So, around this time last year, an argument occurred in the Rumor Mill discussing product fatigue, and the growth in product amounts over the last few years. I was curious, and had some free time, so I made an extensive list of the products that had been released since 2015. Any time a product had it's own individual name, or was the only way to get a certain card, I added it to the list.
Well, I got curious what things were like this year, especially since we know most if not all the products coming out till January, and decided to do some updating.
Here is a product list, separated by year and individual component. Booster Pack Boxes are listed separate from booster packs when a promotional card or pack was attached to its purchase (barring Unstable and Iconic Masters, due to the Treasure Chest packs being primarily Ixalan, with the offer eventually extended to those two later.)
Also excluded: Promotional cards from tournaments (including pre-releases), and the Big Box Repackage promotional cards.
2015
1. Fate Reforged Draft Booster Pack
2. Fate Reforged Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Fate Reforged Bundle
4. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Unflinching Assault
5. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Cunning Plan
6. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Grave Advantage
7. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Stampeding Hordes
8. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Surprise Attack
9. Fate Reforged Clash Pack: Power vs Profit
10. Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
11. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack
12. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack Box
13. Dragons of Tarkir Bundle
14. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Massed Ranks
15. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Enlightened Mastery
16. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Cruel Plots
17. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Relentless Rush
18. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Furious Forces
19. Dragons of Tarkir Event Deck: Landslide Charge
20. Modern Masters 2015 Draft Booster Pack
21. Magic Origins Sample Deck: White
22. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Blue
23. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Black
24. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Red
25. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Green
26. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack
27. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Magic Origins Bundle
29. Magic Origins Deck Builder’s Toolkit
30. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Brave the Battle
31. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Take to the Sky
32. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Demonic Deals
33. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Assemble Victory
34. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Hunting Pack
35. Magic Origins Clash Pack: Armed vs. Dangerous
36. Magic Origins Land Station
37. San Diego Comic Con 2015 Promotion
38. From the Vault: Angels
39. Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
40. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack
41. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Battle for Zendikar Bundle
43. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Rallying Cry
44. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Swarming Instinct
45. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Call of Blood
46. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Eldrazi Assault
47. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Zendikar’s Rage
48. Battle for Zendikar Event Deck: Ultimate Sacrifice
49. Battle for Zendikar Gift Box
50. Commander 2015: Call the Spirits
51. Commander 2015: Seize Control
52. Commander 2015: Plunder the Graves
53. Commander 2015: Wade into Battle
54. Commander 2015: Swell the Host
2016
1. Oath of the Gatewatch Draft Booster Pack
2. Oath of the Gatewatch Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Oath of the Gatewatch Bundle
4. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Desperate Stand
5. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Twisted Reality
6. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Vicious Cycle
7. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Surge of Resistance
8. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Concerted Effort
9. Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
10. Welcome Deck 2016: White
11. Welcome Deck 2016: Blue
12. Welcome Deck 2016: Black
13. Welcome Deck 2016: Red
14. Welcome Deck 2016: Green
15. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack
16. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack Box
17. Shadows Over Innistrad Bundle
18. Shadows Over Innistrad Booster Battle Pack
19. Shadows Over Innistrad Deck Builder’s Toolkit
20. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Ghostly Tide
21. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Unearthed Secrets
22. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Vampiric Thirst
23. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Angelic Fury
24. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Horrific Visions
25. Shadows Over Innistrad Gift Box
26. Eternal Masters Draft Booster Pack
27. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack
28. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack Box
29. Eldritch Moon Bundle
30. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Unlikely Alliances
31. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Dangerous Knowledge
32. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Shallow Graves
33. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Untamed Wild
34. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Weapons and Wards
35. San Diego Comic Con 2016 Promotion
36. From the Vault: Lore
37. Conspiracy: Take the Crown Draft Booster Pack
38. Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
39. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack
40. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack Box
41. Kaladesh Bundle
42. Kaladesh Booster Battle Pack
43. Kaladesh Deck Builder’s Toolkit
44. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
45. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
46. Kaladesh Gift Box
47. Commander 2016: Entropic Uprising
48. Commander 2016: Open Hostility
49. Commander 2016: Stalwart Unity
50. Commander 2016: Breed Lethality
51. Commander 2016: Invent Superiority
52. Planechase Anthology
2017
1. Aether Revolt Draft Booster Pack
2. Aether Revolt Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Aether Revolt Bundle
4. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
5. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
6. Modern Masters 2017
7. Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might
8. Welcome Deck 2017: White
9. Welcome Deck 2017: Blue
10. Welcome Deck 2017: Black
11. Welcome Deck 2017: Red
12. Welcome Deck 2017: Green
13. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack
14. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack Box
15. Amonkhet Bundle
16. Amonkhet Booster Battle Pack
17. Amonkhet Deck Builder’s Toolkit
18. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
19. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
20. Amonkhet Land Station
21. Commander Anthology
22. Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
23. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack
24. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack Box
25. Hour of Devastation Bundle
26. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
27. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nicol Bolas
28. San Diego Comic Con 2017 Promotion
29. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack
30. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
31. Ixalan Bundle
32. Ixalan Booster Battle Pack
33. Ixalan Deck Builder’s Toolkit
34. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Jace
35. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Huatli
36. Gift Pack Autumn 2017
37. Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
38. HASCON 2017 Promotion
39. Iconic Master Draft Booster Pack
40. Explorers of Ixalan
41. From the Vault: Transform
42. Unstable Draft Booster Pack
2018
1. Rivals of Ixalan Draft Booster Pack
2. Rivals of Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Rivals of Ixalan Bundle
4. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
5. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Angrath
6. Masters 25 Draft Booster Pack
7. Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
8. Challenger Deck 2018: Hazoret Aggro
9. Challenger Deck 2018: Vehicle Rush
10. Challenger Deck 2018: Second Sun Control
11. Challenger Deck 2018: Counter Surge
12. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack
13. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack Box
14. Dominaria Bundle
15. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: White
16. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Blue
17. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Black
18. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Red
19. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Green
20. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
21. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
22. Commander Anthology Volume II
23. Battlebond Draft Booster Pack
24. Signature Spellbook: Jace
25. Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling
26. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: White
27. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Blue
28. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Black
29. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Red
30. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Green
31. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack
32. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack Box
33. Core Set 2019 Bundle
34. Core Set 2019 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
35. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
36. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
37. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
38. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Sarkhan
39. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
40. San Diego Comic Con 2018 Promotion
41. Commander 2018: Exquisite Invention
42. Commander 2018: Nature’s Vengeance
43. Commander 2018: Adaptive Enchantment
44. Commander 2018: Subjective Reality
45. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack
46. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box
47. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
48. Guilds of Ravnica Bundle
49. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Selesnya
50. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Boros
51. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Golgari
52. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Izzet
53. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Dimir
54. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Ral
55. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
56. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Selenya
57. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Boros
58. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Golgari
59. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Izzet
60. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Dimir
61. Spellslinger Starter Kit
62. Gift Pack Autumn 2018
63. Game Night 2018
64. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Pack
65. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Box
2019
1. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack
2. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
4. Ravnica Allegiance Bundle
5. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Azorius
6. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Rakdos
7. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Gruul
8. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Simic
9. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Orzhov
10. Ravnica Allegiance Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Dovin
12. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Domri
13. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Azorius
14. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Rakdos
15. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Gruul
16. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Simic
17. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Orzhov
18. Challenger Deck 2019: United Assault
19. Challenger Deck 2019: Lightning Aggro
20. Challenger Deck 2019: Deadly Discovery
21. Challenger Deck 2019: Arcane Tempo
22. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack
23. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box
24. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
25. War of the Spark Bundle
26. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: White
27. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Blue
28. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Black
29. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Red
30. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Green
31. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
32. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Jace
33. Modern Horizons Draft Booster Pack
34. Signature Spellbook: Gideon
35. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: White
36. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Blue
37. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Black
38. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Red
39. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Green
40. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack
41. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Core Set 2020 Bundle
43. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: White
44. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Blue
45. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Black
46. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Red
47. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Green
48. Core Set 2020 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
49. Core Set 2020 Spellslinger Starter Kit
50. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
51. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Yanling
52. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Sorin
53. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
54. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
55. Core Set 2020 Land Station
56. San Diego Comic Con 2019 Promotion
57. Commander 2019: Faceless Menace
58. Commander 2019: Mystic Intellect
59. Commander 2019: Primal Genesis
60. Commander 2019: Merciless Rage
61. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack
62. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack Box
63. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack
64. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack Box: Deluxe Collection
65. Throne of Eldraine Bundle
66. Throne of Eldraine Gift Bundle
67. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: White
68. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Blue
69. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Black
70. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Red
71. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Green
72. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Rowan
73. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Oko
74. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Wild Bounty
75. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Faerie Schemes
76. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Savage Hunger
77. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Knights’ Charge
78. Ponies: The Galloping
79. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Convention Edition)
80. Game Night 2019
81. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Bitterblossom Dreams
82. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Eldraine Wonderland
83. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Restless in Peace
84. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Seeing Visions
85. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): <explosion sounds>
86. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Kaleidoscope Killers
87. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): OMG KITTIES!
2020
1. Theros Beyond Death Draft Booster Pack
2. Theros Beyond Death Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Theros Beyond Death Collector Booster Pack
4. Theros Beyond Death Bundle
5. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: White
6. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Blue
7. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Black
8. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Red
9. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Green
10. Theros Beyond Death Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Elspeth
12. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Ashiok
13. Secret Lair Drop Series: Year of the Rat
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume I
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume II
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume III
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume IV
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume V
19. Unsanctioned
20. Secret Lair Drop: April Fools
21. Secret Lair Drop Series: International Women’s Day
22. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thalia – Beyond the Helvault
23. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Retail Edition)
24. Challenger Deck 2020: Allied Fires
25. Challenger Deck 2020: Final Adventure
26. Challenger Deck 2020: Cavalcade Charge
27. Challenger Deck 2020: Flash of Ferocity
28. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack
29. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack Box
30. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Collector Booster Pack
31. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Bundle
32. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: White
33. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Blue
34. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Black
35. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Red
36. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Green
37. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Ruthless Regiment
38. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Arcane Maelstrom
39. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Symbiotic Swarm
40. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Timeless Wisdom
41. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Enhanced Evolution
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Godzilla Lands
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: Full Sleeves
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel?
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Path Not Traveled
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mountain, Go
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Ornithological Studies
48. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition
49. Signature Spellbook: Chandra
50. Core Set 2021 Welcome Booster Pack
51. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack
52. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack Box
53. Core Set 2021 Collector Booster Pack
54. Core Set 2021 Bundle
55. Core Set 2021 Arena Starter Kit
56. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Basri
57. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
58. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
59. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
60. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Garruk
61. Jumpstart
62. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack
63. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack Box
64. Secret Lair Drop Series: Prime Slime
65. Secret Lair Drop Series: Every Dog Has Its Day
66. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Yargle Day!
67. Zendikar Rising Welcome Booster Pack
68. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack
69. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack Box
70. Zendikar Rising Collector Booster Pack
71. Zendikar Rising Set Booster Pack
72. Zendikar Rising Bundle
73. Zendikar Rising Gift Bundle
74. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: White
75. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Blue
76. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Black
77. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Red
78. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Green
79. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Party
80. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Land’s Wrath
81. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Sneak Attack
82. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Zendikar Revisited
83. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead
84. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2020
85. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack
86. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack Box
87. Commander Legends Collector Booster Pack
88. Commander Legends Commander Deck: Arm for Battle
89. Commander Legends: Reap the Tides
90. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Seb McKinnon
91. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Little Gathering
92. Secret Lair Drop Series: Hope You Like Squirrels
93. Secret Lair Drop Series: A Box of Rocks
94. Secret Lair Drop Series: Party Hard, Shred Harder
95: Commander Collection: Green
2021
1. Kaldheim Draft Booster Pack
2. Kaldheim Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Kaldheim Collector Booster Pack
4. Kaldheim Set Booster Pack
5. Kaldheim Bundle
6. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: White
7. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Blue
8. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Black
9. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Red
10. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Green
11. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Vikings
12. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Elven Empire
13. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Phantom Premonition
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Faerie, Faerie, Faerie Rad
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Unfathomable Crushing Brutality of Basic Lands
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Valentine’s Day 2021
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 1
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 2
19. Secret Lair Drop Series: Black is Magic
20. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack
21. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack Box
22. Challenger Deck 2021: Azorius Control
23. Challenger Deck 2021: Dimir Rogues
24. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Red Aggro
25. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Green Stompy
26. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack
27. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Strixhaven: School of Mages Collector Booster Pack
