Yes. My entire team thought it was obviously right to play Amulet in Houston and very unclear whether it was right to play for Vegas. A bunch of people switched off it, although those who stayed the course are doing good-ish.

Of course, even if it would be totally fine legally to remove these rules, whether WotC actually allows it to occur is another matter. But I think it is far more WotC policy than what would actually happen in the real world. (2/2)

I think that there was a point in Magic's early history where being classified as gambling was a real risk. I do not think it a remotely real risk now. Flesh and Blood allows the buying and selling of PT invites and is legally classified as a game of skill in the notoriously strict Germany. (1/2)

Also to be clear, I acknowledge my first tweet was somewhat flippant and I in no way deny that it is a hard pronlem. But I do legitimately think the current collusion/bribery/improperly determining a winner rules broadly do more harm than good.

I think that in some cases taking the choice away from two consenting adults harms them both although the example you have presented is not great. I also think that while occurrences would rise in this world, I think some of what prevents collusion now is cultural norms that would still exist.

There is a very simple better system:
Legalize collusion, completely remove it from the IPG. The collusion rule serves exclusively to penalize newer players, everyone in the know can collude at will anyways. Might as well stop punishing those not in know.

Does the pope need to pick a papal name?

My preferred term is "preparation specialist" and I am fairly sure you are a player of my type.

I think by this logic, people should pay you to go to the movies. In general when something is fun people pay to do it and when its not people get paid to do it. Playing Magic at the highest level is very fun, I think it might be overcompensated.

Yes, I did not love the words they wrote about the cube.

I don't think you are being unfair I think what you want is not very well aligned with what the public at large wants. I think the public at large doesn't want a creative new take on cube they want roughly the exact Vintage Cube experience they already have but on area.

Gurk followed by Titan. Nadu possibly in 4th.

I think it is at most a bit like playing a roguelike.

This might be a surprise to nobody but

I have no feelings of any kind for any format. My body is a machine that converts format knowledge to match points.

Theres no need to call me out like this Ryan.

I am Andrew Elenbogen and I approved this message.

WTF Lance is the literal beat uncommon in the set

I'll allow it

Challenges seem to melt away. Its hard prove Magic isn't in some way unique. But the Poker people thought they were unique too. And the Go People. And the Dota people. Smart money says probably your game of choice isn't unique either.