I recently decided to sell my collection, and the new announcement actually made me feel better about the decision. Magic just doesn't feel the same anymore, to me at least. Too many pushed cards, too much stress on value, too many random cash grabs.
I didn't even check the last few sets for new elves.
Oh wow. I got rid of a lot of my extra bulk a few months ago and have been debating downsizing even more. I’m thinking down to just my trade binders and decks. I use to feel the need to have a play set of every card ever printed but I just don’t feel that anymore.
I guess I'm lucky in that my collection is very small as a relatively new player (I don't really buy many boosters, most of my money has gone into singles for my decks).
It's really unfortunate to see more established players being exhausted by the
onslaught of product, but I can't even imagine how exhausted you all must feel, considering I am much less established and still don't feel like buying anything recently.
I don't know what the turning point for me was, though. It was like a light switch. I went from excited to see new spoilers to barely paying attention to AFR and MH2. I mean, they printed
Circle of Dreams Druid, which is, like, exactly what I want for Ezuri, but I feel nothing about it.
We still like the game a lot, but not the effort to keep up!
That's a great way to put it for me. I still love playing Magic with friends, but purchasing cards? Not so much.