29. Strixhaven: School of Mages Set Booster Pack
30. Strixhaven: School of Mages Bundle
31. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Silverquill
32. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Prismari
33. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Witherbloom
34. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Lorehold
35. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Quandrix
36. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Silverquill Statement
37. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Prismari Performance
38. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Witherbloom Witchcraft
39. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Lorehold Legacies
40. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Quantum Quandrix
41. Secret Lair Drop Series: Our Show Is On Friday, Can You Make It?
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Strixhaven
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Full Text Lands
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Bant
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Esper
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Grixis
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Jund
48. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Naya
49. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2
50. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack
51. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack Box
52. Modern Horizons 2 Collector Booster Pack
53. Modern Horizons 2 Set Booster Pack
54. Modern Horizons 2 Bundle
55. Secret Lair Drop Series: Saturday Morning D&D
56. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Mark Poole
57. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Fiona Staples
58. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Jen Bartel
59. Secret Lair Drop Series: Phyrexian Praetors: Compleat Edition
60. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mother’s Day 2021
61. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Allied Signets
62. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Enemy Signets
63. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Welcome Booster Pack
64. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack
65. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack Box
66. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Collector Booster Pack
67. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Set Booster Pack
68. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: White
69. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Blue
70. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Black
71. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Red
72. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Green
73. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Dungeon
74. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Bundle
75. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Gift Bundle
76. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Aura of Courage
77. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Dungeons of Death
78. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Draconic Rage
79. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Planar Portal
80. 2021 Arena Starter Kit
81. Secret Lair Series: Kamigawa Ink
82. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Johannes Voss
83. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Thomas Baxa
84. Secret Lair Series: Math is for Blockers
85. Secret Lair Series: Teferi’s Time Trouble
86. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Welcome Booster
87. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack
88. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack Box
89. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Collector Booster Pack
90. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Set Booster Pack
91. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: White
92. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Blue
93. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Black
94. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Red
95. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Green
96. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Werewolves
97. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Bundle
98. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Coven Counters
99. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Undead Unleashed
100. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Azorius Spirits
101. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Lotus Field Combo
102. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Mono-Red Burn
103. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Orzhov Auras
104. Secret Lair Drop Series: Stranger Things
105. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mirrodinsanity
106. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Anatomy 101
107. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Movie Marathon
108. Secret Lair Drop Series: Read the Fine Print
109. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Midnight Hunt
110. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thrilling Tales of the Undead
111. Secret Lair Drop Series: Purrfection
112. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2021
113. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Welcome Booster
114. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack
115. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack Box
116. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Collector Booster Pack
117. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Set Booster Pack
118. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: White
119. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Blue
120. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Black
121. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Red
122. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Green
123. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Vampires
124. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Bundle
125. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Gift Bundle
126. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Vampiric Bloodline
127. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Spirit Squadron
128. Secret Lair Drop Series: MSCHF
129. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane
130. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane: Lands
131. Secret Lair Drop Series: Welcome to Castle Dracula
132. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Dracula Lands
133. Secret Lair Drop Series: Fblthp: Completely, Utterly, Totally Lost
134. Secret Lair Drop Series: Crocodile Jackson’s Monstrous Menagerie
135. Secret Lair Drop Series: Far Out, Man
136. Secret Lair Drop Series: PixelSnowLands.jpg
137. Secret Lair Drop Series: Heads I Wind, Tails You Lose
So in total: 2015 had 54 products, 2016 had 52 products, 2017 had 42 products, 2018 had 65 products, 2019 had 87 products, 2020 had 95 products, 2021 had 137 products.
If you coalesce anything that could be coalesced (combine sample decks, combine theme boosters, Secret Lair bundles, etc.) the numbers become: 50 (2015), 48 (2016), 38 (2017), 53 (2018), 61 (2019), 70 (2020), 79 (2021).
And with what we know of 2022, it doesn't look like things are slowing down.
Assuming that the patterns hold, we're looking at
1-2. Innistrad Double Feature Product (Packs and Box for promotion)
3. Commander Collection Black
4-16. Kamigawa Neon Dynasty product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
17-20. Challenger Decks 2022
21-36. Streets of New Capenna product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 5 Commander decks)
37-38. Unfinity product
39-46. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate product (assuming set booster, collector booster, bundle, and 2 Commander decks)
47-59. Dominaria United product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
60-61. Double Masters 2022 (assuming just packs and box for promotion)
62-74. The Brothers War product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
75. Jumpstart 2022
76-79. Warhammer 40k Commander Decks
And there are so many fiddly little products and Secret Lairs that will no doubt go in there, too. Plus, these are using the lowball numbers! It's possible that Unfinity, Jumpstart 2022, and Double Masters 2022 will have more than the listed product.
I personally found that putting all this to words and numbers helped make sense of why it feels like Kaldheim is an ancient set despite coming out this year (beyond the fact that 2021 dragged on forever), as well as put into terms why my product fatigue is getting so bad. If it happens that all of these products are up your alley, great! But for me, MtG is getting to be too much.
Still, I enjoyed putting this together, so maybe this time next year, I'll update it again with 2022's full product list.
So, what do y'all think of the amount and kinds of product WotC has been releasing lately?
Feels like an avalanche, the main difference being that in the case of a real avalanche, it eventually comes to a stop at the foot of the mountain. In WotC's case, there is NO mountain base to stop this insane amount of new product !
Your data shows an incredible progression in just 6 years... I knew it was bad, but not THAT bad! Honestly, in my case I find it overwhelming and I no longer get excited as I used to with the coming of new cards. There is so much to take in, I can't find the time to try and fit new cards in existing decks. I do however try to jot down those that are a great fit for an eventual purchase or trade.
I had a different stat based thought while I was reading your post, so here's some more data!
The amount of new cards introduced in a given year. Direct reprints were ignored, but functional reprints were not as those are still technically "new" cards. Associated products (Planeswalker Decks, Commander Decks, etc) were wrapped up into the "set" totals. My numbers may be off here, as it's quite difficult to go through every set looking for reprints without wasting a lot more time than I did.
2015:
Fate Reforged: 161
Dragons of Tarkir: 233
Magic Origins: 180
Battle for Zendikar: 232
Commander 2015: 56 Total: 862
2016:
Oath of the Gatewatch: 179
Shadows Over Innistrad: 270
Eldritch Moon: 197
Conspiracy: Take the Crown: 80
Kaladesh: 246
Commander 2016: 56 Total: 1,028
2017
Aether Revolt: 188
Amonkhet: 241
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas: 20
Hour of Devastation: 186
Commander 2017: 56
Ixalan: 246
HASCON 2017: 3
Unstable: 247 (each mechanically different version of cards like Garbage Elemental were counted) Total: 1,187
2018
Rivals of Ixalan: 178
Dominaria: 233
Battlebond: 85
Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling: 30
Core Set 2019: 200
Commander 2018: 59
Guilds of Ravnica: 234
Game Night 2018: 5 Total: 1,024
2019
Ravnica Allegiance: 242
War of the Spark: 247
Modern Horizons: 209
Core Set 2020: 174
Commander 2019: 59
Throne of Eldraine: 269
Ponies: The Galloping: 3
Mystery Booster Draft: 121 (test-cards, which will be given their own subtotal)
Game Night 2019: 5 Total: 1,208 (1,329 if test cards are included)
2020
Theros Beyond Death: 247
Unsanctioned: 16
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths: 299
Core Set 2021: 182
Jumpstart: 37
Zendikar Rising: 262
Secret Lair: Walking Dead: 6
Commander Legends: 171 Total: 1,220
2021
Kaldheim: 283
Strixhaven: School of Mages: 355
Secret Lair: Stranger Things: 9
Modern Horizons 2: 255
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms: 319
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt: 279
Innistrad: Crimson Vow: 283 Total: 1,783
So, yeah, no wonder keeping up with cards is difficult!
(I do find it interesting that the number of new cards doesn't wholly correlate with the amount of products released in a given year. Given that reprints are still marketed as heavily as new cards, I don't think it takes away from the fatigue, but it's an interesting fact to note.)
I remember feeling so resentful when I quit YGO, because it held nostalgia, memories and an anime to reinforce my engagement. MTG lacked these. But when I read the Kamigawa novels and saw the beautiful artwork and themes of MTG, I noticed it was deeper, more methodical and of higher quality as a game. The lore added dimension to the cards, which were exceptionally illustrated (still are, although there are some hiccups with digital art). Around the time Magic Origins was released and well into the Gatewatch era, especially Ixalan, MTG felt like it was at its prime.
Although Theros Beyond Death is my favorite set of all time, there's no denying after War of the Spark, the death of the lore, the evisceration of Vorthos, and the vast volume of rapidly churned out but poorly executed product, all MTG has going for it at the moment is high quality artists and art.
The Commander products have all been a mess, there's been quantity of products but no quality. Lore is dead, story is stagnant and uninspired. It's just all numbers with no passion anymore. Don't misunderstand me - I love a lot of cards released individually, but overall, there's a disconnect somewhere. I don't feel the same thrill that I did reading about Arixmethes for example and then seeing him on a card in 2018, when Commander products were actually delivering player requests once a year, in a thrilling preview season and release. Now we have hoards of Commander products, all mostly rehashing the same card pool, tied to one plane and only a few new narrow cards each, with no lore or past characters.
My primary concern is the SEVERE lack of really good card design with game designers, developers, and playtesters making a REAL honest effort to think outside the box more when it comes to making the cards fun and enjoyable to build decks around. I mean when was the last time we've actually had exciting Commanders to build around or a new original combo deck to break in said competitive format? It's more about we don't want to influence the MTG Secondary Market more than hyperinflation currently has or we don't want to trigger another emergency ban for Standard due to a clash in design philosophy between casual and competitive mindsets. We can't print this card because it'd be too broken for said format or we have to continuously lower the power level of Standard sets at the detriment of giving Commander players less new toys to play with. Precons? Yeah let's just throw a bunch of old cards from the same existing card pool together with a subpar Commander design just to see what sticks for a $44+ price tag and call it a day.
I remember when I quit Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2004. The realization of the importance of a resource system which the game never really had made me feel like I've been lied to of course this is coming from someone whose first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering second. Years later Yu-Gi-Oh! still gets rewarded for the same kind of bad behavior that would've killed Magic: The Gathering years ago If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro had adopted the same design philosophies as Konami and to a lesser extent Upper Deck which is now defunct. Gone are the days when MTG lore matters because it's more attractive to get new customers into your Intellectual Property (IP) by publicly showcasing Intellectual Properties (IPs) that they're more familiar with to garner more sales and revenue. We often tend to forget that Magic: The Gathering is a business first and card game second. It's actually made the card game more expensive over all with Whales continuing to hoard supply to increase demand.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I mean when was the last time we've actually had exciting Commanders to build around or a new original combo deck to break in said competitive format?
I guess that this really kind of depends on what your standards for "exciting". For me Eruth, Tormented Prophet is one of the most exciting commanders to be created in a long time.
When you optimize a commander deck as far as it will go, most commanders only change a tiny selection of cards from the 99. An optimized Zndrsplt/Okaun deck, for example, will use "GENERIC IZZET THORACLE COMBO SHELL" with electrodominance (to cheat out Thassa's oracle at instant speed), Frenetic Efreet (for infinite coin flips and card draw), and maybe Tavern Scoundrel (for easy large sums of mana). That choice of commander impacted a total of 5 cards in your deck.
My primary concern is the SEVERE lack of really good card design with game designers, developers, and playtesters making a REAL honest effort to think outside the box more when it comes to making the cards fun and enjoyable to build decks around. I mean when was the last time we've actually had exciting Commanders to build around or a new original combo deck to break in said competitive format? It's more about we don't want to influence the MTG Secondary Market more than hyperinflation currently has or we don't want to trigger another emergency ban for Standard due to a clash in design philosophy between casual and competitive mindsets. We can't print this card because it'd be too broken for said format or we have to continuously lower the power level of Standard sets at the detriment of giving Commander players less new toys to play with. Precons? Yeah let's just throw a bunch of old cards from the same existing card pool together with a subpar Commander design just to see what sticks for a $44+ price tag and call it a day.
I remember when I quit Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2004. The realization of the importance of a resource system which the game never really had made me feel like I've been lied to of course this is coming from someone whose first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering second. Years later Yu-Gi-Oh! still gets rewarded for the same kind of bad behavior that would've killed Magic: The Gathering years ago If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro had adopted the same design philosophies as Konami and to a lesser extent Upper Deck which is now defunct. Gone are the days when MTG lore matters because it's more attractive to get new customers into your Intellectual Property (IP) by publicly showcasing Intellectual Properties (IPs) that they're more familiar with to garner more sales and revenue. We often tend to forget that Magic: The Gathering is a business first and card game second. It's actually made the card game more expensive over all with Whales continuing to hoard supply to increase demand.
It's remarkable to me that YGO has experienced the longevity it has. I suspect it's for the same reasons I played it for so long - it's simplistic and has nostalgia value while being marketed by an anime. But the game itself is so inherently flawed and exploited that it isn't worth considering anymore.
Commander itself seems to be attracting more and more competitive players that are departing from Standard and other formats, who optimize their decks and create a generally stagnant experience. It's a bore for me to see so many routine plays involving the same staples every game - Sol Ring into Arcane Signet, etc. The pacing and objective of Commander has skewed to where I don't enjoy it as much. It's also due in part for where WOTC invests its focus. For example, Vampires have so much overwhelming support, most of which has become redundant at this point. How much can players cram into the same 100 card deck? Diversify the support a bit. Spirits were a nice example of finally venturing into new territory.
