I would need to know if there was a particular reason to do the mini-set vs bringing out the next set early in 2025.
Without knowing that, I can't really vote.
I think it'd have to be a very good reason to delay the release of the next set on time. But while I'd like to stay on track if possible, I would definitely listen if a good case was made by Matt.
well, my guess is that SPS still needs to recover. As well as player base. Pushing out CL would leave modern with few players who can compete. But that's just my guess. In other view, making new set (not mini) with more affordable price per pack or enlarging the pack size from 5 to 7 would help
I can only answer based on what I've seen from Matt publicly. It seems the general idea is to keep constant sell pressure up to try to push DEC to peg.
My personal thoughts are that could work if we're doing some actual marketing outside of just our own community. I also think something like that makes way more sense with a new core set than a mini-set.
Overall, I'm just gathering feedback and sentiment to share with him based on what I'm seeing. People have been discussing this sent he brought it up. There's quite a few upset that "he said no mini-set and we voted on the promo proposal based on that info" as well.
Clearly it's a complex issue, personally I think I'd rather see CL get out of modern (even though I own like 2 full CL sets + RW) as I think a new core set has a better chance of selling and getting funds to the company to extend runway. That's just my personal feelings on the matter though. However it goes and whatever the team decides we'll have to see what happens.