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Considering 34 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many consumers explained that both physical and digital items are extremely overpriced, creating an environment where players must spend massive amounts of money just to participate. Buyers frequently highlighted severe quality control issues, receiving defective cards, severely damaged packaging, and premium products featuring frayed edges upon delivery. Some reviewers were not happy with the customer service, stating that support agents provide canned responses and ignore direct emails regarding missing orders. Furthermore, individual customers complained bitterly about enduring lengthy online purchase queues only to find their desired items completely unavailable.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wizards is one of the worst companies in the world. it is completely ran by greed. their online game Magic the gathering Arena is a big scam. it is pay to win and if your not dropping thousands of dol... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As much as i love their game dnd. Their digital items are way too iver priced. I can underatand a physical copy with the works done to it being these prices. Not the digital stuff. That goes for all t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought a board game, listed as age of 10+ appropriate via the French associate of wizards of the coast that deals with international orders. I did not receive any confirmation email, nor... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

customer service only offers canned and copy/pasted responses, without often even addressing your actual concerns in emails. Their new shipping carrier, GOFO, is the worst, and my first secret lair fr... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Levels of disrespect from WOTC to players

This company will take time to die there are too many people who like it and want to buy the cards because they enjoyed it. However, like a number of people who have issues with the bastardization of work from people just to race swap and make the game more inclusive, in addition only picking and choosing which ones as well. Lets get the example of the new LOTR set coming out, ultilizing race changing to humans...of highborn levels (kings and relations) but yet Éomer is a white character and Éowyn (His sister) is now portrayed as black. So just breaking any lore there.
Additional issues are the inconsistencies and lack of support from anyone at WOTC, try and complain about their poor product: foils that come out of the pack curled and unplayable/marked cards and no interest in replacing them because they can't control humidity...but still ensure that product quality is on a constant down hill spiral but hey saving them money.
Also from lack of promised product, box toppers for sets that have them not being put into the boxes and after all information is submitted complete silence from WOTC hoping you will just give up.
Poor leadership and R&D with making sure sets are balanced and there can be diversity: Arena proves there is limited to no diversity at all the higher ranks.
Using the secondary market to make secret lairs that is just printing money and making sure there are some good sometimes and then useless others.
Even though it has been a long time since they instituted a no set MSRP for their product basically assists in the downfall of local gaming shops- then asks why standard is dying especially in LGS.
Without the MSRP is causes distributors to overcharge for "premium" sets that in the past had affordable pricing points to be inclusive to all players not just the wealthy which is where it has been trending and continuing to get worse.
All in all the poor leadership, woke culture/inclusivity, poor product standards, active hate and treating players as imbeciles with wallets, no support that actually follows through with prodcued damaged products, and just a lack of caring for anything besides trying to extract all the money they can for inferior products is where this had lead to.

The boycott of WOTC should be done by magic players similar to DnD community. Hold them accountable for everything, get rid of the leadership that are stomping their own reputation into the mud and put R&D back into the game to really save it in a playability perspective. This won't go far I know just voicing concerns that I have and know others have also had as this is a problem to the whole of the community and is a continuing slap in the face to people that do care about magic.

June 6, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I love Magic the game

I love Magic the game, but really: MTG Arena is just unplayable due to Server Problems. You loose games that you would win and you loose money. It really feels like fraud in the end.

April 29, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unethical business practices and the use of Pinkerton mercenaries

The use of Pinkertons, a private security firm known for resorting to violence against American workers, to confiscate a box of March of the Machine: The Aftermath trading cards is both illegal and unacceptable. The Pinkertons murdered people! This incident highlights the need for companies to prioritize ethical and lawful practices when engaging third-party security firms.

The Pinkertons outrageous behavior prompted the US Congress to pass the Anti-Pinkerton Act, which aimed to curb their excessive and often unlawful tactics.

The logistics error that resulted in the wrong product being delivered to the person was an honest mistake by the seller. Using intimidation and aggression to resolve the issue is unjustifiable. The person who was threatened showed remarkable kindness in the face of unwarranted aggression.

This incident makes it clear that Wizard of the Coast does not deserve the support of its customers. I will never purchase any product from them again.

