duducrash wrote: ↑9 months ago
A few days ago I saw a brian kibler tweet about the importance of a healthy standard for mtg design and mtg business. and It makes total sense notal. This is the first flux of new cards since march of the machines to both standard and pioneer. and yet its no big deal because we don't care that much about that product. But we didnt care much about cmdr masters either. They hit the jackpot with LOTR, but i'm lowkey worried abotu how they managed players interest in regular products
I'd make a case that LotR was an easy win for them, the celebrity marketing and One Ring lottery aside, LotR has a massive fanbase and it was the first Universes Beyond set, so I don't see how it could have failed. 40k Commander decks showed them how popular these kind of sets can be.
The regular product, not to sound like a broken record, I don't see how anyone can get hyped for it, maybe only if it is a plane that you love. Couple of years ago you had time to enjoy the spoilers and then play with the cards in draft and other formats for couple of months before new spoilers started, but now? Even if I got hyped for cards in Wilds of Eldraine, before I can even buy the product the spoilers for the next set will start, trying to get me hyped for that one. There is a reason why even music albums have highs and lows, you need a break between hypes
I haven't played Standard since 2017 so can't comment on that, but as far as Commander Masters, I think people lost interest because of the stupid high pricing, and sub-par Commander Decks (for the price).