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This suggestion has garnered almost 2k votes and surely between Important to Critical urgency since it was posted by the end of last year. A lot will agree that Alchemy was been one of the worst decisions WotC has made in recent times, if not the worst. And a part of me agrees as, arguably, this takes away from finally putting Pioneer into Arena and making Historic more intriguing with newer cards to make the metagame exciting. As much as I also agree that it has been a horrendous endeavor to try and actually force Alchemy down our throats, with a few consecutive Alchemy events and even its own Mastery Pass, I do (try to) understand the reasoning behind their choice. The few times I played Alchemy it was indeed fun and I enjoyed a bit. There is an audience out there for the format.
Historic in itself is not just a format but it has a meaning in its name. Players get to play with history and experience history in digital form, to feel what it's like using these cards that made history. But with Alchemy added to the mix, then it sets a precedent that ruins entirely the essence of the format. This has already happened with the "rebalancing" of Unholy Heat and Dragon's Rage Channeler. Both cards are now major players in the formats that already play them. But those very cards getting rebalanced feels...dirty. Wrong. Granted the rebalanced versions of those cards should have been what they are from the very beginning, especially Unholy Heat as red should NEVER have a card that easily and very efficiently takes out a large creature, for only 1 red mana. But, I digress.
I may just be spewing words onto a brick wall and beating a dead horse at the same time at this point. But as a fan who loves MTG very much, it hurts.
And if anything, if Alchemy is about rebalancing/changing cards, banning Grinning Ignus completely spits on this aspect. So...what's the point then.