Commander card prices are also absurd. The secondary market is self-inhibiting the format really. The more players, the greater the prices, which undercuts player engagement, and that feedback inhibits interest in deck building. This isn't a loop WOTC should want to foster. As in, how are cards such as Smothering Tithe and Rhystic Study investments...? We already regrettably have a Reserved List for the "investment" crowd to be awful with. And how is the first meaningful reprint of Rhystic Study in ages a Secret Lair - one delving into an outside IP no less? This only reinforces my point about how it isn't just simple product fatigue - it's about being bombarded with products that are all so deficient that it feels like you could drop a fortune on the game and still end up nowhere. We have a secondary market competing with these products too.
THB is my favorite set but it not having the novel means I don't have the same emotional connection to it that I did with original Theros. Which is strange, since THB is by far superior. Heck, look how beloved Kamigawa is due to the novels.
All these products just feel hollow and empty. It's insult to injury that a growing fraction of them aren't even MTG. It's as if WOTC gave up on its own IP and adopted the cash cow short term gains method of YGO.
I guess that this really kind of depends on what your standards for "exciting". For me Eruth, Tormented Prophet is one of the most exciting commanders to be created in a long time.
When you optimize a commander deck as far as it will go, most commanders only change a tiny selection of cards from the 99. An optimized Zndrsplt/Okaun deck, for example, will use "GENERIC IZZET THORACLE COMBO SHELL" with electrodominance (to cheat out Thassa's oracle at instant speed), Frenetic Efreet (for infinite coin flips and card draw), and maybe Tavern Scoundrel (for easy large sums of mana). That choice of commander impacted a total of 5 cards in your deck.
I've noticed that too with most of my playgroups' EDH / Commander decks where there's only one or two good cards that make the cut in the 99 and everything else is basically 60 card competitive format chaff. The reason why Commanders change very little throughout each new print run release is because Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro is constantly pressuring us to value inconsistency more than consistency when it comes to deck building in EDH / Commander. Commander Precons are a great example of this as it's literally sold to be inconsistent rather than being consistent enough that the price tag of the product itself would be more expensive to purchase with or without MSRP.
They also realized that printing functionally identical reprints of pre-existing high end money cards makes them less money which could explain why there's no functionally identical version of Dockside Extortionist or that the opportunity to print them hasn't presented itself yet based on a set flavor standpoint. It's gotten to be more about the waiting game of the MTG Secondary Market and how much or how little specific card designs directly impact the EDH / Commander format financially. Innistrad: Crimson Vow didn't have as much of an impact on the market due to how weak the set is power level wise despite one or two Mythics generating infinite combos here and there like Cultivator Colossus's interaction with Abundance.
It's remarkable to me that YGO has experienced the longevity it has. I suspect it's for the same reasons I played it for so long - it's simplistic and has nostalgia value while being marketed by an anime. But the game itself is so inherently flawed and exploited that it isn't worth considering anymore.
Commander itself seems to be attracting more and more competitive players that are departing from Standard and other formats, who optimize their decks and create a generally stagnant experience. It's a bore for me to see so many routine plays involving the same staples every game - Sol Ring into Arcane Signet, etc. The pacing and objective of Commander has skewed to where I don't enjoy it as much. It's also due in part for where WOTC invests its focus. For example, Vampires have so much overwhelming support, most of which has become redundant at this point. How much can players cram into the same 100 card deck? Diversify the support a bit. Spirits were a nice example of finally venturing into new territory.
Commander card prices are also absurd. The secondary market is self-inhibiting the format really. The more players, the greater the prices, which undercuts player engagement, and that feedback inhibits interest in deck building. This isn't a loop WOTC should want to foster. As in, how are cards such as Smothering Tithe and Rhystic Study investments...? We already regrettably have a Reserved List for the "investment" crowd to be awful with. And how is the first meaningful reprint of Rhystic Study in ages a Secret Lair - one delving into an outside IP no less? This only reinforces my point about how it isn't just simple product fatigue - it's about being bombarded with products that are all so deficient that it feels like you could drop a fortune on the game and still end up nowhere. We have a secondary market competing with these products too.
THB is my favorite set but it not having the novel means I don't have the same emotional connection to it that I did with original Theros. Which is strange, since THB is by far superior. Heck, look how beloved Kamigawa is due to the novels.
All these products just feel hollow and empty. It's insult to injury that a growing fraction of them aren't even MTG. It's as if WOTC gave up on its own IP and adopted the cash cow short term gains method of YGO.
What I find insulting the most is Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro deliberately putting ALL the good reprints in Secret Lair drops while leaving all the bad reprints in Commander Precons and Standard sets just so that Local Game Stores (LGSs) make far less money. Sure they'll sometimes put good reprints in supplementary sets like Modern Horizons 2 and Masters sets but how often does that actually happen? Secret Lair drops are designed in a way that makes it incredibly difficult for Local Game Stores (LGSs) to sell for what Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro sells them for with or without MSRP.
There's so few of these products designed that these stores can't even get multiple print runs of these cards. Just the other day I asked my LGS If they plan on ordering the new Secret Lair for Stranger Things and they told me they only get certain Secret Lair drops If the store manager is interested in picking them up. So now I have to order the singles online which means my LGS can't make money on them. What's the point of TCGPlayer If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro is making more money on Secret Lair drops than these LGSs struggling to survive through TCGPlayer and Channel Fireball?
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I frankly don't understand the problem of WotC making 100 or 10000 products in a year. I mean, yeah I can understand, but the people suffering from it are mainly a minority of compulsive collectors, which is kinda pathological per se. As a healthy consumer that give to this game the right amount of attention it deserve in his life, I don't feel disturbed at all from all this variety of choices, au countraire, I will simply skip and ignore all stuff I'm not particularly interested (like wacky gimmicky and rare reprints of any sort) and just focus on the products I really want to have (and those type of products, btw, are never enough for me, I would ask more and more frequently if I were in charge, but hey, not a tragedy, life keep going).
I frankly don't understand the problem of WotC making 100 or 10000 products in a year. I mean, yeah I can understand, but the people suffering from it are mainly a minority of compulsive collectors, which is kinda pathological per se. As a healthy consumer that give to this game the right amount of attention it deserve in his life, I don't feel disturbed at all from all this variety of choices, au countraire, I will simply skip and ignore all stuff I'm not particularly interested (like wacky gimmicky and rare reprints of any sort) and just focus on the products I really want to have (and those type of products, btw, are never enough for me, I would ask more and more frequently if I were in charge, but hey, not a tragedy, life keep going).
The problem with Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro making 100 or 10000 products in a year is that it ends up diluting the product to where it feels less special. It isn't just in Secret Lair drops but also in Standard and supplementary sets with flashy variants making buying sealed product and flipping card singles for money / store credit less attractive long term. You don't make cards more affordable with flashy variants when you make them more affordable by encouraging mass box openings to get more booster packs cracked so that it ends up feeding into the card single ecosystem to stabilize supply and demand more. Supply is being squeezed by people losing more than what they spend which is why they don't want to play into the booster pack lottery on account of being less convenient than buying card singles and in a lot of cases usually at the right price they see fit undermining Local Game Stores (LGSs) due to cost of shipping and state taxes. LGSs don't want to risk losing money on mass box openings for selling card singles from sets with very low Expected Value.
Competitive pricing has been hurting sales at Local Game Stores (LGSs) more since they're struggling to run In-Person events on account of the pandemic. Unless it's a Pre-Release event then they're not able to get enough players to fire events for specific formats In-Person mainly Standard, Modern, and Pioneer. EDH / Commander is so focused on the 4+ player pod Multiplayer aspect of the game that it's actually pushed these potential players who crave the competitive 1 v. 1 setting to play on Arena or In-Person via Flesh and Blood TCG. It's much easier for these players to break into on account of only needing to build a 60 card deck with 3-4 multiples of the same cards instead of 100 card Singleton just to break into cEDH by having to pay a premium for consistent mana bases / deck strategies they can't easily afford in order to keep up with what everyone else in their meta is playing. Less resources to build around means less money to invest in to actually play the game. They also don't want to get shunned for having to proxy 90% of their decks.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I frankly don't understand the problem of WotC making 100 or 10000 products in a year. I mean, yeah I can understand, but the people suffering from it are mainly a minority of compulsive collectors, which is kinda pathological per se. As a healthy consumer that give to this game the right amount of attention it deserve in his life, I don't feel disturbed at all from all this variety of choices, au countraire, I will simply skip and ignore all stuff I'm not particularly interested (like wacky gimmicky and rare reprints of any sort) and just focus on the products I really want to have (and those type of products, btw, are never enough for me, I would ask more and more frequently if I were in charge, but hey, not a tragedy, life keep going).
The problem with Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro making 100 or 10000 products in a year is that it ends up diluting the product to where it feels less special. It isn't just in Secret Lair drops but also in Standard and supplementary sets with flashy variants making buying sealed product and flipping card singles for money / store credit less attractive long term. You don't make cards more affordable with flashy variants when you make them more affordable by encouraging mass box openings to get more booster packs cracked so that it ends up feeding into the card single ecosystem to stabilize supply and demand more. Supply is being squeezed by people losing more than what they spend which is why they don't want to play into the booster pack lottery on account of being less convenient than buying card singles and in a lot of cases usually at the right price they see fit undermining Local Game Stores (LGSs) due to cost of shipping and state taxes. LGSs don't want to risk losing money on mass box openings for selling card singles from sets with very low Expected Value.
Competitive pricing has been hurting sales at Local Game Stores (LGSs) more since they're struggling to run In-Person events on account of the pandemic. Unless it's a Pre-Release event then they're not able to get enough players to fire events for specific formats In-Person mainly Standard, Modern, and Pioneer. EDH / Commander is so focused on the 4+ player pod Multiplayer aspect of the game that it's actually pushed these potential players who crave the competitive 1 v. 1 setting to play on Arena or In-Person via Flesh and Blood TCG. It's much easier for these players to break into on account of only needing to build a 60 card deck with 3-4 multiples of the same cards instead of 100 card Singleton just to break into cEDH by having to pay a premium for consistent mana bases / deck strategies they can't easily afford in order to keep up with what everyone else in their meta is playing. Less resources to build around means less money to invest in to actually play the game. They also don't want to get shunned for having to proxy 90% of their decks.
You're making some valid points but none of them are connected to the number of products Wizards produces in a year. Other than your first sentence which is highly debatable. Everything you mention comes to the cost of the game which isn't heavily influenced by the number of products being made.
My personal overall interest in magic has waned significantly in the last 5 years but that's 100% on personal issues mostly revolving around time. While the constant flow of products is one of the few things that has kept my interest in magic at a low but consistent level rather than the occasional "Oh yeah I used to play that."
How I view the issue with completionist behavior in light of increased products per year.
1. I think that there are (and have always been) a number of players who have tried to collect (nearly) everything.
2. While I don't understand people who go out of their way to own cards like bramble armor for the sake of "completion", this habit is only actually harmful (or "pathologic") to people if it is causing them extreme anxiety and/or if it causes people to live beyond their means.
3. "completionist" behavior has always had a price that some people cannot afford.
4. I am going out on a limb to say that some of those people who have not been able to afford this behavior have always been present in the "Magic is too expensive as a hobby" camp, albeit less visibly than the highly vocal "Abolish the Reserve List" and "I should be able to afford eternal formats" groups.
5. More products being produced by WotC generally means a higher price of "completionist" behavior (especially if collectors care about things like different land arts).
6. The recent increase in products and cards and the corresponding increase in price to buy them all have put people who were previously able to engage in "completionist" behavior comfortably now being unable to continue this behavior.
7. While this is pure speculation on my end, I would guess that the increase in "collector complexity" (which is contributed to both by the number of products along with things like alternate treatments that cards are getting nowadays or The List) may also make things generally harder to keep track of for a large number of people, which may make the act of trying to collect everything a more stressful and time-intensive activity even if someone does have these funds.
8. Between the increased price and increased complexity, we have had a new wave of complaints regarding product/wallet fatigue as people who may have considered themselves whales in the past now find themselves feeling washed ashore.
You find out that sometimes when you try to be a jack of all trades, you are the master of none.
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Buying a full playset (4x) of all the cards in standard back during Onslaught was fairly cheap, and you could sell the majority of the cards for a good portion of the value (especially as cards like fetchlands carry value, most standard cards now dont).
The simple existence of stuff like Commander product and more expensive extras like Modern Horizon, Master Set BlaBlub, and Secret Lairs, with countless variations of cards make it basically unfeasible to buy ALL the product.
The reasoning is simple, WotC asked the people how much they spend in the game and how much they would be willing to spend.
Happens in computer games too, the main income is from whales that spend tremendously more than the average spender.
Like in computer games, there are "free to play" people, even in Magic ... people that buy just the bare minimum of cards to have a Commander deck and then dont buy any product at all (just trade stuff with friends) , that kind of player could basically ignore most standard legal sets and just build and play a pet deck for basically forever.
That changed quite drastically with the very frequent release of Commander specific product, also bad for the "trading" aspect as everyone has a flat cost to each card and preconstructed deck, so doesnt need to trade at all ... pre-pandemic the people that enjoyed trading as a social interaction decreased drastically already, as people if they trade at all, just do so as a form of transaction with predefined prices online, which leave basically no room to social interaction at all (compared to what trading was when people just traded cards as you wanted them for a EDH deck, and they where willing to help you out).
