LogFAQs > #956504912

Well they did have that Pioneer Masters set that was supposed to get staples into the format quickly without having to put entire real sets in. That's canceled now, but I have to wonder if this set is going to end up having at least some of the implemented cards. And yes, having GOOD draft sets would help. This is the problem. They don't have time to program in every jank limited card from each set, and making Remastered sets requires balancing a draft format (and so far has been worse - not to mention in comparison to new sets with much better limited formats than most older Pioneer sets do).

But the bottom line here is that Historic no longer fulfills its original purpose. And to be fair I think that's fine. It was meant to just be a place to play rotated cards, but the thing about "Standard+" formats like that is if that's all it is no one will play it. Historic wasn't progressing quickly enough to differentiate itself, and anyways was still dominated by tons of powerful Standard cards that people hated. It's GOOD that it has a unique identity now, but if you want a "normal" non-rotating format it basically has to be Pioneer because a "normal" Historic is still gonna be an Eldraine format for a long time.

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