[Kamq]

> Compare an early magic staple, "Demonic Tutor" with https://bossminis.co.uk/cdn/shop/products/881e5922-b464-4a1a... with just the box of one of the latest sets: https://unicorncards.co.uk/images/thumbs/0246004.jpeg to get a sense of the vector.

I mean, you're comparing a black card to the set as a whole? And you think that's fair?

Here are 3 of the top 6 black commanders:

https://cards.scryfall.io/display/front/d/6/d67be074-cdd4-41...

https://cards.scryfall.io/display/front/4/f/4f087b1c-97e0-43...

https://cards.scryfall.io/display/front/7/2/72e4548b-c171-4f...

The culture of magic (and nerd-dom in general) has definitely changed, I won't argue that. But when you use an example like this, it kinda undercuts your entire point.

[piker]

Only one of those cards was printed in the last 4 years (and it was planned 3 years ago). The shift is somewhat more recent than that.

If they had printed a Ninja Turtles set for MTG in 1997, that would have been the end of the game and most people wouldn’t have ever heard of it.