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The last 2 years i basically bought nothing but singles.
The amount of different product killed the entire point of buying sealed product for me.
I would enjoy to draft with friends, but the draft boxes have the least possible value in them of all sealed product, and players that want to draft are basically punished for buying a draft box, instead of collectors/set boxes.
The business model is cooked and crooked, there are people that spend tremendous amounts of money in the game for new cards (somewhere, as i dont know any of them, people in my circle spend money on specific old cards that carry and increase in value as true collector items with nostalgia value and a history).
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If the pandemic is over (somewhere in the next 20 years probably ...) the true effect of the changes might become more apparent, as right now some people suffer tremendously of having almost no income, while others reap the rewards of working from home and speculating in stocks (but times change, so we will see).
I am deeply concerned that the future of Paper Magic is just going to be nothing but Secret Lair drops where everyone buys direct from Amazon as the Local Game Store (LGS) mainly becomes the backbone of special serialized boxes and high-end exclusive products like the Sports Card Industry instead of being a local hangout for people to actually play Paper Magic In-Person during their time off work or from school where home schooling might become the norm over public education with how draconian it's become due to the pandemic.
I think it's safe to say that Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro has been very envious with the way the Sports Card Industry works and the problem with serialized cards and products is that it ends up creating another pseudo Reserve List of sorts for high-end collectors that creates more product fatigue down the line because when something is serialized there's only so few of them in existence that it just adds up in demand when it's not even necessary and unlike the original Reserve List, Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro can actually reprint these cards to make them easily accessible to players.
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"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I feel that having double Innistrad sets so close together really exhausted people tbh. Neither wave of prereleases got many players in my area and packs aren't really selling
You're making some valid points but none of them are connected to the number of products Wizards produces in a year. Other than your first sentence which is highly debatable. Everything you mention comes to the cost of the game which isn't heavily influenced by the number of products being made.
My personal overall interest in magic has waned significantly in the last 5 years but that's 100% on personal issues mostly revolving around time. While the constant flow of products is one of the few things that has kept my interest in magic at a low but consistent level rather than the occasional "Oh yeah I used to play that."
Maybe this YouTube video will help answer those questions:
I feel that having double Innistrad sets so close together really exhausted people tbh. Neither wave of prereleases got many players in my area and packs aren't really selling
The whole idea behind re-releasing the same Standard set that isn't a Remastered set as a Paper / Print release just to print more flashy variants of the same cards dilutes the product even further not to mention that Innistrad: Crimson Vow is a VERY under powered set that didn't really offer much to players who play outside of competitive formats. I'm more concerned that all the good reprints are going more toward Secret Lair products rather than Standard sets and supplementary products sold at Local Game Stores (LGSs) and big box retailers not named Amazon because Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro wants to avoid reprints creating potential emergency bans or being too problematic for competitive formats.
With the popularity of Standard at an all time low it's no wonder why Innistrad: Crimson Vow didn't sell as well as it could've cause aesthetically and visually it's amazing it's just that it would've been nice If the card abilities were up to par as well which would've helped sales tremendously. They're printing so much to the point where they don't have time to properly design cards the way they should or at least make them playable enough to actually justify the high quality art and illustrations used for them with Olivia, Crimson Bride being an exception cause she actually has combos that work well with her like Breath of Fury and Port Razer for example. Some of the new Zombie themed cards got some new combo support as well.
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So, around this time last year, an argument occurred in the Rumor Mill discussing product fatigue, and the growth in product amounts over the last few years. I was curious, and had some free time, so I made an extensive list of the products that had been released since 2015. Any time a product had it's own individual name, or was the only way to get a certain card, I added it to the list.
Well, I got curious what things were like this year, especially since we know most if not all the products coming out till January, and decided to do some updating.
Here is a product list, separated by year and individual component. Booster Pack Boxes are listed separate from booster packs when a promotional card or pack was attached to its purchase (barring Unstable and Iconic Masters, due to the Treasure Chest packs being primarily Ixalan, with the offer eventually extended to those two later.)
Also excluded: Promotional cards from tournaments (including pre-releases), and the Big Box Repackage promotional cards.
2015
1. Fate Reforged Draft Booster Pack
2. Fate Reforged Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Fate Reforged Bundle
4. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Unflinching Assault
5. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Cunning Plan
6. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Grave Advantage
7. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Stampeding Hordes
8. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Surprise Attack
9. Fate Reforged Clash Pack: Power vs Profit
10. Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
11. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack
12. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack Box
13. Dragons of Tarkir Bundle
14. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Massed Ranks
15. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Enlightened Mastery
16. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Cruel Plots
17. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Relentless Rush
18. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Furious Forces
19. Dragons of Tarkir Event Deck: Landslide Charge
20. Modern Masters 2015 Draft Booster Pack
21. Magic Origins Sample Deck: White
22. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Blue
23. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Black
24. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Red
25. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Green
26. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack
27. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Magic Origins Bundle
29. Magic Origins Deck Builder’s Toolkit
30. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Brave the Battle
31. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Take to the Sky
32. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Demonic Deals
33. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Assemble Victory
34. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Hunting Pack
35. Magic Origins Clash Pack: Armed vs. Dangerous
36. Magic Origins Land Station
37. San Diego Comic Con 2015 Promotion
38. From the Vault: Angels
39. Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
40. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack
41. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Battle for Zendikar Bundle
43. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Rallying Cry
44. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Swarming Instinct
45. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Call of Blood
46. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Eldrazi Assault
47. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Zendikar’s Rage
48. Battle for Zendikar Event Deck: Ultimate Sacrifice
49. Battle for Zendikar Gift Box
50. Commander 2015: Call the Spirits
51. Commander 2015: Seize Control
52. Commander 2015: Plunder the Graves
53. Commander 2015: Wade into Battle
54. Commander 2015: Swell the Host
2016
1. Oath of the Gatewatch Draft Booster Pack
2. Oath of the Gatewatch Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Oath of the Gatewatch Bundle
4. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Desperate Stand
5. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Twisted Reality
6. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Vicious Cycle
7. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Surge of Resistance
8. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Concerted Effort
9. Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
10. Welcome Deck 2016: White
11. Welcome Deck 2016: Blue
12. Welcome Deck 2016: Black
13. Welcome Deck 2016: Red
14. Welcome Deck 2016: Green
15. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack
16. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack Box
17. Shadows Over Innistrad Bundle
18. Shadows Over Innistrad Booster Battle Pack
19. Shadows Over Innistrad Deck Builder’s Toolkit
20. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Ghostly Tide
21. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Unearthed Secrets
22. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Vampiric Thirst
23. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Angelic Fury
24. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Horrific Visions
25. Shadows Over Innistrad Gift Box
26. Eternal Masters Draft Booster Pack
27. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack
28. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack Box
29. Eldritch Moon Bundle
30. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Unlikely Alliances
31. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Dangerous Knowledge
32. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Shallow Graves
33. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Untamed Wild
34. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Weapons and Wards
35. San Diego Comic Con 2016 Promotion
36. From the Vault: Lore
37. Conspiracy: Take the Crown Draft Booster Pack
38. Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
39. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack
40. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack Box
41. Kaladesh Bundle
42. Kaladesh Booster Battle Pack
43. Kaladesh Deck Builder’s Toolkit
44. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
45. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
46. Kaladesh Gift Box
47. Commander 2016: Entropic Uprising
48. Commander 2016: Open Hostility
49. Commander 2016: Stalwart Unity
50. Commander 2016: Breed Lethality
51. Commander 2016: Invent Superiority
52. Planechase Anthology
2017
1. Aether Revolt Draft Booster Pack
2. Aether Revolt Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Aether Revolt Bundle
4. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
5. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
6. Modern Masters 2017
7. Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might
8. Welcome Deck 2017: White
9. Welcome Deck 2017: Blue
10. Welcome Deck 2017: Black
11. Welcome Deck 2017: Red
12. Welcome Deck 2017: Green
13. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack
14. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack Box
15. Amonkhet Bundle
16. Amonkhet Booster Battle Pack
17. Amonkhet Deck Builder’s Toolkit
18. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
19. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
20. Amonkhet Land Station
21. Commander Anthology
22. Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
23. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack
24. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack Box
25. Hour of Devastation Bundle
26. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
27. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nicol Bolas
28. San Diego Comic Con 2017 Promotion
29. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack
30. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
31. Ixalan Bundle
32. Ixalan Booster Battle Pack
33. Ixalan Deck Builder’s Toolkit
34. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Jace
35. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Huatli
36. Gift Pack Autumn 2017
37. Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
38. HASCON 2017 Promotion
39. Iconic Master Draft Booster Pack
40. Explorers of Ixalan
41. From the Vault: Transform
42. Unstable Draft Booster Pack
2018
1. Rivals of Ixalan Draft Booster Pack
2. Rivals of Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Rivals of Ixalan Bundle
4. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
5. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Angrath
6. Masters 25 Draft Booster Pack
7. Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
8. Challenger Deck 2018: Hazoret Aggro
9. Challenger Deck 2018: Vehicle Rush
10. Challenger Deck 2018: Second Sun Control
11. Challenger Deck 2018: Counter Surge
12. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack
13. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack Box
14. Dominaria Bundle
15. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: White
16. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Blue
17. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Black
18. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Red
19. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Green
20. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
21. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
22. Commander Anthology Volume II
23. Battlebond Draft Booster Pack
24. Signature Spellbook: Jace
25. Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling
26. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: White
27. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Blue
28. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Black
29. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Red
30. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Green
31. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack
32. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack Box
33. Core Set 2019 Bundle
34. Core Set 2019 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
35. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
36. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
37. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
38. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Sarkhan
39. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
40. San Diego Comic Con 2018 Promotion
41. Commander 2018: Exquisite Invention
42. Commander 2018: Nature’s Vengeance
43. Commander 2018: Adaptive Enchantment
44. Commander 2018: Subjective Reality
45. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack
46. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box
47. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
48. Guilds of Ravnica Bundle
49. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Selesnya
50. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Boros
51. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Golgari
52. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Izzet
53. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Dimir
54. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Ral
55. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
56. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Selenya
57. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Boros
58. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Golgari
59. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Izzet
60. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Dimir
61. Spellslinger Starter Kit
62. Gift Pack Autumn 2018
63. Game Night 2018
64. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Pack
65. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Box
2019
1. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack
2. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
4. Ravnica Allegiance Bundle
5. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Azorius
6. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Rakdos
7. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Gruul
8. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Simic
9. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Orzhov
10. Ravnica Allegiance Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Dovin
12. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Domri
13. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Azorius
14. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Rakdos
15. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Gruul
16. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Simic
17. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Orzhov
18. Challenger Deck 2019: United Assault
19. Challenger Deck 2019: Lightning Aggro
20. Challenger Deck 2019: Deadly Discovery
21. Challenger Deck 2019: Arcane Tempo
22. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack
23. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box
24. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
25. War of the Spark Bundle
26. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: White
27. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Blue
28. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Black
29. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Red
30. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Green
31. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
32. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Jace
33. Modern Horizons Draft Booster Pack
34. Signature Spellbook: Gideon
35. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: White
36. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Blue
37. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Black
38. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Red
39. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Green
40. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack
41. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Core Set 2020 Bundle
43. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: White
44. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Blue
45. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Black
46. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Red
47. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Green
48. Core Set 2020 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
49. Core Set 2020 Spellslinger Starter Kit
50. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
51. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Yanling
52. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Sorin
53. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
54. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
55. Core Set 2020 Land Station
56. San Diego Comic Con 2019 Promotion
57. Commander 2019: Faceless Menace
58. Commander 2019: Mystic Intellect
59. Commander 2019: Primal Genesis
60. Commander 2019: Merciless Rage
61. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack
62. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack Box
63. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack
64. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack Box: Deluxe Collection
65. Throne of Eldraine Bundle
66. Throne of Eldraine Gift Bundle
67. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: White
68. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Blue
69. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Black
70. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Red
71. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Green
72. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Rowan
73. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Oko
74. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Wild Bounty
75. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Faerie Schemes
76. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Savage Hunger
77. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Knights’ Charge
78. Ponies: The Galloping
79. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Convention Edition)
80. Game Night 2019
81. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Bitterblossom Dreams
82. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Eldraine Wonderland
83. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Restless in Peace
84. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Seeing Visions
85. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): <explosion sounds>
86. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Kaleidoscope Killers
87. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): OMG KITTIES!
