r/freemagic

I have been in this sub because I, like many, am a frustrated magic player. I have spent the better part of a decade casually collecting cards, buying precons, making decks, and playing commander with my friends. I too am disappointed with WotC becoming schleps to their shareholders.

...But what I continually fail to understand is why so many people in this sub are so mad at the choice to make Aragon a black man. Ive been a huuuge fan of LotR my ENTIRE life and I am not upset by this in even the smallest regard.

For context I grew up in a very rural area surrounded by conservative values and churches so before you go calling me woke and all that just know we probably have similar backgrounds.

I dont think a majority of this sub is racist or homophobic but I do take issue with how prevalent this theme is. If you dont like that WotC is hiring trans persons then dont play the fucking game... they arent forcing anything on you. Not liking the decisions they make for the game is different and completely arbitrary to their trans identity. Just because you dont like their choices doesnt mean you attack their personhood. In politics thats called mudslinging or something like that... its when you dont have a rebuttal or a solution to what your opponent said so you attack their character instead of their policy. Its the same thing with Aragorn getting melinated... why should it matter so much to you if you arent racist?

Especially when you proxy everything.

Most of my decks use secret lairs arts and i love seeing them in action. Some of my favourites include :

The arcade machine artstyle.

The old school frame for the signets.

The simple art lands.

If you play magic as intended (proxying) I see nothing bad about them.

I tagged funny but its not funny....

Magic is very much a social game. If you're playing with your friends or at a game store, you can all decide what kind of decks you want to play, what strength and all that. At a store there will always be some kind of dickhead who plays a more powerful because he wants to win but after that you can just move on and ignore that guy, let him suffer by no one interacting with him between game cause he can't understand social readings.

That doesn't exist for arena. People will sit there and because there is not monetary or social barrier, just play the most evil and heinous decks of all time because they don't have to look you in the face. Just not fun to interact or deal with decks or cards that if they played in person people would be able to tell them to their face that they're just ruining their experience and they probably need to take a shower cause they smell like shit.

I mainly say this as I saw a shitty family guy meme on the main sub about it, and I'm sure the person that made it plays Roffellos or Rusko, Clockmaker for their brawl decks. Personally, roping is the only interaction that you have with the other person, and I see it as a duty to keep those dickheads off the ladder for as long as possible.

Want to know other people's opinions on the matter.

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Premodern is great, but a little too restrictive. It also feels like the people who play it want to just pump their collections value.

For me, the real cliff basically started with the first "pay-to-win" set of modern horizons. I think there should be eternal 60-card and limited formats based on that cutoff date.

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Actually insane that this dude is an mtg ambassador, then again wizards only cares if you're an ambassador or a whale. He goes on to talk about how he wants wizards to make play booster boxes more affordable for the average player and talks about how collector boosters are supposed to be expensive and "premium product for premium price" yeah the "premium" product thats all pringled cards, yup wizards save the collector boosters for whales and let the beggars have fun with their play boosters