I love reserved list arguments because nobody understands the underlying problems with abolishing the reserved list, why Legacy is bullshit, and how simple the problem is to fix without breaking the reserved list.
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..at all sustainable as a business model. Each subsequent release after MM2 has been a worse seller than the last (with 25 bucking the trend). Wizards can only print "old" cards for so long before they're just printing kindling. "They should adapt" you'll say...
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... no you should adapt, OR recognize that this entire game is built on the backs of retailers and event organizers making money selling it. Stores don't run events for games they don't sell. If they do, they aren't stores long...
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Wizards has to produce new content to survive. Stores have to sell new content to continue to support Magic. So why can't Wizards just print more powerful sets? 1. New player acquisition would vanish... Legacy is too complex, it is NOT a starting point...
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2. Designing sets at Legacy power level would break Legacy. Look at cards like Fatal Push, they make WAVES. Imagine 50+ Fatal Push level cards every 3 months, legacy would be trash in no time. 3. Standard and Modern would be cannibalized...
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Modern has already cannibalized Standard players. Stores are folding across the country because they're no longer able to make money off Magic with declining player bases and decreased margins competing against online sales. Legacy would redouble that effect...
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... when stores start disappearing, where are you going to play? Online? You already can...
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The problem with this whole discussion is that people feel left out because they're missing on an experience other people get to partake in. "I just want to play Legacy" is a lie. You can play online, and most people don't. "I want to have this thing I don't have" is a truth.
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What do you mean by "players should adapt"? They should stop playing formats for their own enjoyment, instead for whichever format is the most commercially successful?
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Adapt their expectations / adapt their expenditure.
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