MTG Standard format gets major overhaul

Hey folks,

We’ve got some big news from Wizards of the Coast to start things off. Standard is switching to a three year rotation schedule in an attempt to revitalize the format in stores.

Jamison Sacks interview for the Manaverse Podcast went live on Saturday as well. Common Ground Games celebrated its ten year anniversary on May 6th so be sure to check out Jamison’s interview and send him some good vibes on their Facebook page.

Let’s get to it.

📰 Industry News

Highlights if you've only got 5 minutes

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Revitalizing Standard

Standard play in store has been on the decline and Wizards is taking steps to give the format the support it needs. Part of a multistep plan that has yet to be revealed.

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Fantasy Flight Games to Release Star Wars™: Unlimited

FFG announced the release of a new Star Wars TCG for 2024 with support at all levels of play, from the local game store to world-wide competitive events.

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Learn how to get your game published and meet industry experts at the first Tabletop Creators Summit later this month

Dicebreaker is hosting its first industry event for designers, publishers and other members of the tabletop industry later this month.

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New Fall Standard Set Returns to the Land of Fairy Tales

Wizards of the Coast unleashed the product line details for Wilds of Eldraine, a new Magic: The Gathering Standard set, for release on September 8, 2023.

🎲 Kickstarter Project

Cool games on the horizon

BREAK!! - A TRPG inspired by fantasy videogames and anime

Half a million dollars raised so far with a week still to go, a really cool art style, and inspired by iconic anime and videos games like The Legend of Zelda and Secret of Mana.

7 days left on this one (link)

📅 Upcoming Releases

_{What’s coming up}

• Leviathan Box (Summer 2023) - The #New40k bundle kicks off the classic Space Marine vs Space Bugs (Tyranids) battle (link)

• Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet - Paldea Evolved (June 9, 2023) - The next Pokémon TCG release (link)

• Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Wild Survivors (June 2, 2023) - The next Yu-Gi-Oh! release (link)

• Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG: Monstrous Revenge (June 23, 2023) - An all-foil release for Yu-Gi-Oh! (link)

• Universes Beyond - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth (June 23, 2023) - Serialized One Ring anyone? (link)

• Magic: The Gathering - Commander Masters (August 4, 2023) - New Masters set tied specifically to the Commander format (link)

• Magic: The Gathering - Wild of Eldraine (Sept 1, 2023) - MTG returns to the plane of Eldraine (link)

• Magic: The Gathering - Magic: The Gathering Starter Kit 2023 (Sept 8, 2023) - Everything you need to introduce new players to MTG updated for 2023 (link)

• Magic: The Gathering - Universes Beyond: Doctor Who™ (Oct 13, 2023) - More crossover product following on the success of Warhammer 40K (link)

⛏️ Cool Tools

_{Products, apps, cool stuff}

• ChatGPT - The AI chatbot everybody is talking about. (link)

• Midjourney - AI image generator. (link)

• SEMRush - A free tool for analyzing your website. (link)

• UberSuggest - Google’s keyword planner isn’t super user friendly, this is a solid alternative. (link)

• Repurpose.io - Publish a video to all your social media platforms all at once. (link)

• Otter.ai - Automatically transcribe your videos for social media so people can watch your stuff on the toilet. (link)

📖 Learn

How-to’s and resources

• MVP133: Jamison Sacks On 10 Years At Common Ground Games - A deep dive into a seven figure friendly local game store. (link)

• Abundance or Urgency: Which is Better Customer Marketing Psychology? - What approach do you use to sell your products? (link)

• Things I’d Have Done Differently - Mistakes are always made at the beginning, what would you change about the way you started your store? (link)

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Tom

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