The Worst Things To Happen In Magic: The Gathering This Year! (2024)

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[WumboWings]

I’m still completely under the impression that if MKM took place in New Capenna, it would’ve been drastically better. That setting would’ve been perfect for a murder mystery like MKM was.

[PaDDy]

Having 50% of future sets being Universes Beyond just makes it easier for me to save more money or focus on buying more cards from older sets.

[felipe.franca]

I would like to humbly remind you that even this year, Wizzards ended printing in Portuguese, which affected many of us Brazilians. The teaching of the English language is not as vast in our country, and having Magic available in our native language was a great help for new players, who unfortunately, after the announcement, began to decline.

[jyoung]

The editors making him fail to point at whatever he means to always gets me

[lucasash]

"Why is every set a dressup set now?"

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. There's a MaRo article where he touches on it. Neon Dynasty leaned in to anime tropes and japanese pop culture, and was a grand slam. The most popular set of its year and, I think, one of the best selling standard sets ever. So they've been trying to do it again. Except the tropes of Neon Dynasty were only part of what made the set popular. It was a return to a fondly remembered plane, had a pretty good limited environment and impact on formats. It was also, importanty, the first time in a long time Magic was so obviously referencing outside material. It's like that old Rystic Studies quote: "It's fine to pay homage to the artists that inspired you, but do it too much and you risk become a cover act."

[CanalCAPSLOCK]

Hey @TolarianCommunityCollege i appreciate the list, but i feel t here is one omission. The Reducing of printed languages for MTG. For example, going forward there will be no Brazilian Portuguese cards. Although in the large scheme of things this might sound minor, i feel it should get at least a mention. Scaling back on card languages avaliable, will only serve to shrink the potential market for new players, which, creates a choke point of value, which could echo into worst decisions to compensate for financial loss across the entire game of MTG. Plus, it was a slap in the face of fans in non us speaking regions too.

[Basschannel]

I doubt anything will ever top the Pinkertons.

At least I *hope* so.

[hayokamikaze]

You can tell Murders at Markov Manor was set on Ravnica - it had a cycle of rare typed duals that are the main financial point of the set

[thomaschoma]

I cherish the editor's commitment to never putting the thumbnails where ever prof points. A+

[drongobrat]

Whats crazy is i didnt realize murders at markov manor took place in ravnica until you mentioned it in this video

[kannonball]

Prof's "It's a card game people." Is something that I think a lot of people need to hear.

[DMofPuppets]

I love the running joke of the Professor pointing to a video only for it to show up on on the opposite side of him.

[notsonic]

Wizard's argument for the confusion of standard legality of UB products falls apart when they simultaneously created non legal FOUNDATIONS Jumpstart, the starter set product for new players.

[big_goblino]

Loot looks like something from Ratchet and Clank you beat to death with a wrench

[caterinagerbasi]

very funny how a couple of years ago people decrying the UB stuff where treated as haters as if it wasnt obvious what was gonna happen

[williamstewart]

I often have to remind myself that the old rc members were normal people that weren't used to being threatened and doxed. Once I take that into account, I understand why they gave up control.

[sethmasters]

I have to post it. My gf came down for breakfast just as prof was saying number 1 biggest problem. She doesnt play at all, and I paused before Prof started and asked her what it was. She said, "Spiderman?"

[mr.jackpots]

I keep forgetting Murders at Karlov is a Ravnica set. It always resets to an Innistrad side-story in my mind until someone mentions it was on Ravnica

[cdominguez]

Silver lining, if they broke their promise about UB not coming to standard, it means they're free to break their promise about the reserve list!

[furyrage]

Universes Beyond is the reason several players I know stopped playing altogether.