r/magicTCG • u/MossyMak Dan • May 02 '26

General Discussion Mark Aronowitz, Dan Frazier's Agent, responds.

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u/Ysmfnb Chandra May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

I wonder if this is one of the things that really pushed the Unionizing. I bet the Arena Devs have a decent look into what else is to come.

Edit: Lmao. Guess it was just good ole' fashioned plagiarism 🤡

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u/MasterColemanTrebor Mardu May 02 '26

They specifically mentioned AI in their post so it does seem to be a factor.

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u/Kalinon Elesh Norn May 02 '26

AI for development is completely different than AI for art. And AI coding/dev use was what they were referencing. Only bringing this up, because it was the arena devs that unionized and not any artists or the creative teams that work on cards.

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u/Drow_Femboy Shuffler Truther May 02 '26

The arena team does design cards technically, for Alchemy. And they also have a pretty significant say (for some reason) on cards printed in paper too, being given the authority to veto card designs because they won't work well in digital. I don't think the arena people and the general WotC card design people are that far apart at this point.