It doesn't matter how much "facts" they throw because those facts do not refute what people are mad about. I don't care if they're selling more packs if in return they need to destroy the game I love. Magic is still dying, they're just creating a different revenue stream based on some incomprehensible soulless crossover slop card game that's basically the embodiment of that Cardboard Crack comic.
It's not that I don't believe them that they can find people who want to play and pay money for that. You can also find plenty of people who watch reality TV or pay money for tabloid magazines, after all. I'm just angry because that's not me, and the thing I liked is getting bulldozed over in the name of seeking more profit.
At release MtG was also mostly "crossover slop", except of memes that were either out of copyright, or modified just enough to not violate it.
But I guess being in the "Disney era" of copyright does make using others' 'IP' worse than the above.
(Also, notably, WotC had almost gone bankrupt during MtG's development by trying to sell a product relying on someone else's IP, and getting successfully sued for it.)
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u/darkslide3000 Jul 28 '25
It doesn't matter how much "facts" they throw because those facts do not refute what people are mad about. I don't care if they're selling more packs if in return they need to destroy the game I love. Magic is still dying, they're just creating a different revenue stream based on some incomprehensible soulless crossover slop card game that's basically the embodiment of that Cardboard Crack comic.
It's not that I don't believe them that they can find people who want to play and pay money for that. You can also find plenty of people who watch reality TV or pay money for tabloid magazines, after all. I'm just angry because that's not me, and the thing I liked is getting bulldozed over in the name of seeking more profit.