
Wotc: “Secrets of Strixhaven was the biggest prerelease since War of the Spark”
Bigger than Final Fantasy, bigger than Avatar. Who would have thought it was the Harry Potter adjacent set

Bigger than Final Fantasy, bigger than Avatar. Who would have thought it was the Harry Potter adjacent set
I saw someone else post a pic with a very similar display, so I thought I’d share mine
The main sub posted an article proclaiming the SoS pre-release was the biggest turnout since War of the Spark. Now I do not play Magic regularly anymore and haven't attended an FNM in years.
Now comments on the main sub are saying they're LGS had 90, 100, 120 etc. Attendees for the pre release. I'm a bit perplexed by these claims. I've heard LGS' are not really firing off standard because no interest. Also that Commander is the only worthwhile format nowadays. In addition to that I've heard anecdotes of LGS sitting on product and straight up not getting enough product or very little in some cases.
My point is, why do these claims of prerelease attendance numbers feel a bit exaggerated given the economic climate and the other observations I mentioned. And if these numbers are real, I imagine these LGS' are doing gangbusters if even 30% of the pre release crowd are regulars at their local LGS. I'm inLGS.
What has been your guys experience at the pre release if you attended?
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A small selection of original (and Knight errant) creatures.
The non-legendary creatures are some of the most important parts of the card. I remember someone once telling me designing commons people will want to play with is the hardest part of design.
Art and flavor text plays an important part in this. We had bad pet cards in the lower power and rarities we enjoyed playing with, even if they were lackluster. I think one of the biggest problems with Magic today is there isn't any attempt to invoke that with modern magic cards.
Some of these fill in archetypes, not necessarily belonging to Arthurianism alone, such as red knights and White Stag.
At least one of these belong to a common medieval tale that's not technically in The Matter of Britian, but is arguably just as famous.
This is far from all of them, but some I like.
This isn’t just to hate on universes beyond. I want to know what UB would be the worst because it would introduce the worst new mechanics and not fit with magic‘s current design philosophy. Please give me your best ideas
has that started with a particular set (lotr with a black galadriel?) or was it a gradual process?
Big fan of Karl Kopinski and Dave Kendall's works.
I wish they made more cards for modern MtG...
I started making my own tokens 5 years ago, and as you can see, I'm pretty much into grimdark aesthetic.
I basically only know about Black Lotus at this point in time. What are some of the most iconic cards, for how they broke a meta, or how fuckin annoying to play against they are, or just for dumb meme reasons? And what are the shitpost-type in-jokes that people would know if I try to joke around with them?
tl;dr I need the shitpost rundown to make friends
EDIT: Got busy and didn't reply a lot but this is some good stuff thank you
The Fisher King is a recurring character in Vulgate, and post-Vulgate material. He's often a wounded king, who rules over a semi-liminal castle that is surrounded by wastelands. This stems from the tradition of the health of the land ties to the health of the king.
The Fisher King, who is in possession of The Grail, is effectively immortal, but is a cripple due to a wound, and thus, can only fish from his room, while his kingdom dies around him.
First appearing in Percival, The Quest for the Grail, he is a somewhat uneven character, with numerous people taking their own interpretations of him, even in the middle ages.
The Castle, Corbernic, falls under a similar situation. Sometimes it's stationary, sometimes it isn't, and depends entirely on the writer.
Corbernic is full of great dangers, including dragons and demons, and great treasures. Both the Spear of Longinus/Destiny, The Grail Sword, and The Holy Grail all reside in the place.
It's also the place of Galahad's mother, Elaine of Corbenic. Elaine doesn't currently have a card.
As always, feedback is appreciated and will be listened to.
New player. It enters as a land I can pay it the instant cost, the next round tap it again for land? In general how do you use cards like this with backsides?