2020
1. Theros Beyond Death Draft Booster Pack
2. Theros Beyond Death Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Theros Beyond Death Collector Booster Pack
4. Theros Beyond Death Bundle
5. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: White
6. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Blue
7. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Black
8. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Red
9. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Green
10. Theros Beyond Death Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Elspeth
12. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Ashiok
13. Secret Lair Drop Series: Year of the Rat
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume I
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume II
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume III
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume IV
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume V
19. Unsanctioned
20. Secret Lair Drop: April Fools
21. Secret Lair Drop Series: International Women’s Day
22. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thalia – Beyond the Helvault
23. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Retail Edition)
24. Challenger Deck 2020: Allied Fires
25. Challenger Deck 2020: Final Adventure
26. Challenger Deck 2020: Cavalcade Charge
27. Challenger Deck 2020: Flash of Ferocity
28. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack
29. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack Box
30. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Collector Booster Pack
31. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Bundle
32. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: White
33. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Blue
34. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Black
35. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Red
36. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Green
37. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Ruthless Regiment
38. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Arcane Maelstrom
39. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Symbiotic Swarm
40. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Timeless Wisdom
41. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Enhanced Evolution
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Godzilla Lands
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: Full Sleeves
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel?
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Path Not Traveled
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mountain, Go
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Ornithological Studies
48. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition
49. Signature Spellbook: Chandra
50. Core Set 2021 Welcome Booster Pack
51. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack
52. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack Box
53. Core Set 2021 Collector Booster Pack
54. Core Set 2021 Bundle
55. Core Set 2021 Arena Starter Kit
56. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Basri
57. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
58. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
59. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
60. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Garruk
61. Jumpstart
62. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack
63. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack Box
64. Secret Lair Drop Series: Prime Slime
65. Secret Lair Drop Series: Every Dog Has Its Day
66. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Yargle Day!
67. Zendikar Rising Welcome Booster Pack
68. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack
69. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack Box
70. Zendikar Rising Collector Booster Pack
71. Zendikar Rising Set Booster Pack
72. Zendikar Rising Bundle
73. Zendikar Rising Gift Bundle
74. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: White
75. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Blue
76. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Black
77. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Red
78. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Green
79. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Party
80. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Land’s Wrath
81. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Sneak Attack
82. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Zendikar Revisited
83. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead
84. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2020
85. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack
86. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack Box
87. Commander Legends Collector Booster Pack
88. Commander Legends Commander Deck: Arm for Battle
89. Commander Legends: Reap the Tides
90. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Seb McKinnon
91. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Little Gathering
92. Secret Lair Drop Series: Hope You Like Squirrels
93. Secret Lair Drop Series: A Box of Rocks
94. Secret Lair Drop Series: Party Hard, Shred Harder
95: Commander Collection: Green
2021
1. Kaldheim Draft Booster Pack
2. Kaldheim Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Kaldheim Collector Booster Pack
4. Kaldheim Set Booster Pack
5. Kaldheim Bundle
6. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: White
7. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Blue
8. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Black
9. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Red
10. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Green
11. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Vikings
12. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Elven Empire
13. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Phantom Premonition
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Faerie, Faerie, Faerie Rad
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Unfathomable Crushing Brutality of Basic Lands
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Valentine’s Day 2021
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 1
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 2
19. Secret Lair Drop Series: Black is Magic
20. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack
21. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack Box
22. Challenger Deck 2021: Azorius Control
23. Challenger Deck 2021: Dimir Rogues
24. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Red Aggro
25. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Green Stompy
26. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack
27. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Strixhaven: School of Mages Collector Booster Pack
29. Strixhaven: School of Mages Set Booster Pack
30. Strixhaven: School of Mages Bundle
31. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Silverquill
32. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Prismari
33. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Witherbloom
34. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Lorehold
35. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Quandrix
36. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Silverquill Statement
37. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Prismari Performance
38. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Witherbloom Witchcraft
39. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Lorehold Legacies
40. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Quantum Quandrix
41. Secret Lair Drop Series: Our Show Is On Friday, Can You Make It?
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Strixhaven
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Full Text Lands
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Bant
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Esper
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Grixis
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Jund
48. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Naya
49. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2
50. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack
51. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack Box
52. Modern Horizons 2 Collector Booster Pack
53. Modern Horizons 2 Set Booster Pack
54. Modern Horizons 2 Bundle
55. Secret Lair Drop Series: Saturday Morning D&D
56. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Mark Poole
57. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Fiona Staples
58. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Jen Bartel
59. Secret Lair Drop Series: Phyrexian Praetors: Compleat Edition
60. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mother’s Day 2021
61. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Allied Signets
62. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Enemy Signets
63. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Welcome Booster Pack
64. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack
65. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack Box
66. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Collector Booster Pack
67. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Set Booster Pack
68. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: White
69. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Blue
70. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Black
71. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Red
72. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Green
73. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Dungeon
74. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Bundle
75. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Gift Bundle
76. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Aura of Courage
77. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Dungeons of Death
78. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Draconic Rage
79. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Planar Portal
80. 2021 Arena Starter Kit
81. Secret Lair Series: Kamigawa Ink
82. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Johannes Voss
83. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Thomas Baxa
84. Secret Lair Series: Math is for Blockers
85. Secret Lair Series: Teferi’s Time Trouble
86. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Welcome Booster
87. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack
88. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack Box
89. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Collector Booster Pack
90. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Set Booster Pack
91. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: White
92. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Blue
93. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Black
94. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Red
95. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Green
96. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Werewolves
97. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Bundle
98. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Coven Counters
99. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Undead Unleashed
100. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Azorius Spirits
101. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Lotus Field Combo
102. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Mono-Red Burn
103. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Orzhov Auras
104. Secret Lair Drop Series: Stranger Things
105. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mirrodinsanity
106. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Anatomy 101
107. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Movie Marathon
108. Secret Lair Drop Series: Read the Fine Print
109. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Midnight Hunt
110. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thrilling Tales of the Undead
111. Secret Lair Drop Series: Purrfection
112. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2021
113. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Welcome Booster
114. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack
115. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack Box
116. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Collector Booster Pack
117. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Set Booster Pack
118. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: White
119. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Blue
120. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Black
121. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Red
122. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Green
123. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Vampires
124. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Bundle
125. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Gift Bundle
126. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Vampiric Bloodline
127. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Spirit Squadron
128. Secret Lair Drop Series: MSCHF
129. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane
130. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane: Lands
131. Secret Lair Drop Series: Welcome to Castle Dracula
132. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Dracula Lands
133. Secret Lair Drop Series: Fblthp: Completely, Utterly, Totally Lost
134. Secret Lair Drop Series: Crocodile Jackson’s Monstrous Menagerie
135. Secret Lair Drop Series: Far Out, Man
136. Secret Lair Drop Series: PixelSnowLands.jpg
137. Secret Lair Drop Series: Heads I Wind, Tails You Lose
So in total: 2015 had 54 products, 2016 had 52 products, 2017 had 42 products, 2018 had 65 products, 2019 had 87 products, 2020 had 95 products, 2021 had 137 products.
If you coalesce anything that could be coalesced (combine sample decks, combine theme boosters, Secret Lair bundles, etc.) the numbers become: 50 (2015), 48 (2016), 38 (2017), 53 (2018), 61 (2019), 70 (2020), 79 (2021).
And with what we know of 2022, it doesn't look like things are slowing down.
Assuming that the patterns hold, we're looking at
1-2. Innistrad Double Feature Product (Packs and Box for promotion)
3. Commander Collection Black
4-16. Kamigawa Neon Dynasty product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
17-20. Challenger Decks 2022
21-36. Streets of New Capenna product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 5 Commander decks)
37-38. Unfinity product
39-46. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate product (assuming set booster, collector booster, bundle, and 2 Commander decks)
47-59. Dominaria United product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
60-61. Double Masters 2022 (assuming just packs and box for promotion)
62-74. The Brothers War product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
75. Jumpstart 2022
76-79. Warhammer 40k Commander Decks
And there are so many fiddly little products and Secret Lairs that will no doubt go in there, too. Plus, these are using the lowball numbers! It's possible that Unfinity, Jumpstart 2022, and Double Masters 2022 will have more than the listed product.
I personally found that putting all this to words and numbers helped make sense of why it feels like Kaldheim is an ancient set despite coming out this year (beyond the fact that 2021 dragged on forever), as well as put into terms why my product fatigue is getting so bad. If it happens that all of these products are up your alley, great! But for me, MtG is getting to be too much.
Still, I enjoyed putting this together, so maybe this time next year, I'll update it again with 2022's full product list.
So, what do y'all think of the amount and kinds of product WotC has been releasing lately?
My primary concern is the SEVERE lack of really good card design with game designers, developers, and playtesters making a REAL honest effort to think outside the box more when it comes to making the cards fun and enjoyable to build decks around. I mean when was the last time we've actually had exciting Commanders to build around or a new original combo deck to break in said competitive format? It's more about we don't want to influence the MTG Secondary Market more than hyperinflation currently has or we don't want to trigger another emergency ban for Standard due to a clash in design philosophy between casual and competitive mindsets. We can't print this card because it'd be too broken for said format or we have to continuously lower the power level of Standard sets at the detriment of giving Commander players less new toys to play with. Precons? Yeah let's just throw a bunch of old cards from the same existing card pool together with a subpar Commander design just to see what sticks for a $44+ price tag and call it a day.
I remember when I quit Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2004. The realization of the importance of a resource system which the game never really had made me feel like I've been lied to of course this is coming from someone whose first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering second. Years later Yu-Gi-Oh! still gets rewarded for the same kind of bad behavior that would've killed Magic: The Gathering years ago If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro had adopted the same design philosophies as Konami and to a lesser extent Upper Deck which is now defunct. Gone are the days when MTG lore matters because it's more attractive to get new customers into your Intellectual Property (IP) by publicly showcasing Intellectual Properties (IPs) that they're more familiar with to garner more sales and revenue. We often tend to forget that Magic: The Gathering is a business first and card game second. It's actually made the card game more expensive over all with Whales continuing to hoard supply to increase demand.
The D&D set. The Commander Decks
& set were full of a mix of unusual mechanics like dice rolling, Venture into the Dungeon, Exile & Treasure Matters, etc...
The sets in 2022 seem bigger too, I Kamigawa what over 300, the last Double Masters set was 332 cards so DM2022 likely will be too, Jumpstart was 664, Commander Legends was 393 plus 2 Commander Legends Deck (although I think CL: BfBG will get 4 or 5 Commmander Decks), Unstable was 216 (Unfinity might be the same or more), etc...
I don't know why but my interest for buying card singles that my LGS doesn't carry is starting to wane a bit. Not sure If it's got to do with the oversaturation of Paper Magic products released on a daily basis or If it's the sign of the times we're living in right now. I don't like how hyperinflation combined with the MTG Secondary Market is literally pricing players out of Paper Magic and I actually don't fault Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro for this because it's something that's completely out of their control. Asking for reprints nowadays is like adding an additional tax to sealed products that most people can't afford which could explain why Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro has shifted more toward Secret Lairs and "The List" for reprints due to being more cost effective and less of a hassle than Masters sets. I know that we're getting a Masters set in 2022 but with what I've been noticing with their release schedule, it's basically one Masters set a year with reprints being regulated solely in Secret Lair drops and "The List" which should be a guarantee one per booster pack instead of increasing the odds further to screw over Local Game Stores (LGSs) by disincentivizing mass box openings for selling card singles.
It's not so much that product fatigue is an issue due to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) when it's got more to do with lack of new reprints that are easily accessible to players where Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro is mostly catering to Whales at this point. Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro has gotten better at limiting the amount of print runs for their sealed products to make the most amount of money for Papa Hasbro. Take Time Spiral Remastered for example, a lot of people thought that there was going to be more than one print run for it when the Supply Chain Crisis created from the Great Resignation literally had nothing to do with it. So instead of increasing the amount of print runs for Time Spiral Remastered for distributors to sell to Local Game Stores (LGSs) for mass box openings to distribute card singles for they went ahead and decided that it was better for Whales to hoard the product, company gets paid more, while Local Game Stores (LGSs) are pretty much left with nothing to sell, Buylists be damned. Top with no revenue from Organized Play Events getting cancelled due to the pandemic and these businesses are forced to rely on anything outside of MTG to sell to stay afloat.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I am deeply concerned that the future of Paper Magic is just going to be nothing but Secret Lair drops where everyone buys direct from Amazon as the Local Game Store (LGS) mainly becomes the backbone of special serialized boxes and high-end exclusive products like the Sports Card Industry instead of being a local hangout for people to actually play Paper Magic In-Person during their time off work or from school where home schooling might become the norm over public education with how draconian it's become due to the pandemic. mx player download for pc mx aio zip
I've noticed that paper prereleases for the past 3 sets (Both Innistrad sets and Kamigawa now) have barely gotten any people attending in y area. Not sure if it's product fatigue or people just playing at home, but it's pretty concerning
I have defiantly stopped playing in person, and in fact buying any MTG product, though i may buy a Kamigawa bundle as the set looks nice, but after that i am out of paper magic (kinda am even with the bundle purchase). The reason is price and the fact that the game is just no longer balanced right (as well as no good play group).
All products have taken a huge hike in price over the last few years, even the bundle box, those 2 less boosters is a stealth price rise, which i dont agree with (draft packs have been okay previously, but when i bought the Midnight hunt box, i ended up with a pack with 4 of the same card right next to each other).
I feel like ive been pushed out of the game as its now just too expensive to try to get meaningful playsets of needed pieces, its also part down to the fact that i also have almost no one to trade with (due to not going to my store on the usual magic days due to work hours) then iam just left with loads of cards i have no where to shift them.
