Well isn't this interesting? What on earth is going on? I am cool with them cutting a Pro Tour because frankly, irrelevant. But more Grand Prix and awesome States and Regionals should be the trade off here. Magic is not dying. It's healthier than ever. Ravnica was one of the most popular blocks of all time, along with Time Spiral. Magic's reach is solidly global and European Grand Prix regularly draw 1200-1500 people.
My theory is that Hasbro's bottom line is being hurt by failures of other Wizards ventures (Transformers TCG, anyone?) and so the company is being punished. Unfortunately, it's hurting the one part of Wizards that is going unequivocally right.
--CBG
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I hope they realize that cutting events is the kind of shit that makes people not want to go to ptq's.
They cut out States??
they might as well just give standard the axe for good. basically all that is left for standard is Regionals/Nationals/Worlds and FNMs...unless they happen to do a Standard Pro Tour, which is not likely
i know im really confused by cutting out t2 states... i know there main way of moving product is booster draft... and i would have to assume t2 is second... this just seems like a bad move all around... esp if they since they haven't immediately announced something else to replace it.
also the way they are announcing it is really shitty since you have to actually look for it to find it.
Well, it is 8 months before states and presumably there is going to be some kind of replacement. States was the primary reason that people would buy and crack a ton of product right after the big set release.
Frankly, I am kind of disturbed by the lack of a Limited States or high level Limited event open to all. Unless their replacement is the extraordinarily poorly marketed City Champs?
right but 2hg states was only a month or so away
This isn't a punishment. The PTQ player drives the secondary market, not the primary concern of Wizards or Hasbro. When was the last time you saw a tournament player cracking packs to get cards? Dealers only do that during a release. If the tournament player drove the market, neither Dreamblade or Vs would be on life support.
Their ultimate goal is to have city championships and states feeding nationals (makes sense when you think about it).
the problem is edd... that casual and competitive players feed off each other. there would be no secondary market if there wasn't someone cracking packs... be it drafters, stores, or casual players. all those goyfs have to come from somewhere.
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