The 5 Biggest Mistakes Made In Magic: The Gathering (2019)

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[hydraslair]

"What happened to me? 2019 happened to me!"

- cries in 2020 -

[joshsifert]

The fact that he says "many magic: the gathering players..." the exact same way makes me so happy

[jacksonsmith]

Thumbnail: Oko and Friends
Prof: “Oko isn’t even close to the biggest mistake on this list”
Oh boy, we’re in for a fun one!

[FosterWalsh]

Fun thing that happened this year for me, I wrote my capstone essay for my college english class on how WOTC has been adding in more harmful business practices (Brawl decks and collector boosters) while also removing the MSRP and selling single cards. I got a 97% on it too and it was the most creative essay according to my professor.

[heirkaiba]

Oko aka “Why is this three mana? Why does the +1 remove something? Why is it 4 loyalty? Why does it +2 for life gain?” Oh yea Commander 2019 for not including more reprints!

[robot_devils_advocate]

"Oko was broko and has turned into a bit of a meme..." Was anyone else expecting him to end that with "joko"?

[MassacreVegan]

Thank you for covering the China block!! No one else really has.
So much respect for you, Professor.

[samconsumespie]

I was dead when he said he was an azcaban escapee
He does look like that

[KingBobXVI]

"The decidedly bad prose of Greg Weissman"
You just made me want to grin a big Leonin grin, I thought, and I did.

[proteus]

Magic Judges having to pay money to be judges, is terrible and should be on the list.

[gagemorrow]

Totally agree with magic arena at #1, I was excited to play this year but feel burned out by the press of monetization tactics.

[ezdozgc]

Props to you for mentioning the war of the sparks storytelling, such a disappointment coming out of the great story told for Ixilan!

[stevenolson]

"Companion" at 1:17

We should have seen it coming, the foreshadowing was strong...

[firethunder]

"We've heard your discussion and we're adding a very important aspect to Magic Arena in 2020: an autobattler!"
*Professor's hair grows ever more gray*

[thequadcopter]

This ain't it ChEf
- The professor 2019

[SingerOfW]

It really feels like the War of the Spark story blunder is just one major aspect of a bigger problem with the story in general: Wizards were saying that people don't follow the story unless they can have it for free, but then they remove it from their website and split into many different books that don't even follow the chronological order. And then they just don't publish any story for Theros at all. It's as if they care more about the various side-projects, like the animated series and such, than the actual game they owe their existence to. And don't even get me started about the whole retcon thing.

[_Francis_York_Morgan]

Digital Magic will always boggle my mind.

When I buy paper cards, I have them forever. I can trade it, give it away, sell it, use it in a bunch of decks, or eventually throw it over to my younger cousin to get them addicted. Digital cards are locked in cyberspace, and they'll be gone when the servers inevitably get shut down.

I guess I can see the appeal for those people who only want to play Standard, but even then, a paper player can resell their cards to get some money back. Digital Standard is a one-way money sink.

[Eckarthausen]

Removing the booklets from bundles and replacing it with oversized dice was a 2019 disappointment for me.

[Commandersofthecoast]

"This was me at the beginning of the year... annnd this is me now"
Wizards. Just look at this hurt man. Let's get it together for 2020

[Liatriss]

That money for 2000 gems is going straight towards my next LGS prerelease or a local commander events or meet ups.

#3 - Thank you for this one. Fantasy needs lore, I played original Warcraft for the lore, left WoW for the greed and lackluster content, but always kept up with the lore even after I stopped playing.