The Very Worst Of Magic: The Gathering | 2023
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Hey there Prof., just wanted to say that I did watch your Best Off video already and am gonna watch it again.
There are a lot of fans who appreciate your optimism. My friends and I are quiet, but not silent.
Best wishes for the next year!
FYI, my last whatnot order has been left on "preparing" even though it was from your last stream. I know it's the holidays so nbd but please take a look.
your the reason i started playing magic the gathering, i play purely discard decks with no wincon.
Hey Prof, hope you see this. I backed the Academic on Kickstarter, didn’t receive one due to missing the survey, and have yet to be refunded. Been trying to get this resolved for a while now, would appreciate your help.
The whole point of Booster Fun was to make opening packs a spectacle. Serialized cards were an inevitability from that mindset.
I got so excited saying "COMMANDER MASTERS" in perfect unison with the Professor
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If he had said the precons were I'd agree, they really over priced those for what was in them. The draft experience was fun if you were willing to shell out for the cost.
It is ironic that people will go out and spend thousands on lands foe their commander deck then complain about the price of a sealed event 😂
@@jessehinshawthe fact that someone even needs to explain this to you is beyond sad.
Paying a few hundred dollars for a Reserve List Dual that will almost certainly always at least maintain the value, versus wasting that money on draft packs that might actually see you lose money with the poor EV, are two VERY different things.
@@Xoulrath_ when I Rome...
@@Xoulrath_so instead of bothering to explain it in such a rude way, why not just STFU?
seeing the wonka bar opening line and imagining it as magic cards honestly made me a little sick
But you can almost picture that happening at various card shops/resellers. Maybe not to quite that extent but it'd certainly happen.
He was 100% right though. Such a picture perfect representation
Ditto
Sure, there were the streams where people who don't play were opening the packs and discarded everything
@@danilzashikhin3591 that is just sad.
I genuinely love that The Editor has become a supporting character
He is like Jerry from the Zefrank True Facts episodes.
Secret Lairs were already overappealing to big money collectors over players. The 1/1 Ring is promoting exactly that kind of Golden Ticket behavior.
if 1/1 ring and 1/100 serialized reprints replaced every other money grubbing action from hasbro I'd be all here for it, but of couerse serialized cards are just added to the pile of bullshit hasbro is doing to squeeze as much money out of the players as possible before mtg becomes a wasteland and the CEO takes his golden parachute and lets someone else clean up the mess
The 001/001 Ring is not, by itself, a bad marketing move for MtG. All the extra crap to goose quarterly sales before it, for years, made it look like a shark jump episode instead of a monumental, truly historic move in the history of MtG.
Nothing has impacted new player acquisition and sales greater than the Lord of the Rings set in MtG history and it justifies printing the first 001/001 card as a commemorative event.
How the Professor feels about it, though, is how I felt about the Priceless Treasures gimmick in original Zendikar.
The 1 of 1 ring was a complete and utter sham. They knew exactly in what pack of what box of what case it was in and made sure it got to where they wanted it to go and probably took a cut of the money from the sale to that clown Post
@@DilanQuill What you're suggesting is a crime and also one that barely benefits them lol.
@@jadegrace1312 It was the most successful set ever apparently, pretty sure that's a big benefit.
Opening Tolarian Contempt from your aftermath pack has to be the biggest feat of cosmic irony I've seen all year. 😂
That Monty Python bit about Nissa getting "better" was absolute gold 😂😂😂
Honestly, Nahiri is a better example than Nissa. Nissa underwent a huge process involving three planeswalkers spending their sparks, plus the sacrifice of a unique person to accomplish, and even then, her spark was destroyed.
Nahiri just cured herself.
@@snakeman830who had to be sacrificed?:0
@@Westblader Melira, who was notable for being immune to phyresis.
The worst of the year is clearly the greedy wizards parent company going across a new line.
Laying off the staff at Christmas because they didn’t reach a delusional annual growth target??
My play group has all decided we will buy 50% of what we did last year
Many will be buying $0 this year.
Companies that treat their staff like this are garbage.
I have someone in my playgroup who knows how to make fabulous proxies. I might finally make my cEDH deck
Yeah.
Proxy to your heart's content.
They pretty much made them official by now.
And with the amount of new cards per week we are getting, it's almost impossible to keep up with everything going on.
