I hope they're at least fairly generous in their interpretation of "all of the cards that matter". I was really disappointed when [[madcap experiment]] wasn't in kaladesh remastered, for example. That's the type of card that doesn't matter in a format until it REALLY matters.
We're going to start off by favoring competitive, meta-relevant cards (because those are more likely to matter to more people), but will work our way down over time. We don't want to stop with just "competitive staples", and we're well aware of the dangers of delivering "this moment's meta" and saying we made it.
- Deck capacity increased to 100
I still think that they need to improve the deleting process for decks instead of just bumping up the max a bit. It should be possible to delete any amount of decks in a few clicks if wanted, and it would alleviate most of the problems with the deck cap.
This on our list. It’s a long list, but we’re making progress.
Great! It's exactly the format we wanted and expected. Taking several years to get full Pioneer is still taking too long, but I'll take what I can get for now. And I'm happy we do indeed get the new format with the new set, that was the earliest we could expect it.
One small question I have as an event grinder: What packs will be the rewards in Explorer events? It's specified for every other format, but not for Explorer.
Also, on an unrelated note: Great we can finally buy multiple packs for gold at once!
Explorer events will reward packs from sets that have rotated out from Standard and are legal in Explorer (currently this is the same as the Historic rewards, but it could change as more sets are added).
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