Is it just too much? At some point you have to put a stop to it. Patreon / edhdeckbuilding The T-shirt I'm wearing intotheam.com/EDHDeck promo code: EDHDeck
But how are you gonna feed the poor Hasbro executives and their families if you don't buy their product every 2nd month of the year. Like Jesus before a massive set would come around maybe every 6th month or so maybe only one massive power creep set a year now we're getting them like rapid fire. It's way too much.
You developed the attitude that I think we should all have. The way you were buying cards and your general attitude towards deck upgrading was wild to me. Autoincludes aren't a thing. It's a game, just make a deck you think is fun. Buying 6 copies of cards on release? Why? Do you want all of your decks to be homogenized? You pride yourself on making jank, let it be janky, you dont have to go get the crazy strong cards. You dont have to do anything, if you dont want to remove a card from your deck, dont. Not every deck needs to be min-maxxed to hell. We dont have to have any card. You going out and buying 6 copies of a card is exactly why they keep power creeping, because people go out and buy a bunch of copies of the same card.
As a newer player, a couple of years now, I ignore most new cards because it's just too overwhelming. And there are so many old cards I've yet to play.
I hear plenty of EDH players say the format was best before it was catered to, when it was "you get what you get" and people had to be creative with deckbuilding. Now, with so many "auto-includes" and with every product being catered to EDH, it seems like Wizards managed to trick us into playing EDH as a subscription model.
I’ve completely pulled out of Magic for now. I agree with you that the constant spoiler season, power creep and pressure to replace every single card with its newest, more efficient upgrade is exhausting. I’ll just keep playing the decks I have built and stop participating in the circus that is MtG right now. I’m sure I’ll come back at some point.
A guy from our playgroup solved this problem by only playing ULTRAcommander, meaning he is only allowed to have ONE copy of a card (except not-utility lands) in ALL of his decks combined.
The volume and power of the new cards being printed is definitely overwhelming, as you said at the end. It's a tough balance between wanting to be competitive and casual, but the prices of everything makes it a lot easier to stick to buying one card per deck. I've been strictly trading for new cards rather than buying them, but that means that I am going to miss out on certain cards I really want. However, as enfranchised commander players, we most likely have enough cards in our collections to build reasonably powerful decks that can compete with the power creep. Deckbuilding prowess and skill during gameplay can make up for the microadvantages that power creep provides, so there is less and less reason to be buying the strictly better versions. If a card provides a unique effect, then it might be worth buying, but a Cultivate will still get done what needs to get done in the end. Leave the power crept cards to the new players so they can come to the table to compete and have fun with the enfranchised players without having to play optimally.
I’ve downsized to two decks. Well one actually but I intend to make one around Bloomburrow because I like the theme. I just don’t play enough to justify having more.
That's why I only play on a set budget. You get to ignore every single chase card, you wait a few months for the prices to set up so you're never caught up in the hype and you get more excited over chaff no one else wants because of the existence of a overpriced strict upgrade.
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a few solutions to this problem:
Set a small budget for singles buys. Stick to it. It's been very liberating for me.
Don’t ask questions. Just consume product and get excited for next product.
The term power creep is not really applicable as the word creep would imply slow progress. That is no longer the case.
But how are you gonna feed the poor Hasbro executives and their families if you don't buy their product every 2nd month of the year. Like Jesus before a massive set would come around maybe every 6th month or so maybe only one massive power creep set a year now we're getting them like rapid fire. It's way too much.
Soon WotC will power creep cards within their own sets. Day 1: spoil a power crept card. Day 10: spoil a direct upgrade to the spoiled card from Day 1
You developed the attitude that I think we should all have. The way you were buying cards and your general attitude towards deck upgrading was wild to me. Autoincludes aren't a thing. It's a game, just make a deck you think is fun. Buying 6 copies of cards on release? Why? Do you want all of your decks to be homogenized? You pride yourself on making jank, let it be janky, you dont have to go get the crazy strong cards. You dont have to do anything, if you dont want to remove a card from your deck, dont. Not every deck needs to be min-maxxed to hell. We dont have to have any card. You going out and buying 6 copies of a card is exactly why they keep power creeping, because people go out and buy a bunch of copies of the same card.
As a newer player, a couple of years now, I ignore most new cards because it's just too overwhelming. And there are so many old cards I've yet to play.
I have broken free from my cardboard shackles
This is the biggest problem with Hasbro releasing a new set every month. In a years time, the power creep turns into a power leap.
Powercreep at maximum.
yep, i totally agree, the rain of new shit is too heavy.
I hear plenty of EDH players say the format was best before it was catered to, when it was "you get what you get" and people had to be creative with deckbuilding. Now, with so many "auto-includes" and with every product being catered to EDH, it seems like Wizards managed to trick us into playing EDH as a subscription model.
I’ve completely pulled out of Magic for now. I agree with you that the constant spoiler season, power creep and pressure to replace every single card with its newest, more efficient upgrade is exhausting. I’ll just keep playing the decks I have built and stop participating in the circus that is MtG right now. I’m sure I’ll come back at some point.
With the over saturation of new products I have found myself gaining renewed appreciation for older cards from past sets!
A guy from our playgroup solved this problem by only playing ULTRAcommander, meaning he is only allowed to have ONE copy of a card (except not-utility lands) in ALL of his decks combined.
The volume and power of the new cards being printed is definitely overwhelming, as you said at the end. It's a tough balance between wanting to be competitive and casual, but the prices of everything makes it a lot easier to stick to buying one card per deck. I've been strictly trading for new cards rather than buying them, but that means that I am going to miss out on certain cards I really want. However, as enfranchised commander players, we most likely have enough cards in our collections to build reasonably powerful decks that can compete with the power creep. Deckbuilding prowess and skill during gameplay can make up for the microadvantages that power creep provides, so there is less and less reason to be buying the strictly better versions. If a card provides a unique effect, then it might be worth buying, but a Cultivate will still get done what needs to get done in the end. Leave the power crept cards to the new players so they can come to the table to compete and have fun with the enfranchised players without having to play optimally.
I’ve downsized to two decks. Well one actually but I intend to make one around Bloomburrow because I like the theme. I just don’t play enough to justify having more.
That's why I only play on a set budget. You get to ignore every single chase card, you wait a few months for the prices to set up so you're never caught up in the hype and you get more excited over chaff no one else wants because of the existence of a overpriced strict upgrade.
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