Which is why we have been advocating for counterfeits
I would encourage you not to cut spending on magic, but not buying product. Buying singles still helps the LGS and individual sellers with none of that money going directly to hasbro.
Proxy proxy proxy :)
The professor saying what we all wish we had a platform to say. A man of the people!
Jeez, Prof. Don't you ever have anything good to say about Magic?
Does Hasbro ever do anything right?
Name one thing
@@eaglegamer1000challenge level: IMPOSSIBLE
if you have alot of money, you will win alot of games@@eaglegamer1000
He did. Two days ago. :P
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Actualy the 1 of 1 ring is one point with Lotr set , it inspire greed in the heart of men and people were desperate to get hold of it loll
Very lore friendly
That is why I had said that the person who pulls it needs to take it to the top office of the Wizards HQ and put it into the paper shredder. Then I was honest with myself, they would stand upon the precipace and thier closest friend exlaims "throw it in!", only to be responded with "No".
My preciousssssssssssssssssssss
@@theatlastech8792 Tsk, so human so weak.
One of the few things Wizards did do as part of "revitalizing Standard" is make it the de-facto format for Store Championships, where previously the store could decide the format. What was once an event able to fill up a 32 person bracket for sealed in my area now gets an anemic single table of Standard players. One of the local shops has outright stopped doing the events, and is waiting until the window for them to use the promos for other purposes is up so they can host an "unofficial" Store Championship with limited that people will actually attend.
As far as I'm aware, the last time a Standard event fired at my LGS was March of 2020. Until this summer, drafts would only fire on release day of a new set, and maybe the week after, but that was it. Lord of the Rings seems to have motivated people to start coming around for limited again, at least.
pretty much the same thing happened in my lgs. They now announced that the first standard store championship is going to be free to enter to stimulate people
How Wizards could've potentially solved the problem of the One Ring's uniqueness without making more of it:
1. Don't put it in a booster pack and don't raffle it away.
2. Hold a grand tournament where people can conpete over several games.
3. Bring the semifinalists and up together from across the world, depending on their tournement score, to duke it out.
4. The winner gains The One Ring.
Bam, there's still a wonderfully cool 1/1 card, but they wouldn't get that ludicrously distasteful Golden Ticket situation.
Also, I agree with you that this was the worst.
I was expecting "magic 30th anniversary proxy print." Then blankly stare at the camera for another 20+ minutes
That was last year
@@vileluca and I still haven't forgiven wotc. Lmao
The worst thing to happen to me personally regarding Magic this year is that I felt it necessary to not buy cards or other products anymore only two months after getting into the game for the first time ever also this year. I can't give them money knowing what is going on behind the stage. It's simply not worth it or, for me personally, justifiable.
The best thing to happen to me this year regarding magic was finding this channel however :) I enjoy it regardless. It's a really good channel.
Good for you! I'm hoping more people will treat this company the way it should be treated by withholding their dollars.
Proxy proxy proxy!!! But all jokes aside you really should if you enjoyed your first two months you can continue to explore the games though proxying it gives them no money or if you have the money buying older product off ebay and shit like sealed doesn't profit wizards at this point and you can get that dopamine... only if you have the money though I always recommend proxies its a great game don't let hasbro wizards take that from you
Smh, such a shame that the Prof won't ever say anything good magic despite dedicating his whole channel to helping the game
Nah, go listen to wotc sponsored channels like a certain zone for mtg shilling, there's tons of em. I appreciate that the professor is willing to call them out and put a face to his statements.
@@-8h-I honestly don't follow that many MtG creators beyond the professor, so I can't say anything about that. However, I can't agree enough about the prof standing up for what he believes in, always willing to push important issues with the game whilst keeping a nuanced view
If you made it even 2 minutes into the video, you'll see him promote his other recent video (that he made first) where he talks about the great stuff that's working with Magic....
@@SomethingWickedLives They're joking, surely?
@@devononair Um, the Professor literally posted a positive Magic video before this one.
I love that you kept the fumbles in. The accidental humor in the situation made me smile. Thank you prof! Have a Happy New Year!
I love the subtle use of the card Tolarian Contempt when discussing the failings of Aftermath (at least I am assuming that was on purpose!).
