In a way, I am glad. The ships have all been burned behind us, so there is nowhere to retreat to tune out the war for our survival. The only way forward is going through them.
Roman emperors knew that maintaining power required pacifying the mob with bread and circuses. The globohomo left can't leave those alone, so they will get to learn this lesson again.
Mark wants my little pieces of paper for his little pieces of card.
I don't want his card anymore because I don't like it now.
He still wants my paper though.
Rather than provide better pieces of card he calls me a fascist.
Yeah, I don't think Mark is going to be getting any pieces of paper from people like me for his cards any time soon.
There's lots of other cards out there that are nicer and more likely to get my pieces of paper swapped for them.
This is Lemonade Stand 101 economics Mark. Stop pissing in the lemonade and perhaps you'll go home with some paper in your pocket.
Now Ilsa down the road there, she's got some smoking hot cards with all the kind of stuff I crave. Perhaps I'll go and visit her, while I'm there I'll see what else she has on offer and speak to other patrons that share my understanding of the hobby.
See Mark, you've not only lost business - you've put me in touch with people with ideologies you hold profoundly wrong.
Or more likely, Mark bought put all competing shops long ago and has a quasi monopoly on cards. And got his political buddy, Bill, to make sure no one can easily sell cards.
He is slowly raising paper requirements while shrinking cards.
Lisa is new & cool, but barely hanging on, and has some neat cards like you remember, but are 2.5x the amount of paper even Marks are.
You realize these cards aren’t for you and you stop buying from anyone. Everyone else has the same idea.
Both Mark and Lisa go out of business. The card industry dies. And everyone is left with no options.
Its getting close. Theyre doing some sets based on RL movies and shit too. Jurassic Park for one and there's another one coming. The Walking Dead and Doctor Who got sets. Plus Transformers and My Little Pony already got sets. As a former Magic whale, the state of the game is basically humiliation+trannies+Fortnite.
Limited prints of cards that have themed arts, that eventully get in printed in sets with MTG themes later.
So you might have a Secret Lair with the theme being Godzilla as a legendary creature, you can buy online for a premium or you can wait until they print the exact same card in a set as Big Dino #116 with the same text except name and without the Godzilla art.
They're basically all ridiculous, but the others are either "popular with the kids" (Fortnite, Nerf, Spongebob) and/or are at least kind of combat related. Like there are already zombie decks (Walking Dead), dinosaur decks (Godzilla), and Stranger Things features DnD, which Magic likely borrowed inspiration from in the first place. You could imagine summoning Spider-man, Cloud, or a Ninja Turtle from some alternate dimension and having them help you win a fight. I'm not saying these are good, by any means, just that I could kind of get the logic.
But Monty Python? What are you going to summon? A dead parrot? The Minister of Silly Walks? The "young, modern audience" that they're looking for has probably never even heard of them, and the old timers (if Hasbro even wants them) are not going to be sucked into a new, expensive hobby because you can get a Knights of Ni card or whatever. Just cringe and embarassing.
But Monty Python? What are you going to summon? A dead parrot? The Minister of Silly Walks?
A rabbit. With deathtouch, obviously.
Edit: It was less interesting. They're just reprints of existing cards with new names. For example they did Birds of Paradise as both a European and an African Swallow. They stuck entirely to Holy Grail, so it's more thematically aligned than most the tie-in shit. But MTG was on life support and then finished themselves off with fucking black Aragorn.
They're basically all ridiculous, but the others are either "popular with the kids" (Fortnite, Nerf, Spongebob)
Nerf and Spongebob were "popular with the kids" 25 years ago, now they're brands that just sort of coast along based on past brand recognition, and Monty Python fits right in there.
But Monty Python? What are you going to summon? A dead parrot? The Minister of Silly Walks?
Yeah, why not? People like shitposts.
The "young, modern audience" that they're looking for has probably never even heard of them, and the old timers (if Hasbro even wants them) are not going to be sucked into a new, expensive hobby because you can get a Knights of Ni card or whatever. Just cringe and embarassing.
Monty Python is pretty well known still, and the old timers are the ones who are already into MTG, they don't need to be "sucked into a new expensive hobby" because they're already there and will continue looking to buy, and the younger demographics that missed the hayday of MTG have a shitton of barriers to entry that won't be overcome by some cringe licencing deals.
