>>718276412
>When did the decline of Magic begin?
Oldfag here. I started playing Magic before Pokemon came to American.

>Planeswalkers
The introduction of the Planeswalker card type is what killed Magic. It didn't die immediately, but that's what killed it. Later, they introduced "Sagas", and Sagas are what Planeswalkers should have been. Planeswalkers should never have existed.

You can argue that it died earlier than that. Like, you can argue that it died as soon as the Urza arc ended, but imo what killed the GAME (not storyline) is Planeswalkers. Sad to see that a game I spent my entire childhood playing, either with a friend or two I got into the game or with my dad at the kitchen table or with randos at FNM as a literal child, has now been reduced to nothing but the cardboard equivalent of Funko Pops.