I like the old border look on other cards. I pulled an etali and it is definately going to be switched from the Rivals of Ixalan into this Etali because of the old board look.
I am definitely nostalgic for the old border. I started playing during Revised. But I do prefer the new frames. I find them easier to read. The separate boxes for name, type, and power/toughness really help make them stand out. Especially when your trying to read them upside-down from the other side of the table.
I'm in complete agreement. My first exposure to MTG was as a kid, I went to my LGS to play some PokemonTCG and some of my brother's friends were in there playing Magic. It was around
Onslaught block, so the nostalgia of the old border is a wonderful thing to me. I distinctly remember falling in love with
Shepherd of Rot. Seeing the player activate it, knowing it hurt him too, but using it to his advantage, was awesome to me. I've been in love with black cards ever since.
When I first came back to magic as an adult, I barely even recognised it as the same game at first glance. It took me a few games to realise this was the same game I had casually played all those years before. The new frame is a vast improvement in terms of accessibility and function, but there is something about the old border that is just cool. I especially love brown artifacts (picked up all the old frame TSR artifact singles to go in my
Karn, Silver Golem deck). I don't think they should ever go back to the old frame full time, especially as there people with certain visual impairments that say the old frame cards are unreadable to them, but this kind of thing every so often is wonderful.
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