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2023 will forever be remembered as the year Wizards censored the Pinkertons. Or wait, did the Pinkertons take down the MTG Ambassador Program? There were so many controversies these past 365 days that it’s hard to keep them straight! Well don’t worry, we’re going to cover all of it!
This episode Jimmy, JLK and Rachel convene to break down the entire year of highlights, missteps, and controversies in the MTG community. With MagicCons, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, loads of Secret Lairs and more, there’s a ton to talk about. So strap in, everyone, because it’s time for the 2023 year in review!
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Relevant Links:
The Pinkertons:
https://www.polygon.com/23695923/mtg-aftermath-pinkerton-raid-leaked-cards
Secret Lair Censorship:
https://commandersherald.com/magic-removes-dong-from-secret-lair-stonecoil-serpent/
Troll & Toad Leaves Magic:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/55253/troll-toad-backs-off-magic-the-gathering
Ambassador Program:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/what-is-a-magic-the-gathering-ambassador
Hasbro Layoffs:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/hasbro-layoffs-dungeons-dragons-wizards/?guccounter=1
Play Boosters:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/what-are-play-boosters
The Financial Impact of Play Boosters:
https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/The-Financial-Impact-of-Play-Boosters/d871fbfa-d040-4a5e-beaa-16982c0f8ca9/
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:04:05 – 2023: Year in Review
00:04:50 – Dominaria Remastered
00:05:07 – Phyrexia: All Will Be One
00:06:13 – March of the Machine
00:08:17 – March of the Machine: The Aftermath
00:09:12 – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth
00:11:22 – Commander Masters
00:13:55 – Wilds of Eldraine
00:15:34 – Universes Beyond: Doctor Who
00:17:51 – Lord of the Rings: Holiday Release
00:21:24 – Lost Caverns of Ixalan
00:23:02 – Worst Set of the Year
00:31:23 – Best Set of the Year
00:40:55 – Game Knights Live @ MagicCon Chicago
00:43:07 – 2023 By the Numbers
00:50:25 – Best Cards of 2023
01:00:02 – Worst Cards of 2023
01:13:02 – Reprints
01:26:40 – Secret Lairs
01:32:58 – The Thing About Bling
01:41:56 – To Universes and Beyond
01:52:47 – Remembering Sheldon
01:53:22 – Commander Rules Committee
02:05:47 – Biggest Controversies
02:42:21 – Biggest Whiffs
02:50:53 – Biggest Successes
02:57:35 – Looking Forward to 2024
03:07:30 – To the Listeners
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I have to admit, with each universes beyond set, I get more jaded with MTG.
If all of the unique cards were actually, meaningfully, reprinted in the MTG IP, then I think I'd be past it.
I wish for the reprints to keep going strong and prices to not become less reasonable:D
Speaking about carving out your own formats, it was agreed upon that our playgroup of 12 people all wanted to not chase the Universes Beyond carrot for upgrading our EDH decks and we now only allow Universes Within cards for regular play and that is not to say we didn't get some of the UB decks because we did, we just keep them separate. So you could say we now play UWEDH.
Will things like this become more commonplace as more and more UB cards get printed? I think definitely. Especially if IP licences run out.
Me hearing marvel is coming: Put it in my veins!!
Who the F is buying all this crap?
I’m not really a big lords of the rings fan, so I’m kindve excited about the marvel universes beyond because I want to connect with a set like those people had. I’ve yet to have one( except dnd but that doesn’t count) that I’ve liked.
Wow these WOTC cheerleaders defending WOTC in all the controversies…. Shocking…..
Dr. Boooooo. No thanks, WOTC.
I played in a pre release of all will be one and a kid opened the phyrexian spin down and had to borrow one because he couldn’t read it 😂
I’ve watched dr who since I was a kid and could not care less about it’s release, I’ve never looked at or touched anything to do with 40k in my life yet I bought all 4 precons 😂 I wish 40k god a full set instead of the dr who precons tbh
ur a whales RW "i have all these cards"
The best game by the worst company- appreciate the optimism
My favorite part for magic for the year was running a "learn how to play Magic the Gathering" session for the school I teach at. Then seeing spontaneous games jumping up everywhere for the rest of the week (was in the last week of the year of school). Gives me a lot of hope for seeing it revitalize the gaming club after school weekly.
Biggest oops. "Two premium products in a row? Mmm, I'll save up money for Commander masters rather than Lord of the Rings as I can't afford both." Dang.
Wonderful end of year recap.
Man, LOTR is so uninteresting to me. I know I'm very much in the minority. I'm glad it exists but I couldn't care less about it.
What no Blingmas this year ? What's up with that… fricking lame guys just sayin
There are some tales here I’m having issue coming to terms with morally. There is 0 reason to send armed security forces to a person’s home and just because we didn’t have a worst case scenario is no reason to excuse.
There is also no reason to excuse the mass layoffs or be dismissive of them. People list their jobs before holiday bonuses could be given out and it is perfectly reasonable for employees to be dependent on that. ANY defense of that decision is both gross and cruel.
If this is the stance of Game Knights going forward I think that many of us should question our continued support.
Thanks for a great Year of content. Would be even more awesome if some of the product out there could reach players in South Africa more easily. 😊
I have a Saruman of many colors deck. Its not confusing, or at least easily explained, I promise. Community members especially should know spell doesn't refer to cards in graveyards… in my opinion.😆
what if they just do one print of each infinity stone and make them moxes
all kinds of people got back into it for LOTR!
I bought a Dr. Who pre-con for someone for Christmas, and the card stock quality was outstanding. I think a talking point for these videos should be card stock quality between sets across the year.
1917 new cards this year, that's about 5 cards a day. 20.4% commander cards means there was 1 new commander card introduced every day this year.
Im sorry, i love LOTR as much as the next, but the cards were just too wordy. Maybe it was a reference to the Tolkien mass of words itself, but they're exausting. Playing them often feels like homework.
LOTR was so big because everyone was digging (box after box) for that 1 of One Ring. When those cards finally filter back into the market, it'll be the cheapest set off all time.
All tjat being said, Commander Masters was an absolute joke. M.O.M. Aftermath was a test to see what they could get away with. Shame on WotC for it
So I also thought the thing about helping out LGS's by consolidating into a single booster type was a good idea. That's why I was so surprised when I talked to my LGS owner, and she was really disappointed in the change. She said that even though LotR was an excellent limited set, the turnout for prerelease was the lowest they'd had except for Commander Masters which they even had to cancel some of the events because there weren't enough players willing to pay the steep costs. She was worried that upping the costs of these events would really hurt those events and the Friday night drafts, which is when people buy the set boosters. If people aren't coming in to play, they're much more likely to just buy a box of play boosters online. All speculation at this point, but it does make sense to me that this will increase revenue for Wizards and large online retailers like Amazon but hurt LGS's.
Enjoyed the podcast version, but really disappointed that you didn’t mention the Commander players who rely on MtGO have been let down by WoTC not getting agreements for 40k and Doc Who in place for Daybreak to program these. Online meta so different now that it’s crazy. I’m lucky to have both irl and online available but know there are players not in this position and need to get their fix on MtGO…
Is part of the Dr Who stuff sort of flopping that the latest doctor turned a number of fans and the new doctor is sort of an unknown for how it will impact the show?
6:14 if you don't know what the cards do without being able to read them Jimmy…