April 28, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

"Pinkertons reportedly demanded the…

"Pinkertons reportedly demanded the return of the "stolen" cards, which he says he purchased from his friend. The agents ultimately took back the cards, boxes and foil wrappers, even counting the cards to ensure they retrieved them all. The agents also demanded he remove his MTG leak videos. During the incident, oldschoolmtg stated that the Pinkertons mentioned the potential of "jail time" to him and his wife. He called a representative at Wizards of the Coast that the Pinkertons referred him to, who oldschoolmtg described as "apologetic" about what happened and said they just needed to ensure the leak went no further."

On another note. NEVER comply with private security ghouls like this. They have absolutely no right to do this. The leaker was dumb for complying with these guys. He should have just closed the door and called a lawyer. they basically sent thugs who are known for killing people to shake down this guy - ffs WOTC wt-f were you thinking?

April 27, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One of the worst companies

Customer service does not red the content of emails. Instead they only send templated emails. They lie about the nature of arena (they use a matchmaker)

April 22, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought an expansion set of books…

I bought an expansion set of books almost 150€ it come damaged in all the books with corners pretty bumped. They said that they couldn't garantee the mint condition of te books. So you sell books and you can't guarantee that are in good shape? I will never buy anything to them

April 22, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

What happened to magic

What happened to magic. Your banned and restricted list gets more and more but the cards get more and more powerful. And we have to spend more and more money to some what keep up. I am watching YouTube of people opening 9 pre release boxes and everyone has access to Mom before it's even out without going to a pre release. I was there and did my time to get the 1 pre release box that I deserved. And I payed good money to play fun magic. I got a bunch of bad draws and wasted my money being that the guy next to me had a card that was a more powerful cheaper version of a banned card. I can't play my banned cards and I'm restricted on certain cards but if you have the money you can buy a better mor powerful card then what's on that list. Do yall even look at the lists before you drop cards or do you just care about the money anymore? Do you care about the people that have love for playing the game anymore or is it just a cash cow for you?

April 19, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Magic the Gathering Companies Greed

it once was a game for the people. everyone could play.
now its just milking the cow.
250€ for collectors booster display were really hard...
while 0,02€ prices on the secondary market are not rare. even for really good cards.

now 500€ for lord of the rings?
go down with your greed. i quit

March 23, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wizards of the coast have proven more…

Wizards of the coast have proven more than enough times that they are not here to give you a good product, theyre here to monetise and force down micro stransactions on their new upcoming "video game" more like casino game. ONE DND

on top of that theyre making worse and worse book adventures, and theyre trying to crush the competition by sueing everything around them

there are so many alternatives to 5E come check them out !

February 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst company worldwide

Worst company worldwide. They sell product for huge money and product is poorly manufactured. They manipulating everything from boosters to MTG Arena to D & D. Everything they can, they try to squeeze as much as possible. There is no joy anymore, only pure corporate greed. I will never ever purchase anything from this disgusting group of people. F you

February 1, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Song of Greed and Subterfuge

This company recently decided to uproot their entire customer base in a potentially illegal attempt to strangle old and new third-party content creators with retroactively demanding 25% royalties based on gross revenue.

This would have been done via essentially voiding the Open Game License 1.0a, under which many excellent games and game systems have been made over the past 20 years.

The disgustingly greedy and tone-deaf behaviour displayed by this company should be a clear warning that they want to destroy what it means to play Dungeons and Dragons.

January 3, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is continuously ruining…

This company is continuously ruining its IP. They stomp on customers beliefs and trust. Money grabbing greedy corporations should not get rewarded.

The competition is there for us. Let’s step on over and be done with this crap company and let them deal with other companies that went too far. (EA, Activision, Blizzard, etc.)

December 14, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Destructive company that doesn't…

Destructive company that doesn't realize that their profits come from their consumers. You cannot sustainably put profits before customer and expect to keep your customer. You provide a service for us, we pay for that service. We are unhappy with the way you treat the people and our beloved games. I will no longer purchase from this company until the games we love are put above Hasbro's arbitrary authoritarian decisions.

January 18, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't trust this company.

Don't trust this company.
Their new OGL is made to curb users and max out profits using other people's work without payment.

They resort to lying and other shady tactics in order to push it through.

All of this has been confirmed through their own actions and insider information from employees.

