There's...a lot to unpack here. As someone who was playing at the time but not as plugged into things, I had no idea that this card was in reference to mock a well respected woman in the game.
And that fuckin' sucks.
But damn if Ms. Nicoloff doesn't seem like a badass. Props to her. I'm glad she got a chance to tell her story.
Magic has done some great work, bringing a more accepting attitude to the game--certainly a hell of an improvement over this. But it is good to know the history so we can do better.
I also saw in a Reddit thread on this, that Mark Rosewater has made an apology to Ms. Nicoloff, which is the least he could do-but that is a good thing.
On vacation again: Hoping for posts resuming Oct 9th!
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