With the first PT post-Covid in the books, we are taking a look at how our day to day involvement with Magic has changed from an era prior to the OP announcement that brought us Regionals, Worlds, and the return of the Pro-tour and after.

And you might think, why now? Why wait so long after the announcement? And the short answer to that is, simply, that until OP actually mattered, until players had a clear vision of the road in front of them, their habits didn't really change.

We'll give you that one up front.