@udow you are probably much smarter than me when it comes to gameplay. So I don't think I can discuss that part well with you. My only comment about your thinking about Grum is that #1 dispel isn't used a ton, and #2 in reverse speed you are correct but that's not the only time Grum is useful.

Regarding Delwyn and Malric, I think those are 2 different situations. On Delwyn I think the big difference is that Delwyn is a common and Archmage is a Legend. So in that case, I don't think its a big deal as legends should be stronger.

On Malric, I do agree that Tarsa essentially replaced Malric and gave it far fewer chances to play in Wild League. And since they are both rares then I think that wasn't the best choice. (NOTE: I don't design the game so I have no idea if that was necessary though for Modern League balance)

And finally to your point about investing in the game, I think you are missing the bigger picture. Right now we are super small in the world, a tiny spec that almost everyone in the world is unaware of. One day that might change. If it does, then there's no way that every player will have every card. This will change the way everyone things about all the cards.

For instance I have a lot of cards that I didn't play that came back and did great once something changed in the new cards. I will use "Nightmare" as an example. He got to be a really good and usable card in certain rulesets once Byz Kitty showed up. There are many other examples of cards that "come back" based on certain new abilities, mana additions, and rulesets added to the game.

Finally that doesn't even count for land use. Which make everything even more tough to find.

So while I understand that you might not be happy regarding Grum, I don't think adding new cards, abilities, and rulesets will harm the game or make the cards worthless on balance. In fact I think its make the gameplay more fun and the collecting aspect even better.

And in case you are wondering I have tons of Malrics and Grums, and a fair amount of gold foil Delwyns. I don't have Archmage and far fewer Tarsa's than Malrics. I'm not worried about my cards and still plan to keep them for a very long time.

I appreciate the conversation and like I said you may be right about the effect on gameplay, but I still think that the big picture is better when we have more cards to choose from.