January 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Thieves. More money for less value

I used to like D&D. I thought 3rd edition was good but it seems that the company has taken a turn for the worse since then. Over the years they have tried to squeeze more and more money out of their fan base. Leaked information shows that the main topics in their company is about getting more money form fans not about delivering more value for their fans. It is clear they just see the fanbase and publishers as cattle the need to milk or slaughter.

I refuse to buy any more Hasbro Wizards of the Coast products. There are many more publishers and designers that really care about their fans and I hope that if more people do it it bankrupts them.

January 9, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nonexistant customer support

Can't even call it "Customer service" considering how bad it is. Took them 21 days to respond to a ticket I filled via their support site.

And once someone did get back to me they didn't answer any of the simple questions I'd ask and seemingly hadn't even read it. Seeing that the representative was talking about something completely unrelated.

And when I responded someone else came back, said I had submited a ticket for the wrong product and to make a new one, and then just one-sidedly marked it as "Solved".

NEVER EVER buy a "Secret Lair" product or anything else from them ever. All responses were also quite clearly premade templates and I'm honestly unsure if any of them are actual people.

December 23, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their customer service is horrible

Their customer service is horrible. No answer, no nothing other than an automated email saying "sorry, were backed up". Its been a week now. WTH? No number to call, no nothing. They can just easily hide behind email and not respond. I purchased a product online from them, it was damaged upon arrival. I will never buy anything from them via their website/store. I will go to a local gaming store. Lesson learned.

December 10, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hundreds of $$$ purchases and still no…

Hundreds of $$$ purchases and still no answer for weeks!!! (More than 4 weeks and still no answers).

Come on you can do worse but at least try to do better.

Absolutly no customer support.

I cannot recommend online purchase at all, just use your local game store and all will be fine.

November 1, 2022
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Wizards can and has done better

5/5 for products (DnD books, Magic the Gathering).

1/5 for customer support and quality assurance.

Wizards of the Coast (Hereby abbreviated WotC) has a truly amazing team. WotC products have a large place in my life. It's so incredibly frustrating that their quality assurance in Magic the Gathering has fallen by the wayside. Between misprinted and unusable foil bending, I have seldom seen sloppier quality assurance (I used to work in food QA).
If either the QA team or the Customer Service teams were strong enough to cover for the lapses of the other, there would be nearly no issues. Wizards has, of late, been outsourcing some of their direct sales to Scalefast. Scalefast is a company that assists in customer service and other end to end sales tasks. Scalefast seems generally overworked and always states that there is a lag in support due to a large volume of customer complaints. I assume this to be a problem of size, which is supposed to be the entire point of Scalefast as a company.

I recieved confirmation for a refund for missing product from a shipment of a "secret lair" (Wizards direct to customer sales portal for Magic the Gathering). The email stated a 7 day turnaround for a refund. I recieved this email on the 14th of November, and today is the 4th of December. I believe this to not be malicious, but rather a function of increased and unregulated scaling of services. I placed my customer support ticket on the 22nd of October. It has been months of limbo with WotC and the Scalefast team, where I was told they were investigating whether a refund was even possible with the 'relevant teams'. From what I have read online, this is not a unique experience.

Wizards needs to invest in better customer service before the customer goodwill dries up. Scalefast is not the solution they were hoping for. I genuinely hope for better outcomes for future customers (myself hopefully included).

October 22, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wotc money only…

Lets start with terrible customer service for returns, cheating company that has a rigged shuffler on mtg Arena. The mtg arena is a very terrible shuffling mechanic that rigs games and never makes the games close its always a 1 sided match, or the opponent CONSTANTLY TOP DECKS. No matter how good ur deck is ull never win tournaments or get a good rating unless ur cheating in someway. They need to bring msrp back to magic the gathering products to prevent these small stores from gouging decks packs etc. warhammer 40k decks just released and their $80 avg but foils decks are $300+ which is just utterly insanity. Wotc has no care for their customer base just are flooding the market with WAYYYYYY too much product. The product u open isnt worth money on the 2ndary market bc theres sooooo much of it. U buy a single pack for around $4-$8 and u get a $0.50 card 90% of the time. Screw packs and wotc. They are absolute trash. This has been going on for many years and they wont ever fix anything

July 10, 2022
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