IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS GOD
In seven days GOD created the Earth. The Stars. The Sun and the Moon. The Oceans, skys, plants, and animals.
And Cancun.
GOD felt he done good and decided to vacation in Cancun.
So GOD created the Holy Tridemigods and named them Dick, Ed, and The Great Potato.
Each was ordered to gather disciples and guide them in the way of Consumption, Communication, and Entertainment.
The Great Potato chose to preach Consumption. He gathered followers and blessed the most faithful with red hair, frecles, and an abundance of potassium.
Ed chose to preach Communication. His disciples were rewarded with over a half score of forums within anything could be spake, save Ed's own divinity.
Dick chose to preach Entertainment. His intentions were selfish. He took the bounty of The Great Potato and corruped it into Chips. He washed the minds of Ed's followers forcing them to discuss only the entertainment preached by Dick. He ordered his followers to trade their earthly goods for flimsy rectangles of cardboard embossed with various images and fritter their lives away playing games with these cardboard rectangles, while devouring the tainted goods of The Great Potato and conversing with other Dick followers over the Forums Of Ed.
Seeing his work as finished he summoned a follower of his, whom he trusted to be keeper and maintainer of Dick's wishes. And he preached to Mark as follows:
Thou shalt not proxy!
Thou shalt not infringe on copyright!
Thou shalt not bear greater than four of a spell in thoust cluches!
Thou shalt not make graven images of the rectangular pieces of cardbord upon any other medium.
Thou shalt spread these commands throught the masses who follow my doctrine.
And so, Dick abandoned his post thinking, "I done good."
But Mark was only as trustworthy as Dick. He violated the Forth and Fifth Commandments. When Dick discovered that the Cards of Magic were presented on Compact Disk media, he became furious.
"What is THIS!?" He asked of Mark.
"I do not know, Lord Dick. I told all of your words. They knew not to use them." said Mark.
"They bear your insignia. You produced them. YOU disobeyed me." replied Dick.
"Lord Dick, please hear me," said Mark, "they exist to test the people's faith in you and your words. I created them to flush out any heretics that may lie in our midst, waiting for the opportunity to commit their heresies!"
"It is understood. Continue this, but may these CDs be of the uttmost vile creation. An abomination to the Cards of Magic, so that even the infidels will cringe and return to worship their true master! You will ensure that they all will tremble at the thought of rising against me again!" Thundered Dick.
"It will be done, your lordship." Uttered Mark.
And so children, you see it YOUR lack in faith in the wisdom of Wizards of the Coast, and their leader, Lord Mark, that we get trash rares, ie Carnival, and broken monstrosities, ie Morphling, and pay three times what was once paid for the same cardboard. And get garbage like M:tIE, M:Battlemage, et cetra.