"I send Spongebob into the TARDIS and attack you immediately!" "Oh yeah!? Watch out, because I'm playing Hatsune Miku, Lost But Singing, and with the bonus from my Rick Grimes and Captain America’s shield, I'm defeating your TARDIS!" – If you had told a Magic player twenty years ago that this could be a legitimate conversation during a Magic tournament, they would have called you crazy. But the absurdity has become reality, and a game I once loved has completely lost its identity. Last weekend, a lot of Magic news was announced.
On the one hand, there was good news, such as the return of MSRP and the introduction of the new set Foundations. But the biggest blow was the announcement regarding Universes Beyond, which will soon be allowed in all formats, including tournament formats. For those who aren't fully up to date: a while ago, Wizards of the Coast introduced a way to bring cards from other worlds into Magic.
It started off controversially with cards from The Walking Dead, which caused quite a backlash. Magic players felt it didn't fit within the Magic universe, and I completely agree with them, but Wizards assured us at the time that this would remain an exception and that these cards were not intended for serious tournaments. But now it increasingly seems like we could soon see things like a Spider-Man deck as the best-performing deck.
Once, it was a joke, or a distant fear, that Magic would go overboard with this concept, but now it’s reality. Universes Beyond se.