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Beamtown Artisan

@beamtownartisan.bsky.social

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-Stay at home Dad -Former Furniture Sales Manager -Gamer, Sci-fi nerd, and MTG aficionado -Free Palestine, Trans Rights are Human Rights, No Human is Illegal, Black Lives Matter, Everyone Deserves a Union

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4m

I think paradox engine was a big part of it. I won't lie, I haven't played brawl in at least a year, maybe two. Even with the latest broken decks, standard was more fun.

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Amy the Amazonian @amytheamazonian.bsky.social · 13m

There's a bubbling cauldron of negativity that is usually kept calm by adding enough good ingredients to keep the soup at a simmer, but when many things happen at once and don't feel properly addressed, it boils over.

The vibes are bad because we don't have any indicators of good change.

Just Rebell @rebell.bsky.social · 40m

While there IS extra negativity spread by creators because negative content performs the best, I think at it's core the MTG frustration is REAL.

And saying "not everything is for you" is training players to actively disengage from the brand.

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 13m

I used to play nothing but brawl on arena. I got so tired of seeing the same decks over and over.

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Nile (like the river) @nilejoan.com · 1h

it wasn't the impossible to keep up with release schedule

it wasn't pivoting the set from being made for edh to being made for standard

it wasn't making a set too small for limited to be any good

it wasn't having such little faith in the product that we didn't do PT:Spider-Man

it was me, Nile!

Steph 🔜 F2FTour Toronto @steelcitysteph.bsky.social · 2h

Ever just... kinda... ever so slightly... feel like people around you might be... possibly... being set up as scapegoats?

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 58m

Drop some masks

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 1h

Yea, from what I've heard of the process, it seems like things got sent back to the artists a lot

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 2h

Besides making NYC feel vacant, I think letting the artists run a little more freely would help, if the ip holder lets them anyway I guess. Some of the best art in UB sets is just a Magic artist doing their own style.

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 2h

Yea, I think I was just saying why I would have made the same choice lol

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 2h

Even if parts of the set itself were just ok, there was some great stuff in Aetherdrift. And the overall creative was ultimately fantastic.

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 2h

Lorwyn and EoR are, imo, the two(three) best settings to describe the breadth of Magic's creative. Bright and hopeful to dark and horrific, galactic sci-fi to rural mythology. I wish they were still butted up to each other like Bloomburrow and Duskmourn.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 3h

A much better question

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 3h

No, but there were open ended spots asking about the creative side

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

Corporations don't care about us, so we shouldn't care about them. The people on the ground are another story though. There's a lot of good folks at both companies that have nothing to do with prices, drop rates, availability, or the general bottom line.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

It's like your whole thing

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

It's normally a good thing! Why'd they have to make it feel weird this time?!

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

Not that you had all that much negative to say. And I said it wasn't influenced by such negativity either way. But still.

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

I'm pretty sure I had just put you down as a creator I followed during previews too... So, sorry in advance 😅

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 4h

I think it asked for who you followed before asking this, but now I can't remember. Either way, a pretty shady question.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

Closing quickly is always a good sign lol

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

Probably got flooded. It closes pretty quickly sometimes, but I know it was particularly fast with sets like DFT and MKM.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

The pizzas are fine, people are just mad to be mad. There weren't even that many complaints about the spider webs, but oh no, pizzas are too far.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

My only regret is that I didn't talk about OM1 more when discussing the creative issues I have with the set.

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Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

The question about how you feel about Hasbro/WotC is the worst for this reason. I don't like any companies really, but I like the specific product and the people who work there. Conflating the skilled creatives on staff with upper management and accounting are two different things.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

I've seen people mention cold snap as another example of small sets being bad, but cold snap was specifically designed to try and draft with Ice Age like a block, which was probably its biggest issue. It'll be interesting to see TMNT as a small draftable set specifically designed to be what it is.

Beamtown Artisan @beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 5h

I think building it as a small set from the go, rather than building it up from an even smaller one, should hopefully help.