Looking Ahead

Arcane Teachings card art

Happy New Year! What will 2023 bring in Magic, both corporately and personally?

Corporately, Wizards intends to continue its blistering release pace. The (mostly) 'standard' releases, 2022-24, are shown in the graphic below, but leave some other sets out:

Adding in special releases, per this site, and focusing on 2023, we have:

- Dominaria Remastered (compilation set, similar to Time Spiral Remastered)

- Phyrexia: All Will be One

- March of the Machine

- March of the Machine: Aftermath (a mini-set?)

- Universes Beyond: Lord of the Rings (supplemental set, not standard legal)

- Wilds of Eldraine

- Universes Beyond: Doctor Who (supplemental set, I assume)

That's a lot. I'm most excited for—or intrigued by—the Lord of the Rings set:

That could be amazing. Or terrible.

Personally, I want to do a few things:

- Spend less money on Magic. A lot less.

- Go through my collection and minimize it. 

- Build more cubes. They are fun.

- Build a handful of pauper decks.

- "Standardize" my approach to this blog. 

For that last one, my overall goal remains "to explain, explore, and enjoy" this game. But some of my posts last year were whiny or pointless. Here are categories I'd like to focus on from here on out:

- rules, formats, jargon

- artists, history

- cards, sets, cubes, decks

- statistics/analysis

- collecting, storage

- news, reflections

These all map to one or more of the "explain/explore/enjoy" categories.

To 2023!