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It's the 2024 Magic Micsies!
#1 WotC Best Move (last year’s winner: GenCon 3-year Announcement Day)
Sheldon’s Spellbook
Foundations Beginner Box
Ravnica: Clue Edition
Learning from Aftermath
Foundations Era changes
Getting rid of Stickers & Attractions in Constructed formats
#2 WotC Worst Move (last year’s winner: D&D Open Gaming License 1.1)
Murders at Karlov Manor
Commander Bans for Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt and Dockside Extortionist
A.I.-generated Ravnica Remastered ads
Too Many Products!
Whatever Happened with Nadu
#3 Hashtag / Trend of the Year (last year’s winner: #mtgambassador)
#mtgbooty return in April
#Ward3 Voja debate
The rockin’ mouse on Valley Questcaller
Humans Of Magic: “The mob won”
#mtgdrip
#4 In Memoriam (no “winners”; all announced)
COMMUNITY MEMBERS (REUBEN)
Alex Hon, GP Richmond ‘18 champ
Greg Hidebrandt (MTG artist)
Akira Toriyama (Manga artist)
Massimilano Frezzato (MTG artist)
Jonathan “TeamJBro” Brostoff (CubeCon creator, Milwaukee alderman)
POWRDRAGN
Magic Spellslingers
CRC and CAG
The “ordering blockers” step
Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist, Nadu in Commander
Prebans in Historic: Mana Drain Commandeer Force of Vigor Reanimate
ERIN
Every Sticker and Attraction card in Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper
All That Glitters, Cranial Ram in Pauper
Violent Outburst, Nadu & Grief banned in Modern. Amped Raptor, The One Ring, Jegantha banned in Modern.
Amalia & Sorin banned in Pioneer. Jegantha banned in Pioneer.
EVAN
Grief banned in Legacy. Psychic Frog and Vexing Bauble banned in Legacy.
Urza’s Saga Restricted & Vexing Bauble Restricted in Vintage
Galvanic Discharge + Guide of Souls + Ocelot Pride rebalanced in Arena
Leyline of Resonance banned in Bo1 Standard, suspended in Alchemy
Jegantha banned in Explorer
#5 Most Hated Card (last year’s winner: Orcish Bowmasters)
The One Ring
Heartfire Hero
Leyline of Resonance
______ Goblin + “Mind” Sticker (Unfinity)
Writhing Chrysalis (MH3)
Nadu, Winged Wisdom (MH3)
Psychic Frog (MH3)
#6 Most Loved Card (last year’s winner: Syr Ginger, The Meal Ender)
The Wise Mothman
Caretaker’s Talent
Psychic Frog
Three Tree City
Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Sheldon, the Commander (alt Ruhan from Secret Lair)
Loot, the Key to Everything (OTJ)
#7 Drama of the Year (last year’s winner: D&D’s OGL 1.1 debacle)
Fay Dalton “Trouble in Pairs” plagiarism
Dave Rapoza leaves WotC due to AI usage
Universes Beyond in Standard
Commander Banning Drama
Cubecon-troversy
A.I. “art”
Humans Of Magic: “The mob won”
#8 Artwork of the Year (last year’s winner: TARDIS border cards in WHO)
Storm, Force of Nature (Marvel Secret Lair) (Magali Villeneuve)
Inkshield (Sheldon Secret Lair) (Donato Giancola)
Doubling Season (Foundations Extended Art) (Kawasumi)
Detective’s Phoenix (MH3) (Deruchenko Alexander)
Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (MH3 Extended) (Evyn Fong)
Psychic Frog (MH3 Extended) (Chuck Lukacs)
Stargaze (BLB) (Serena Malyon)
Damnation (DSK Special Guest) (Masahiro Ito)
Time Sieve (SLD) (Peach Momoko)
Insidious Roots (MKM) (Jeremy Wilson)
#9 Coverage Moment of the Year (last year’s winner: Post Malone Buys The One Ring for $2.3M)
MF Chicago sells out
Dwayne the Rock commentator (April Fools)
Kai Budde POY Announcement
Live coverage returns for SCG events
Great Foundations Build-Off
#10 Format of the Year (last year’s winner: Commander)
Commander
Modern
Standard
Mystery Booster 2
#11 Set of the Year (last year’s winner: Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
UB: Fallout
Outlaws of Thunder Junction + Big Score
Bloomburrow
Duskmourn
Modern Horizons 3
Foundations
#12 Card of the Year (last year’s winner: The One Ring)
Sheldon, the Commander (SL)
Nadu, Winged Wisdom (MH3)
Psychic Frog (MH3)
Caretaker’s Talent (BLB)
Simulacrum Synthesizer (BIG)
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber (DSK)
The Finisher
We’ve come to the end of yet another year, and yet another Micsies. So as we look forward to the TENTH annual Magic Micsies in 2025, what do you predict we’ll be talking about at this time next year?
