I really think that Wizards/Hasbro has a deep misunderstanding regarding their new players and consumer base. I recently found out about Wubby, he is new to the game, oldest video is less than a year old but he is huge among the new players. On MagicCon, they banned him from the VIP zone for making fun of Wizards, but he still had a gigantic row of people waiting to see him. He is also the typical whale, spending thousands of dollars on the game, but he mainly buys vintage stuff, old sets, alters and signed cards etc. The number of new players, and the number of whales that like the non-fantasy UB stuff is very slim compared to the potential people who would be enchanted and in awe if magic history has been preserved and presented to them. WoTC deleted all their old articles, all the decks of the week are now gone, they don't cares about protour winners from the past, and the 1000 dollars Magic 30 box proves that they do not care about their IP and history in any sense. I wonder if things would have ended better if there was no reserved list.
I would have to agree with this. As a player of less than a year, who just recently is getting out of magic as a whole it’s gotten way too bad. I love watching Wubby but as a commander player I found a lot of joy in watching channels like Command Zone, Commander at home, EDHijinks, Play to win, and so many more channels I relatively found a deep understanding of the game quickly from them and their perspectives. I never really referred to Wizards or Hasbro and have always thought of them as a corporation who prints expensive Chase cards to keep players addicted. They don’t really care about any of the formats or the players as a whole and we always have to remember that they’re a corporation. People often forget about the recent firings at WOTC and massive layoffs as a whole even thought the format has grown as a whole. Even with the firings of employees the select sector of Hasbro that is WOTC was the only one that generated a profit in that year. The game has a lot of flaws and is incredibly expensive. It becomes an arms race very quickly for people to get the best cards. I understand that proxy’s are a thing, but they weren’t accepted in the only playgroup I played with. I didn’t want to do magic online because I like playing the game with my friends who originally got me into the game. There’s a lot of reasons why I’ve slowly moved my collection and I will just continue to watch RUclips videos about it!
I totally agree that WOTC has to focus on the competition with Pokemon, FaB etc. This is especially important for new players. I believe that a release of Revised cards nowadays would not be sufficient to compete with Pokemon etc. There are also other whales out there buying vintage products. But only very few show this in the public. We should not start a Reserved List discussion. From my point of view, the Reserved List made old cards investible.
The new flashy cards are for the new young generation of players. MTG has to compete with Pokemon, etc. The older players can play Old School, Premodern and Commander with the cards they like.
@nikkeiputter That's true, except if one does not want to play against the new flash it requires cooperation from the rest of the table. I think I'd have a hard time getting the lads I play with to try Old School or Premodern, but its worth talking it over.
*less gooo loved it brotha*
Thanks for providing valuable background regarding how you got into Magic, and helping us make sense of where the game is heading.
@dartbreaker Glad to have your kind words and support! :-)
I really think that Wizards/Hasbro has a deep misunderstanding regarding their new players and consumer base. I recently found out about Wubby, he is new to the game, oldest video is less than a year old but he is huge among the new players. On MagicCon, they banned him from the VIP zone for making fun of Wizards, but he still had a gigantic row of people waiting to see him. He is also the typical whale, spending thousands of dollars on the game, but he mainly buys vintage stuff, old sets, alters and signed cards etc. The number of new players, and the number of whales that like the non-fantasy UB stuff is very slim compared to the potential people who would be enchanted and in awe if magic history has been preserved and presented to them.
WoTC deleted all their old articles, all the decks of the week are now gone, they don't cares about protour winners from the past, and the 1000 dollars Magic 30 box proves that they do not care about their IP and history in any sense. I wonder if things would have ended better if there was no reserved list.
I would have to agree with this. As a player of less than a year, who just recently is getting out of magic as a whole it’s gotten way too bad.
I love watching Wubby but as a commander player I found a lot of joy in watching channels like Command Zone, Commander at home, EDHijinks, Play to win, and so many more channels I relatively found a deep understanding of the game quickly from them and their perspectives. I never really referred to Wizards or Hasbro and have always thought of them as a corporation who prints expensive Chase cards to keep players addicted. They don’t really care about any of the formats or the players as a whole and we always have to remember that they’re a corporation. People often forget about the recent firings at WOTC and massive layoffs as a whole even thought the format has grown as a whole. Even with the firings of employees the select sector of Hasbro that is WOTC was the only one that generated a profit in that year.
The game has a lot of flaws and is incredibly expensive. It becomes an arms race very quickly for people to get the best cards. I understand that proxy’s are a thing, but they weren’t accepted in the only playgroup I played with. I didn’t want to do magic online because I like playing the game with my friends who originally got me into the game.
There’s a lot of reasons why I’ve slowly moved my collection and I will just continue to watch RUclips videos about it!
I totally agree that WOTC has to focus on the competition with Pokemon, FaB etc. This is especially important for new players. I believe that a release of Revised cards nowadays would not be sufficient to compete with Pokemon etc. There are also other whales out there buying vintage products. But only very few show this in the public. We should not start a Reserved List discussion. From my point of view, the Reserved List made old cards investible.
The new flashy cards are for the new young generation of players. MTG has to compete with Pokemon, etc. The older players can play Old School, Premodern and Commander with the cards they like.
@nikkeiputter That's true, except if one does not want to play against the new flash it requires cooperation from the rest of the table. I think I'd have a hard time getting the lads I play with to try Old School or Premodern, but its worth talking it over.