Quote Originally Posted by morgan_coke View Post
I think the art's gone to crap because it's so scripted now.

Veteran Bodyguard and Benalish Hero had the description: "Hero and Super-Hero, make one a girl." Like, that was it. So Schuler created two pieces of amazing art.

Now it's like a ten page description and includes reference pictures of the art/style guide. Nothing good will ever come out of that.
I was literally just talking with some friends about this very issue. My buddy asked if I wanted to go to the prerelease for the new set, and I was like "I have no idea, I haven't thought about it at all." So, I looked at some of the cards, and realized that Magic is basically dead to me for two reasons:

1. The art is no longer imaginative, evocative, interesting, etc.

2. Magic cards don't look like Magic cards anymore.

It all looks so digital. We're supposed to be in this world of fantasy and magic, and yet the game looks like it was made on a computer.