@safertobeanonymous2224 2 years ago

The worst of the year is clearly the greedy wizards parent company going across a new line.

Laying off the staff at Christmas because they didn’t reach a delusional annual growth target??

My play group has all decided we will buy 50% of what we did last year

Many will be buying $0 this year.
Companies that treat their staff like this are garbage.

@ruhrohraggy1313 2 years ago

That Monty Python bit about Nissa getting "better" was absolute gold 😂😂😂

@gabrielharvey956 2 years ago

Actualy the 1 of 1 ring is one point with Lotr set , it inspire greed in the heart of men and people were desperate to get hold of it loll

@businesscasualsauron 2 years ago (edited)

How Wizards could've potentially solved the problem of the One Ring's uniqueness without making more of it:

1. Don't put it in a booster pack and don't raffle it away.

2. Hold a grand tournament where people can conpete over several games.

3. Bring the semifinalists and up together from across the world, depending on their tournement score, to duke it out.

4. The winner gains The One Ring.

Bam, there's still a wonderfully cool 1/1 card, but they wouldn't get that ludicrously distasteful Golden Ticket situation.

Also, I agree with you that this was the worst.

@thatcorpse 2 years ago

I was expecting "magic 30th anniversary proxy print." Then blankly stare at the camera for another 20+ minutes

@emmaarmo379 2 years ago

imo the christmas layoffs are the most concerning thing. it doesn't matter how well WOTC or MTG are doing, Hasbro will always demand more profit year after year, and that is hurting the game. if you're not into arena, commander, or universes beyond, you are no longer the target audience for this game

@gedtheflayer 2 years ago

One of the few things Wizards did do as part of "revitalizing Standard" is make it the de-facto format for Store Championships, where previously the store could decide the format. What was once an event able to fill up a 32 person bracket for sealed in my area now gets an anemic single table of Standard players. One of the local shops has outright stopped doing the events, and is waiting until the window for them to use the promos for other purposes is up so they can host an "unofficial" Store Championship with limited that people will actually attend.

@JoelBurger 2 years ago

The way WotC has chosen to deliver story I think also deserves including here. Where once we had a story a week, giving the events time to breathe and time for people to discuss and speculate, now they just toss out the entirety of a set's story in 5 days. This year has demonstrated just how little they care about the story, treating it like an obligation they begrudgingly have to make rather than something that could actually help draw people into the game.

@deltazbar 2 years ago

I love the subtle use of the card Tolarian Contempt when discussing the failings of Aftermath (at least I am assuming that was on purpose!).

@elliottengstrand5988 2 years ago

#2, say it with me, and I said "Innistrad Double Feature," because I had legitimately forgotten Commander Masters existed, and also didn't realize IDF was almost two full years ago already.

It's impossible to keep track of time based on magic product releases any more.

@Josh_Fredman 2 years ago

15:28 A very timely Tolarian Contempt!

I have to say, the big Phyrexian arc marked me giving up on the Magic Story probably for the last time. I just can't anymore. As Mark Rosewater says, "If you don't like something in a Magic product, then it isn't meant for you." I used to love the stories—they were my main link to the game—but they've become so painful and disappointing and even insulting that it's clear they're "not for me" anymore. (It's not a coincidence that I have been much less involved with Magic as a whole since then.)

@danieldragotti2608 2 years ago

Yugioh: heres a reprint set full of foils staples that its hard to get a dud pack/not get a card youll use for $5.

Magic: best i can do is $20 for a pack of draft chaff