Quote Originally Posted by sdematt View Post
I can think of one way to solve this:

Do NOT buy packs anymore. The new set is ass anyway, just don't buy packs.

Also, Sourcers, show up to major events, and use the combat stack. If the opponent have something to say, tell them you play real Magic. If everyone showed up to the next Legacy GP, and everyone decided to play with the good rules, could they tell everyone they were wrong? If they did, well, if everyone leaves, they're out how many thousands of dollars?

Come on, if GM can go tits up, I'm sure Wizards of the Coast can. There is nothing worse than scorning the Magic community. I know some may say "This is like 6th edition," which is kind of is. But, how many more cards were printed after 6th that are worth money that are going to devalue the market?

Wizards doesn't care about the secondary market, fine. They should, because if we stop buying, they stop getting paid. Yeah this seems a little rantish, but seriously, I'm losing a ton of money on cards that are now useless (ex. Morphling, Mishra's factory, etc.). Thanks Wizards, you made my effing day.

You are clearly over-reacting, hence the bold part. If I remember correctly, damage was not on the stack Pre-6th Edition, so if anything WotC went BACK to magic's roots. Even if this isn't the case, damage on the stack was a stupid rule. How could a mogg exchange damage yet still be alive to blow up something else?

You can still do combat tricks, but now they actually make more sense.

The blocking order also makes more sense. Creatures can't attack other creatures (ignoring some Onslaught abilities) so why are we allowing them to assign damage? Shouldn't I, the defender, decide which creatures I want to throw under the bus? The current (soon to be old) rules screwed over the defender ala Pyroclasm bull. With the new rules, blocking with multiple creatures isn't so suicidally one-sided anymore.

Combat is still interesting, but now it's for blocking and not attacking.