I very much so agree with your statement of looking for similarities instead of differences. But is it not worthy to acknowledge that games have systems of agreements just as society's do that enable the game to play out or the society to function. For example i have a car i have a driver's license in both the United Kingdom and the United States, i prefer to drive on the right side of the road in left side drive car because I am right handed and prefer a standard transmission. I can't do that in the United Kingdom without causing absolute chaos. Is the UK guilty of gatekeeping or is there system of agreements different? Isn't seeing silver border, black border, commander and universes beyond for all theier similarity and still seeing them as Magic and yet acknowledging the differences in systems of agreements in humor, competitiveness, structure and flavor accepting? Or is not having them all together gatekeeping like how the UK won't let me drive on the right side of the road.

I’m not saying people need to buy Un-cards. I’m not saying people need to play with Un-cards. I’m not even saying people even need to like Un-cards. All I’m saying is that a person that’s not you who does enjoy playing with them is no less a Magic player than you are. Their games are no less Magic games than yours. Their cards are no less Magic cards than yours.I’m not against formats. It’s fine to play Magic in a way that doesn’t use all the Magic cards. You play Magic the way you enjoy playing it. My issue is with people saying that other people choosing to play the way they want to play isn’t “real Magic”. That’s where your metaphor falls down. Having a rule that you have to drive on the left side of the road isn’t gatekeeping. It’s like having a format that dictates what cards are legal. The parallel is making the statement that only people who drive on the left side of the road are real drivers. That driving on the right side of the road makes you less of a driver.Gatekeeping is making someone else feel bad because they don’t choose the same priorities as you in how they choose to enjoy something. It’s not about you making choices in what you enjoy. If you enjoy format X, play format X with other people that enjoy format X. It’s okay for Format X to set up rules that disallow certain things. Just don’t besmirch someone else for enjoying Format Y. Their playing of Format Y doesn’t make Format X any less.

Which of the neowalkers outside of the major story characters (Ajani, Sarkhan, Garruk, and their band of fellows) would you most like to print a new version of? I'd cast my vote for Tibalt or Tamiyo.

Let me start by stating that I dislike the term “neowalkers”. Our characters are planeswalkers. The Mending did change the nature of planeswalkers, but having words to differentiate them is unnecessary (and confusing as there are a handful that are both) and I feel is used mostly as a means to besmirch the newer ones. I don’t think splitting our planeswalkers into two camps leads to positive things. Now what planeswalkers would I like to see us do a second version of that we’ve only done one of? Obviously, my first choice would be Venser but he’s dead so that’s unlikely. Next, I think I’d like to see a second Ashiok. Tamiyo’s on my short list as is Tibalt,