Mythics didn't get sold as a way of rarefying complexity (you're thinking of the New Order revisions). Mythics were just a blatant ripoff of the Pokemon TCG (or

Mythics didn't get sold as a way of rarefying complexity (you're thinking of the New Order revisions). Mythics were just a blatant ripoff of the Pokemon TCG (or a precursor), like foils were 9 years earlier. Here's what MaRo wrote in that article[1] you mentioned: > Magic is the only major trading card game currently printed with only three rarities. If we want to stay competitive in attracting new players we have to keep up with the industry standards. > We want the flavor of mythic rare to be something that feels very special and unique. Generally speaking we expect that to mean cards like Planeswalkers, most legends, and epic-feeling creatures and spells. [1] http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/year-living-changerously-2008-06-02 http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/ye...