Nerf and Spongebob were "popular with the kids" 25 years ago
Right, that's why I put it in quotes. This logic would make sense to boomer execs. Though I have seen kids playing with Nerf products in the last few years.
Monty Python fits right in there.
Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired 56 years ago. You might as well do I Dream of Jeannie or Gilligan's Island cards. Hell, I thought of mentioning ALF, but that show debuted 17 years after Flying Circus, in 1986.
Yeah, why not? People like shitposts.
But that's all it is, which makes the whole thing extra ridiculous, which is my original point. At least the others have some kind of tenuous logic if you squint at them.
Monty Python is pretty well known still
With old timers? Maybe. With Gen Z and younger? I'm not so sure.
younger demographics that missed the hayday of MTG have a shitton of barriers to entry that won't be overcome by some cringe licencing deals.
Fair point, but that's what the suits are hoping for. Otherwise, why are they trying Fortnite or Stranger Things at all? Those certainly aren't targeting old timers.
I don't know, but my buddy has had a hell of a time even tracking down any product to purchase. I'll try to remember to report back if we ever get our hands on it and try it out.
Opposed to rampant consumerism? You're a sexistracisttransphobicNazi fascist! Come, comrade! Defend the global corporation for free for the worker's revolution! (upsetting the caricature of your dad)
Can holders of reserved list cards sue WotC for gross mismanagement of the game, resulting in loss of value for our investment? This is getting ridiculous that it hasn't happened yet.
If anyone involved in modern MtG, or modern entertainment in general, is calling me a fascist...I feel I'm probably doing something right.
Hilarious.
Rosewater can face the wall with the rest of the people doing their best to poison all of my hobbies.
I don’t think there’s any fun hobby left that hasn’t been bastardized, perverted, and / or demolished.
In a way, I am glad. The ships have all been burned behind us, so there is nowhere to retreat to tune out the war for our survival. The only way forward is going through them.
Roman emperors knew that maintaining power required pacifying the mob with bread and circuses. The globohomo left can't leave those alone, so they will get to learn this lesson again.
Mark wants my little pieces of paper for his little pieces of card.
I don't want his card anymore because I don't like it now.
He still wants my paper though.
Rather than provide better pieces of card he calls me a fascist.
Yeah, I don't think Mark is going to be getting any pieces of paper from people like me for his cards any time soon.
There's lots of other cards out there that are nicer and more likely to get my pieces of paper swapped for them.
This is Lemonade Stand 101 economics Mark. Stop pissing in the lemonade and perhaps you'll go home with some paper in your pocket.
Now Ilsa down the road there, she's got some smoking hot cards with all the kind of stuff I crave. Perhaps I'll go and visit her, while I'm there I'll see what else she has on offer and speak to other patrons that share my understanding of the hobby.
See Mark, you've not only lost business - you've put me in touch with people with ideologies you hold profoundly wrong.
Nice job!
Or more likely, Mark bought put all competing shops long ago and has a quasi monopoly on cards. And got his political buddy, Bill, to make sure no one can easily sell cards.
He is slowly raising paper requirements while shrinking cards.
Lisa is new & cool, but barely hanging on, and has some neat cards like you remember, but are 2.5x the amount of paper even Marks are.
You realize these cards aren’t for you and you stop buying from anyone. Everyone else has the same idea.
Both Mark and Lisa go out of business. The card industry dies. And everyone is left with no options.
This is what is happening all over the West.
Imagine calling other people fascists because they don't like your fucking Barbie and Teletubbies Magic Cards.
Its getting close. Theyre doing some sets based on RL movies and shit too. Jurassic Park for one and there's another one coming. The Walking Dead and Doctor Who got sets. Plus Transformers and My Little Pony already got sets. As a former Magic whale, the state of the game is basically humiliation+trannies+Fortnite.
Literally the Fortnite model.
Secret lair stuff?
Regular releases. If you hop on Arena right now everyone is running Avatar the Last Airbender cards because they're standard legal.
Limited prints of cards that have themed arts, that eventully get in printed in sets with MTG themes later.
