It's nice to see that you have found your way to this humble little web site. To put first things first: Whenever you agree with what you are about to read doesn't really matter. Sure, these kinds of nerdy disagreements can get pretty heated and if you disagree we might take the liberty to poke a little fun at you or call you names but we don't really mean it in any kind of personal way. Just always remember that even if you are a no good, rotten and entirely uncultured brute we still love you like you were one of our noble master race of Sponge-Bob-rejecting Magic gods.

Magic has changed in recent years. Bluntly put it changed a lot. To be fair there's more than a handful people that like this change (read: toddlers and degenerates) but then there's also a quite visible portion of the player base that does not (read: upstanding no-life nerds of culture). We - surprise, surprise - fall into the latter category and therefore had to come up with (cursing and complaining gets old pretty fast and also solves exactly nothing) some kind of fix if we wanted to continue playing the game we love without the constant negativity that comes with what by a lot of people is seen as the fortenitification of Magic or as some call it the creative bankruptcy declaration of its developers in the name of the almighty cash grab.

The solution to all this is pretty simple. Actually it was handed to us on a silver platter: “These products aren't for us.” Sure, this somewhat condescending and kinda poisoned phrase was initially meant to include in the implicit notion of “passive acceptance” but we certainly don't read it this way. Your Sponge Bobs, Spidermans and Megatrons are not welcome with us. Call us elitists all you want. We don't just not care but we actively take pride in it. There's a whole multi million dollar company catering to your puny wishes and desires. You don't need us and we certainly don't need you.

We certainly don't think we are geniuses for coming up with this. Really, pretty much anyone could have done so. We are just putting our framework out as a reference point for like minded individuals to put a name (as in “What are you guys playing?” “We are playing pEDH. Go look it up, unworthy peasant.”) to what they are likely already doing anyways. The only part where we digress a little from the plainly obvious is our attempt to hit two birds with one stone and taking the opportunity to not only rid our tables of the pesky pop culture garbage but also reverse the massive dump a certain game company has taken on EDH because dumb monkeys and tasteless manarocks sell packs after all.

Actually we think the result is admirable since practically it doesn't just hit two birds with one stone but really hits a whole set of three birds. The third bird being the frantic release cycle. With universes beyond attaining un-set status there's currently just three standard releases per year to keep track of, which is a total relief in our eyes. It also somewhat puts EDH back in the position where it used to be: A quiet place largely unaffected by all the corporate FOMO. As much as we think that splitting the Magic community isn't ideal we can't help but wonder why we didn't do this earlier. Maybe universes beyond wasn't such a bad thing after all? The thought seems mind blowing but it might very well be true.

Well, there's quite a bit of a difference between having something work among a local group of like minded people and formalizing an idea for broader usage. We very much recognize this. Actually a lot of this project is likely insufficient at this point in time but we still wanted to put it out there to (hopefully?) get the ball rolling. If this actually gains a bit of traction rough edges, inconsistencies and oversights can be ironed out over time. It's probably best to consider this project to be in alpha stage right now. Ideas and improvements are very much wanted (well, unless you want to put Sponge Bob back in the card pool, which is something you can fuck right off with…). Who knows, maybe it could be your huge-balls-involvement to makes this whole thing a success. Lets send all the Sponge Bobs and their infantile defenders back to where they belong (reruns on third rate TV channels or respectively kindergarten that is). Hasta la victoria, non-inclusive lardass neckbeards!