Is MTG a Gacha game?

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TotallyNotAGirl
05/09/2024
03:37 PM
#1
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MyMainAccount
05/09/2024
03:38 PM
#2
A tcg has some similarities sure but there is already a term for it
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SHRlKE
05/09/2024
03:38 PM
#3
Much like the black lotus in competitive competitions she should be cancelled.
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Seaman_Prime
05/09/2024
03:39 PM
#4
Theyll send the Pinkertons to getcha thats for sure.
Relient_K
05/09/2024
03:40 PM
#5
Since you can buy singles I'd say no. Sealed kind of is though.
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nekrodev
05/09/2024
03:43 PM
#6
For things like arena or if you ignore trading / single sales and stuff, yes. the core function of buying card packs is basically a gacha.
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Nemu
05/09/2024
03:43 PM
#7
It definitely has similarities in terms of how the gambling mechanics work and drive people, but theres also an actual robust gameplay system that can draw people in for the sake of it, and you can get everything you want on the secondhand market.
Yawn_Master2
05/09/2024
03:50 PM
#8
what?
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TotallyNotAGirl
05/09/2024
03:50 PM
#9
Yawn_Master2 posted...
what?

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Kaiser1one
05/09/2024
04:10 PM
#10
I'd say no. MtG you're gonna pay for that chase rare and no way to actually get it otherwise short of someone gifting you. Gacha's you can either pay to get it (and fail) or save up and fail but get the pity. MtG requires money whereas gacha doesn't.
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SilvosForever
05/09/2024
04:14 PM
#11
Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is not typically considered a Gacha game. MTG is a collectible card game (CCG) where players build decks using cards from various sets, each containing different gameplay mechanics and strategies. While there is an element of randomness in opening booster packs to obtain new cards, MTG primarily focuses on strategic gameplay rather than the randomized character acquisition model commonly found in Gacha games.
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nekrodev
05/09/2024
04:21 PM
#12
SilvosForever posted...
Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is not typically considered a Gacha game. MTG is a collectible card game (CCG) where players build decks using cards from various sets, each containing different gameplay mechanics and strategies. While there is an element of randomness in opening booster packs to obtain new cards, MTG primarily focuses on strategic gameplay rather than the randomized character acquisition model commonly found in Gacha games.

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Garioshi
05/09/2024
04:26 PM
#13
If Magic stops making cards tomorrow, I can still play it with my friends. I can even play Magic in ways that Wizards of the Coast doesn't approve of. If I'm done with the hobby, I can sell my cards. Wizards of the Coast cannot lie about the rates at which different rarities of cards appear. These are all fundamental differences from gacha games.
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Bass
05/09/2024
04:29 PM
#14
Marjorie Taylor Greene would be the absolute worst gatcha pull.
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nekrodev
05/09/2024
04:31 PM
#15
Garioshi posted...
If Magic stops making cards tomorrow, I can still play it with my friends. I can even play Magic in ways that Wizards of the Coast doesn't approve of. If I'm done with the hobby, I can sell my cards. Wizards of the Coast cannot lie about the rates at which different rarities of cards appear. These are all fundamental differences from gacha games.

None of that is true for MTGO or Arena if they shut down the servers tomorrow.
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Garioshi
05/09/2024
07:31 PM
#16
nekrodev posted...
None of that is true for MTGO or Arena if they shut down the servers tomorrow.
Good thing I'm not talking about those games
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Prestoff
05/09/2024
07:33 PM
#17
Bass posted...
Marjorie Taylor Greene would be the absolute worst gatcha pull.

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ellis123
05/09/2024
07:36 PM
#18
No. Compared to gachapon they are selling a game over a toy, and compared to gacha video games they are selling a product over the content. They are all similar in terms of them selling you a randomized product, but that largely doesn't mean very much in the grand scheme of products as a whole. Like, if you buy a chef's special at a sushi place where they actually take the concept seriously is it a gacha system because you don't know what you're getting? The context of things like intent matter quite a bit in this sort of ordeal.
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kirbymuncher
05/09/2024
07:41 PM
#19
Garioshi posted...
Wizards of the Coast cannot lie about the rates at which different rarities of cards appear.

I don't know if this is really true, or well, they could lie just as well as any gacha game could lie
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nekrodev
05/09/2024
07:47 PM
#20
Garioshi posted...
Good thing I'm not talking about those games

I mean, both of those are huge parts of the Magic ecosystem, and also, aside from the physical nature of the actual cards, it's the exact same thing.

If you take away the fact that Magic cards have been a physical thing for 30 years, the mechanics of the game aren't really any different than a gacha system. Also, gachapon machines in Japan were prevalent as early as the 1960s, well before MtG was a thing - I don't feel like Googling the entire history of TCG / CCGs atm, but like....there's definitely a relation, even if unintentional.
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Yawn_Master2
05/10/2024
06:43 PM
#21
Hell yeah
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Tyranthraxus
05/10/2024
06:45 PM
#22
MyMainAccount posted...
A tcg has some similarities sure but there is already a term for it
Gachas can also be TCGs. See: Hearthstone
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MyMainAccount
05/13/2024
01:53 PM
#23
Tyranthraxus posted...
Gachas can also be TCGs. See: Hearthstone
That's true. Which basically proves my point that they aren't always gachas.
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