suigenyukiouji asked: Most people I've heard talk about BfZ claim the set/block was quite bad, in terms of play / card strength / lore. So at least to my subjective experience, the set sold well mostly thanks to riding on the hype the original Zendikar block built, but then crushed that hype to nothing when it actually released.

Hype can mean a strong opening, but hype can’t make a set sell well over the years of its lifespan on sale. I’m not proud of Battle for Zendikar from a design standpoint (and it did poorly in market research), but the set sold well for its full time on sale.

EDIT: Oops, War of the Spark on the mind. I accidentally wrote War of the Spark when I meant Battle for Zendikar. It’s been fixed. Sorry, By the way - very proud of War of the Spark’s design.