15:28 Give your editor a raise because that Tolarian Contempt moment was perfect
What about the blunder at @5:33? lol
yeah not everyone needs a raise.
imo the christmas layoffs are the most concerning thing. it doesn't matter how well WOTC or MTG are doing, Hasbro will always demand more profit year after year, and that is hurting the game. if you're not into arena, commander, or universes beyond, you are no longer the target audience for this game
Yugioh: heres a reprint set full of foils staples that its hard to get a dud pack/not get a card youll use for $5.
Magic: best i can do is $20 for a pack of draft chaff
(Just ignore the core set and deck build set releasing within the same 30 day window)
(just ignore making the staples incredibly rare and expensive in the first place)
@@uS0ra(just ignore TCG vs OCG)
yugioh definitely has a different slew of issues, but yeah... i have no idea why MTG didn't do something awesome like this for the 30th anniversary when it woulda sold like hotcakes. there's not really a good reason they can't do a better job with reprints considering the secondary market they aren't making profits off anyway. They could take these out of circulation cards that are highly desired and just make a GOOD masters-style set that doesn't have garbage in it lol a pure value set would sell out even if it tanked prices into the dirt.
Yes, you could only do this like a few times probably but every single time would be a MASSIVE cashout from WotC even though it'd fuck TCG player and private sellers/collections... but I have no idea why they should give a fuck about that lol it'd be good for everybody else including them.
@@insertcolorherehawk3761 I'm not denying yugiohs problems. Hell rarity bumping /short printing the deblo star engine to cost 1k while banning the bugget alternatives is crap. But yugiohs reprint policy is leauges better then what magic has. Ash blossom is basically yugiohs force of will and konami reprint it so much a playset is $6.
15:28 A very timely Tolarian Contempt!
I have to say, the big Phyrexian arc marked me giving up on the Magic Story probably for the last time. I just can't anymore. As Mark Rosewater says, "If you don't like something in a Magic product, then it isn't meant for you." I used to love the stories-they were my main link to the game-but they've become so painful and disappointing and even insulting that it's clear they're "not for me" anymore. (It's not a coincidence that I have been much less involved with Magic as a whole since then.)
lol Professor taking a page out of my book and leaving in missed takes on purpose to drive engagement. It works! I'm commenting
#2, say it with me, and I said "Innistrad Double Feature," because I had legitimately forgotten Commander Masters existed, and also didn't realize IDF was almost two full years ago already.
It's impossible to keep track of time based on magic product releases any more.
i literally entirely forgot that commander masters happened. when it came up in this video i actually asked myself "wait, was this something that got suddenly canceled and that's the mistake?"
The only reason i remember commander masters is because my favorite legendary creature Sek'kuar Deathkeeper finally got his legit tokens for use in moxfield
I had forgotten about it also.
The way WotC has chosen to deliver story I think also deserves including here. Where once we had a story a week, giving the events time to breathe and time for people to discuss and speculate, now they just toss out the entirety of a set's story in 5 days. This year has demonstrated just how little they care about the story, treating it like an obligation they begrudgingly have to make rather than something that could actually help draw people into the game.
I was so hyped for Commander Masters...then was saddened by how thngs turned out....even just this past week I was given 2 commander masters packs for Christmas and I pulled a Sol Ring out of one of them...and was disappointed it was the normal Sol Ring instead of the new art that Masters brought
Commander Masters was a good set for buying singles and singles only, I got a couple packs and got stung.
I only got singles as i know my luck with boosters.
@@Womb2DaTomb I was just getting back into MTG after a 10yr hiatus so I didn't mind because there was a lot of cards I didn't own
Prof, you are one of my favorite things about returning to mtg after 25+ years...keep up the good work sir.
I really liked your conclusions about the one ring. I wish there was a bigger discussion about it in the community
Hey Prof, I really liked that you left a lot of the unedited imperfect takes in, made me laugh 😊
Thank you for putting in that footage from Willy Wonka of the chocolate bars being thrown open. I think that is such a strong, sad and accurate statement on the damage a promotion like that can do to a game. That's another reason why there's all these cards in landfills
I just realized the closing music is the same opening music from "hand tool rescue."
😅😂
I can't stand this guy. I've literally never seen a video of his where he wasn't getting people to make smart choices with their money. You're hurting my bottom's dollar Prof. So says I, CEO Buck Moneysuckle.
Every time me and my friends return to MTG, wotc's greed finds a way to kill the mood and everyone scatters into different modes or less expensive card games.
Honestly it would’ve been insanely hype if they decided to use the march of the machine storyline to reintroduce blocks back into magic, but Wizards AND good ideas? As if!
