MTG Head Designer Responds To Crossover Criticisms, Calls Marvel "The Most Fun In Years"
Magic: The Gathering's head designer, Mark Rosewater, has responded to complaints that he previously said that the tabletop game wouldn't get involved with crossovers, while also sharing some positive feedback about the upcoming Marvel sets.
Over the past few years, Magic: The Gathering has become known for its crossovers with other franchises like Doctor Who and Warhammer: 40,000 through its Universes Beyond sets. That wasn't always the case, though as, aside from Secret Lairs sets, MTG was mostly focused on its own world and characters.
Perhaps the most well-known crossover to come out of Magic: The Gathering is its recent Lord of the Rings set, which included a one-of-a-kind One Ring card that was eventually bought by Post Malone.
Recently, however, those crossovers have started to pile up, with sets based on Fallout, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy, and now Marvel planned to release over the next few years. That has caused some ire among MTG fans, especially considering head designer Mark Rosewater previously claimed that Magic: The Gathering was always going to be "one cohesive game" and not a "hodgepodge of different things".
Despite those claims being made a long time ago and things clearly having changed since then, some MTG fans have confronted Rosewater about what he previously said in regard to crossovers. In response, Rosewater responded to the criticisms over on his Tumblr blog and explained why crossovers are now a thing, noting that he "100% believed the things I said when I said it".
"My goal on this blog is to share with you my best sense of where Magic design is at that moment", Rosewater said. "Often Magic moves in directions I can’t predict. If you asked me ten years ago, as many people actually did,
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