Magic has very few historians. BDM is the Pro Tour Historian1, and he does an excellent job (as does his plucky sidekick, Rich Hagon). A big reason why MaRo started Drive to Work was to serve as an oral history of the game, and several of his episodes focus on telling stories from the game’s distant past.
Outside of that, though, there isn’t much. Magic is such a different game now than it was even a couple years ago, and it is really hard to explain that to people who weren’t there to experience it firsthand. While past experience is valuable, there are a lot of ingrained behaviors and assumptions that older players have that are becoming liabilities. We are in the early stages of significant changes to Magic—is there insight to be gained in looking to the past?
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Legacy is dead. Legacy is dying. Legacy just had its biggest weekend of the year. Legacy is not dying. Star City Games is trying to kill Legacy. Star City Games is the sole reason people care about Legacy. Legacy is too expensive. Legacy is cheaper than Standard. Legacy is the next Vintage. Modern is the next Legacy. Legacy is the funnest/coolest/best format ever! Nothing beside remains.
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We are currently facing one of the most expensive Standard formats in Magic‘s history. As many writers1 have already pointed out, this is largely the fault of fetch lands, which have risen in both price and amount of use.
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Oops… I’m sorry. Our lawyers are telling me I can’t actually open with that. I guess the people who ran school book fairs twenty years ago are pretty litigious?
You are traveling through another dimensi-
…Wait, really? FINE.
Into every generation a Slayer is bo-
Wow, that too, huh? Dang. Oh well, today we are jumping ahead (and simultaneously backwards!) in time to the Innistrad set review. Because it’s Halloween. Well, tomorrow is. Unless you’re reading this on Saturday. Or in Japan. I’m not sure how well this gimmick is playing, so let’s fast forward to the actual article.
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