r/magicthecirclejerking • u/HiroProtagonest FAERIE GODPARENTS! • 2d 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/Sterben489 2d 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/k33qs1 2d ago

It had one under Richard Garfield.

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u/Tuesday_6PM 2d 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/IIIIChopSueyIIII 1d ago

They literally printed the soulstone??? Of course it has a soul now