I completely agree. This is just sad. It’s tough having all this excitement around a new format like Timeless, Khans in Arena etc and then have constant news about Hasbro killing WoTC from within. If WoTC is what Hasbro keeps squeezing to keep their dying company alive, I don’t how Wizards survives.

At some point Hasbro will be losing so much money that Magic/DnD won’t be able to keep them afloat and at that point I don’t know what they can do. Selling WoTC would only help in the short term and ultimately be better for the game/players, but it would be corporate suicide. Continuing to squeeze Wizards further and further seems to be their only plan. And continuing to squeeze it will bring further cuts to departments that don’t bring “immediate revenue” but are necessary for the longevity of the game and player experience. Like the card and set design teams, support teams, player/pro/streamer outreach teams, etc. We’ll probably continue to see a doubling down on product releases and Universes Beyond set releases, a steady increase in the price of booster packs and sealed product, and a worsening and worsening of the cards we see printed.

In the (distant) future it may even hit a point where the new cards as so powerful and power creep is so large that it turns players away entirely. They could be in a position where they have to keep pushing further and further with no way or no desire to go back. I swear, I think they’re one alternative new CCG/TCG away from total failure.