In retrospect, I really wish they hadn't gotten rid of blocks. Blocks were such a nice way to understand what the hell was going on in the story. I genuinely am so lost at this point outside of the Phyrexian Invasion. It feels like the story is just bouncing from plane to plane, leaving some planes feeling irrelevant outside of being popular in terms of gameplay (Ixelan imo. I genuinely do not know why we went to Ixelan in the story, even through the story highlight cards), some as side story-esque (Innistrad feels that way to me, as does Eldraine), and others actually feeling important to the plot (all of the Phyrexian ones, plus Neon Dynasty and New Capenna, where they were at least going there looking for something to stop the Phyrexians). Blocks made it feel much more organized in terms of the story.
I know the story isn't as vital to some, but I actually enjoy hearing the story and knowing why I should care about some legendaries and planeswalkers. Like I have no idea what Quintorius is doing beyond looking for more historical objects.
March of thr machine would have been better as a classic 3-set (or hell, even 4-set) block.
Set 1 is their infiltration to attempt to destroy phyrexia before they can launch their invasion
Set 2 is the phyrexians invading, with an advantage on most planes thanks to catching their armies off guard
Set 3 is the defending planes fighting back against the invading phyrexians with greater force as their entire existence is at stake. bring in team-ups of cross-plane characters working together (like, say, Jhoira and Satoru working together)
Set 4 is the other planes striking against the Phyrexians' home, with this being when Zhalfir is switched with New Phyrexia
Include hints to what's going to happen throughout sets 2 and 3 as set-up for set 4, both in the story and in the cards, and you've got a good 6 months to a year of story there, without needing to R&D a bunch of new stuff without properly playtesting first
Like I get why blocks aren't a thing anymore, they can lead to a sort of 'oh we're still doing this' feeling, but they definitely made storytelling and Standard better (weren't as great for limited admittedly).
I like blocks, and I like single sets. Why can't they just do whatever they feel is appropriate for a given set? I Never hear anyone ask that question or make that suggestion. Why does it have to be such an all or nothing situation all the time?
@@danacoleman4007 that’s a very valid point. Some sets are better with a one-off storyline, others feel like they need to be developed over multiple sets, otherwise running into the issue of march, where everything seems to be rushed all at once, which makes the story harder to follow, and consequently, enjoy
Many many of us stand with you, Prof.
Happy new year to you and everyone. ♥️
I’m not a huge fan of UB or straight-to-modern sets, but it’s amazing to see niche/old keywords being brought back on one-off cases. Seeing storm in Doctor Who and Split Second in LotR blew my mind, and I love both cards :)
'It's a double feature... but it doesn't suck!' - Love it
You're not naive, Professor. I agree. I refuse to purchase or play with any "Universes Beyond" cards. Vote with your money. 23:02
I love your content prof, I live in the caribbean and it's difficult to access card board in my country, the only video I didn't wait for you to drop a review on was Ixalan, had to preorder those because Dinos. Thanks and hope to see you next year.
You're awesome Prof! Keep up the silliness, it works for you.
I haven't played Magic since the All Will Be One Pre-Release. I still bought a Pre-Release kit for MOM, but didn't play. I still have a massive collection of cards from the last 20+ years, but I'm just so burnt out. If it wouldn't be such a monumental undertaking to organize everything, I would have probably sold off all of my singles and kept a few decks
Thanks Prof for your worst of - and best of - MTG of the year. I ALWAYS watch both as I think its incredibly important to celebrate the best of (and acknowledge the worst of) the year, which you always do.
Thanks for your efforts to bring not only EDH to the table for us to celebrate (which is the format I now exclusively play) but the other formats that need to be shown and celebrated.
Have a great new year Brian, and may 2024 bring you new adventures and experiences to treasure.
Prof opening the Aftermath pack with "Tolarian Contempt" is *chef's kiss*
March of the Machine just shows that it's one setting = one block is flawed, I feel we don't get enough time on a plane, bring back 2 blocks set on a plane like Lorwyn/Shadowmore for example!
Surprised to not see Chris Cocks taking a $9.4mln bonus while firing hundreds of people responsible for the success of the WotC games as the #1 worst thing that happened to Magic this year.
did you watch the video?
@@TheFogVelour Yes, I still think it was the #1 worst thing for Magic, likely will have negative impact on quality of the products down the line too.
