elmarcodepico asked:
Which mechanic would you most like to revisit? And how would you improve it?
Maro:
After thirty plus years working on Magic, I decided I wanted to really challenge myself, so I’m excited to announce Reality Fracture has a new take on ante.
One of the old challenges with ante is how permanently losing ownership of a card could totally ruin a deck. The solution to that was surprisingly simple. Now you don’t ante a card, you ante the whole deck.
Yes, this will mean some changes to the tournament structure. You will now get to bring three unique decks to each tournament. And three loses lead to an ejection from the tournament. I know this sounds like a big change, but I think once you experience it, you’ll be like “how did Magic function for so long before this change?”
ship-of-skitties asked:
Will we be getting a new take on banding in Reality Fracture?
Maro:
Of course. As we lean into Magic’s depth being a competitive advantage, we decided banding didn’t go far enough. This means Reality Fracture gets to introduce expanded banding. It’s like normal banding, but twice the rules.
I know what you’re thinking. Will that reminder text fit on a card? Heavens no, but that’s while we’ll be putting a double-faced expanded banding rules card in every Reality Fracture booster.
Happy April 1st!