I think they still can write a decent stories (books) even nowadays, but better no be tied to actual card set.
Examples:
Django Wrexler: The Gathering Storm (prequel for War of the Spark) - the Niv-Mizzet vs Bolas fight is brilliant
Kate Elliott: Chronicles of Bolas (loosely tied to Core Set 2019)
Kate Elliott: The Wildered Quest (Eldraine book)
Brandon Sanderson: Children of the Nameless (Innistrad spinoff book)
I think when authors have greater freedom, they could make a nice piece. However, when they have strict boundaries of action, heroes, and quota of 5 chapters, it usually goes wrong...
Seriously, how didn't they catch it before release?
Well...
Designer 1: "Shouldn't we limit it to countering only opponents' spells?"
Designer 2: "Why? There is random mill, so they couldn't stack their library. And besides, who would even want to counter their own spells?"
EDIT:
Just played a game against it, but this time, opponent has Valki/Tibalt in deck, and they use Tibalt's Trickery for Tibalt.
Needless to say, from turn 2 they keep exiling mine and their cards, and because they have mainly lands, can very soon casting my own stuff.
In the end they ultimated Tibalt, and among exiled cards they cast another Tormod's Crypt/Trickery to find another Valki/Tibalt.
Obviously there is a huge majority of players playing Ashiok. With Elspeth, the queue lasts less than 5 seconds, with Ashiok, the queue is about two minutes at least each time.
It is fun to play with some of Power 9 cards for the first time in my life, and I would say the Elspeth's deck is (a bit) better.
Luckily there were only two games when Elspeth's deck had rocket start, mainly the games were balanced. Played 15 games up to now, won 7 of them.
Quite disagree with this. For intro product they were quite good, and M20 ones are even a little bit better.
For me, as strictly casual player, in MTGA the M20 blue and black, and Ravnica's Domri's and Ral's are quite successful (in unranked - that is, for intro product).
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Examples:
Django Wrexler: The Gathering Storm (prequel for War of the Spark) - the Niv-Mizzet vs Bolas fight is brilliant
Kate Elliott: Chronicles of Bolas (loosely tied to Core Set 2019)
Kate Elliott: The Wildered Quest (Eldraine book)
Brandon Sanderson: Children of the Nameless (Innistrad spinoff book)
I think when authors have greater freedom, they could make a nice piece. However, when they have strict boundaries of action, heroes, and quota of 5 chapters, it usually goes wrong...
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"Alas, poor Yorick! I compleated him, Horatio."
Sorry, couldn't resist
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Inspect page elements
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Well...
Designer 1: "Shouldn't we limit it to countering only opponents' spells?"
Designer 2: "Why? There is random mill, so they couldn't stack their library. And besides, who would even want to counter their own spells?"
EDIT:
Just played a game against it, but this time, opponent has Valki/Tibalt in deck, and they use Tibalt's Trickery for Tibalt.
Needless to say, from turn 2 they keep exiling mine and their cards, and because they have mainly lands, can very soon casting my own stuff.
In the end they ultimated Tibalt, and among exiled cards they cast another Tormod's Crypt/Trickery to find another Valki/Tibalt.
At least this was new and interesting.
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Tibalt steals the sword of
HeimdallHalvar, then uses it foropening Bifröstcreating planar rift.And Ragnarök can begin...
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Probably just parhelium
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Or am I wrong?
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It is fun to play with some of Power 9 cards for the first time in my life, and I would say the Elspeth's deck is (a bit) better.
Luckily there were only two games when Elspeth's deck had rocket start, mainly the games were balanced. Played 15 games up to now, won 7 of them.
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For me, as strictly casual player, in MTGA the M20 blue and black, and Ravnica's Domri's and Ral's are quite successful (in unranked - that is, for intro product).
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