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Wizards is changing Magic

OdinOwnsYeAllOdinOwnsYeAll Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Social Entropy++
Las week, Wizards of the Coast announced several changes to MTG starting with the set that comes out on October 3:
  • Sets will be smaller
  • Introduction of "Mythic Rare" cards
  • One of the 16 cards in every booster will be a basic land
  • New product: intro packs that include a 41-card pre-con and a booster.
Link to announcement

What are your thoughts on these changes? I'm pretty happy about all of them.

Also, let me be the first to say, "Worst. post. evar."

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    all good changes

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  • sedosedo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Aren't you the guy who was hitting on the AZNs?

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I remember watching friends play magic and it looked boring as all fuck.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    magic is hella gay and sucks

    pokemon TCG 4 lyfe

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    sedo wrote: »
    Aren't you the guy who was hitting on the AZNs?

    he also thinks genocide is perfectly acceptable.

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  • OdinOwnsYeAllOdinOwnsYeAll Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    sedo wrote: »
    Aren't you the guy who was hitting on the AZNs?

    Eternally.

    The precise context of the situation was, if I recall, "WOO AZN TITTIES IN MY FACE."

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i tapped your mom for mana last night 8-)8-)8-)

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  • sedosedo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    sedo wrote: »
    Aren't you the guy who was hitting on the AZNs?

    he also thinks genocide is perfectly acceptable.

    Well are we talking jews or black people or what?

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    The kids who played magic at my highschool ate lunch in the hallways with the kids who fought with fake lightsabers


    just sayin'

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It has been so long since I played this game that I assumed this thread title was just poor enlish.

    Like it's the opening sentence from some shitty Harry Potter fanfiction.

    Wizards is changing magic! Now there is good wizards can cast bad curse to peoples!

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    sedo wrote: »
    sedo wrote: »
    Aren't you the guy who was hitting on the AZNs?

    he also thinks genocide is perfectly acceptable.

    Well are we talking jews or black people or what?

    american indians.

    he's gettin diverse.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I never played magic a whole hell of a lot but isn't the land addition insanely overdue? How long has the game been out now?

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    you know what? the WoW tcg is surprisingly rad.

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  • OdinOwnsYeAllOdinOwnsYeAll Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    It has been so long since I played this game that I assumed this thread title was just poor enlish.

    Like it's the opening sentence from some shitty Harry Potter fanfiction.

    Wizards is changing magic! Now there is good wizards can cast bad curse to peoples!

    Wizards refers to the company responsible for MTG, Wizards of the Coast. Thus, Wizards is changing magic.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I never played magic a whole hell of a lot but isn't the land addition insanely overdue? How long has the game been out now?

    tournament packs have 30 doot doot doot

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    It has been so long since I played this game that I assumed this thread title was just poor enlish.

    Like it's the opening sentence from some shitty Harry Potter fanfiction.

    Wizards is changing magic! Now there is good wizards can cast bad curse to peoples!

    Wizards refers to the company responsible for MTG, Wizards of the Coast. Thus, Wizards is changing magic.

    I know that, feggit

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  • OdinOwnsYeAllOdinOwnsYeAll Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    you know what? the WoW tcg is surprisingly rad.

    It's a solid game, albeit derivative of MTG. My girlfriend prefers it (WoW TCG) as she is familiar with WoW lore and finds the mechanics and cards more accessible.

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  • OdinOwnsYeAllOdinOwnsYeAll Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    It has been so long since I played this game that I assumed this thread title was just poor enlish.

    Like it's the opening sentence from some shitty Harry Potter fanfiction.

    Wizards is changing magic! Now there is good wizards can cast bad curse to peoples!

    Wizards refers to the company responsible for MTG, Wizards of the Coast. Thus, Wizards is changing magic.

    I know that, feggit

    You make bad word curse on me?

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  • Cosmic SombreroCosmic Sombrero Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    mythic rares?

    that is dumb.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There's no racism against black people anymore, right?

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Magic nerds are the worst nerds.

    All taking up like a whole table when there's only like 4 of them.

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Krentz wrote: »
    Magic nerds are the worst nerds.

    All taking up like a whole table when there's only like 4 of them.

    The magic nerd is a very territorial animal and is very protective of its table habitat.