Ive simply put my time, money and effort into another game, one where its not as expensive to get the playsets needed for decks (as the pull rates are far better for the chase cards).
MTG just seems like a disorganized mess of releases with no real direction other than to make as much money as quick as possible, and this can be seen in game terms as just look at how bloated Kamigawa is, enchantment matters, artifact matters, phyrexia, enchantment creatures, artifact creatures, vehicles, channel, nijitsu, samurai/warrior/solo attack and more that ive probably forgotten of the top of my head. Its not necessarily a bad (i do think its a good set) set, just inflated and could have been better with a block rather than just a single box (bigger than what innistrad just had).
Not to go against narrative but things look a bit different this year.
it’s been a month and a half and the only things that have been produced are:
1. Commander Collection Black
2. Kamigawa Neon Dynasty
3. Kamigawa Commander Deck x2
4. Secret Lair Astrology Lands (first two installments).
While we are likely to get a secret lair announcement this Thursday (Art from the Street Fire Lair is being shared now), we are on track to have notably fewer products this year.
I don’t think that this is necessarily intentional on Wizards’ part, mind you. There have been multiple delays and supply line difficulties causing delays with the october secret lairs and wizards likely doesn’t want to compound that problem by pushing out a ton of them as they did last year. That’s likely also the reason why Unfinity was punted to the latter end of this year.
Even with all of that said and done, this upcoming secret lair, a couple more astrology lands, and the challenger decks in April may be the only new print products before New Capenna, which seems like a pretty good pace for magic to be at, IMO.
@Funkpirate: While bundles come with fewer packs, the packs that they come with are now set boosters rather than draft boosters and I believe that someone has done the math to find that the cost (as set boosters are a bit more expensive) and the number of rares overall is about the same, though nobody can hide that this is a fairly expensive hobby. It personally sounds like not having a playgroup is the larger (and totally valid) problem. Wishing you the best in finding a group with your new game.
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Well, I got curious what things were like this year, especially since we know most if not all the products coming out till January, and decided to do some updating.
Here is a product list, separated by year and individual component. Booster Pack Boxes are listed separate from booster packs when a promotional card or pack was attached to its purchase (barring Unstable and Iconic Masters, due to the Treasure Chest packs being primarily Ixalan, with the offer eventually extended to those two later.)
Also excluded: Promotional cards from tournaments (including pre-releases), and the Big Box Repackage promotional cards.
2015
2. Fate Reforged Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Fate Reforged Bundle
4. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Unflinching Assault
5. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Cunning Plan
6. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Grave Advantage
7. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Stampeding Hordes
8. Fate Reforged Intro Pack: Surprise Attack
9. Fate Reforged Clash Pack: Power vs Profit
10. Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
11. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack
12. Dragons of Tarkir Draft Booster Pack Box
13. Dragons of Tarkir Bundle
14. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Massed Ranks
15. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Enlightened Mastery
16. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Cruel Plots
17. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Relentless Rush
18. Dragons of Tarkir Intro Pack: Furious Forces
19. Dragons of Tarkir Event Deck: Landslide Charge
20. Modern Masters 2015 Draft Booster Pack
21. Magic Origins Sample Deck: White
22. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Blue
23. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Black
24. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Red
25. Magic Origins Sample Deck: Green
26. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack
27. Magic Origins Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Magic Origins Bundle
29. Magic Origins Deck Builder’s Toolkit
30. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Brave the Battle
31. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Take to the Sky
32. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Demonic Deals
33. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Assemble Victory
34. Magic Origins Intro Pack: Hunting Pack
35. Magic Origins Clash Pack: Armed vs. Dangerous
36. Magic Origins Land Station
37. San Diego Comic Con 2015 Promotion
38. From the Vault: Angels
39. Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
40. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack
41. Battle for Zendikar Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Battle for Zendikar Bundle
43. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Rallying Cry
44. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Swarming Instinct
45. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Call of Blood
46. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Eldrazi Assault
47. Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack: Zendikar’s Rage
48. Battle for Zendikar Event Deck: Ultimate Sacrifice
49. Battle for Zendikar Gift Box
50. Commander 2015: Call the Spirits
51. Commander 2015: Seize Control
52. Commander 2015: Plunder the Graves
53. Commander 2015: Wade into Battle
54. Commander 2015: Swell the Host
2016
2. Oath of the Gatewatch Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Oath of the Gatewatch Bundle
4. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Desperate Stand
5. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Twisted Reality
6. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Vicious Cycle
7. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Surge of Resistance
8. Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Pack: Concerted Effort
9. Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
10. Welcome Deck 2016: White
11. Welcome Deck 2016: Blue
12. Welcome Deck 2016: Black
13. Welcome Deck 2016: Red
14. Welcome Deck 2016: Green
15. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack
16. Shadows Over Innistrad Draft Booster Pack Box
17. Shadows Over Innistrad Bundle
18. Shadows Over Innistrad Booster Battle Pack
19. Shadows Over Innistrad Deck Builder’s Toolkit
20. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Ghostly Tide
21. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Unearthed Secrets
22. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Vampiric Thirst
23. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Angelic Fury
24. Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Pack: Horrific Visions
25. Shadows Over Innistrad Gift Box
26. Eternal Masters Draft Booster Pack
27. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack
28. Eldritch Moon Draft Booster Pack Box
29. Eldritch Moon Bundle
30. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Unlikely Alliances
31. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Dangerous Knowledge
32. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Shallow Graves
33. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Untamed Wild
34. Eldritch Moon Intro Pack: Weapons and Wards
35. San Diego Comic Con 2016 Promotion
36. From the Vault: Lore
37. Conspiracy: Take the Crown Draft Booster Pack
38. Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
39. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack
40. Kaladesh Draft Booster Pack Box
41. Kaladesh Bundle
42. Kaladesh Booster Battle Pack
43. Kaladesh Deck Builder’s Toolkit
44. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
45. Kaladesh Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
46. Kaladesh Gift Box
47. Commander 2016: Entropic Uprising
48. Commander 2016: Open Hostility
49. Commander 2016: Stalwart Unity
50. Commander 2016: Breed Lethality
51. Commander 2016: Invent Superiority
52. Planechase Anthology
2017
2. Aether Revolt Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Aether Revolt Bundle
4. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
5. Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
6. Modern Masters 2017
7. Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might
8. Welcome Deck 2017: White
9. Welcome Deck 2017: Blue
10. Welcome Deck 2017: Black
11. Welcome Deck 2017: Red
12. Welcome Deck 2017: Green
13. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack
14. Amonkhet Draft Booster Pack Box
15. Amonkhet Bundle
16. Amonkhet Booster Battle Pack
17. Amonkhet Deck Builder’s Toolkit
18. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
19. Amonkhet Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
20. Amonkhet Land Station
21. Commander Anthology
22. Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
23. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack
24. Hour of Devastation Draft Booster Pack Box
25. Hour of Devastation Bundle
26. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nissa
27. Hour of Devastation Planeswalker Deck: Nicol Bolas
28. San Diego Comic Con 2017 Promotion
29. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack
30. Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
31. Ixalan Bundle
32. Ixalan Booster Battle Pack
33. Ixalan Deck Builder’s Toolkit
34. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Jace
35. Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Huatli
36. Gift Pack Autumn 2017
37. Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins
38. HASCON 2017 Promotion
39. Iconic Master Draft Booster Pack
40. Explorers of Ixalan
41. From the Vault: Transform
42. Unstable Draft Booster Pack
2018
2. Rivals of Ixalan Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Rivals of Ixalan Bundle
4. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
5. Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Deck: Angrath
6. Masters 25 Draft Booster Pack
7. Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
8. Challenger Deck 2018: Hazoret Aggro
9. Challenger Deck 2018: Vehicle Rush
10. Challenger Deck 2018: Second Sun Control
11. Challenger Deck 2018: Counter Surge
12. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack
13. Dominaria Draft Booster Pack Box
14. Dominaria Bundle
15. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: White
16. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Blue
17. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Black
18. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Red
19. Dominaria Theme Booster Pack: Green
20. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
21. Dominaria Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
22. Commander Anthology Volume II
23. Battlebond Draft Booster Pack
24. Signature Spellbook: Jace
25. Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling
26. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: White
27. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Blue
28. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Black
29. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Red
30. Core Set 2019 Welcome Deck: Green
31. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack
32. Core Set 2019 Draft Booster Pack Box
33. Core Set 2019 Bundle
34. Core Set 2019 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
35. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
36. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Tezzeret
37. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
38. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Sarkhan
39. Core Set 2019 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
40. San Diego Comic Con 2018 Promotion
41. Commander 2018: Exquisite Invention
42. Commander 2018: Nature’s Vengeance
43. Commander 2018: Adaptive Enchantment
44. Commander 2018: Subjective Reality
45. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack
46. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box
47. Guilds of Ravnica Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
48. Guilds of Ravnica Bundle
49. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Selesnya
50. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Boros
51. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Golgari
52. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Izzet
53. Guilds of Ravnica Theme Booster Pack: Dimir
54. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Ral
55. Guilds of Ravnica Planeswalker Deck: Vraska
56. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Selenya
57. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Boros
58. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Golgari
59. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Izzet
60. Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kit: Dimir
61. Spellslinger Starter Kit
62. Gift Pack Autumn 2018
63. Game Night 2018
64. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Pack
65. Ultimate Masters Draft Booster Box
2019
2. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Ravnica Allegiance Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
4. Ravnica Allegiance Bundle
5. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Azorius
6. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Rakdos
7. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Gruul
8. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Simic
9. Ravnica Allegiance Theme Booster Pack: Orzhov
10. Ravnica Allegiance Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Dovin
12. Ravnica Allegiance Planeswalker Deck: Domri
13. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Azorius
14. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Rakdos
15. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Gruul
16. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Simic
17. Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kit: Orzhov
18. Challenger Deck 2019: United Assault
19. Challenger Deck 2019: Lightning Aggro
20. Challenger Deck 2019: Deadly Discovery
21. Challenger Deck 2019: Arcane Tempo
22. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack
23. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box
24. War of the Spark Draft Booster Pack Box: Mythic Edition
25. War of the Spark Bundle
26. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: White
27. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Blue
28. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Black
29. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Red
30. War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack: Green
31. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Gideon
32. War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck: Jace
33. Modern Horizons Draft Booster Pack
34. Signature Spellbook: Gideon
35. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: White
36. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Blue
37. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Black
38. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Red
39. Core Set 2020 Welcome Deck: Green
40. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack
41. Core Set 2020 Draft Booster Pack Box
42. Core Set 2020 Bundle
43. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: White
44. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Blue
45. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Black
46. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Red
47. Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Pack: Green
48. Core Set 2020 Deck Builder’s Toolkit
49. Core Set 2020 Spellslinger Starter Kit
50. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Ajani
51. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Yanling
52. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Sorin
53. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
54. Core Set 2020 Planeswalker Deck: Vivien
55. Core Set 2020 Land Station
56. San Diego Comic Con 2019 Promotion
57. Commander 2019: Faceless Menace
58. Commander 2019: Mystic Intellect
59. Commander 2019: Primal Genesis
60. Commander 2019: Merciless Rage
61. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack
62. Throne of Eldraine Draft Booster Pack Box
63. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack
64. Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack Box: Deluxe Collection
65. Throne of Eldraine Bundle
66. Throne of Eldraine Gift Bundle
67. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: White
68. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Blue
69. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Black
70. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Red
71. Throne of Eldraine Theme Booster Pack: Green
72. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Rowan
73. Throne of Eldraine Planeswalker Deck: Oko
74. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Wild Bounty
75. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Faerie Schemes
76. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Savage Hunger
77. Throne of Eldraine Brawl Deck: Knights’ Charge
78. Ponies: The Galloping
79. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Convention Edition)
80. Game Night 2019
81. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Bitterblossom Dreams
82. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Eldraine Wonderland
83. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Restless in Peace
84. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Seeing Visions
85. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): <explosion sounds>
86. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): Kaleidoscope Killers
87. Secret Lair Drop Series (2019): OMG KITTIES!
2020
2. Theros Beyond Death Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Theros Beyond Death Collector Booster Pack
4. Theros Beyond Death Bundle
5. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: White
6. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Blue
7. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Black
8. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Red
9. Theros Beyond Death Theme Booster Pack: Green
10. Theros Beyond Death Deck Builder’s Toolkit
11. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Elspeth
12. Theros Beyond Death Planeswalker Deck: Ashiok
13. Secret Lair Drop Series: Year of the Rat
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume I
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume II
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume III
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume IV
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Theros Stargazing Volume V
19. Unsanctioned
20. Secret Lair Drop: April Fools
21. Secret Lair Drop Series: International Women’s Day
22. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thalia – Beyond the Helvault
23. Mystery Booster Draft Booster Pack (Retail Edition)
24. Challenger Deck 2020: Allied Fires
25. Challenger Deck 2020: Final Adventure
26. Challenger Deck 2020: Cavalcade Charge
27. Challenger Deck 2020: Flash of Ferocity
28. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack
29. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Booster Pack Box
30. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Collector Booster Pack
31. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Bundle
32. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: White
33. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Blue
34. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Black
35. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Red
36. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Pack: Green
37. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Ruthless Regiment
38. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Arcane Maelstrom
39. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Symbiotic Swarm
40. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Timeless Wisdom
41. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Commander Deck: Enhanced Evolution
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Godzilla Lands
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: Full Sleeves
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Can You Feel with a Heart of Steel?
