The 2024 Magic Micsies!

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It's the 2024 Magic Micsies!

#1 WotC Best Move (last year’s winner: GenCon 3-year Announcement Day)

 

• Sheldon’s Spellbook

• Foundations Beginner Box

• Ravnica: Clue Edition

• Learning from Aftermath

• Foundations Era changes

• Getting rid of Stickers & Attractions in Constructed formats

 

#2 WotC Worst Move (last year’s winner: D&D Open Gaming License 1.1)

 

• Murders at Karlov Manor

• Commander Bans for Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt and Dockside Extortionist

• A.I.-generated Ravnica Remastered ads

• Too Many Products! 

• Whatever Happened with Nadu 

 

#3 Hashtag / Trend of the Year (last year’s winner: #mtgambassador)

 

• #mtgbooty return in April 

• #Ward3 Voja debate

• The rockin’ mouse on Valley Questcaller

• Humans Of Magic: “The mob won” 

• #mtgdrip

 

#4 In Memoriam (no “winners”; all announced)

COMMUNITY MEMBERS (REUBEN)

• Alex Hon, GP Richmond ‘18 champ

• Greg Hidebrandt (MTG artist)

• Akira Toriyama (Manga artist)

• Massimilano Frezzato (MTG artist)

• Jonathan “TeamJBro” Brostoff  (CubeCon creator, Milwaukee alderman)

 

POWRDRAGN

• Magic Spellslingers

• CRC and CAG

• The “ordering blockers” step

• Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist, Nadu in Commander

• Prebans in Historic: Mana Drain Commandeer Force of Vigor Reanimate

 

ERIN

• Every Sticker and Attraction card in Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper

• All That Glitters, Cranial Ram in Pauper

• Violent Outburst, Nadu & Grief banned in Modern. Amped Raptor, The One Ring, Jegantha banned in Modern.

• Amalia & Sorin banned in Pioneer. Jegantha banned in Pioneer.

 

EVAN

• Grief banned in Legacy. Psychic Frog and Vexing Bauble banned in Legacy.

• Urza’s Saga Restricted & Vexing Bauble Restricted in Vintage

• Galvanic Discharge + Guide of Souls + Ocelot Pride rebalanced in Arena

• Leyline of Resonance banned in Bo1 Standard, suspended in Alchemy

• Jegantha banned in Explorer

 

#5 Most Hated Card (last year’s winner: Orcish Bowmasters)

 

• The One Ring  

• Heartfire Hero

• Leyline of Resonance 

•  ______ Goblin + “Mind” Sticker (Unfinity)

• Writhing Chrysalis (MH3)

• Nadu, Winged Wisdom (MH3)

• Psychic Frog (MH3)

 

#6 Most Loved Card (last year’s winner: Syr Ginger, The Meal Ender)

 

• The Wise Mothman

• Caretaker’s Talent

• Psychic Frog 

• Three Tree City

• Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

• Sheldon, the Commander (alt Ruhan from Secret Lair)

• Loot, the Key to Everything (OTJ)

 

#7 Drama of the Year (last year’s winner: D&D’s OGL 1.1 debacle)

 

• Fay Dalton “Trouble in Pairs” plagiarism 

• Dave Rapoza leaves WotC due to AI usage

• Universes Beyond in Standard

• Commander Banning Drama

• Cubecon-troversy

• A.I. “art”

• Humans Of Magic: “The mob won”

 

#8 Artwork of the Year (last year’s winner: TARDIS border cards in WHO)

 

• Storm, Force of Nature (Marvel Secret Lair) (Magali Villeneuve)

• Inkshield (Sheldon Secret Lair) (Donato Giancola)

• Doubling Season (Foundations Extended Art) (Kawasumi)

• Detective’s Phoenix (MH3) (Deruchenko Alexander)

• Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (MH3 Extended) (Evyn Fong)

• Psychic Frog (MH3 Extended) (Chuck Lukacs)

• Stargaze (BLB) (Serena Malyon)

• Damnation (DSK Special Guest) (Masahiro Ito)

• Time Sieve (SLD) (Peach Momoko)

• Insidious Roots (MKM) (Jeremy Wilson)

 

#9 Coverage Moment of the Year (last year’s winner: Post Malone Buys The One Ring for $2.3M)

 

• MF Chicago sells out

• Dwayne the Rock commentator (April Fools)

• Kai Budde POY Announcement

• Live coverage returns for SCG events

• Great Foundations Build-Off

#10 Format of the Year (last year’s winner: Commander)

 

• Commander

• Modern

• Standard

• Mystery Booster 2

 

#11 Set of the Year (last year’s winner: Lost Caverns of Ixalan)

 

• UB: Fallout

• Outlaws of Thunder Junction + Big Score

• Bloomburrow

• Duskmourn

• Modern Horizons 3

• Foundations

 

#12 Card of the Year (last year’s winner: The One Ring)

 

• Sheldon, the Commander (SL)

• Nadu, Winged Wisdom (MH3)

• Psychic Frog (MH3)

• Caretaker’s Talent (BLB) 

• Simulacrum Synthesizer (BIG)

• Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber (DSK)

 

The Finisher

 

We’ve come to the end of yet another year, and yet another Micsies. So as we look forward to the TENTH annual Magic Micsies in 2025, what do you predict we’ll be talking about at this time next year?