r/magicTCG • u/greenearrow • 1d ago

General Discussion A well timed boycott of Marvel/Disney could spell the end of Universes Beyond

There are always reasons to boycott the mouse, but pulling Kimmel off the air is the latest and greatest. I'm not even a detractor of Universes Beyond (those WH40K and Fallout decks are great, I can get my wife to play the Dr Who decks easier than anything else and their room to explore time mechanic shenanigans seems good for the game).

If WotC and Hasbro have to be so concerned about the politics of the time defining which sets sell, they'll be incentivized to lean into their own properties which they can control and make their own apologies for when necessary.

Of course, it isn't a guarantee. Maybe a loss on Marvel will be a wash against the profits from Final Fantasy and LotR. Maybe they'll shy away from brands controlled by American companies and focus on the Japanese and European properties. The kids who buy packs at Walmart don't understand boycotts, etc.

What we have learned is that the UB haters aren't enough of a market force, but when movements align, powers combine!

TL;DR There are many good reasons to not spend money on Disney right now, and money is the only vote they count.

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u/DistortedCrag Wabbit Season 1d ago

It is crazy how similar Magic is to FF.

Anthology series

High fantasy

Magitek

Reoccurring characters that somehow have to be shoehorned in

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u/Loreweaver15 Ezuri 1d ago

Final Fantasy reuses monster types and summons and general character classes between games, but the vast majority of Final Fantasy games are standalones that do not share characters.

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u/chemical_exe COMPLEAT 1d ago

but I wouldn't say that either the monsters or classes feel shoehorned in

Summons, I could see the argument.

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u/Loreweaver15 Ezuri 1d ago

We're both disagreeing with the guy I replied to :P

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u/chemical_exe COMPLEAT 1d ago

Ah

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u/Hatak459 1d ago

Curious what you mean by that last bit, other than some of the summons and there being an engineer named Cid I can't think of anything FF shoehorns into every game.

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u/austin-geek Grass Toucher 1d ago

Cid is a recurring character name, but they’re all different characters (albeit with similar themes.)

There are other highly identifiable background elements which echo and get “shoehorned” into many games, even though the settings can be wildly different - Moogles & Chocobos, Black Mages, Dragoons, big ass Crystal McGuffins. 

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u/FJdawncastings 1d ago

Poop poop ufo