GoingMadlem

This is wholly untrue. As modern has been going down, I've been picking up pieces here and there and know a great many others who are doing the same.https://twitter.com/GoingMadlem/status/933102019052572673 …

"Reasonable" is a subjective and relative term. For some a "reasonable" amount to spend on Magic is $20... others it's $20,000... hobbies are like that.

Asking non-sarcastically here, what is there to gain by having decks in modern average $1k rather than $400?

Honestly, for the long-term health of the game I think Modern and Legacy have to remain expensive.

I just don't see how that makes it healthy. Doesn't more players = more visibility, more tournaments, and more opportunities?

Competitive play is based on an infrastructure that needs to benefit each level of it

Stores need two things to make magic profitable: pack sales and singles turnover. Modern doesn't sell packs and sells singles less. When stores aren't making money on Magic, they're not going to host events or teach new players

"Masters" packs have sold worse at each new release... and still they sell better to casual players than eternal players because eternal players just buy cards for one or two decks and don't need "random" old crap