D&D 5E Blogatog: "[AFR is] looking to be one of the best-selling sets in the history of the game."

[Argyle King]

what is AFR?

I didn't know either.

 

[Charlaquin]

Genuinely what does this mean? I just buy Commander boxes and play with friends. I feel a bit out of the loop here.

Competitive magic is absurdly expensive. A competitive deck for the standard format will cost you several hundred dollars. A competitive deck for modern will cost a few thousand. A competitive deck for legacy will cost several thousand.

Of course, most people who play competitively have already “bought in,” so to speak. They have play sets of the most important format-defining cards and only need to get a few of the most powerful new cards as they come out. Which is still not cheap to do, but it beats buying a whole deck.

 

[Scribe]

Competitive magic is absurdly expensive. A competitive deck for the standard format will cost you several hundred dollars. A competitive deck for modern will cost a few thousand. A competitive deck for legacy will cost several thousand.

Of course, most people who play competitively have already “bought in,” so to speak. They have play sets of the most important format-defining cards and only need to get a few of the most powerful new cards as they come out. Which is still not cheap to do, but it beats buying a whole deck.

Yeah, before they banned my deck out of the format, I was spending less than Standard players to keep up in Modern, after my initial buy in.

Then however, it was thousands to find a deck I enjoyed, and then with a couple of sets, they ruined the format for years....

 

[Charlaquin]

Yeah, before they banned my deck out of the format, I was spending less than Standard players to keep up in Modern, after my initial buy in.

Then however, it was thousands to find a deck I enjoyed, and then with a couple of sets, they ruined the format for years....

Yeah, I bought into modern early. Unfortunately, I picked a deck that didn’t stand the test of time (American Geist tempo, back before WUR started being called Jeaskai). It was a powerhouse in the volatile early metagame, but got edged out pretty quickly as the metagame settled. Within a few months I went from topping my local tournaments every week to going 2 and 3 pretty consistently. And then one of the most infamous jerks in the local competitive scene started coming and I just said F it, I’m done with competitive magic.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Competitive magic is absurdly expensive. A competitive deck for the standard format will cost you several hundred dollars. A competitive deck for modern will cost a few thousand. A competitive deck for legacy will cost several thousand.

Of course, most people who play competitively have already “bought in,” so to speak. They have play sets of the most important format-defining cards and only need to get a few of the most powerful new cards as they come out. Which is still not cheap to do, but it beats buying a whole deck.

I used to think my plastic-crack Games Workshop miniature habit was bad, but y'all are spending this much on paper?

 

[Scribe]

Yeah, I bought into modern early. Unfortunately, I picked a deck that didn’t stand the test of time (American Geist tempo, back before WUR started being called Jeaskai). It was a powerhouse in the volatile early metagame, but got edged out pretty quickly as the metagame settled. Within a few months I went from topping my local tournaments every week to going 2 and 3 pretty consistently. And then one of the most infamous jerks in the local competitive scene started coming and I just said F it, I’m done with competitive magic.

My baby was UR Twin. The purest deck one ever set eyes on.

 

[Scribe]

I used to think my plastic-crack Games Workshop miniature habit was bad, but y'all are spending this much on paper?

Now now. MTG is cheap compared to GW lol.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

If it isn't a standard release, then it means "no more D&D sets for you". Nonstandard sets are the definition of premiere. High production values, Limited allocation, limited distribution, and in turn heavy premiums on what already starts at twice or thrice the base price. If it isn't a standard release, I won't be able to find it, and if I find it, I won't be able to afford it. In the remote case I can afford it, what I get to afford will be a meanigless fraction of the set. In many ways it is worse than no more D&D sets period, because that way what I already have at least is complete. With all future D&D sets being premium releases what I already have will sit increasingly incomplete.

That depends entirely on the product, a Booster Box of Commander Legends costs $190cad on Amazon.ca which is a "Supplemental" none standard set, where as Standard Legal Draft AFR Booster Box is $220cad.

I think it's stuff targeted towards Modern Format that's super expensive, like a remotely competitive Modern Deck is around $1000usd at the LOW end as I understand, you can buy Commander Precon decks for what $20usd?

So if it's designed as Forgotten Realms Commander Legends style set or say D&D Jumpstart, then the price won't be too much higher then Standard Legal, of it Modern Horizons D&D then yeah, it'll cost you a fortune.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Competitive magic is absurdly expensive. A competitive deck for the standard format will cost you several hundred dollars. A competitive deck for modern will cost a few thousand. A competitive deck for legacy will cost several thousand.

Of course, most people who play competitively have already “bought in,” so to speak. They have play sets of the most important format-defining cards and only need to get a few of the most powerful new cards as they come out. Which is still not cheap to do, but it beats buying a whole deck.

This is why Commander and its little brothers Brawl and Brawl Historic 100 on Arena dominate in popularity. If you didn't start decades ago or aren't rich, don't both with other formats except stuff like Draft and Jumpstart maybe, or one of Arena weird formats like Omniscience.

 

[Scribe]

This is why Commander and its little brothers Brawl and Brawl Historic 100 on Arena dominate in popularity. If you didn't start decades ago or aren't rich, don't both with other formats except stuff like Draft and Jumpstart maybe, or one of Arena weird formats like Omniscience.

Yes and no. But my hobby perspective is tilted by the fact I was deep into 40K for decades so dropping 1K on a deck wasnt unthinkable to me.