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space-wizards:

kontextmaschine:

As someone who first bought boosters of The Dark (but not with a credit card leaving a trail!), I have to say off their Facebook ads Magic is doing a bang-up job of convincing everyone who was ever Magic-adjacent that now is the time to finally get into it while communicating basically nothing about the current state of the game

I\u2019ve been tuned out of the metagame since Covid hit, but I still keep track of the new cards and the designs have gotten Fucking Weird, like look at what got announced today!

And this is in what\u2019s replacing a Core Set this year!

(WotC opened the forbidden door of Magic crossovers last year, with a DnD set announced, Walking Dead one-off cards that caused Controversy, and LotR/Wharhammer 40k sets coming eventually)

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I\u2026 what? I mean L5R had the Winds, but that was a(n interim) development of the Imperial Favor mechanic, and the Senseis just modified stronghold variants, what even is this

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