TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Call me a party pooper or a gatekeeper, but as an MTG player and Star Trek enjoyer, I really dislike the Star Trek MTG set.

These two worlds just don't vibe together, the artwork is weird to ugly in many cases and overall it just doesn't feel right to me.

Also I don't like how Universes Beyond has been taking over MTG lately. It was nice when it was an extra commander edition or two per year, but now every other main release is UB and the MTG multiverse has taken a backseat. Plus it doesn't accomplish what it was et out to do, draw fans of other franchises to MTG. While it is true that many non-MTG fans buy something from these sets, they mostly don't stay for other MTG stuff. The people coming to prerelease events are never seen again to play or buy at the LGS.

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[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

While I agree with you in principle, in all fairness, that ship has sailed years ago.

If I could make it so ~~Marjorie Taylor Greene~~ Magic The Gathering never stepped outside Tolkien-esque fantasy, I would do it in a heartbeat; but they added tons of all manner of bizarre out-of-theme stuff over the years, so this addition doesn't sting much.

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

I mean, some of that bizarre out-of-theme stuff weirdly works. And not everything needs to be tolkienesque. Innistrad, Ravnica, Ixalan, Kaladesh/Avishkar, Amonkhet, etc, all those themes can work together. And some other franchises fit that vibe, too, like Middle Earth, Avatar or even Warhammer 40k (surprisingly, idk how. Shouldn't work but somehow does IMHO), and I could see some others not yet scrammed into MTG that could work (Witcher?). Star Trek, Marvel, TMNT doesn't though. Maybe it's just because those are set in our real world (real places and names do something).

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[–] ajikeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

100%

mtg has been powercrept into hell, and all those crossovers are just moneygrabbing slob

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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

If universes beyond has 1000 haters I'm one of them. If it has one hater I'm them. If there are 0 haters in dead. I've thought it was a bad idea since walking dead. I also don't buy secret lairs because they cut out the stores.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

I firmly believe that the people complaining about the art made their judgment before actually looking at the set, because it's awesome.

If Pattern Buffer Preservation doesn't make you feel something, then you're just being obtuse. That's some good fucking art.

The set overall is totally working for me. Universes Beyond isn't taking the place of any original Magic storylines. And even if it were, it's not like they've ever managed to stick the landing on their original storylines.

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

It's cards like this I'm complaining about. I recognise the scene where Picard strikes this pose. It's on the Enterprise's bridge, it's bridge lighting, the lighting is different from the background this is set upon, it looks like they took a screenshot of the scene, cut Picard out, laid a filter over him and pasted him onto the background.

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago

Agreed that one is a little awkward, but I'm sure I could find something in SOS or FRA that's equally awkward.

One weak piece from a commander deck doesn't make it a bad set, art-wise. A bad set would be one with a dearth of good art, and there are so many great pieces in the main set.

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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 2 days ago

I feel you on that. But its been some years now, magic will never be what it once was. Im done being pissed about racetracks and dr who. Im gonna enjoy this one more than I did the stranger things set. (Eleven and Coop are fucking busted together)

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (7 children)

You mean a trading card game is just doing things to make money???

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago (6 children)

No, that is not my criticism. My criticism is how they try to make money and that they chose a strategy that is not respecting existing customers nor seems to be aimed at sustainably maintaining and growing the community.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Businesses exploit customers, not respect them.

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Okay, you can just say that you don't want to interact, that's fine.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I am interacting. You just don't like what I'm saying.

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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

I also don't like what you're saying because you're being a jerk.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 days ago

Fair.

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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

You just want to have a different discussion. I don't count that as interaction.

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[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago*

I love my We Are The Borg deck tho.

Tawney posted on Insta.

We even got Quark behind the bar. 🥹

[–] Email@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Somehow they have 250 cards with penned signatures for Sir Patrick Stewart.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago

The worst part about all these Universes Beyond sets is the incessant whining from people who enjoy being snobs more than they enjoy awesome card games.