I lost track of all the crappy things that happened this year to MTG so this will be a welcome refresher
When you mentioned "Who lives and who dies?" I couldn't help but think of the Ron Howard 'talking pie movie' bit from The Simpsons. Also, I know colloquialism, but repetion? Just hits my ears weird. Either way, great video, thanks. Looking forward to 2024!
I love the little malicious edits and cuts made by the editor. They are an absolute genius!
Glad to see you're still at it Brian. Almost at 1 million subs wow!!!! Been out of the game for a while now but have been a subscriber and patron since day 1. Have a happy and prosperous 2024.
I never really thought about how the 1/1 One Ring had that kind of impact. The thought of that makes me really sad actually. Regardless, excited to meet you in Chicago, Prof!
Your videos are very useful and provide lots of information. I have received lots of help after watching this post, please continue to share this kind of information. Thank you.
Thanks for all the awesome videos professor. They always make me feel a little bit better in a crazy world. Happy New Year! I hope 2024 is another great year for you.
Worst thing this year: I started playing this game and spent nearly $500 on it 😭
All year? I frequently spend more than that on it in a month.
@davidlundquist1979 is that a flex?
@@cautiousdissolute5780 Nope. If anything, I should be ashamed of how much money I give Hasbro. I am planning to cut down next year, though. Collector boosters just aren't worth it, at least when they're new.
20k here, bud
1.5k € this year as a fulltime university student. Though, i sold around 1.4k€ in card value so it aint that bad xd
If they were really worried about product saturation they should have axed collector boosters not draft and when they made play boosters.
They never would have introduced set boosters and lowered the price of collector packs
Seeing other videos it's not Collector boosters but set boosters that are killing the Draft booster. If you're just looking at cards you got more value out of the set boosters leaving the only reason to for draft boosters is to play draft.
Thing is, if you're just looking to fill out a set, then set boosters are just too efficient and parasitic towards draft boosters. The problem is that sets rarely reflect the draft booster distribution. Look at Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, 117 commons to 88 uncommons to 77 rares & mythics. That's only 1.5x as many commons as rares/mythics, but you crack 10:1 in a pack, so rounding out a set of NEO with draft boosters inherently means supersaturating your collection with chaff commons.
Frankly, if WOTC was competent, the new play boosters would have been the course correction they'd have made to booster packs years ago and they never should have done the set booster product. The issue isn't so much the play boosters themselves, it's that they're unsubtly and clumsily hiding an unnecessary price increase inside them.
Thanks to you, I have purchased my first Magic cards and am building decks and learning mechanics. I am looking forward to playing once the semester ends. Thank you for your videos!
And one last salute to the late Sheldon Menery for making Commander such a big part of our lives. Thank you, sir.
Gonna rewatch the “best of” video another 2 times now. Gotta boost that positivity algorithm.
love your content that you got me into commander now ive joined my local hobby store where i play bloodbowl and MTG Commander with a few of the random players im getting to know im going every friday to advance my game and commander is such a good giggle keep up the excellent content
When Wizards make bad Magic products and their customers hate the products, it's the customers' fault and not Wizards. Yeah, that sounds about right with the way Wizards thinks.
Don't forget, wotc also announced that they'd be doing annual b&r announcements when they doubled the length of standard.
I think that guy meant to leave that comment under a Desolator video, lol. Prof has always been a voice of reason in the community. Credit and criticism where they are due, as it should be.
Huzzah, Prof.! Love your passion. Happy New Year.
Prof you are awesome! I never apply myself for give aways! 😢 I just love all your content!
I feel like 1000 dollar proxies should have been here somewhere. Did I miss it?
Those were released in 2022. I’m sure it was 100% in the 2022 recap video.
@@ReactiveDeactive man time flies I could have sworn that was this year
I agree with your reasoning with your #1 item on the list, I think that the true problem was not the one of The One Ring, but the numbered versions of the Sol Rings that were also in this set. I think if it was JUST the one of One Ring, it would have been perfect. Heck, I think that the frenzied buying of packs just for getting what was pretty much a lottery ticket was a very in flavor commentary on what Tolkien was trying to convey about greed in his books! Having a one of One Ring, very in flavor, but hundreds of other serialized cards revealed the greed behind it all and that WotC had itself fallen victim to greed.
