fangfabio asked: I know a few people (myself included) who took a break from Magic around the original Mirrodin expansion. Is that something generalized or just a coincidence?
What we’ve learned is that it is very common for players to take some time off and then return to playing. The reason the original Mirrodin block was a popular offramp was that the game got a little broken around that time with the affinity deck (badly named now since most “affinity” decks play very little cards with the mechanic affinity).