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How Casual Play Took Over Magic: The Gathering and What It Means For Its Future -- Distraction Makers on YouTube (www.youtube.com)
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Commander emerged in most Magic players awareness in 2011 with the release of the Commander Pre-cons. Dubbed the format for casual players it quickly grew in popularity to where we are today. Commander is the most popular way to play Magic: the Gathering and it player base continues to grow. Join us as we discuss how we got here, the current problems Magic is facing because of this, and where MTG might go from here.

Great discussion on Commander, Standard and competitive formats, and Magic's philosophies over their history.

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My casual players are not all new players, many like me are players who have played for years and are tired of the fast paced games. We would rather chat and throw spells than try to win on turn 3.