With so many new products hitting the shelves of local game stores and Amazon shopping carts, many players are starting to run out of steam. Not only has the number of individual products gone up, but they contain higher numbers of unique, new cards that players will need to get ahold of to keep their decks up to date. In 2022, there have been thirteen non-digital products released so far, with eight more currently planned to premiere before 2023. The Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited sets contained largely the same cards ( some of which are still the strongest in the game), while Arabian Nights was the first true expansion, featuring a number of new cards.
When Magic: The Gathering was released in 1993, four unique products were put on store shelves. However, as WOTC releases more and more sets every year, the amount of new cards players need to keep up to date is starting to become daunting.
In just the latest three sets, players have gone from the neon-lit cyberpunk plane of Kamigawa to the 1920s-inspired, crime-ridden city of New Capenna to the classic Dungeons & Dragons world of Baldur's Gate. The game boasts such a complicated rule system that it's been officially declared the "most complex game in the world," and every new set can bring players to any number of new, strange worlds. In the nearly 30 years since the game's release, over 20,000 unique MTG cards have been created, with billions being sold in 11 different languages across the world. With that success has come a desire by the game's owner, Wizards of the Coast, to produce more content for players to pick up every year, and it's reaching a point wherein many players aren't able to keep up anymore. Since its initial release in 1993, Magic: The Gatheringhas gone on to become the most popular trading card game in the world.
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