So you might have a Secret Lair with the theme being Godzilla as a legendary creature, you can buy online for a premium or you can wait until they print the exact same card in a set as Big Dino #116 with the same text except name and without the Godzilla art.
I was just using random stupid IPs, but it is really that bad. Here are some actual crossovers:
And many, many other mainstream IPs that make zero artistic or game sense.
Monty Python? Who... who is that even for?
People who think consuming the same things nerds of 30 years ago liked makes them nerds, too.
They did the office too
That's the one that sticks out to you?
They're basically all ridiculous, but the others are either "popular with the kids" (Fortnite, Nerf, Spongebob) and/or are at least kind of combat related. Like there are already zombie decks (Walking Dead), dinosaur decks (Godzilla), and Stranger Things features DnD, which Magic likely borrowed inspiration from in the first place. You could imagine summoning Spider-man, Cloud, or a Ninja Turtle from some alternate dimension and having them help you win a fight. I'm not saying these are good, by any means, just that I could kind of get the logic.
But Monty Python? What are you going to summon? A dead parrot? The Minister of Silly Walks? The "young, modern audience" that they're looking for has probably never even heard of them, and the old timers (if Hasbro even wants them) are not going to be sucked into a new, expensive hobby because you can get a Knights of Ni card or whatever. Just cringe and embarassing.
A rabbit. With deathtouch, obviously.
Edit: It was less interesting. They're just reprints of existing cards with new names. For example they did Birds of Paradise as both a European and an African Swallow. They stuck entirely to Holy Grail, so it's more thematically aligned than most the tie-in shit. But MTG was on life support and then finished themselves off with fucking black Aragorn.
Nerf and Spongebob were "popular with the kids" 25 years ago, now they're brands that just sort of coast along based on past brand recognition, and Monty Python fits right in there.
Yeah, why not? People like shitposts.
Monty Python is pretty well known still, and the old timers are the ones who are already into MTG, they don't need to be "sucked into a new expensive hobby" because they're already there and will continue looking to buy, and the younger demographics that missed the hayday of MTG have a shitton of barriers to entry that won't be overcome by some cringe licencing deals.
Right, that's why I put it in quotes. This logic would make sense to boomer execs. Though I have seen kids playing with Nerf products in the last few years.
Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired 56 years ago. You might as well do I Dream of Jeannie or Gilligan's Island cards. Hell, I thought of mentioning ALF, but that show debuted 17 years after Flying Circus, in 1986.
But that's all it is, which makes the whole thing extra ridiculous, which is my original point. At least the others have some kind of tenuous logic if you squint at them.
With old timers? Maybe. With Gen Z and younger? I'm not so sure.
Fair point, but that's what the suits are hoping for. Otherwise, why are they trying Fortnite or Stranger Things at all? Those certainly aren't targeting old timers.
The office.
Rosewater was big on Tumblr when Tumblr was at its worst. He still keeps his main personal blog there. Is anyone really surprised?
Based on his voice and mannerisms I'd guess he's a flaming HIV positive.
So we’re both right?
By modern definition of fascist, yes absolutely I am a fascist. Thank you for the compliment.
Thank you for letting me know: People who allowed black Aragorn to exist
Sorry fag, I quit your shitty game over a decade ago because of your mismanagement.
Terms accepted.
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Tranny game designed by commie groomers
It's like they devolved to soulsborne gamer level. They use same catchphrase as an answer to everything.
One of the biggest liberals I know who consumes all the product is getting sick of all the MTG tie-ins.
E. S. T.?
His name is Rosewater, there’s no way he’s not.
It's been slop for almost a decade now. I guess I'm extra-ultra-mega fascist.
TCG bros, is Riftbound worth as a replacement or is RIOT also garbage?
I don't know, but my buddy has had a hell of a time even tracking down any product to purchase. I'll try to remember to report back if we ever get our hands on it and try it out.
Opposed to rampant consumerism? You're a
sexistracisttransphobicNazifascist! Come, comrade! Defend the global corporation for free for the worker's revolution! (upsetting the caricature of your dad)Can holders of reserved list cards sue WotC for gross mismanagement of the game, resulting in loss of value for our investment? This is getting ridiculous that it hasn't happened yet.
Doesn’t outright call people fascists, just infers it.