I'm okay with the concept of one of a kind art. As long as the card is available in normal form, this is a fine way for WotC to profit from "collectors" while still focusing on players. It's not nearly as bad an idea as, say, having 8-12 different treatments of the same card within a set. I think the best idea would be to remove foils, have a special art replacing the foil slot, then have one of a kind art for each card in the set that is foil.
no. the one ring was the best that could've happened to magic this year. thousands of opened boosters, a lot of people coming back, perfect flavor, making the game even more collectable, lowering the price of normal cards thanks to the multiple art versions avaliable... it was only good.
@@kerolokerokeroloyou would have had all of that without the serialised card. Seriously, just the base set was more than enough to engage LotR fans.
"It's a DOUBLE FEATURE! Only it doesn't suck!" God, the sheer enthusiasm with which he said that had me dying.
Great video, Prof. I like how you substantiate your opinion. I wish you and your family a great 2024.
I don't think the LotR set would have sold as well if not for serialized cards. It got all the pokemon and beanie baby collectors interested in finding a lottery ticket
And now when Wizards goes to other IPs for licensing they can wave their arms at Lord of the Rings and say, "See? It went great when we did it before!"
As a person with self control who buys singles and knows how whales generally pay for any game like this while the rest of us are just icing on that cake... I kind of like the serialized cards. They're a lightning rod for the MTG finance bros that make more packs get opened and deflate the prices of the pretty art versions of the same cards that I actually want.
I always loved how balanced the Prof talks even about deeply negative subjects, without all the usual drama so many people harbour, thank you for being yourself Prof never change, apart from possible parts of yourself that you don't like, change those your wellbeing is most important :)
I didn't know about the 1of1 rings when I bought a booster box of LOTR.
I bought it based on your "favorite things about Magic 2023.” That and my son just got super involved into LOTR. Looking forward to drafting it with him!
Everyone mentions how LoTR was the best selling set but you are the first I have seen to question how much of that being due to serialized cards. I believe the number is inflated and, while it's a great set, should not have been most sold.
Honestly the Ravnica Guild kits were amazing, to have that many 2-color decks so decently balanced and fun against one another out of the box. (perfectly no but tended to not feel like a one-sided stomp with a decent hand) And I feel they understood the colors.
I see the whole For Mirrodin and Incubation mechanics and sort of wonder, did they just forget what colors tend to be the first-strike, or token, or you know, low-mana cost per creature's general power/toughness colors? Black and red really delved into the turf of other color's strong suits for the past couple sets to me. Which changes them in itself, too. And it also seems like they wanted to nerf removal, so blue particularly just gets some equivalent to a dredge on a dozen things? I guess I just need to adapt but sheesh.
5:35 needs cleaned up. Prof as always you are an ambassador of reasoned commentary and critique. Keep being your badass self :)
I can't get enough of you, Professor! You could talk about sand and dirt and I'd still be captivated.
The ending to the phyrexian story literally made me no longer care about the story and lore anymore. Glad to see some of my favorite planeswalkers were saved but the sloppy ending felt like one of those "With the power of friendship we can solve anything! Also now everyone can be a planeswalker so there is nothing special about us anymore!"
every single story with a bad guys who are too big and too bad ends poorly. thanos's whole thing was crap and full of plot holes with timey wimey crap going on. bolas's downfall was insanely obviously and poorly written... they didn't even have the balls to KILL him lol. the eldrazi "ending" was also lame AF and just laughable.
doing huge stories is where MTG and basically all media just fails HARD. nobody does it well because it's unrelatable, too big to manage, and while it seems cool on paper it just doesn't really deliver. It's like trying to run a D&D game in a massive war... you THINK it'll be cool but it's actually an unmanageable pile of trash. even wargames don't do massive wars as their thing because a warhammer game that's the entirety of the assault on terra during the horus heresy would take years to play out IRL...
they should stick to smaller things and have big threats be more limited in scope unless they're prepared to write another Yawgmoth style thing which should be VERY rare to happen and honestly I don't even think they have it in them to write such a good villain again.
I think it's also worth mentioning that, although not attributable to Hasbro in any way, Sheldon Menery's passing was a genuinely horrible thing for Magic as a whole. His influence over the Commander format and shaping it into the premier format it is today cannot be understated and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a touch apprehensive as to how WotC interacts with the RC in his absence.
Absolutely worth mentioning. Gone too soon.
Nope. I've always hated how out of touch with the meta and how much influence the RC has had over EDH. And Sheldon's exaggerating his role and acting like he invented the format is a stain that won't wash away.
