We're starting a new project on Goldfish on Monday I'm excited about. Every week, two of our players will battle 2 of the 64 best Standard decks across the history of magic in a best of five, along a single-elimination bracket that will take us over a year to complete.

SaffronOlive‘s Opponent apparently.

Dear @wizardsmagic, @markrosewater, to whom it may concern,

As a political activist, I’ve started learning a few political code phrases and reasoning, and the decision to hide data comes across to me as not much more than victim blaming. I don’t have much to add that MTGGoldfish writer SaffronOlive hasn’t said in the article that I linked above other than a solemn point. Mark Rosewater has been asked a few times what would kill Magic: the Gathering, and his answer has never been about particular cards or the power curve. It’s about bad administrative decisions could sink the product over the course of a few years. I hope this is not one of those decisions, but I’m not going to bet on the house with this issue.

Sincerely,

A Concerned Player

Is the Magic Story Becoming a Problem for Standard?

It’s hard to think back and remember when people really liked playing Standard. Did they ever like it? Some people have told me that it was great during Tarkir but I remember Siege Rhino complaints. As my fellow writer Anthony Lowry recently reminded folks, Magic players will complain about anything. The currently in vogue topic of complaint is the Magic story and the members of the Gatewatch. Is…