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@andrew ugh. I hate capitalism.
We gotta have artificial scarcity, so let’s print a ton, then tell people they only have a short time to order, then burn everything that wasn’t sold in a week.

@Postmortal_Pop @mike
It recently came out that Dan Frasier’s art in The One Ring box toppers poorly copied a previous One Ring artist.
You can see in the left that the ring is blobby and the script hasn’t entirely been blurred out

Frasier admitted to copying it in as reference art and then not properly painting over it, and apologized to everyone including the original artist.
WOTC apologized for not catching it, and is now paying the other artist and crediting her work in the digital version

@mike perhaps WOTC is overworked and understaffed because they’re going through layoffs while also having to push out 7 sets a year.
Maybe they barely even glanced at the final result because it’s Dan Frasier and they know he does good work. Or maybe it got lost in the shuffle.

@MysticKetchup ah yes. Trot out the tired “we believe a direct relationship is best” line to say “no we don’t want to listen to the person you choose to speak for you”

@Kowowow @MysticKetchup TEETH! TEETH! TEETH! TEETH! TEETH! TEETH!

@UnPassive #stonks

@nocturne @mike I wonder, was this poll really posted by Wizards? I didn’t see a link to the original.

The answer options could be an effort to dulute the “no” percentages so that the “yes” looks bigger in comparison.

@UnPassive well, yeah. I’m not particularly surprised that WOTC is marking stuff up to stupid levels on their own store. But I also don’t particularly care because it’s cosmetic items.
And it’ll only get more drastic as the paper lands become more available and thus cheaper.
*Shrugs*

@Postmortal_Pop @MysticKetchup same. I’m usually pretty happy with what they’ve got but when they asked “what’s the best thing about the set?” I answered “the best thing is that the cards are absolute crap so they won’t be showing up in standard”

That and the question about “did influencers make you like/dislike the set and who has been talking about it?”
I ain’t no snitch.

@frank @MysticKetchup

Wow. In Q2 “WOTC and Digital Gaming” was $242 M of $247 M total profits.
And that’s before FF?

@nocturne I liked the Strixhaven decks, but I felt they were all pretty slow to get going, though lots of fun once they built up steam. I think they’re at their best when played against each other

@nocturne yeah we own most of the precons as well.
We liked the Dungeons, Party, Prosper, and dinosaurs decks so much we rebuilt them into personal decks.
The new Khans Temur is surprisingly good. Never seen a dragons deck work well out of the box like that. I also really liked that Mardu deck.
Other standouts have been the EoE zombies deck, the Wilhelt deck, the Sauron deck, the NEO modify deck, the Merry/Pippen deck, and the OTJ crime deck off the top of my head.

@mike @nocturne I’d love to see the community also rate the decks based on fun. I’m sure there are plenty of decks that aren’t powerful but are just fun to run.

@garretble glad you’re having fun!

@garretble @jarno it’s common for people to have multiple commander decks to choose from so they can select the deck that best suits their mood, shows off their creativity, or hits the right power level. Using proxies (with commissioned art, printed at home, or written on a slip of paper and inserted into the sleeve) is common if the playgroup approves.
There are also competitive variants.

@garretble @jarno critically, commander is intended as a casual, multiplayer format. The 100-card singleton nature of the deck ensures variability within games, while each deck being built around a chosen legendary commander (and being forced to only play the colors of that commander) ensures that the decks are diverse. Games work best with about 4 people, but I’ve played with as few as 2 (went just fine) and as many as 11 (do not recommend).

@TheMagicer I was annoyed but okay with UB being commander decks because that individuality is kind of what they’re for. But my line was regular sets. Not a fan

@frank @garretble fortunately they’ve made the decision easy by making 3 of the sets universes beyond.
I know I’ll be mostly ignoring all the UB stuff

@MysticKetchup for anyone who misses it, this is satire.
Though I wouldn’t put it past Wizards to do this

@nokturne213 @MotoAsh well, the only issue…