I think this is just unfortunately where the game is going. They’ll put more and more money and set design effort into these and less into the standard sets.
I don’t think it’s the volume of sets that will suffer, but the quality of the set design in those sets. I feel like if resources are allocated more towards the UB cards we’ll see all the cool and interesting mechanics and cards printed in those sets and then Standard becomes the afterthought.
I agree. I wish the UB sets would end. LoTR made sense. Even 40k had an mtg feel and it brought two great groups together. But, and I say this as someone who has been watching Doctor Who since Tom Baker, they have gone too far.
As great of a set as Bloomburrow is, Duskmourn was that bad. It is selling like shit. They should have dropped DSK instead of making it earlier.
Yea I agree w/ all that. I was actually very excited and bought into LTR but these future UB sets are just not close enough to the in-game lore imo.
DSK seems like it has some fervent draft fans but I also think it’s not a very interesting or fun set. The set’s setting and lore also seem at odds with Magic historically.
They tried the horror thing with Midnight Hunt/Crimson Vow, and it failed. So they tried it with Markov Manor, and it failed. So they tried it with Duskmourn and it failed.
Each set has had some good cards, but as a whole the sets suck. Both full cards lists and story.
I think this is just unfortunately where the game is going. They’ll put more and more money and set design effort into these and less into the standard sets.
Well we are getting 5 standard sets this year…
I don’t think it’s the volume of sets that will suffer, but the quality of the set design in those sets. I feel like if resources are allocated more towards the UB cards we’ll see all the cool and interesting mechanics and cards printed in those sets and then Standard becomes the afterthought.
I agree. I wish the UB sets would end. LoTR made sense. Even 40k had an mtg feel and it brought two great groups together. But, and I say this as someone who has been watching Doctor Who since Tom Baker, they have gone too far.
As great of a set as Bloomburrow is, Duskmourn was that bad. It is selling like shit. They should have dropped DSK instead of making it earlier.
Yea I agree w/ all that. I was actually very excited and bought into LTR but these future UB sets are just not close enough to the in-game lore imo.
DSK seems like it has some fervent draft fans but I also think it’s not a very interesting or fun set. The set’s setting and lore also seem at odds with Magic historically.
They tried the horror thing with Midnight Hunt/Crimson Vow, and it failed. So they tried it with Markov Manor, and it failed. So they tried it with Duskmourn and it failed.
Each set has had some good cards, but as a whole the sets suck. Both full cards lists and story.
@mike @nokturne213 I fully agree from this, especially with corporate’s push to minimize costs (aka employees).
@nokturne213 @mike We are? Oh, I hadn’t realised that :(
Duskmourn was bumped up to make space for Foundations.