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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9395276" data-attributes="member: 7635">Counterpoint: WotC has two different Magic the Gathering clients: MTGO and Arena. Both had almost no crossover with paper Magic, sell cards you cannot get in paper (Reserve list and Alchemy) and both have been pushed by WotC as an alternative to paper Magic. If you wish to play your deck in each, you have to buy or grind to get cards on each platform. Further, Arena is a closed ecosystem that does not allow buy/sell/trade for cards, so 100% of all Arena purchases go to WotC alone. It was heralded as the death of paper Magic. And WotC still keeps selling cardboard. It's their primary product line. Every card, every draft, every commander deck. Paper. Now, WotC could push paper Magic into a 100% collector format and triple down on Arena as the primary play method. But they haven't. They want you cracking packs. And if you can't or won't, they will gladly sell you Arena. Heck, why not both? Which is why I think the predictions of VTT only D&amp;D in five years is ludicrous. If they were going to go all digital, MTG would be the better cash cow. And they haven't pulled the trigger yet. So I think a lot of the doom and gloom is premature. However, if you see WotC pushing people away from paper Magic to Arena, all bets are off. (For what it's worth: Arena has been giving away exclusive cosmetics like card sleeves, avatars, and card art for preorders for a while now as well).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9395276, member: 7635"] Counterpoint: WotC has two different Magic the Gathering clients: MTGO and Arena. Both had almost no crossover with paper Magic, sell cards you cannot get in paper (Reserve list and Alchemy) and both have been pushed by WotC as an alternative to paper Magic. If you wish to play your deck in each, you have to buy or grind to get cards on each platform. Further, Arena is a closed ecosystem that does not allow buy/sell/trade for cards, so 100% of all Arena purchases go to WotC alone. It was heralded as the death of paper Magic. And WotC still keeps selling cardboard. It's their primary product line. Every card, every draft, every commander deck. Paper. Now, WotC could push paper Magic into a 100% collector format and triple down on Arena as the primary play method. But they haven't. They want you cracking packs. And if you can't or won't, they will gladly sell you Arena. Heck, why not both? Which is why I think the predictions of VTT only D&D in five years is ludicrous. If they were going to go all digital, MTG would be the better cash cow. And they haven't pulled the trigger yet. So I think a lot of the doom and gloom is premature. However, if you see WotC pushing people away from paper Magic to Arena, all bets are off. (For what it's worth: Arena has been giving away exclusive cosmetics like card sleeves, avatars, and card art for preorders for a while now as well). [/QUOTE]

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