The Absolute Worst Of Magic: The Gathering | 2022

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[stevenolson]

Me: "This is the worst year of MTG ever..."

WOTC: "The worst year of MTG... so far!"

[BrewersKitchen]

Richard Garfield's quote is so brutal. I'm kinda shocked that the audience in the back didn't react like it's a WWE match

[theaeskey]

That Richard Garfield quote at the beginning is a poetic assessment of the state of MTG.

[Thegamereign]

“The product fatigue will continue until player morale improves” - Wizards

[vinnythewebsurfer]

When Konami looks more player friendly than wizards of the coast despite how isolated their own communication is and have plenty of sore spots with expensive staples, you know something is horribly wrong.

[AdmiralVortex]

The worst part is, you could've taken the 10 most cynical players, put them in a room, and even they couldn't have predicted 2022

[CritProQuoh]

Imagine if Wizards had actually celebrated the 30th anniversary with the fans. Did a retro 90's theme release for those awful proxy packs. Imagine they were sold at $3 a pack, the community would have been in uproar of excitement. Instead of the greed that overtook such a memorable joyful event. Let the people who made Magic continue as long as it has get some kind of enjoyment. They went back on the reserve list and put the collectability of their product in question. Anyone even considering buying those proxies would likely look at the cost and opt to buy the REAL cards. Would I have like to crack some dual land proxies? Sure, but make no mistake I would never spend the cost of a real dual land on a card that is unplayable in tournaments. That is like the reason you are going after those expensive cards in the first place. If you want to play them in commander then just print them! Most cEDH tournaments allow some proxies now anyway. And I'm sure your playgroup wouldn't care, or find one that won't. What should have been the best year ever turned out to be a flop for MTG. Thank you professor for all of your teachings! Sorry for the rant..

[dilbert]

The moment that stands out in my mind that truly crystallizes how bad a year this was for Magic is that my most proud moment as a Magic player wasn't a tournament win, or a great homebrew commander deck, or a new friend I made playing the game; it was a 10 minute conversation at Target where I successfully helped a confused grandmother buy the Brother's War set boosters and Jumpstart 2022 packs her grandson had asked for, when she very nearly bought Brother's War Jumpstart boosters because it had both names he had mentioned on the pack.

Whoever at Hasbro of the Coast came up with the cynical idea to attempt to confuse the elderly into buying a terrible product by making it sound like two other, better products, be it on your head. May you never have a restful night's sleep for what you have done.

[CyberBuster]

Even Richard Garfield himself knows that what Magic has become isn't damn man 😞

[theotherkevindubrow]

It's odd that out of one side of WotC's mouth we hear things like "not every product is for you, only focus on what interests you" but out of the other side we get "Unfinity will be legal in some formats" so everyone who plays those formats must pay attention.

[jibb]

The 30th anniversary set tripped something in my brain. I was obsessively following every release and spending hundreds on each set. I haven't bought a single card since 30A came out.

Recently decided to pick up another new-ish TCG. I would have never considered it if it wasn't for the bad taste 30A left in my mouth.

[DGkiller]

A thing you missed for the double feature was there was a massive printing issue where boxes would only have 1 rare in a pack instead of 2 missing out the whole double part.

[sams]

I think the 30th anniversary set should've been proxies of Alpha cards, in an Alpha pack, priced at what an Alpha pack cost in 1993 ($2.45).

[ryanbolson]

I stopped buying products this year. Due to the increase in printings and product lines I got burn out, and then the way they treated the players on the 30th anniversary of all things, I decided that I no longer wanted to be a part of that business. I decided I was content with the cards I had and that I don’t care if WOTC goes bankrupt anymore.

[del]

This year of MtG was the absolute best thing that could have happened to my curiosity of Flesh and Blood.

[TriHard]

Anybody else happy for the prof getting all that attention from the Magic 30 vid? Well deserved sir! Hope we made some new friends along the way!

[addambarcelos]

When wizards managed to surpass konami's greed, you know they messed up

[wavesofbabies]

A missing moment from this list that I really hated this year was the C&D sent to Card Conjurer.

By far the most fully featured and easy to use site out there for creating Magic card templates, CC was a site that allowed fans of the game to make proxies of their favourite cards with uploaded custom artwork, create versions of existing cards that reflect later erratas and oracling of text, create custom cards to share their design ideas and print them to playtest them, or even just to create Universes Beyond style skins of popular cards using properties they love (with those Godzilla/Dracula style name boxes).

It didn't even make straight reprinting of cards easier, the only reason I can think of why Wizards would take the site down. The site gave cards a clear watermark, you had to build the card from template pieces, and you'd need a high resolution image of the art anyway, something you'd only have if you had a high resolution image of the card anyway.

I know copyright law is fucked in its requirements for having to protect their claim on a work, but this felt like an overreach. Like a slap in the face of fans who just wanted to engage in the game in their own unique way.

[jay_boogy]

Professor: you and this channel are among the best things about the MTG community. You are among a small few YouTubers where I can consistently watch your videos from start to finish nearly every time. Great scripts, great editing, wonderful humor, and such obvious love you have for this game and the community. Happy New Year!

[Bluecho]

I would say a dishonorable mention would go to the absolute glut of Secret Lairs this year.