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Sterling
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That's hard to say. Somewhere in the earliest days through to Invasion block or so was where I had the most success on a consistent basis since I played more than half of my PTs and other major tournaments during that early period, and triple invasion team rochester draft might be my single favorite format of all time. There have been other times that I also enjoyed a lot as well, but that'd more likely be a list of favorite formats or specific events than an actual era.
fanaskin
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I played from like 96-99/00ish before I came back in 2015, 99 was more fun in sense there was no real netdecking
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fanaskin
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Op ed by Richard Garfield
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Keep your Numbers Off of Me: Why Tournaments Support Better Communities than Ladders
It is exhilarating playing in an event for a game you like and seeing how far you can make it. But players can get that without being put on a list.
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Mist
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There's been a lot of good eras of MTG. Tempest through Invasion block was great. Zendikar through Innistrad block was great.
Modern was pretty great for the first 4-5 years it was around.
For limited players, we've had an absolutely fantastic run lately. These have been some of the best draft sets of all time. Even Crimson Vow which was initially rated as a pretty crappy draft set ended up turning into a great one once people learned the set. Surprising depth that wasn't initially apparent within the first few weeks of the format. On the flipside, these sets now all suck for sealed, as the decks are all synergy dependent, but sealed sucks anyway.
Modern was pretty great for the first 4-5 years it was around.
For limited players, we've had an absolutely fantastic run lately. These have been some of the best draft sets of all time. Even Crimson Vow which was initially rated as a pretty crappy draft set ended up turning into a great one once people learned the set. Surprising depth that wasn't initially apparent within the first few weeks of the format. On the flipside, these sets now all suck for sealed, as the decks are all synergy dependent, but sealed sucks anyway.
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Op ed by Richard Garfield
Keep your Numbers Off of Me: Why Tournaments Support Better Communities than Ladders
It is exhilarating playing in an event for a game you like and seeing how far you can make it. But players can get that without being put on a list.
Ladder grinds are indeed not great.
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Mist
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Oh he's definitely right. That's why WoW PvP gets so stale, and the MTG arena ladder as well.Op ed by Richard Garfield
Keep your Numbers Off of Me: Why Tournaments Support Better Communities than Ladders
It is exhilarating playing in an event for a game you like and seeing how far you can make it. But players can get that without being put on a list.
MTG Arena limited stays interesting, because you are matched partially by rating and partially by event progress.
Mist
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I completed Zendikar Rising, most Strixhaven and all of Midnight Hunt through drafts and had a fucking blast. Loved all those sets and the drafts just got better and better the more I understood the sets. Hit #60 Mythic during Midnight Hunt.
Mist
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If you just keep winning you'll get all the cards eventually.Yes, actually drafting was fun. Rare-drafting to fill in a spreadsheet to ensure set completion from opening packs three weeks after set release was cancer
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TheNozz
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If you just keep winning you'll get all the cards eventually.
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ronne
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They really lost me with the return to Kamigawa set, I haven't played since the spoilers for it started. It's like they created a focus group out of Hot Topic employees and asked them how they'd design a "Japan but the future" world. Just the worst fucking tropey bullshit constantly, with a billion bad anime alternate arts for everything.
This new gangster set doesn't look any better.
The lord of the rings set will probably completely and finally ruin modern for me, so can't wait for that either.
This new gangster set doesn't look any better.
The lord of the rings set will probably completely and finally ruin modern for me, so can't wait for that either.
ronne
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The utter contempt from WOTC is what kills me. "we know this lame crossover set won't sell very well if it's silver bordered, so we're willing to tank the integrity of our most popular format in order to push sales to satisfy the licensing agreement we made".
The game is finally in it's death throes I think, and this is just the last few drops of blood getting siphoned out.