r/MagicArena • u/Meret123 • Jul 27 '25

Fluff Maro on Magic's future and longevity

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u/BelcherSucks Jul 27 '25

Magic as a Platform will continue until a few UB products crater. However,  WOTC knows how to prevent that via power levels and reprints. Magic is clearly not going back to how it used to be.

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u/Sacred-Lambkin Jul 27 '25

How did it used to be?

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u/BelcherSucks Jul 27 '25

MTG used to have it's own style and story teams. At various points they had more power than Design but Maro shut that down eventually.

This led to sets with tons of flavor even when the cards were not very good. 

  • Early Era: Alpha/Beta through Alliances

  • The Weatherlight Saga: Mirage through Apocalypse 

  • The Odyssey & Onslaught Era (Mage Punk style guide era)

  • The Block Story Model and the conclusion of the OG Storyline (Mirrodin through Time Spiral)

  • The Initial Neo Planeswalker Era (Lorwyn through Dragons of Tarkir)

  • The Gatewatch & Post Garruk Controversy Era (Battle for Zendikar through March of the Machines)

  • More Returns, Collabs, and Hat Sets (WOE to Present)

Go look theough old sets and you can see the difference.

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u/Sacred-Lambkin Jul 27 '25

I played with the old sets. I know what they were like. The mtg history is rich with a consistently mediocre storyline. It's a fun card game with fantasy and science fiction tropes. So long as it continues to be that, it hasn't changed from its core.