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Path Not Traveled
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mountain, Go
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Ornithological Studies
48. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition
49. Signature Spellbook: Chandra
50. Core Set 2021 Welcome Booster Pack
51. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack
52. Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack Box
53. Core Set 2021 Collector Booster Pack
54. Core Set 2021 Bundle
55. Core Set 2021 Arena Starter Kit
56. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Basri
57. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Teferi
58. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Liliana
59. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Chandra
60. Core Set 2021 Planeswalker Deck: Garruk
61. Jumpstart
62. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack
63. Double Masters Draft Booster Pack Box
64. Secret Lair Drop Series: Prime Slime
65. Secret Lair Drop Series: Every Dog Has Its Day
66. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Yargle Day!
67. Zendikar Rising Welcome Booster Pack
68. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack
69. Zendikar Rising Draft Booster Pack Box
70. Zendikar Rising Collector Booster Pack
71. Zendikar Rising Set Booster Pack
72. Zendikar Rising Bundle
73. Zendikar Rising Gift Bundle
74. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: White
75. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Blue
76. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Black
77. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Red
78. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Green
79. Zendikar Rising Theme Booster Pack: Party
80. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Land’s Wrath
81. Zendikar Rising Commander Deck: Sneak Attack
82. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Zendikar Revisited
83. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Walking Dead
84. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2020
85. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack
86. Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack Box
87. Commander Legends Collector Booster Pack
88. Commander Legends Commander Deck: Arm for Battle
89. Commander Legends: Reap the Tides
90. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Seb McKinnon
91. Secret Lair Drop Series: Happy Little Gathering
92. Secret Lair Drop Series: Hope You Like Squirrels
93. Secret Lair Drop Series: A Box of Rocks
94. Secret Lair Drop Series: Party Hard, Shred Harder
95: Commander Collection: Green
2021
2. Kaldheim Draft Booster Pack Box
3. Kaldheim Collector Booster Pack
4. Kaldheim Set Booster Pack
5. Kaldheim Bundle
6. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: White
7. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Blue
8. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Black
9. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Red
10. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Green
11. Kaldheim Theme Booster Pack: Vikings
12. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Elven Empire
13. Kaldheim Commander Deck: Phantom Premonition
14. Secret Lair Drop Series: Faerie, Faerie, Faerie Rad
15. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Unfathomable Crushing Brutality of Basic Lands
16. Secret Lair Drop Series: Valentine’s Day 2021
17. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 1
18. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Kaldheim – Part 2
19. Secret Lair Drop Series: Black is Magic
20. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack
21. Time Spiral Remastered Draft Booster Pack Box
22. Challenger Deck 2021: Azorius Control
23. Challenger Deck 2021: Dimir Rogues
24. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Red Aggro
25. Challenger Deck 2021: Mono-Green Stompy
26. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack
27. Strixhaven: School of Mages Draft Booster Pack Box
28. Strixhaven: School of Mages Collector Booster Pack
29. Strixhaven: School of Mages Set Booster Pack
30. Strixhaven: School of Mages Bundle
31. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Silverquill
32. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Prismari
33. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Witherbloom
34. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Lorehold
35. Strixhaven: School of Mages Theme Booster Pack: Quandrix
36. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Silverquill Statement
37. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Prismari Performance
38. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Witherbloom Witchcraft
39. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Lorehold Legacies
40. Strixhaven: School of Mages Commander Deck: Quantum Quandrix
41. Secret Lair Drop Series: Our Show Is On Friday, Can You Make It?
42. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Strixhaven
43. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Full Text Lands
44. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Bant
45. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Esper
46. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Grixis
47. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Jund
48. Secret Lair Drop Series: Culture Shocks: Naya
49. Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2
50. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack
51. Modern Horizons 2 Draft Booster Pack Box
52. Modern Horizons 2 Collector Booster Pack
53. Modern Horizons 2 Set Booster Pack
54. Modern Horizons 2 Bundle
55. Secret Lair Drop Series: Saturday Morning D&D
56. Secret Lair Drop Series: Artist Series: Mark Poole
57. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Fiona Staples
58. Secret Lair Drop Series: Special Guest: Jen Bartel
59. Secret Lair Drop Series: Phyrexian Praetors: Compleat Edition
60. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mother’s Day 2021
61. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Allied Signets
62. Secret Lair Drop Series: Dan Frazier is Back: The Enemy Signets
63. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Welcome Booster Pack
64. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack
65. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft Booster Pack Box
66. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Collector Booster Pack
67. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Set Booster Pack
68. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: White
69. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Blue
70. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Black
71. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Red
72. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Green
73. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Theme Booster Pack: Dungeon
74. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Bundle
75. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Gift Bundle
76. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Aura of Courage
77. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Dungeons of Death
78. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Draconic Rage
79. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander Deck: Planar Portal
80. 2021 Arena Starter Kit
81. Secret Lair Series: Kamigawa Ink
82. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Johannes Voss
83. Secret Lair Series: Artist Series: Thomas Baxa
84. Secret Lair Series: Math is for Blockers
85. Secret Lair Series: Teferi’s Time Trouble
86. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Welcome Booster
87. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack
88. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft Booster Pack Box
89. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Collector Booster Pack
90. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Set Booster Pack
91. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: White
92. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Blue
93. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Black
94. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Red
95. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Green
96. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Theme Booster Pack: Werewolves
97. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Bundle
98. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Coven Counters
99. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander Deck: Undead Unleashed
100. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Azorius Spirits
101. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Lotus Field Combo
102. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Mono-Red Burn
103. Pioneer Challenge Decks 2021: Orzhov Auras
104. Secret Lair Drop Series: Stranger Things
105. Secret Lair Drop Series: Mirrodinsanity
106. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Anatomy 101
107. Secret Lair Drop Series: Monster Movie Marathon
108. Secret Lair Drop Series: Read the Fine Print
109. Secret Lair Drop Series: Showcase: Midnight Hunt
110. Secret Lair Drop Series: Thrilling Tales of the Undead
111. Secret Lair Drop Series: Purrfection
112. Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2021
113. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Welcome Booster
114. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack
115. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Booster Pack Box
116. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Collector Booster Pack
117. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Set Booster Pack
118. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: White
119. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Blue
120. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Black
121. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Red
122. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Green
123. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Theme Booster Pack: Vampires
124. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Bundle
125. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Gift Bundle
126. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Vampiric Bloodline
127. Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander Deck: Spirit Squadron
128. Secret Lair Drop Series: MSCHF
129. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane
130. Secret Lair Drop Series: Arcane: Lands
131. Secret Lair Drop Series: Welcome to Castle Dracula
132. Secret Lair Drop Series: The Dracula Lands
133. Secret Lair Drop Series: Fblthp: Completely, Utterly, Totally Lost
134. Secret Lair Drop Series: Crocodile Jackson’s Monstrous Menagerie
135. Secret Lair Drop Series: Far Out, Man
136. Secret Lair Drop Series: PixelSnowLands.jpg
137. Secret Lair Drop Series: Heads I Wind, Tails You Lose
So in total: 2015 had 54 products, 2016 had 52 products, 2017 had 42 products, 2018 had 65 products, 2019 had 87 products, 2020 had 95 products, 2021 had 137 products.
If you coalesce anything that could be coalesced (combine sample decks, combine theme boosters, Secret Lair bundles, etc.) the numbers become: 50 (2015), 48 (2016), 38 (2017), 53 (2018), 61 (2019), 70 (2020), 79 (2021).
And with what we know of 2022, it doesn't look like things are slowing down.
1-2. Innistrad Double Feature Product (Packs and Box for promotion)
3. Commander Collection Black
4-16. Kamigawa Neon Dynasty product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
17-20. Challenger Decks 2022
21-36. Streets of New Capenna product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 5 Commander decks)
37-38. Unfinity product
39-46. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate product (assuming set booster, collector booster, bundle, and 2 Commander decks)
47-59. Dominaria United product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
60-61. Double Masters 2022 (assuming just packs and box for promotion)
62-74. The Brothers War product (assuming 1 welcome deck, 5 theme boosters, 2 Commander decks)
75. Jumpstart 2022
76-79. Warhammer 40k Commander Decks
And there are so many fiddly little products and Secret Lairs that will no doubt go in there, too. Plus, these are using the lowball numbers! It's possible that Unfinity, Jumpstart 2022, and Double Masters 2022 will have more than the listed product.
I personally found that putting all this to words and numbers helped make sense of why it feels like Kaldheim is an ancient set despite coming out this year (beyond the fact that 2021 dragged on forever), as well as put into terms why my product fatigue is getting so bad. If it happens that all of these products are up your alley, great! But for me, MtG is getting to be too much.
Still, I enjoyed putting this together, so maybe this time next year, I'll update it again with 2022's full product list.
So, what do y'all think of the amount and kinds of product WotC has been releasing lately?
Your data shows an incredible progression in just 6 years... I knew it was bad, but not THAT bad! Honestly, in my case I find it overwhelming and I no longer get excited as I used to with the coming of new cards. There is so much to take in, I can't find the time to try and fit new cards in existing decks. I do however try to jot down those that are a great fit for an eventual purchase or trade.
The amount of new cards introduced in a given year. Direct reprints were ignored, but functional reprints were not as those are still technically "new" cards. Associated products (Planeswalker Decks, Commander Decks, etc) were wrapped up into the "set" totals. My numbers may be off here, as it's quite difficult to go through every set looking for reprints without wasting a lot more time than I did.
2015:
Fate Reforged: 161
Dragons of Tarkir: 233
Magic Origins: 180
Battle for Zendikar: 232
Commander 2015: 56
Total: 862
2016:
Shadows Over Innistrad: 270
Eldritch Moon: 197
Conspiracy: Take the Crown: 80
Kaladesh: 246
Commander 2016: 56
Total: 1,028
2017
Amonkhet: 241
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas: 20
Hour of Devastation: 186
Commander 2017: 56
Ixalan: 246
HASCON 2017: 3
Unstable: 247 (each mechanically different version of cards like Garbage Elemental were counted)
Total: 1,187
2018
Dominaria: 233
Battlebond: 85
Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling: 30
Core Set 2019: 200
Commander 2018: 59
Guilds of Ravnica: 234
Game Night 2018: 5
Total: 1,024
2019
War of the Spark: 247
Modern Horizons: 209
Core Set 2020: 174
Commander 2019: 59
Throne of Eldraine: 269
Ponies: The Galloping: 3
Mystery Booster Draft: 121 (test-cards, which will be given their own subtotal)
Game Night 2019: 5
Total: 1,208 (1,329 if test cards are included)
2020
Unsanctioned: 16
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths: 299
Core Set 2021: 182
Jumpstart: 37
Zendikar Rising: 262
Secret Lair: Walking Dead: 6
Commander Legends: 171
Total: 1,220
2021
Strixhaven: School of Mages: 355
Secret Lair: Stranger Things: 9
Modern Horizons 2: 255
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms: 319
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt: 279
Innistrad: Crimson Vow: 283
Total: 1,783
So, yeah, no wonder keeping up with cards is difficult!
(I do find it interesting that the number of new cards doesn't wholly correlate with the amount of products released in a given year. Given that reprints are still marketed as heavily as new cards, I don't think it takes away from the fatigue, but it's an interesting fact to note.)
I remember feeling so resentful when I quit YGO, because it held nostalgia, memories and an anime to reinforce my engagement. MTG lacked these. But when I read the Kamigawa novels and saw the beautiful artwork and themes of MTG, I noticed it was deeper, more methodical and of higher quality as a game. The lore added dimension to the cards, which were exceptionally illustrated (still are, although there are some hiccups with digital art). Around the time Magic Origins was released and well into the Gatewatch era, especially Ixalan, MTG felt like it was at its prime.
Although Theros Beyond Death is my favorite set of all time, there's no denying after War of the Spark, the death of the lore, the evisceration of Vorthos, and the vast volume of rapidly churned out but poorly executed product, all MTG has going for it at the moment is high quality artists and art.
The Commander products have all been a mess, there's been quantity of products but no quality. Lore is dead, story is stagnant and uninspired. It's just all numbers with no passion anymore. Don't misunderstand me - I love a lot of cards released individually, but overall, there's a disconnect somewhere. I don't feel the same thrill that I did reading about Arixmethes for example and then seeing him on a card in 2018, when Commander products were actually delivering player requests once a year, in a thrilling preview season and release. Now we have hoards of Commander products, all mostly rehashing the same card pool, tied to one plane and only a few new narrow cards each, with no lore or past characters.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
I remember when I quit Yu-Gi-Oh! back in 2004. The realization of the importance of a resource system which the game never really had made me feel like I've been lied to of course this is coming from someone whose first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering second. Years later Yu-Gi-Oh! still gets rewarded for the same kind of bad behavior that would've killed Magic: The Gathering years ago If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro had adopted the same design philosophies as Konami and to a lesser extent Upper Deck which is now defunct. Gone are the days when MTG lore matters because it's more attractive to get new customers into your Intellectual Property (IP) by publicly showcasing Intellectual Properties (IPs) that they're more familiar with to garner more sales and revenue. We often tend to forget that Magic: The Gathering is a business first and card game second. It's actually made the card game more expensive over all with Whales continuing to hoard supply to increase demand.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
I guess that this really kind of depends on what your standards for "exciting". For me Eruth, Tormented Prophet is one of the most exciting commanders to be created in a long time.
