As someone who spends tons of money on this game, the alchemy historic change is not ok. It makes me not want to spend any more money. I want a eternal format, please stop driving people like myself away from arena.

Historic should have untouched cards.

Nerfing cards in historic is disgusting. What a greedy company.

Why are you breaking the only format I care about? This is the stupidest thing I have seen in a giant list of stupid things you have done. Leave the ONLY none rotating format alone. if you want to change the Cards make a new format, this looks like a Giant Greedy Gross Overstep.

I will not be buying anything You lost a paying customer over greed and mismanagement

I am uninstalling all all platforms until the following two decisions are undone: Not refunding wildcards for nerfed Alchemy cards (a practice Hearthstone has done for years), and not having Alchemy nerfs effect Historic. You lost another paying customer over greed and mismanagement, WOTC. I am not willing to play Historic with these decision in place. I play Historic because it is a Non-Rotating format. Spending wildcards is no longer safe in Historic because of these decisions. You are making cards we spent wildcards on unplayable in Historic due to setting them to an appropriate power level for Alchemy i.e. Standard (not Historic) with not compensation for sunk costs.

My email feedback has been directed to this forum, so I'll just say that I have uninstalled the game from all platforms and will not be returning. You lost a paying customer over greed and mismanagement, WOTC.

Terrible move, WOTC. I think it's safe to say a majority of people speaking up about this product view it as negative for the game as a whole. Time to listen to the people actually spending money instead of the financial department. Are you hurting for cash? According to your earnings call you've already more than doubled revenue just last year. Appreciating the people who actually give you money has got to be seen as a priority over corporate bonuses.

If you think this won't ripple outside of MTGA I think you're sorely mistaken.

Not a fan of this at all. The title says it all, leave historic alone. Do your digital only cash grabs and try to grab the Hearthstone crowd if you absolutely must, but leave players that want to enjoy Magic the way that it was designed to be played out of it. If I wanted to play Hearthstone, I would play hearthstone. Keep your Hearthstone cards out of Historic MtG please and do not force the Alchemy nerfs into Historic. As a player who does not live near a decent LGS, Arena has been absolutely awesome but I don't like this new direction to try and turn MTG into some bizzaro Hearthstone. Thanks for your time.

I hate both the haphazard, sloppy nature of the digital-only cards and the introduction of a "no refunds" balancing system in a game economy that is already horribly stingy.

Alchemy sounds like a fun and refreshing format. I'm excited to buy packs for it and try it out. However, this is entirely dependent on if it affects Historic or not. Alchemy should be its own thing and its cards should not be legal for use in any other format.

If Alchemy gets forced onto Historic, I'll be opting out of both formats and not playing Arena for anything but Draft. MY wallet will also be closed to any future purchases in the store.

I am against having Alchemy rebalanced cards affecting Historic. If this idea goes through, what's to stop WOTC from rebalancing older cards available only in Historic if they think they are too powerful or broken? That is why cards are banned or suspended.

They already ruined Historic when they introduced the Mystical Archive from Strixhaven into the format. This might make things worse.

As a paper player, I signed up for Arena as a way to practice so I can become a better player when I go to play FNM or commander at my local store. Now with the digital only cards and Alchemy rebalanced stuff, the value of Arena for me has greatly diminished.

At least I can opt not to use the Arena only cards in my decks, but I won't be able to do that for the rebalanced cards from Alchemy.

Historic is the last format I enjoyed on Arena. Do your digital only things but give me at least the option to opt-out.

What is this products suggestion for if WOTC doesn IGNORE 1k+ customers telling them that no one wants or asked for something? Just delete this page WOTC/Hasbro if you just ignore it when you know you have nothing to reply to the arguments proposed here to change something.
We ALL say the same thing, it’s clear your Historic move is only for greed, there’s no other explanation on changes on a permanent format that players play exactly because is permanent.
And you just IGNORE it. Since the announcement, like many others, I’m not opening Arena nor playing it, surely will never do it again knowing that my cards will be changed.
I’m actually enjoyng RUNETERRA like others, maybe it’s time to move on to a developer/company that actually doesn’t ignore 1k+ customers telling them they’re wrong and no one wants one of the changes they were thinking about.
What a joke of a company you are.

I agree about not using Standard nerfs to affect Historic, but I'd like new alchemy cards to be added to Historic. If you want at some point to balance Historic, do it independently from Alchemy.

As a person who cannot afford competitive paper Magic formats, Historic was my go to for scratching that itch and having a lovely time (minus Mystical Archives). I for one DO NOT support these proposed changes to Historic. Alchemy as an idea would be great for balancing and making the meta fresh and exciting from time to time IF it was limited to Standard, with the needed cards reverting to their paper forms when they rotate. I fear you WOTC will lose more than gain with this decision. So, for your profits, may I instead suggest you actively work towards making the client better for functionality and give players what they want: Pioneer, or just leave Historic alone. You give the Customer (also called Player) what they want, you get money in return. Shareholders happy, customer's happy. Everybody wins.

Exactly. It is ridiculous that a card gets nerfed in a format because it is too strong in another. Where is the logic here?

Wow WotC. Looks like UNIVERSAL DISDAIN for this decision. Time to walk it back.

Duck you and duck Hasbro, you money-grubbing, greed-soaked pieces of trash.

If you want to add the Alchemy format, ok. But don't touch other formats like Historic or Historic Brawl.
I am against how you are handling Alchemy.
Thanks

Keep the only eternal format intact or add pioneer. That way everybody will have options, normal standard, alchemy, Historica as an eternal format with all cards in Arena, and Pioneer as a non-rotating format with paper-only cards.

Alchemy may be a great idea for giving a "balance" to standard but it can be a terrible idea for the historic cause it is alredy an "unstable" format for its "eternal digital only" nature, specially if you think about all the random cards from the various antologies and jumpstart... It really should be left alone.