I think the issue many people have just comes down to MtG being a Fantasy card game, by their standards. Now you can certainly make the argument that Magic has strayed away from High Fantasy and has dabbled in steam punk, Historical Fantasy, Folklore Fantasy, a strange caliber of sci-fi fantasy (Kaladesh), and has even included "gunpowder fantasy" (Portal 2), and D&D, while a separate IP, is still a high fantasy setting that compliments what MtG has been all about in the past - but one thing Magic has never done is let the 20th/21st Centuries bleed into the product in the form of Denim Jeans, Cowboy Hats, and Sneakers. And that seems to be what these UB sets - Walking Dead and Stranger Things thus far - have been, and will be, doing. People like to forget about the real world, and it seems like these IPs are extremely grounded in augmenting our own existing day-to-day existence. I think that's what's truly irking everyone. It's what's irking me, but I'm not gonna Gatekeep and refuse to play with people who want to run these cards, I'm just gonna continue to play with my high fantasy-flavored cards.
People do want a Old Western Cowboy setting too though. That's what I'm getting from what Mark Rosewater's Blogatog.
Do all cards have that hologram for to try and thwart people from creating counterfeits? I didn't know where to post this question, and I've never heard an explanation about why WotC now does it.
At this rate, one can imagine Commander games in five years will probably sound something like this...
Player A: "I equip my legendary Hobo with Rutger's Shotgun, and swing at your Trailer Park Boy" Player B: "I respond by attaching Cerebro to Spock, and activate Mind Meld targeting Hollywood Hulk Hogan equipped with Vibranium Shield to remove your hobo from combat" Player C: "Wait a Second!...Didn't I still have priority to Quantum Leap Mister Peanut and The Monopoly Man when you planeshifted to Trump Tower?! Player D: "Sorry to interrupt as well, but how many Golden Girl tokens hit the graveyard when you blocked Urkel and Rambo last turn? Player E: "Honestly, even if you all had The Delta Variant to target me and T-800s equipped with Lightsabers to protect you, I'm still crewing The Delorean with The Cigarette Smoking Man now to go back twenty turns and restart the game." <all sigh>
Rick, Michonne, and Negan -while adults in an apocalyptic world- were given special abilities and are above 1/1 stats. I don't see a problem with these kids ,other than Eleven, being 1/1 with noncombatic abilities.
I agree. That is a silly observation to make. People may roll their eyes at Secret Lair: Slivers while I turn cartwheels. They have been doing a decent job trying to create something for everyone, but you can’t please everyone. I embrace the Secret Lair series with open arms.
If my opponent has a permanent with Ward 2 and I target it with a spell, do I pay the Ward cost at the same time I target the permanent or do I wait for the Ward ability to trigger to be put on the stack and then pay the Ward cost?
I'm still waiting on Frost Titan, Diffusion Sliver, and Unsettled Mariner receiving errata in the gatherer giving them Ward, myself. That must be on the backburner by Wizards in favor of giving creatures Phyrexian creature type first.
Well, this set isn't for me, I was hoping for more Slivers, even like one cycle could have satiated me. Who knows when WotC will find room for them again. MH3?
Besides my wants, I do take content in watching something like this, or a premier set spoiler, for card designs, stuff I didn't even know I wanted, and implementation of new Prowess and Ward cards.
I'll guess I'll track down this Lavabelly Sliver. This and The First Sliver might be the only cards I'll buy one single of in this entire set. Maybe I'll get a Yavimaya and some of those 0 suspend cards.
This late into the spoiler schedule and no Slivers beyond The First Sliver? This does not make me pleased. This is approaching the absurdity level of them putting Sliver Hive into a set WITHOUT putting in Slivers of any kind. Back when M15 was spoiled, I was as confused as I am right now when they spoiled Sliver Hive before the six Slivers were revealed!
People do want a Old Western Cowboy setting too though. That's what I'm getting from what Mark Rosewater's Blogatog.
I'll stick around to see design space usage just in case they hit on something I never knew I wanted.
This made me giggle, kind of funny.
I agree. That is a silly observation to make. People may roll their eyes at Secret Lair: Slivers while I turn cartwheels. They have been doing a decent job trying to create something for everyone, but you can’t please everyone. I embrace the Secret Lair series with open arms.
Besides my wants, I do take content in watching something like this, or a premier set spoiler, for card designs, stuff I didn't even know I wanted, and implementation of new Prowess and Ward cards.