Half a year on, Magic: The Gathering fans are still far from convinced about Wizards of the Coast’s decision to stretch out the Standard rotation, with many today claiming it has only succeded in instead driving a wedge between MTG‘s paper and digital formats.
Players have dug up conversations around the modern state of MTG Standard on the eve of the format’s latest addition, Murders at Karlov Manor, with some fans suggesting on Feb. 5 that they have grown tired of running into the same meta decks that, if the format had never changed, would almost certainly have rotated out by now. “I think the essence of Standard has been compromised,” one player declared amid the growing calls for change.