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  • Fort1tudeFort1tude Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    if you think that your post is the worst ever why are you posting it?

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Las week, Wizards of the Coast announced several changes to MTG starting with the set that comes out on October 3:
    • Introduction of "Mythic Rare" cards
    • One of the 16 cards in every booster will be a basic land
    • New product: intro packs that include a 41-card pre-con and a booster.

    I like these, not so much the smaller sets. At least with more lands I might be able to make some one color decks instead of multi color for once. I realllly shouldn't have started during Ravnica.

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  • Kool-Aid GuyKool-Aid Guy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hellooo back there in the early 90s, maybe we should play pogs instead, I've got a bitchin' slammer

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Why are we talking about this when there's an excellent salad thread going on?

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  • NORNOR Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm betting the reduction in set size has to do with the shift in limited design philosophy, the removal of purposefully shitty cards from the sets should shrink their numbers a fair bit. It also, in a way, increases the value of booster (or what have you) purchases.

    Adding a land card to every booster just makes solid sense.

    The intro packs seem kinda meh, maybe they are intended for some sort of limited gameplay, dunno.

    Mythic rare cards is hells of dumb, but the reduction in set size more than makes up for this bit of stupidity.

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  • PinballPinball Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Wizards has been doing dumb things with Magic for years. For me it all started when they made "new" mechanics that where just old mechanics that never had a name.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Mirage arc 4 lyfe. I started playing around then, and kept on until about Urza's saga. Then I realized that the inflation in magic was ridiculous, both in terms of price of cards, but also in terms of power of the cards, and that they purposely design it so all your old cards suck ass.

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Remember when they redid the look of the cards and it backfired so hard?

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There are people in the world who need more basic lands? Seriously?
    I thought even starving children in Ethiopia had too many basic lands.

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  • bowlofpetuniasbowlofpetunias Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hellooo back there in the early 90s, maybe we should play pogs instead, I've got a bitchin' slammer


    I use my pog collection as counters in Magic.



    I utilize ALL 90s fad games.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hellooo back there in the early 90s, maybe we should play pogs instead, I've got a bitchin' slammer


    I use my pog collection as counters in Magic.



    I utilize ALL 90s fad games.

    Alf is going to fuck you up so hard even Harry and the Hendersons won't be able to help you.

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  • tsplittertsplitter Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Las week, Wizards of the Coast announced several changes to MTG starting with the set that comes out on October 3:
    • Introduction of "Mythic Rare" cards
    • One of the 16 cards in every booster will be a basic land
    • New product: intro packs that include a 41-card pre-con and a booster.

    I like these, not so much the smaller sets. At least with more lands I might be able to make some one color decks instead of multi color for once. I realllly shouldn't have started during Ravnica.

    Onslaught was awesome

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    seriously, this has suddenly become super popular at my school at I have no idea why

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  • yourclothesyourclothes __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    everybody ees nerds

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  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    There are people in the world who need more basic lands? Seriously?
    I thought even starving children in Ethiopia had too many basic lands.
    seriously, I have a couple of shopping bags full and I haven't played in like 10 years.

    and "mythic rare" just sounds like "rapes you in the ass rare" to me. probably to offset making sets smaller, so collectors still have to buy 178 boxes to get a full set.

    anyway magic has sucked ever since they started introducing fucktons of new abilities that make your old cards obsolete.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I need to sell my legacy goblin deck, it just sits there. I paid too much money for it and don't even use it.

    ugh.

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    My thoughts:
    -Which set is starting this new style?
    -How much of a cut down on sets are we talking here?
    -Cutting out the shit cads would be nice
    -Mythic rares basically already exist now they actually are acknowledging them by putting them in there own category
    -Anyone got a Reaper King that they want to trade?

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    jwalk wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    There are people in the world who need more basic lands? Seriously?
    I thought even starving children in Ethiopia had too many basic lands.
    seriously, I have a couple of shopping bags full and I haven't played in like 10 years.

    and "mythic rare" just sounds like "rapes you in the ass rare" to me. probably to offset making sets smaller, so collectors still have to buy 178 boxes to get a full set.

    anyway magic has sucked ever since they started introducing fucktons of new abilities that make your old cards obsolete.

    Actually some older abilities just rape new card based decks. Shadow for example.

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