Mtg Foundations Will Change Everything | Mtg

What’s nice is that regular sets don’t have to worry about filling slots that are missing in standard

I just hope they keep this set simple, don't need a bunch of chase cards. Just a good balanced set

As a newly returning player from the 90s who loves the game even after all that’s changed, I will say that a set of simpler cards that don’t make me feel like I’m constantly deciphering if-then statements will be nice.

I think having a standard inventory of cards that don't change but then new sets add flavor of the month is a great idea. You can have a shell and then add some cool stuff as new things come in.

I think the base concept is great. The card choice is going to be what makes or breaks it. Not going into 'sky is falling' mode yet but it has the potential. I do love Llanowar Elves coming back, missed those dorks, and green has really needed help for awhile now.

9:00 I used to really want Lightning Bolt in standard, but then I lost to Monastery Swiftspear 100,000 times

I'm excited to see how this shakes out, but I'm overall positive right now. Llanowar Elves in standard can help green there without making another new dork for pioneer to add to its 4/8/12 whatever they're up to now deck. I think it'll also help Draft, since they don't need to hit the checklist cards. We don't need boardwipe with sets mechanic in every set if DoJ is there in Standard. Hopefully, anyway.

The fact that we will have three sets of cards back in the pool 3 and a half months after rotation is notable. I really hope they don’t reprint Sheoldred,the Apocalypse, Goldspan Dragon and Wandering emperor or anything else that dominated their standard meta in the ‘forever’ set.

I have opened my fair share of Core Set boosters and there tends to be a pool of cards they tend to reuse as reprints (i.e. Negate, Cancel, Lightning Strike) so in a sense there was a good amount of cards that were basically "always" legal in standard. That being said, I concede that these were mostly low impact cards, so I am not sure having Omniscience legal for 5 years is a good thing. I'm okay with that being the outlier and the rest of the set just being more low impact stuff.

Something that I haven't seen talked about yet is the biggest boon this set could have, which is for onboarding on Arena. Right now, the Color Challenge starter decks contain cards that are only legal in Alchemy for rotating formats, and as they want paper-digital parity in shared formats, they use Alchemy for onboarding new players. If this toolbox allows Arena to use Standard for onboarding, it will improve the popularity of the format. I see this as a huge leap in the revitalization of the format.

Wake up everyone, new core set just dropped (in November) But actually I just want to see what lands they make. Imagine having the creature type matters lands always legal in standard. Like secluded, courtyard, unclaimed territory, maybe even ancient ziggurat. That means that kindred decks will always have the lands they want

If anything this seems like it would excite the old man in you. This feels like a return to the 4th-9th ed style of core set with out the downside of having to print a new version

I absolitely love this concept and think that for the first time in a while Wizards seem to have put a lot of thought into a product. I also love that it's not more commander shit. I've been playing on and off for about 15 years now and have always been nothing but casual in my games. However, the nature of my type of engagement with the game for the most part meant that I didn't really have a good grasp on how sets and formats worked, which cards are staples for which format and why. This all changed with Neon Dynasty though, that set finally got me into Magic semi-seriously and I now have af least somewhat of an idea how things work. I still only play kitchen table Magic because it's the most liberal form of the game but I'm really interested in pauper and have built several decks. This is now officially my first attempt at an actual Magic format and it feels great. The point I'm trying to make is that, given this context, my overall collection of cards feels very random for the most part and a set such as Foundations would be helpful even for someone like me who technically has a lot of experience (albeit very misdirected and confusing experience) with Magic. I'll finally be able to not only build a collection of staples but even pottentially dabble in standard. Also, I feel like the products they've prepared for this set would really be the perfect way to teach friends who might be interested.

I'm excited for this! Hopefully they play-tested it well enough so none of the cards break anything, since it would really suck to have to ban cards from an intro sets specifically designed for newer players who probably won't be aware of the ban list

“It’s nothing we’ve never seen before” Yeah and that’s why it sucks ):

standard is going to get reallllly big, thats for sure

3years was rough. 5years is brutal

Im kinda excited for this. Ive been playing standard for a little while now since boros aggro was a semi cheap way to get into the format but with this set hopefully ill be able to get my other mainly commander focused friends to give standard a try for once.

I was reading Nine-Lives Familiar while driving when you said “don’t read it if you’re driving” 🤣 love your content! Thank for the info, the set seems a cool idea.

Hearthstone's core set was static, but now rotates willy nilly (it's free). I think it can be fine/good especially if the cards are supposed to rest just below the ceiling of the format. 4 mv sweepers are awkward; people prefer 5-6 mana sweepers w/ upside or 3 mana sweepers that don't hit everything. Ideally they also give every mtga player the 350 card package for free so it might make it easier to get people into it.