#2 Reprints

Magic players love reprints.

They love reprints because a reprint is basically a super comeback tour of some 80's hair band they used to love back in the day.

Just how much a Magic player loves a reprint is mainly dependent on three things, which are if it's a just a reprint, a functional reprint or a throwback.

If it's a reprint, but it has new artwork and/or text, then it usually gets love. Magic players will talk about art and text differences for days.

They can't stop, won't stop.




If it's a functional reprint (same card mechanics, different name/type/look) then it usually gets love based on the need to run #5-8 of that card. Also, Magic players sometimes love collecting certain cards, and a functional reprint is basically a cousin thrice removed, but a hot cousin.



Lastly, there's the throwback. A throwback is basically a small test to see if a Magic player has paid attention to cards for however long they have been playing.

While a throwback isn't really a reprint, it might just get the same love that the original got just because it's like it is wearing the same perfume that their ex did.


Because Magic players are human beings, they will probably always love reprints. Human beings love taking the old and familiar and bringing it back, just one more time, maybe with a twist.