Macready Musings
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26th January 2025
The History of Magic the Gathering Told Via A Card From Every Set 20: Karlov Manor - Foundations
In the twentieth episode of this series, we explore the standard legal sets of 2024. 2024 had some soaring highs and some deep lows. Murders at Karlov Manor financially underperformed and layed its theme on just a smidge too strong. The long-awaited Wild West set arrived in the form of Outlaws of Thunder Junction. Bloomburrow, an adorable animal world, was immediately followed up by Duskmorun, a nightmarish realm of horror. Finally we got a new take on core sets with Foundations. Let's talk about 2024.
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Bibliography
Joe Parlock, TheGamer, Murders At Karlov Manor Is Magic: The Gathering's Worst-Performing Set "In Many Years".
https://www.thegamer.com/murders-at-karlov-manor-magic-the-gathering-mtg-worst-selling-set/
Tolarian Community College, Why Karlov Manor Failed And Thunder Junction Succeeded As Magic: The Gathering Sets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHttQZRP-FA&t=1s&ab_channel=TolarianCommunityCollege
Mark Rosewater, The Rabiah Scale Part 2.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/rabiah-scale-part-2-2018-11-26
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https://audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/21454/3bebe36a5db343b4e790ab0a35c6ccbf.mp3
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Wizards of the Coast, MTG Arena Banned and Restricted Announcement – October 22, 2024.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/mtg-arena-banned-and-restricted-announcement-october-22-2024
Wizards of the Coast, First Look at Magic: the Gathering Foundations
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/announcing-magic-the-gathering-foundations
Contents
00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Murders at Karlov Manor
07:12 - Outlaws of Thunder Junction
11:26 - Bloomburrow
14:55 - Duskmourn: House of Horror
18:40 - Foundations
23:07 - Conclusion