I personally think Alchemy sounds kinda fun and interesting.

But I don't follow the logic of tying it to Historic. It doesn't make sense. What's broken in standard is only playable in historic at best. And what's somewhat good in standard is usually outright unplayable in historic.

Nerfing moderately good standard cards means effectively banning them in historic.

And, if WotC is still gonna go this path, then at the very least please pay out wildcards when cards get nerfed.

Arena MUST have a true eternal format.

I would prefer it to be synced to a paper format (Pioneer) but until then, historic MUST NOT be tied to this rebalancing.

Dont nerf cards in Historic if its not necessary.

Changes like this make me want to play less. Feel really pessimistic that you don’t listen to your users

Please separate Historic into "paper" and "digital" only formats.

Please leave Historic alone.

Leave Historic alone!

I do not support the decision to alter historic cards without providing compensation. Historic is the only format I care about on arena. If it is changed I will no longer be making purchases on arena or using the arena client.

I just want to enjoy a product I paid for without the fear of having WotC nerf my cards without compensation. I don't feel safe buying gems and bundle if my product could be change at anytime without anything in return. If the mode was separated, I would be happy to continue support the game.

Dont affect Historic. It is the only format I enjoy in Arena. But if the nerfs reach it, I might just quit playing Arena.

******** wizards

I support leaving historic alone. I've spent hundreds of dollars so that I could practice paper magic and I want my cards to work the same in both formats.

Feel free to have a separate Alchemy Historic and separate Alchemy Historic Brawl. It's fine as an optional format.

Just adding my voice, that even though I do not like the digital only design I feel positive about a separate Alchemy queue.
What I can not get behind, is changing the nature of a long standing format like Historic. Players (myself very much included) put money, time and energy towards building a card pool for the ONLY eternal game mode Arena offers and I am frankly insulted that you would just push such a change against the interest of your player base.

Customers might not always know what they want, but we very much DO know what we don't want!

PS: On a separate note - THIS is what you have been prioritizing over long standing bug fixes and client issues? THIS is what you have been prioritizing over remastered drafts and Pioneer support? THIS is what you have been prioritizing over actual features like spectator mode, play blade re-designs or multiplayer. You do NOT understand your player base and I am severely disappointed by the waste of the potential Arena once had.

100% opposed to this change.

I’m not opposed to an alchemy format that includes all cards on arena. But there should be a “historic” format that lives up to its name and does not change the cards. History doesn’t change, it is what it was. Let us have a format where we can use all of the cards we had in standard and standards past.

Historic Alchemy should be a distinct format where the digital only AND the rebalanced cards live. Regular Historic should track as close to the paper cards as possible. I understand regular Historic was "curated", but it was curated with masters and anthologies of previous paper cards, and that was fine and lovely. Just don't curate it with digital only like the last JMP, and certainly don't destroy cards we have and the fidelity with the paper game by forcing "rebalanced" cards on us.

New formats are fun. However, Alchemy needs to remain its own independent product. Historic and Historic Brawl should not be looped into a new game design.

#leavehistoricalone

it’s so obvious that none of you care about anything other than the ******* bottom line.

super ******* disrespected. you just don’t want eternal formats so people can’t sit on their decks and not buy new cards without you guys printing a fun set.

if i buy something as is. i’m expecting it to remain as is. not buying a car that drives and then being told that i drive to fast so my entire engine gets swapped. you people are abusing your powers.

gonna quit playing and spending money on both paper mtg and mtga if historic is messed with. i hate that there’s literally 0 ******* fan engagement with this billion dollar brand. it’s not like mtga players are hiding our wishes from you. and you chose to ignore what we ask for

As a limited/historic player, this change means I will stop playing historic after I'm done drafting new sets, and possibly just stop playing MTGA altogether - I'm not really interested in Standard, which tends to be quite bad, or constantly rebalanced Hearthstone-like nonsense.

IF I PAY FOR SOMETHING "AS IT IS" BECAUSE IT IS "AS IT IS" THEN YOU SHOULD LET IT "AS IT IS".
LEGAL BASIC STUFF HERE.

CUSTOMERS RULE 1: IF A CUSTOMER ALREADY PAID A PRODUCT, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ONE OF THE FEATURES EVEN A SINGLE DAY AFTER THE TRANSACTION.

EXAMPLE:
(OH NO FINALLY YOU BROUGHT THE HOUSE WITH A ROOF BUT NOWADAYS, ROOFS ARE REMOVED SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF THE ROOF AND LET YOU THERE WITHOUT COMPENSATION ?)

THEN YOU SHOULD PAY ME FOR CHANGING THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.
IF YOU CHANGE "AS IT IS" I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE PAID THEN. WHY WILL I CONTINUE TO DO SO ?
WHERE CAN I PLACE MY TRUST IF THE PRODUCTS I BOUGHT KEEPS CHANGING EVERY MORNING BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF VISION OF AN INEXISTANT R&D SINCE M20 ?

TELL ME HOW PEOPLE WOULD PLAY IN HISTORIC ? TELL ME WHY WOULD THEY KEEP THE NERFED VERSION OF A CARD OVER THE BUFFED ? AND TELL ME HOW IT DOESN'T AFFECT HISTORIC IF THE QUEUE'S ARE MIXED ?
AND MOST OF ALL, TELL ME HOW HAVING 2 SIMILARD STANDARDS FORMATS ARE NOT GOING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ?

WE ARE THE CUSTOMERS OF A FINAL PRODUCT, NOT THE BETA TESTERS OF AN UNCERTAIN ONE. AT LEAST IF WE PARTICIPATE THAT WAY BY GIVING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STACK OF DATA'S, PAY US FOR DOING THE JOB YOU'VE BEEN SUPPOSED TO DO FOR YEARS INSTEAD OF KILLING US IN THE BACK.