What about doing a
draft tournement from a particular set? Those are fun and everybody is equal because the packs get passed around
Since LetsTalkBitcoin! is covering the event, I doubt I'd have time to play - but I do enjoy a good draft.
Good idea. See above:
The last time I played magic was PAX 2007, has the trend of "shit gets more powerful so you better buy the new edition" continued?
not really, It's sort of marginal. The incentive to buy new product is the fact that the most popular format besides draft is standard, which only uses sets from the past 1-2 years.