Because this game used to put a lot of care into crafting its setting and new characters within those worlds. The omenpaths arc has opened the door for wotc to do what feels like much lazier work on that front by recycling old characters and having them do "gimmick of the week" - ThreadSky

ohheyshmandy.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Because this game used to put a lot of care into crafting its setting and new characters within those worlds. The omenpaths arc has opened the door for wotc to do what feels like much lazier work on that front by recycling old characters and having them do "gimmick of the week"

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jayoticmtg.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have no doubt that the designers still deeply care about the game, its characters and worlds. It just seems like they rely heavily on tropes now because we have no time to set up new, original worlds. 3 set blocks were clunky, but gave us time to watch each plane grow over time.

ohheyshmandy.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wonder why we no longer have time for that? Couldn't be because hasbro is forcing wotc to turbo out UB sets that rapidly take in new fans at the expense of established players feeling like their hobby has gone from something unique for 30 years to this pastiche pop culture slop, now could it?

mtg-wadas.bsky.social•1 day ago

It may not even be "time to set up worlds" as much as "engaging on a single set per set basis shifted how things are perceived". And even then, we have sets that worked, even while being just as chokeful of tropes.

jayoticmtg.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s true, some sets in the one-off era have been well received. Even though LCI didn’t feel exactly like OG Ixalan, the commander decks scratched that itch for me. But I think a greater emphasis on world building for new planes is necessary if we’re only going to see them once.

ohheyshmandy.bsky.social•1 day ago

If aetherdrift is anything to go by, it's not going in a good direction. "We know you guys wanna go back to amonkeht and avishkar, here they are but they're secondary to a Mario kart set and they built race tracks all over the monument to their revered River god"

mtg-wadas.bsky.social•1 day ago

*sight* you could research to check what's actually going on instead of doing speculation on ill-faith you know.

They had a whole process to chose the sets that where a part of it between design and creative, and the Lore and story is good.

mtg-wadas.bsky.social•1 day ago

They chose Avishkar because it's where vehicles came from (on top of it matching more criteria)

And Amonkhet got chosen specifically because it didn't have any sets mapped out for the future, didn't require too extensive worldbuilding to adjust to modern standards and hadn't gotten any revisits.

liluziverurteilung.bsky.social•1 day ago

I really hope they aren't one offs 😰

mtg-wadas.bsky.social•1 day ago

It might just be that the worldbuilding is not being quite well conencted to the cards, or that certain elements are causing stronger disconnects and unbalancing the whole feels involved.

liluziverurteilung.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gimmick of the month* 🤣 and 😰 It feels like the new sets are coming out too fast! I'd be happy if they stretched out something like Duskmourn over a few months.

ohheyshmandy.bsky.social•1 day ago

2 set blocks were nice. We had a set for setting, and then a set for expanding that setting. But wotc is allowed to take their time anymore. It sucks.

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