While Magic: The Gatherings upcoming collaboration with The Walking Dead functions some cool cards, it hasnt been well received by a big number of Magic fans. In a Twitch stream, Wizards of the Coast has actually dealt with community concerns over the Secret Lair drop, as reported by Dot Esports.
While Magic: The Gathering has actually done limited crossover sets in the past, such as the Ponies: The Galloping partnership with My Little Pony, the sets are typically silver-bordered cards featuring only distinct art. The Walking Dead set has actually been revealed as black-bordered cards that are legal in Eternal formats, with mechanically special cards thatll open new options for play.
Fans arent happy that such cards have actually been released in a limited run set– like other Secret Lair drops, the Walking Dead cards will be printed to demand and after that never released again. Other MTG gamers dont like the idea of blending Walking Dead tradition with Magics unique and already abundant world.
On Magics official Twitch channel, Wizards of the Coasts senior communications Manager Blake Rasmussen was joined by product designer Mark Heggen and director of Magic R&D Aaron Forsythe to speak about the new set, and what Wizards was doing to deal with fan issues.
Forsythe discussed the origin of the set, and how it was inspired by internal conversations at WOTC about peeling the world of Magic away from the core mechanics of the video game. “There are lots and loads of partners who would make incredible, enjoyable Magic cards, and the Walking Dead was the first one we chose to attempt this out with.”
” The world is type of Magic surrounding,” Heggen included. “Its a world complete of zombies and combat. It wasnt a stretch for us to think of oh, what would a card would appear like?”.
When asked why the Walking Dead set wasnt silver-bordered like other crossovers, Forsythe said that it just didnt fit this new set.” [Silver-bordered sets] are usually designed to be things that simply do not operate in black-bordered Magic sets,” he stated. “With this Walking Dead set, it appeared really easy to make Magic cards that did work well within the Magic guidelines.” The decision truly boiled down to making certain individuals might really have fun with the cards that they had actually bought, he described.
This doesnt indicate the Walking Dead is officially part of Magic canon. Forsythe described that the Walking Dead cards have an unique foil stamp at the bottom signifying them as part of a various canon.
While nothing has actually been validated, the Wizards group indicated that Magic-specific versions of the Walking Dead cards could be reprinted with brand-new art, if there occurred to be high need for the mechanics of those cards in a competitive context.
Pre-orders for Walking Dead sets are readily available now on Secret Lair, with the restricted sale running till October 12.
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” The world is kind of Magic nearby,” Heggen included. “Its a world complete of zombies and combat. It wasnt a stretch for us to think of oh, what would a card would look like?”.
The final decision really came down to making sure individuals could really play with the cards that they had purchased, he described.
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