Hermes_ wrote: ↑4 years ago
Only slightly,but that brings up another point: Having the age requirement that is ignored and that tag line makes it okay? So if MTG was aimed at the same group as CAH the cards that got banned wouldn't be banned?
Assuredly (on the age requirement, at least).
In fact, there are
several card games aimed at adults that depict far raunchier and more sexualized cards than Magic does (Such as the card game made by Magic artists Phil and Kaja Foglio). Turns out that having a different audience, a different context, and a different expectation makes a big difference in what is acceptable or accepted - as does context, tone, and intended message.
Same thing with why video games, and even movies, have ratings on them. Different themes are acceptable to different audiences.
It would in fact not be difficult to make a fantasy card game with more adult themes, aimed at an older audience, with possibly darker themes, increased violence... etc. But that's not where magic is, or wants to be.
Almost like context matters.
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Now for the second question - would the cards have not been banned? Again - that depends on the message that Wizards wants to put out, and the audience they want to put it out to. You could certainly make a game full of cards with racist stereotypes and market it CAH style to an older audience... whether you sell anything is a different question.
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My takeaway is that if any of the cards that were 'banned' today had never existed - and then Wizards tried to print them today (with the art) - the uproar over it would be ridiculous.