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How Casual Play Took Over Magic: The Gathering and What It Means For Its Future -- Distraction Makers on YouTube (www.youtube.com)

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Commander emerged in most Magic players awareness in 2011 with the release of the Commander Pre-cons. Dubbed the format for casual players it quickly grew in popularity to where we are today. Commander is the most popular way to play Magic: the Gathering and it player base continues to grow. Join us as we discuss how we got here, the current problems Magic is facing because of this, and where MTG might go from here.

Great discussion on Commander, Standard and competitive formats, and Magic's philosophies over their history.

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[–] theskyisfalling 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I never understood the appeal of commander, always thought it was a bit shit. Give me a good draft any day of the week instead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Always completely hated drafts, jumped on the commander train as soon as I discovered the format. Pretty cool the game has all these formats :D

[–] theskyisfalling 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeh, variety is the spice of life for sure!

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