Only 1 quarter was really covid affected on their report and it will only get worse moving forward with the ban on competitive play. I think that remains to be seen since we aren't even into September yet for Zendikar Rising Spoiler Season. A lot can happen in two months. Also I don't buy into the ...

Given all the problems with the Sports Card Industry that led toward it's collapse in the 90's we're actually starting to see that in Paper Magic right now with Double Masters and other premium products. A lot of the lessons of how the Sports Card Industry failed are being neglected with Paper Magi...

Luckily for me none of the Local Game Stores in Kansas and Missouri have been closed permanently due to COVID-19. Given all the problems with the Sports Card Industry that led toward it's collapse in the 90's we're actually starting to see that in Paper Magic right now with Double Masters and other ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/hvnlp2/its_a_bloodbath_out_there_hobby_game_store/ https://dsgcw.blogspot.com/2020/07/hobby-comic-and-game-store-closures.html Okaaaaay then. The first-half list for 2020 is short, of course, owing to no particular disruptive events across the industry or o...

as my main LGS I go to hasn't started allowing people to play in store yet, playing somewhere else that allows some number of people inside for a bit has been something I've toyed with the idea of. Mostly because I kinda miss actually playing cards in paper. I might see if I can get a group togethe...

I do want to point out that the health of Paper Magic depends on accessibility, and for older formats and EDH / Commander being too expensive is a bigger issue for Wizards of the Coast than Local Game Store (LGS) availability hence why we're getting Double Masters. Yes Local Game Stores (and online ...

This conversation reminds me of a recent magazine article I read on the latest issue of National Geographic by Oliver Whang titled, "When Virtual Life Turns Into Quarantine" where it talks about how isolation from other people in a health crisis is one thing when the question we REALLY sho...

If Mark Rosewater listens to the playerbase and answers questions constantly on blogatog then why is Standard such a mess right now? He's been working with Wizards of the Coast for so long that he's completely out of touch with what makes MTG good or bad. Would it kill him as head designer to lower ...

Hope Rings of Brighthearth, Sword of Feast and Famine, and Training Grounds make the cut in Double Masters.

Ah thanks for the tip, anyone who hangs off of Hambly isn't worth listening too. Why are you trying to make this about MTGLion and Jeremy Hambly when these people are genuinely concerned about the direction of where Magic: the Gathering is heading toward? And thats where I disagree, as far as I've ...

This thread is ridiculous. Maro is a designer. That's it. You know those sweet new cards we get so often? That's him. The business aspect of it is not his responsibility, and it's the height of ignorance to take him to task for it. Moreover, mtglion is one of the absolute worst MTG content creators...

Apparently there's been A LOT of misinformation lately about Wizards of the Coasts' In-Store Play / Organized Play Suspension for Local Game Stores (LGSs) that's currently in effect until September due to COVID-19. Turns out that In-Store Play IS still allowed at Local Game Stores except for Organiz...

I agree with the thread title, but yeah the re-post seems a bit off. I do think WOTC are a bunch of spineless cockroaches that will sell out any principle to make a buck. I don't however think they are much different than most companies these days. Keep in mind WOTC headquarters is just south of Se...

in Canada, I think it depends on what city you live in, which I think is sort of happening with Magic too now. I think there are communities in larger cities but not much of competitive scenes outside of larger cities I'm not sure If this is still the case due to COVID-19 however Paper Trading Card...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXUysF4DoHk I'm going to talk about what it's like to work for Wizards of the Coast. Like any company Wizards of the Coast has a Glassdoor and even though they are a sub-company of Hasbro, the Glassdoor is separate to Wizards of the Coast. I decided to discuss this fr...

What is your definition of netdecking? Most people use it as a shorthand for "copied an entire deck off the internet and ran that". That obviously doesn't apply to EDH in the vast majority of cases and doesn't even apply to your arguments. If you are talking about "using online resou...

The reason why I ask this is because when it comes to building an EDH / Commander deck it requires some form of netdecking as in using the Internet to help identify what cards and strategies go with said Commander to make for more optimized builds as opposed to less optimized builds. If you didn't h...

So just out of curiosity what would happen to Paper Magic and Local Game Stores (LGSs) If there was an Internet Blackout during the middle of this current Global Pandemic we're in? The only real line of defense Local Game Stores (LGSs) have aside from community is e-commerce sales to help compete ag...

forgot to say.. some months ago. I was still seeing active Pokemon tournaments with decent turnouts in one of our lgs, the store is very small but there were still about 8-12 people there playing on little tables. Those tourneys are also surely cancelled these days though, just like how mtg tournam...

I played Pokémon TCG from Gen 4 with Diamond/Pearl/Platinum up until XY in Gen 6 with Furious Fists (back when Stage 2 decks were no longer competitive due to Basic EX's) where I went on hiatus from the game to see If it would make another big comeback with Pokémon Sword & Shield in Gen 8. I eve...

If you're looking to pimp out an EDH / Commander deck this isn't a bad website to check out:

http://www.smileylich.com/mtg/magocracy ... cy_G1.html

It's even organized by category of what the cards are functioned to do.

Makes sense though I do hope we get some juicy reprints of the most expensive Green cards throughout MTG's history: Sylvan Library - Hasn't seen another reprint since Eternal Masters yet it's continued to spike up to $70 a pop. Exploration - Spiked up to $50 last I checked and is overdue for a repri...

Managed to streamline the decklist a bit more.

Love to get Rings of Brighthearth in here for Kenrith but it's out of my budget right now.

The bolded portion. Are these real actual people or an assumption? Are there people who are both trying to get others into magic and treating the reserved list as a stock market? Or do you mean magic cards in general and not specifically the reserved list? I wouldn't be surprised at this point If t...

I feel as though the people who are trying to sell people into MTG while treating the Reserve List as a stock market are doing it either because they have personal connections in regards to corporate sponsors and other big businesses or they themselves had Local Game Stores (LGSs) that are either st...