When you optimize a commander deck as far as it will go, most commanders only change a tiny selection of cards from the 99. An optimized Zndrsplt/Okaun deck, for example, will use "GENERIC IZZET THORACLE COMBO SHELL" with electrodominance (to cheat out Thassa's oracle at instant speed), Frenetic Efreet (for infinite coin flips and card draw), and maybe Tavern Scoundrel (for easy large sums of mana). That choice of commander impacted a total of 5 cards in your deck.
When you look at an Eruth deck, meanwhile, the optimized version can start as a Thoracle OR storm deck and the main 99 might consider breakthrough, burning inquiry, goblin lore, Ideas Unbound, magus of the bazaar, windrider wizard, or control of the court. This commander is also one of the few that makes optimal use of Diamond Lion and Lion's Eye Diamond. A flexible and semi-competitive commander that can be over 10% cards that see little play elsewhere is super exciting.
Commander itself seems to be attracting more and more competitive players that are departing from Standard and other formats, who optimize their decks and create a generally stagnant experience. It's a bore for me to see so many routine plays involving the same staples every game - Sol Ring into Arcane Signet, etc. The pacing and objective of Commander has skewed to where I don't enjoy it as much. It's also due in part for where WOTC invests its focus. For example, Vampires have so much overwhelming support, most of which has become redundant at this point. How much can players cram into the same 100 card deck? Diversify the support a bit. Spirits were a nice example of finally venturing into new territory.
Commander card prices are also absurd. The secondary market is self-inhibiting the format really. The more players, the greater the prices, which undercuts player engagement, and that feedback inhibits interest in deck building. This isn't a loop WOTC should want to foster. As in, how are cards such as Smothering Tithe and Rhystic Study investments...? We already regrettably have a Reserved List for the "investment" crowd to be awful with. And how is the first meaningful reprint of Rhystic Study in ages a Secret Lair - one delving into an outside IP no less? This only reinforces my point about how it isn't just simple product fatigue - it's about being bombarded with products that are all so deficient that it feels like you could drop a fortune on the game and still end up nowhere. We have a secondary market competing with these products too.
THB is my favorite set but it not having the novel means I don't have the same emotional connection to it that I did with original Theros. Which is strange, since THB is by far superior. Heck, look how beloved Kamigawa is due to the novels.
All these products just feel hollow and empty. It's insult to injury that a growing fraction of them aren't even MTG. It's as if WOTC gave up on its own IP and adopted the cash cow short term gains method of YGO.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
They also realized that printing functionally identical reprints of pre-existing high end money cards makes them less money which could explain why there's no functionally identical version of Dockside Extortionist or that the opportunity to print them hasn't presented itself yet based on a set flavor standpoint. It's gotten to be more about the waiting game of the MTG Secondary Market and how much or how little specific card designs directly impact the EDH / Commander format financially. Innistrad: Crimson Vow didn't have as much of an impact on the market due to how weak the set is power level wise despite one or two Mythics generating infinite combos here and there like Cultivator Colossus's interaction with Abundance.
What I find insulting the most is Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro deliberately putting ALL the good reprints in Secret Lair drops while leaving all the bad reprints in Commander Precons and Standard sets just so that Local Game Stores (LGSs) make far less money. Sure they'll sometimes put good reprints in supplementary sets like Modern Horizons 2 and Masters sets but how often does that actually happen? Secret Lair drops are designed in a way that makes it incredibly difficult for Local Game Stores (LGSs) to sell for what Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro sells them for with or without MSRP.
There's so few of these products designed that these stores can't even get multiple print runs of these cards. Just the other day I asked my LGS If they plan on ordering the new Secret Lair for Stranger Things and they told me they only get certain Secret Lair drops If the store manager is interested in picking them up. So now I have to order the singles online which means my LGS can't make money on them. What's the point of TCGPlayer If Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro is making more money on Secret Lair drops than these LGSs struggling to survive through TCGPlayer and Channel Fireball?
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
Competitive pricing has been hurting sales at Local Game Stores (LGSs) more since they're struggling to run In-Person events on account of the pandemic. Unless it's a Pre-Release event then they're not able to get enough players to fire events for specific formats In-Person mainly Standard, Modern, and Pioneer. EDH / Commander is so focused on the 4+ player pod Multiplayer aspect of the game that it's actually pushed these potential players who crave the competitive 1 v. 1 setting to play on Arena or In-Person via Flesh and Blood TCG. It's much easier for these players to break into on account of only needing to build a 60 card deck with 3-4 multiples of the same cards instead of 100 card Singleton just to break into cEDH by having to pay a premium for consistent mana bases / deck strategies they can't easily afford in order to keep up with what everyone else in their meta is playing. Less resources to build around means less money to invest in to actually play the game. They also don't want to get shunned for having to proxy 90% of their decks.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
My personal overall interest in magic has waned significantly in the last 5 years but that's 100% on personal issues mostly revolving around time. While the constant flow of products is one of the few things that has kept my interest in magic at a low but consistent level rather than the occasional "Oh yeah I used to play that."
1. I think that there are (and have always been) a number of players who have tried to collect (nearly) everything.
2. While I don't understand people who go out of their way to own cards like bramble armor for the sake of "completion", this habit is only actually harmful (or "pathologic") to people if it is causing them extreme anxiety and/or if it causes people to live beyond their means.
3. "completionist" behavior has always had a price that some people cannot afford.
4. I am going out on a limb to say that some of those people who have not been able to afford this behavior have always been present in the "Magic is too expensive as a hobby" camp, albeit less visibly than the highly vocal "Abolish the Reserve List" and "I should be able to afford eternal formats" groups.
5. More products being produced by WotC generally means a higher price of "completionist" behavior (especially if collectors care about things like different land arts).
6. The recent increase in products and cards and the corresponding increase in price to buy them all have put people who were previously able to engage in "completionist" behavior comfortably now being unable to continue this behavior.
7. While this is pure speculation on my end, I would guess that the increase in "collector complexity" (which is contributed to both by the number of products along with things like alternate treatments that cards are getting nowadays or The List) may also make things generally harder to keep track of for a large number of people, which may make the act of trying to collect everything a more stressful and time-intensive activity even if someone does have these funds.
8. Between the increased price and increased complexity, we have had a new wave of complaints regarding product/wallet fatigue as people who may have considered themselves whales in the past now find themselves feeling washed ashore.
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Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
The simple existence of stuff like Commander product and more expensive extras like Modern Horizon, Master Set BlaBlub, and Secret Lairs, with countless variations of cards make it basically unfeasible to buy ALL the product.
The reasoning is simple, WotC asked the people how much they spend in the game and how much they would be willing to spend.
Happens in computer games too, the main income is from whales that spend tremendously more than the average spender.
Like in computer games, there are "free to play" people, even in Magic ... people that buy just the bare minimum of cards to have a Commander deck and then dont buy any product at all (just trade stuff with friends) , that kind of player could basically ignore most standard legal sets and just build and play a pet deck for basically forever.
That changed quite drastically with the very frequent release of Commander specific product, also bad for the "trading" aspect as everyone has a flat cost to each card and preconstructed deck, so doesnt need to trade at all ... pre-pandemic the people that enjoyed trading as a social interaction decreased drastically already, as people if they trade at all, just do so as a form of transaction with predefined prices online, which leave basically no room to social interaction at all (compared to what trading was when people just traded cards as you wanted them for a EDH deck, and they where willing to help you out).
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The last 2 years i basically bought nothing but singles.
The amount of different product killed the entire point of buying sealed product for me.
I would enjoy to draft with friends, but the draft boxes have the least possible value in them of all sealed product, and players that want to draft are basically punished for buying a draft box, instead of collectors/set boxes.
The business model is cooked and crooked, there are people that spend tremendous amounts of money in the game for new cards (somewhere, as i dont know any of them, people in my circle spend money on specific old cards that carry and increase in value as true collector items with nostalgia value and a history).
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If the pandemic is over (somewhere in the next 20 years probably ...) the true effect of the changes might become more apparent, as right now some people suffer tremendously of having almost no income, while others reap the rewards of working from home and speculating in stocks (but times change, so we will see).
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I think it's safe to say that Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro has been very envious with the way the Sports Card Industry works and the problem with serialized cards and products is that it ends up creating another pseudo Reserve List of sorts for high-end collectors that creates more product fatigue down the line because when something is serialized there's only so few of them in existence that it just adds up in demand when it's not even necessary and unlike the original Reserve List, Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro can actually reprint these cards to make them easily accessible to players.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
The whole idea behind re-releasing the same Standard set that isn't a Remastered set as a Paper / Print release just to print more flashy variants of the same cards dilutes the product even further not to mention that Innistrad: Crimson Vow is a VERY under powered set that didn't really offer much to players who play outside of competitive formats. I'm more concerned that all the good reprints are going more toward Secret Lair products rather than Standard sets and supplementary products sold at Local Game Stores (LGSs) and big box retailers not named Amazon because Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro wants to avoid reprints creating potential emergency bans or being too problematic for competitive formats.
With the popularity of Standard at an all time low it's no wonder why Innistrad: Crimson Vow didn't sell as well as it could've cause aesthetically and visually it's amazing it's just that it would've been nice If the card abilities were up to par as well which would've helped sales tremendously. They're printing so much to the point where they don't have time to properly design cards the way they should or at least make them playable enough to actually justify the high quality art and illustrations used for them with Olivia, Crimson Bride being an exception cause she actually has combos that work well with her like Breath of Fury and Port Razer for example. Some of the new Zombie themed cards got some new combo support as well.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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It's not so much that product fatigue is an issue due to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) when it's got more to do with lack of new reprints that are easily accessible to players where Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro is mostly catering to Whales at this point. Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro has gotten better at limiting the amount of print runs for their sealed products to make the most amount of money for Papa Hasbro. Take Time Spiral Remastered for example, a lot of people thought that there was going to be more than one print run for it when the Supply Chain Crisis created from the Great Resignation literally had nothing to do with it. So instead of increasing the amount of print runs for Time Spiral Remastered for distributors to sell to Local Game Stores (LGSs) for mass box openings to distribute card singles for they went ahead and decided that it was better for Whales to hoard the product, company gets paid more, while Local Game Stores (LGSs) are pretty much left with nothing to sell, Buylists be damned. Top with no revenue from Organized Play Events getting cancelled due to the pandemic and these businesses are forced to rely on anything outside of MTG to sell to stay afloat.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta
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All products have taken a huge hike in price over the last few years, even the bundle box, those 2 less boosters is a stealth price rise, which i dont agree with (draft packs have been okay previously, but when i bought the Midnight hunt box, i ended up with a pack with 4 of the same card right next to each other).
I feel like ive been pushed out of the game as its now just too expensive to try to get meaningful playsets of needed pieces, its also part down to the fact that i also have almost no one to trade with (due to not going to my store on the usual magic days due to work hours) then iam just left with loads of cards i have no where to shift them.
Ive simply put my time, money and effort into another game, one where its not as expensive to get the playsets needed for decks (as the pull rates are far better for the chase cards).
MTG just seems like a disorganized mess of releases with no real direction other than to make as much money as quick as possible, and this can be seen in game terms as just look at how bloated Kamigawa is, enchantment matters, artifact matters, phyrexia, enchantment creatures, artifact creatures, vehicles, channel, nijitsu, samurai/warrior/solo attack and more that ive probably forgotten of the top of my head. Its not necessarily a bad (i do think its a good set) set, just inflated and could have been better with a block rather than just a single box (bigger than what innistrad just had).
~Funk Pirate
it’s been a month and a half and the only things that have been produced are:
1. Commander Collection Black
2. Kamigawa Neon Dynasty
3. Kamigawa Commander Deck x2
4. Secret Lair Astrology Lands (first two installments).
While we are likely to get a secret lair announcement this Thursday (Art from the Street Fire Lair is being shared now), we are on track to have notably fewer products this year.
I don’t think that this is necessarily intentional on Wizards’ part, mind you. There have been multiple delays and supply line difficulties causing delays with the october secret lairs and wizards likely doesn’t want to compound that problem by pushing out a ton of them as they did last year. That’s likely also the reason why Unfinity was punted to the latter end of this year.
Even with all of that said and done, this upcoming secret lair, a couple more astrology lands, and the challenger decks in April may be the only new print products before New Capenna, which seems like a pretty good pace for magic to be at, IMO.
@Funkpirate: While bundles come with fewer packs, the packs that they come with are now set boosters rather than draft boosters and I believe that someone has done the math to find that the cost (as set boosters are a bit more expensive) and the number of rares overall is about the same, though nobody can hide that this is a fairly expensive hobby. It personally sounds like not having a playgroup is the larger (and totally valid) problem. Wishing you the best in finding a group with your new game.