Azdranax

Old Magus -

Thanks to finding a small box of my original collection in storage a decade ago (with cards dating back to Unlimited, all of which I thought I sold in 2000), I got sucked back into collecting and playing, and now have more EDH decks and modern/legacy cards than I know what to do with - my binder is just a small portion of my total collection at this point.

Other games will come and go, but reliving my high school and college days through Magic helps keep me young, and it's a hell of a lot easier on the body than baseball and basketball. If I can help you in any way, or if you are looking for trade pieces, feel free to reach out - I'm always up to something new these days.

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As the OP noted, the opportunity for interaction and polling of the community will go a long way to making the evolution of the brackets more palatable and beneficial to actual game conversations going forward, with an actual focus on the player base to help guide those changes. As well intentioned as the RC was, that lack of regular communication and transparency made the sole discretion decisioning for bans and unbans an easy target for complaining and even vitriol. Those extreme reactions were appalling, but some of it, especially the lotus and crypt decisions, felt very detached based on their recent reprints as chase cards for millions of dollars of income for WotC. That leads me to the above opinion:

I DONT think they should unban crypt/lotus, at least within the year, since it would lead more destabilization again. If they realy want to bring them back wait at least 6 more months, and follow it up with a reprint if possible (sice they will likely have more insight into that now).

If WotC unbanned in conjunction with a new reprint of those cards, it would be incredibly harmful to the legitimacy of the new bracket system, as it would appear as a very thinly veiled manipulation of the unacknowledged secondary market to generate yet another windfall for WotC. If the new bracket system is going to work, and the entire player base has an opportunity to feel heard and valued, then any bannings and unbannings need to be completely separate from current or future planned reprints, otherwise it's just another manipulation of the player base for bait and switch tactics to maximize Hasbro profits, intended or otherwise.

February 17, 2025 5:58 p.m.

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Commander / EDH - BUG (Sultai)

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Finished Decks 36
Prototype Decks 19
Drafts 0
Playing since Unlimited Edition
Points 15
Avg. deck rating 31.00
T/O Rank 850
Helper Rank 265
Favorite formats Modern, Legacy, Commander / EDH
Cards suggested / good suggestions 124 / 74
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Joined 11 years