With new Magic: The Gathering players facing the choice of multiple digital simulators, over twenty different formats, and a cardpool exceeding 20,000 unique cards, it's easy to feel like the barrier to entry to the iconic card game is simply too high
But in The Dark , it's a bit of an anomaly: it appears in packs about 50% more often than other uncommon cards in the set, sort of making it functionally into a common
The foil variant currently goes for about $5
If you're a midrange deck, bring in cards that grind better than your opponent
Having unique abilities for each college will help differentiate the mass of similar-looking wizards, and show players what makes a deck specifically Lorehold or Quandrix instead of just WR or UG
Players will be able to battle with the cards they collect too, incentivising purchases beyond the two free daily hauls for more chances at the best deck possible