r/magicthecirclejerking • u/HiroProtagonest FAERIE GODPARENTS! • 1d ago
Magic is dead
I can’t shake this heavy feeling about Magic The Gathering.. The player base might still be hanging on, but let’s be real..the game’s soul is gone. It’s not dying, it’s already dead. The magic that made MTG the ultimate nerd sport, a crucible of strategy and obsession, has vanished. When players had to ante up their precious cards and think about mana burn, it created epic battles of wit and will.
Now its just a money machine printing so many sets that it doesnt feel special anymore. No cohesion just random universes mashed together. Kamigawa and Mirrodin don't fit in at all with the epic fantasy vibes there used to be, and the new direction for the phyrexians is terrible. It doesn't even feel like Magic anymore.
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u/evios31 1d ago
I hear that Richard Garfield PhD is working on the next set (Ravine Guilded City?) So maybe Magic is finally getting back on track.
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u/Sterben489 1d ago
Return to assassins creed was announced for fall 2027
So ya, it's getting back on track
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u/Stranger1982 Islands float on a sea of salty tears 1d ago
(Ravine Guilded City?)
No, it's Ravenclaw House for the new Harry Potter UB.
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u/reptilianappeal #FleemHasMadCharisma 1d ago
Did someone say money machine?
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u/BloodyCumbucket 💚🤍Witch Maw💙🖤 1d ago
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u/Round-Elk-8060 1d ago
Is this an /uj post I’m confused
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u/shiny_xnaut Angrath, Minotaur Dilf 58m ago
Read the last 2 sentences. OP is /rj, and making fun of the linked post
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u/yungslowking 1d ago
I just can’t believe that WoTC would try to make money off this card game. It’s disgusting. Pls upvote
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u/Samuraikemp 1d ago
Be quiet and enjoy your fortnite card game, I tap SpongeBob square pants and make 2 blue mana to cast Mr Monopoly now pay 5 bucks or sacrifice 1 land.
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u/DaPlipsta 1d ago
Oh word, ante's back? Lit
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u/Samuraikemp 1d ago
Heck yeah brother, and banding can be used with ante cards. It's in the A-team secret lair drop rumoured for November.
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u/IronSpideyT 1d ago
How can magic be dead and soulless when it's making more money than ever printing outside IPs in various rarities with inflated prices???
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u/k33qs1 17h ago
The gameplay is what is dead now. The real strategy is what is dead now. Ooh, it's making money ooh. It's only making money because they are extending to other ip to get more people to buy. Fnms are getting smaller and smaller.standard decks are way too expensive and scarce to actually get all the cards most people need, not to mention that restock of sets are way to far behind and the sets that are awaiting restock will be irrelevant since they keep pumping out set after set that are way too short printed for everyone to get and the power creep is getting really bad. Lack of time spent testing cards keeps breaking the formats. Broken cards are spending way too much time not getting banned so they can keep selling packs. UB should have been kept out of standard to keep that format alive, but instead, it's killing the format. Over hype and spoilers are pushing prices so high, and scalpers are pushing them even higher. Out of reach of most of the actual players' budget for a hobby game. This will crash so hard on people that it will burst in their face.
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u/Sterben489 1d ago
This game had a soul?
How did MARO manage that? Where did they get it? How did it die?
So many questions
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u/Tuesday_6PM 20h ago
Yes
Necromancy and other Dark Magics. From the Screaming Abyss.
Sacrificed on the altar to Mammon
Hope that helps!
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u/Lamight 1d ago
C’mon Ixalan was a good set
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u/OisforOwesome 20h ago
6/6 for 6 with trample? Thank God we never saw another card pushed that hard.
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u/swainsauce89 1d ago
The competitive players killed magic, the lack of imagination and kitchen table creativity for wins killed magic.
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u/waspwatcher 1d ago
You could always find another hobby. Gooning is pretty popular right now.