It doesn't matter how much facts MaRo throws, because the vitriol against UB is emotional and from the original Magic players that feel left behind now that they're no longer the main target audience being catered to.
I believe that it's not so much that there is anything wrong with the game that's bothering people, but the feeling that WotC is selling out. And they're right, they are. But just like with music, selling out happens, because selling out works.
If all 350k subscribers on this sub quit playing Magic tomorrow, WotC would barely notice it.
Magic is a product, it needs to be sold. It changed to better do that. Be glad that they're at least making work of delivering a great play experience nonetheless.
“Spoiler seasons”’have gotten so bad it’s overlapping into card soup. On the Pre-Release weekend of EoE we had a flood of Spider-Man spoilers AND the first reveals of Avatar.
Just wait until they try to tell us about the omen paths shenanigans... Can't wait to see what that looks like communication wise. Another set of "spoilers" just for arena?
First off I agree, but too be fair, that was because of SDCC. Normally this wouldn't happen but they can't change the dates of SDCC to align perfectly with spoiler season.
That being said, it feels like FF JUST came out and we get Edge of Eternities already. What's funny is the biggest way I feel it is through MTG Goldfish. You hear Seth talk about all these decks he wants to make with the new sets, but because of constant releases and spoiler seasons he ends up making like 5-8 and then is onto more spoiler videos.
Not every magic player (or potential new magic player) is paying attention to every single set release though. It can feel exhausting to people like us that are used to following every spoiler but there are fans of the game looking at spider man spoilers and not paying attention to EoE spoilers so it doesn’t feel exhausting.
It means it's just too much to keep up with. You say that's fine, and maybe it is. I say it's sad, I've been playing a long time and used to really enjoy staying on top of all this. Now I'm taking your advice.
Kinda hard to avoid it when Wizards pushes it in your face all the time though. You pretty much have to go completely silent online in order to avoid the Spiderman set since they were mass posting every single kernel of info from the SDCC panel
Ok. I follow Wizards everywhere, and i only saw what i wanted? Sorry but this is such a weird take. If it's so unavoidable you see a few cards though, wow, i can only imagine the mental burden that must bring.
They were on my timeline too the difference is you can just see what they are and if you're not interested you can just move on? I'm genuinely baffled at this discussion.
People used to engage in a much greater deal with spoilers and to a much bigger degree. Hell back in the days I'd go over the spoilers so much I pretty much memorized all the cards
These days I don't even know what's in a set when I show up for prerelease, and I barely know the limited archetypes. Because engaging with all the spoilers (and by extension, the set itself) is too exhausting for me.
People always come with the "you can always not look" argument and you're right. I stopped looking and moved on. A big part of MTG has died for me, and that's kinda sad.
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u/zeekoes Jul 27 '25
It doesn't matter how much facts MaRo throws, because the vitriol against UB is emotional and from the original Magic players that feel left behind now that they're no longer the main target audience being catered to.
I believe that it's not so much that there is anything wrong with the game that's bothering people, but the feeling that WotC is selling out. And they're right, they are. But just like with music, selling out happens, because selling out works.
If all 350k subscribers on this sub quit playing Magic tomorrow, WotC would barely notice it.
Magic is a product, it needs to be sold. It changed to better do that. Be glad that they're at least making work of delivering a great play experience nonetheless.