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I used to follow standard rotation, then they abandoned the standard players and regular standard releases and left the rotation to stagnate.
I'm not interested in the alchemy cards or reprints of not in standard sets, and there's just nothing happening in standard even after a year.
I used to play every day, i spent money on MTG Arena, but I will never have the money to play physical MTG.
It's really funny because I would drop $500 if i could get a x4 playset of every card, but that would probably cost closer to 50k considering they try to also maintain their childrens card game as a gatcha economy to rival the USD.
WOTC could take $5-$10 ever couple of months from me if they wanted to support the most popular game type again, or they could take a single payment of $500 for all the physical cards, or i could just play other games that respect me more.
WOTC prefers the third option where I don't give them money, because they can't have all my money.
@SoftestSapphic @lorty For all 17 sets that are in standard or for each set as it is added?
There are definitely *too* many sets in standard. And premium sets should never be standard legal (that is one of the biggest mistakes of adding UB to standard).
The quotes from today's earning call have small upsides, but are a certainty that WotC aren't going to change what they are going to do. FF selling at launch more than LotR did in X months is going to ensure they keep doing them. The upside is they confirmed they are going to keep printing FF to meet demand (presumably while it is in standard), which should help keep the sales rush for sets to a minimum.