Stress Fracture - Zeta Set Explodes in Drama, Bring Back the Gathering, Harry Potter Never & Much More!

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First Pick

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Bring Back the Gathering:

https://metagame.info/en-us/mtg/articles/bring-back-the-gathering-how-to-save-competitive-magic

https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/826580341580005376/hey-mark-there-was-an-article-written-by-andrea#notes

Zeta Secret Lair mess

https://bsky.app/profile/mtgsecretlair.com/post/3mulbefvi5c2h 

Gather the Townsfolk

Charity Tournament: TCGPlayer vs WotC:
https://www.tcgplayer.com/lp/mtg-charity-tournament?lid=16t226k9ihs6

Mage of Zhalfir Comic Series:

https://bsky.app/profile/mtglore.com/post/3muit3zieyr2a

Reality Fracture Has 10 Main Stories:

https://bsky.app/profile/levdev.bsky.social/post/3muctf7z3as2k

https://bsky.app/profile/grayhaem.bsky.social/post/3muctjesric2a

Scryfall's Art Media Tags Pass 25%:

https://bsky.app/profile/delayedtrigger.scryfall.com/post/3mu5arn37gs2y

Desperate Ravings

Chris Cocks Takes Direct Control of WotC:
https://www.polygon.com/mtg-dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-president-hasbro-ceo-leadership-changes/

Maro Says Harry Potter UB "Very Unlikely":

https://www.tumblr.com/markrosewater/826674061326336000/how-likely-is-a-harry-potter-ub-product

Splash Damage

Line Cutting Gets Former Pokemon TCG Champ Banned:

https://kotaku.com/pokemon-world-championships-ban-luca-ceribelli-merch-line-2000729442

Odd Sea, Jimmy Wong's New Game:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1171224254/odd-sea

The Finisher

We spent a lot of time today discussing how Mengu would rescue competitive Magic. So what ways would you recommend Magic bring competitive MTG back to the forefront?