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MTG Arena on Steam passed its all time player count with the release of Final Fantasy (previously 12k) (mtgzone.com)

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Feels weird being uninterested in this set and seeing all the opposition online only to see it being a smashing success on just about every metric of popularity

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nixahon on YouTube put it like something like "even if I'm not into it for the IP or adverse to mixing in non-magic IP, I'm still going to have fun with the mechanics". I've kind of used that as the touchstone for me to enjoy it.

Have not had a chance to play it yet (out of town), but that helped mollify some of my objections. Lots of the early access streams look like it will be a fun set mechanically so I'm looking forward to playing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Played around with a friends set for pre-release and saw some draft decks, I like the tier mechanic, no idea if its new, which allows a spell to be cheap and weak or expensive and powerful. Chocobo kick was an absolute smasher as well, combos so well for landfall. A lot of cards I was meh about but some fun mechanics.