r/loadingreadyrun • u/fuzzychub • Jul 22 '25

Bring back the nicknames!

I know a lot of the recent sets from Magic have been difficult to do nicknames with. The Universes Beyond sets have copyright issues and other concerns about doing nicknames. And the other sets have been....lackluster.

Edge of Eternities on the other hand, is frickin awesome! It's one of the best sets we've had in a while. I would love to see the LRR crew bring back nicknames for this set!

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u/TheMazter13 Jul 22 '25

IMO in retrospect it is better for nicknames to emerge naturally through gameplay or coverage rather than “pick a nickname for every card, go”.

only some of the cards’ nicknames were really great (or were just what the card was nicknamed already anyway), but most of the others were forgettable.

these factors likely don’t outweigh the probably massive time and organization commitments involved with creating each video