We sat down with wizards_magic's Blake Rasmussen (blakepr) to discuss how to communicate with such a diverse community, the return of the Pro Tour...and Canadian Highlander? Our interview: MTGONE MTGArena
Magic: The Gathering is poised to experience a colossal 2023. The long-time tabletop juggernaut has continued to bolster its digital offerings with MTG Arena support, while this year marks the long-awaited return of paper Pro Tours, with the first having just taken place in Philadelphia. There's a strong combination of interesting elements for both casual players and those who are much more invested.
If you want to see what the feedback is, or the conversation is on something, it's different if you're on Twitter or Reddit or Instagram, or directly at an event like this. On the internet, no one's afraid to call me names. Here, everyone's amazing every time I talk to them. People come up and say they're appreciative. It all depends.
That one was really exciting to put together, but it was also difficult because we announced the return of the Pro Tour in a year. It's this super exciting announcement that for most people isn't actionable at that time. Then you have to go about reminding people that this is coming, and it's really cool. I think the results of this weekend have been fantastic. The stream was on Friday, which is generally the low point for the stream, and it was watched by 15,000 concurrent.
Blake Rasmussen: The short answer is probably no, because it's very much my show. I get to do essentially what I want. Now, that doesn't mean there aren't things that I would like to do that, for whatever reason, don't make sense. I'll tell that story, just because it's a funny story. My wife, when she was pregnant with our first child, hurt her hand. We had to go into the emergency room, and they're doing intake. The doctor is asking my wife questions, and he just keeps looking at me. Finally, he goes, "Do I know you?" I had no clue who this guy was, and I didn't know many doctors, so I was like, "I don't know you." My wife loves this kind of thing, so her face lit up.
One of the things we're trying to do is improve our response rate to people online; to random questions, to feedback, and to all of that stuff. We have a goal of doubling our response rate this year because we really do think that what fans want is to be heard. That's really what they want: to be acknowledged, to be heard, to share their feedback, and to know someone's listening. We need to do a better job on our end of creating that dialogue and saying, "Hey, we hear you.
But in 2023, I think the things I'm looking forward to most are the additional Magic Cons. These have been amazing so far, and we're just getting better each time. In Philadelphia, there's so much more space; we've got the mainstage down to a science, with tons of artists. The lines are all better, and the team is just improving every time, so the experience is getting better. I would definitely say Minneapolis, Barcelona, and Vegas are all going to be fantastic.
At the time I started playing Canadian Highlander, I didn't have any power, but if you have power you can play it there. I think it scratches a very similar itch to cEDH, in that its high power level Singleton, which I think is important for a varied play experience. I think Singleton not only gives you a varied play experience, but it also lets you play with a wider swath of cards.
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