People who play Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games like Magic: the Gathering REALLY need a reality check and come to terms that this is a luxury gaming hobby designed to make them poor and homeless. Let me ask you another hypothetical question, what would you have done with the amount...

So was there ever an explanation by Wizards of the Coast as to why Narset was cut from the Ikoria novel?

I was talking to one of my friends online about the Mutate mechanic from Ikoria as well as the new set in general and he told me that the new mechanic isn't as confusing as people are making it out to be it's just that they need to improve their reading level. He compared it more toward Evolve thoug...

Yeah, I think it's probably a pitfall of the industry to be honest; you get into it with a storefront wanting to spend more time around your hobby and quickly find out that you need to be prepared for it to be a profession and potentially not your dream job after all. You really do need to be so or...

I've probably already mentioned this before here on MTGNexus, but there's a local Comic Book Shop that doubles as an LGS that I've been going to for 18 years and I'm very concerned with how the current state of the Comic Book Industry will affect sales there. Worst case scenario I think they'll have...

I feel that one of the problems with paper Magic costing so much is that there simply isn't enough supply of pre-RTR sets to meet the demand for them and they never really printed Masters sets to truly impact/reduce the prices of cards. This is probably because they while technically they are putti...

the mutate mechanic feels confusing. But there are still some cards I want to have like the Mothra - has plenty of combo potential. And the 11/11 cycling godzilla for my living end deck. Hoping to see more large cycling creatures. :) That's because it is. Even official MTG Judges and Wizards of the...

I feel as though the reason why Magic is so expensive is because there's too many formats that drive the Secondary Market value of specific chase cards. Take for example a card like Noble Hierarch that's popular in every format. The demand for it adds up for each format as the supply continues to dr...

I kinda feel as though these new Ikoria C20 Commanders are really lackluster in terms of power level. At least Jirina Kudro is remotely more playable as a Commander than Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale for Mardu Aggro. Other than Arcane Signet getting reprinted in these precons is a nice touch. Just suck...

I kinda feel as though these new Ikoria C20 Commanders are really lackluster in terms of power level. At least Jirina Kudro is remotely more playable as a Commander than Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale for Mardu Aggro. Other than Arcane Signet getting reprinted in these precons is a nice touch. Just sucks...

What are some of your personal opinions about Magic that tend to be pretty controversial? Maybe you think that mana burn should come back, or that things were better off before "mythic-rare" was a thing. Maybe you have a radical design philosophy that you believe the R&D should move t...

Right now? I'd stay the f*ck home, do some research and wait for this to pass. MtG as a card game is still superior to any of it's current competition such as Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Final Fantasy, Hearthstone etc in terms of complexity and strategy, so it's worth the wait. What I should've asked you ea...

Let me ask you a question about a hypothetical scenario and I'm being serious. Say you were someone who doesn't know what Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games are and you just recently heard about Magic: the Gathering in 2020 even though there's more gaming options to choose from nowadays com...

I finally decided to support the Local Game Stores in my area during this lockdown period. Managed to pick up a few cards for EDH / Commander that I was looking for which totaled up to $30. I was also working on a Pioneer deck as a side project though I might just tear the deck apart If the economy ...

My biggest worry is that once we're able to go back to our own daily lives after the quarantine is lifted I feel as though over time Magic will end up losing what I consider the most important aspect of what makes the game great to begin with and that's the community. If everyone is forced into a di...

Funny story to share with you all. Turns out my local area isn't eligible for the Coronavirus Relief Stimulus Bill that my Government passed last Friday. Why you ask? Because it doesn't meet the 500,000 resident threshold since the area is too small. Here's the kicker, government officials and lawma...

If there's something I'd like to see become a favorite part of playing Magic, it would have to be being able to sell the same experience outside the Local Game Store (LGS). Magic and other Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games don't function the same way as traditional board games like Monopol...

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45519/cares-act-improves-options-retailers-other-small-businesses The two stimulus bills passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), passed late last week, have provisions that ...

I have absolute faith that they will return because 1) they have done excellent things to provide great service and a welcoming atmosphere and 2)our government has made a commitment to help businesses like theirs to stay afloat. Wish I could say the same for my government. Sadly I don't think a $2 ...

So Rudy from Alpha Investments on YouTube finally weighed in on the current situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQviuO4MzsE So today what we're going to talk about in regards to card shop failures is simply on "Space". Straight up space. I know not the final frontier, not space stoc...

LGS's will adapt and change. Magic will thrive after the pandemic will end because the hardcore player would want to go out and play after being stuck at home. I believe people will buy even more product to compensate for the lost time, and I know I will - also to support paper Magic. Also, paper M...

We don't even know If ALL LGSs will be receiving financial aid packages from their respective Governments. It's kind of hard to support your Local Game Store when they don't even have much of an online presence If any at all whether it be eBay or their own personal website that you can order their p...

I would just quit if there won't be physical mtg product anymore. If it's online games, there's plenty other games that I can play besides mtg. would wait patiently for things to go back to normal. This won't go on forever. Even as we speak now, people are on the race to find a vaccine. Well this i...

I mean that there's a massive constituent of the MtG community that prefers to spend their money on tangible, tactile cards and won't be swayed by online product. I'm one, and I know plenty more. There's probably plenty like me on nexus here, although I can't be sure. Thing is, this will pass. CoVi...

toctheyounger wrote: ↑

4 years ago

This is a massive leap, and honestly I'm not buying it for a second.

What do you mean exactly?