I have no doubt that WotC will be forced to develop a new eternal format. It will grow increasingly difficult for people to find cards for non-outrageous sums of money in Modern as we continue on into the future. It is in WotC's best interest to eventually cull the back catalog and create a new Eternal format. Modern-lite, for sure, but it is what it is. Hopefully this new eternal format will be better curated and managed than Modern has been. Let's be honest, it should be better managed since no matter where they arbitrarily place the dividing line, all the sets will all be from the New World Order.
I have no doubt that WotC will be forced to develop a new eternal format. It will grow increasingly difficult for people to find cards for non-outrageous sums of money in Modern as we continue on into the future. It is in WotC's best interest to eventually cull the back catalog and create a new Eternal format. Modern-lite, for sure, but it is what it is. Hopefully this new eternal format will be better curated and managed than Modern has been. Let's be honest, it should be better managed since no matter where they arbitrarily place the dividing line, all the sets will all be from the New World Order.
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wotc might want to kill legacy and will create a new eternal format that combines it with modern starting at mercadian masques up instead of creating an even younger eternal format
so much of this conversation is dependent on future events that are completely unpredictable at this point so you can't just say "eventually a new younger eternal format will exist and it will obviously start at origins"
frontier is a joke and when I skimmed over decklists I noticed that all the tier 1 decks were miserable and it's what caused people to flock to modern in the first place, no way will gobs of players be excited to grind for 45 minutes in a midrange mirror full of 3 mana 3/3s, they do it in standard because prize support but eternal formats are a vacation from that
I have no doubt that WotC will be forced to develop a new eternal format. It will grow increasingly difficult for people to find cards for non-outrageous sums of money in Modern as we continue on into the future. It is in WotC's best interest to eventually cull the back catalog and create a new Eternal format. Modern-lite, for sure, but it is what it is. Hopefully this new eternal format will be better curated and managed than Modern has been. Let's be honest, it should be better managed since no matter where they arbitrarily place the dividing line, all the sets will all be from the New World Order.
One thing you have to remember is that Modern has no cards on the reserve list, which is the defining problem of Legacy. Wizards cannot officially acknowledge that any card is "worth" a certain price, but when Modern staples rise in price, WotC can simply print a Masters set to cash in. It actually is in their best interest for Modern to flourish... as it has been.
A new format has to be built from the ground up, whereas Modern already has a strong playerbase who are willing to shell out cash for powerful staples. As long as Modern attendance is high, I don't see any other format standing toe to toe with it (at least for the more competitive community anyways).
counter-point
wotc might want to kill legacy and will create a new eternal format that combines it with modern starting at mercadian masques up instead of creating an even younger eternal format
so much of this conversation is dependent on future events that are completely unpredictable at this point so you can't just say "eventually a new younger eternal format will exist and it will obviously start at origins"
frontier is a joke and when I skimmed over decklists I noticed that all the tier 1 decks were miserable and it's what caused people to flock to modern in the first place, no way will gobs of players be excited to grind for 45 minutes in a midrange mirror full of 3 mana 3/3s, they do it in standard because prize support but eternal formats are a vacation from that
One thing you have to remember is that Modern has no cards on the reserve list, which is the defining problem of Legacy. Wizards cannot officially acknowledge that any card is "worth" a certain price, but when Modern staples rise in price, WotC can simply print a Masters set to cash in. It actually is in their best interest for Modern to flourish... as it has been.
A new format has to be built from the ground up, whereas Modern already has a strong playerbase who are willing to shell out cash for powerful staples. As long as Modern attendance is high, I don't see any other format standing toe to toe with it (at least for the more competitive community anyways).