How I (someone who wasn’t playing Magic during the time of blocks) would reintroduce blocks to the game:

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Personally, being told of a time of blocks while not being there to play them makes them seem like both a blessing and a curse. I would love to see blocks in the game, but only 3 sets each year would also hinder the game experience in my opinion.

So here’s my solution: 2 “block” storylines each year, each with 3 sets. One of those storylines can be from the world of Magic itself in classic storied fashion, but the other one being a set of related Universes Beyond Sets. To introduce a story element to these beyond sets, I think it would be good to have a subplot of Jace traveling the multiverse and accidentally creating wormholes/portals/whatever that create routes between the Magic world and others. This would also mean 5-10 cards could be set aside for cards showing either Magic characters alongside the UB characters (eg. Momo and Fblthp, Smallest Friends), or cards about Jace in these new worlds.

Posted Sep 5, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC

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