Quote Originally Posted by bruizar View Post
...It seems like entrenched magic players are completely blind to other games or any criticism at all, almost to the point of mtg being a religion. Except, the church has been corrupted and the things that made magic great have largely disappeared. ...
It's a bit like the title of this thread being slightly misleading. Magic is not dying , but the magic the gathering game some of us knew and loved certainly is. A new magic the gathering is now appearing, which is all about fast paced splashy releases and continuous changing decks and formats.

To play competitively , the time of 'buying into a deck' are a thing of the past. The time of 'specializing in a deck' is also a thing of the past. Now you have to be continuously looking into an ever-changing meta-game and be prepared to change decks, archetypes, etc with every release and ban to suit the new environment.

Some people will love it, some people will hate it. Previous experience tells us there is a real burn-out rate in player numbers with this methodology (other games have done it before) and you survival is dependant on your ability to replace the leavers, once it stops, you're toast.

For a game like this, cardboard and high prices are anathema, so you need it to be online (less attachment to 'a collection' and way cheaper to change continuously) which leads me to the obviously painful choice Hasbro will one day have to do about either go full-on cross-breeding between both (a la pokemon) or abandon the idea that the two can be continuously compatible.