I haven’t played since before Wizards started pushing Commander, at that time called EDH. I felt the Standard Format was a perfect setup to keep the game fresh and innovative while still making money, and the Legacy Format was perfect for the people who had cards that are no longer in Standard. I think the Commander Format killed a perfect system, and Wizards/Hasbro are just trying everything to make money and keep the game mostly unplayable with the licensed tie-ins.
It’s also the sheer amount… They are getting new sets every two months… On top of things like secret lairs and everything… It’s just to much…
Come play Flesh and Blood! It’s like if Magic the Gathering was thematically representing Mortal Kombat gameplay.
And Genesis: Battle of Champions! It’s like if Magic the Gathering was crossed with Final Fantasy Tactics.
And Magi Nation! It’s like if the entire Pokémon franchise aged up with its demographic, was more well-written and designed, and was just overall better than Pokémon at everything except for competing with the actual Pokémon franchise. They’re back after a successful Kickstarter!EDH was a community-developed format before wizards adopted and renamed it.
It’s a fun, casual format. There is a lot about modern MTG releases that suck but blaming a casual, community-driven format is a wack take.
WotC has been royally fucking up Standard for the past few years, but I don’t think that Commander is the problem.
The problem is that WotC wants to push more product, which is messing with how Standard works. They should just accept that there are four standard sets a year, choose the most thematic Universes Beyond set to be a part of Standard magic, and accept that some Universes Beyond product shouldn’t be in Standard Magic.
I haven’t played since before Wizards started pushing Commander, at that time called EDH.
So you haven’t played in two decades. Hard to take your opinion seriously. You can play for free with their app now.
I think some of the lore is cool, but actually all games based on collectables are trash.
Netrunner is where it’s at. Community run and maintained with the sole purpose of keeping the game good instead of making a profit.
