Talk:Meta Magic/@comment-25013293-20140507211739/@comment-4867780-20140515051503

Well, in terms of in-game, nerfing the planeswalkers certainly allowed a whole category of cool and unique cards, so for gamers it's still a big gain (no weight they weighted the benefits beforehand). From a background viewpoint however, it's a huge loss.

Planeswalkers were immortal sorcerous demi-gods, their powers only limited by their knowledge and experience, and even the most powerfull supernatural entiries were little more than pawns in their hand.

Now they are just planar travelers with a strong magical potential. They lost like 99% of what they were, which is all the sadder that there's no Oldwalkers equivalent in fiction (at least nowhere as famous).