Just when I start to think they can't make it any worse
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MTG Online: Treasure Chests
Jaxson Gutierrez
Robert Robinson
So is it like an extra prize or does it replace what you would normally win? I've been considering MTGO because I play legacy and it's died at the local scene, is it a good idea or just stick to cockatrice?
Eli Bennett
STOP GIVING ME FREEBIEESSSS RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MAGIC IS DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Adrian Thomas
They're not freebies.
They're replacing actual prize payouts
Ryan Reyes
Wow. This was a really compelling and interesting argument. I can tell your side is the correct one.
Levi Martin
I figure as Constructed players do not necessarily play Limited these chests are a better prize than receiving boosters for Constructed events.
That being said, I don't know why they just don't give everyone play points as prizes and only charge tickets or play points for entry into events. I would seriously just nix booster packs as a product online but I don't know what sort of idiot opens boosters online so maybe there's still a market for that.
Anyways, looking at the curated chest contents list I'm treating this as a definitive signal that Legacy and Vintage in paper is unofficially dead with zero support forthcoming in the future.
Aaron Hernandez
>6 months
why not just discontinue redemption altogether? 6 months is absolutely useless
Sebastian Baker
I assume it's because they want to discontinue it, but they're afraid of the lashback
Joshua Flores
So in a couple years the can cite low demand and cancel it altogether. They're peeling the bandaid off slowly.
Jacob King
Aside from the vendors that go to GPs and PTs to sell cards, I can't imagine many people utilize the redemption system. Vendors redeem tonnes of sets to stock their booths.
I've met hundreds of MTGO (primarily Limited) players and none of them have ever redeemed a set. It's just easier to convert all your winnings into tickets so you can draft more.
I bet the need to produce, package, and store redemption sets around and pay the warehouse to keep track and ship that stuff out is a pain in the ass too. The way sheets are printed they would have to design a special sheet with one of each card and that would take a completely separate production line because the cards wouldn't go into boosters.
I would fucking want to kill redemption if I were Wizards. I wouldn't be surprised if it cost them a million dollars a year to maintain the system.