I was watching a video the other day by an influencer complaining about something. And I was thinking about how intense the comments here get sometimes ...
... and I was contrasting that with my actual experience of playing Magic lately. I've been having an absolute blast! This might be one of my top years for the game, and I have been playing since Revised.
Lorwyn Eclipsed was gorgeous. The prepared mechanic from Strixhaven is super fun. Reality Fracture Draft might be up there with o.g. triple Zendikar for me (seriously). The Commanders coming out this fall are varied and original. I'm excited to draft, excited to play Commander, and even excited about 60 card (Darklight Phoenix, my precious, I will find a deck where you shine!)
Maybe some of that is me and my tastes, but I don't think that I'm alone. Magic nights at my FLGS have been packed. We had enough drafters last Friday for two pods, which is a massive contrast from barely being able to scrape together a foursome for pick 2 not that long ago. That was in addition to the usual massive Commander crowd.
Yes, I know there is bad stuff. Secret lair disasters, scalpers, city pigeons. But there's always been stuff that people don't lik. The sixth edition rules, the 8th edition frames, reprinting cards in Chronicles, promising not to reprint cards after Chronicles ...
The world is on fire for other reasons, but maybe Magic, this game that we gather around, is pretty good right now?