HAPPY NEW YEAR❤
Enjoyed the vid, but I preferred the content discussed in the Good things video. Happy New Year!
Surely the worst thing for MTG in 2023 is Hasbro laying off loads of staff just before Christmas including MTG staff. This can't be good for the future.
America is supposed to be non religuous. Why does Christmas matter? It's the last quarter of the year, it makes financial sense.
OMG! Your comments on the one ring are so right! That card I felt really messed up this game.
I remember playing my first real standard event with a Wedge Deck! Now I'm a was-judge 🤣😭
I personally did like Commander Masters. But I do respect opinions. The Professor does bring up some valid reasoning, i will agree with some of the things he said, as well as the fact the Precons were way to expensive for what the decks had in them.
But in my opinion, the set did have some great alt artwork, and some good reprints despite some missing. But thats just my opinion, I respect others opinions on this too.
The Pinkertons and layoffs not even making the list is telling for how concerning this year was
You're going to be doing the stream on my BIRTHDAY and I am so excited.
hoping for some bday luck lmao
Love that you opened a fancy version of Tolarian Contempt on camera.
I thought the magic 30 proxies would’ve taken at least one spot. Or was that last year?
I'm pretty sure it's this year. Cause it was the 20 year anniversary
@@duo317 November 28, 2022 is when the stuff was sold
Just wanted to say I been following you for two about to be years basically when I started magic when I was drawn into the game by crimson vow lol and I'm sorry alot of people claim your negative all the time I would probably still be lost in the sauce if not for your videos thank you
Great video prof , you give us content on both the best and worst of the game, the best of video was way better 😊 , look forward to your content in 2024 too
Great video. I would say though standard is coming back to life in my city, almost every LGS in my area is now running standard (if it will last that's to be seen,)
I think THE biggest issue with standard in paper is the price; the average player doesn't want to invest several hundred dollars into a deck that will inevitably rotate out, if they wanted to spend a few hundred without the fear of rotating, they'd just get a modern deck. Increasing rotation from 2 to 3 years doesn't fix this issue, bringing back msrp and more importantly lowering the cost of boxes and packs of cardboard game pieces does help fix this.
You were SO close to saying the real “worst” of MTG this year. The actually worst thing was the success of LotR. As a fan of MTGs own IP, seeing LotR sell will only make WotC push more and more outside IPs. Gross. I refuse to buy any Universes Beyond product. Yes. I am “yucking” someone else’s “yum” and I will continue to do so unabashedly. Universes Beyond is an affront to the game and I wish it would die already. 😒
Universes beyond and secret lairs were my limit. I was so bummed out when they first released the universes beyond because I liked the lore and art of the Magic IP and I knew if they sold well, it would turn out how it has. To me, it just cheapens the game so much. The last time I bought new cards off the shelf (I still collect the old sets) was 4 years ago. I think there are a lot of fans that feel the same way we do. I don't think it's "yucking someone's yum" to share your opinion. That's just something that fanboys say when they can't stand that their favourite game is going down the toilet.
Only watched this one first because RUclips suggested it, but watched the best of right after. While I’m not the biggest Magic player I’m still a regular at my FLGS and pretty much knew everything on this list. My store was even giving out Aftermath packs when they ran out of promo packs because they just sat there (except for that one weird day where a full pod each decided to get a box)
I'm really excited about play boosters. I always wanted a set booster with basic lands and so the play booster looks good.
As a Magic "zoomer" I tend to often disagree with your perspectives across your channel, but still watch because you do so in such and earnest and sincere way that I feel is important to keep the game honest, or something.
Anyway, here's to more UB Secret Lairs, I know those are your favorite
Shocked that this video is only like 26 minutes long, considering the title I figured it'd be like two hours
I just wanted to say thank you! I have used your channel to learn a lot about magic and this is one of my favorite channels! Sometimes you have to stay bad things about things you love because it's the truth.. Just keep making these videos and don't worry about what people have to say!
I'll rewatch the Best Of video to boost it's engagement. : )
I think it's important to note that overall this year was pretty good. There's some absolute stinkers that deserve to be mocked mercilessly, but I would still consider this year largely to be a win over last year.
Agreed!
Really? Secret police being sent to someone's house, the magic 30 debacle, the OGL debacle, and the layoffs.. I strongly disagree.