Well I have some news for you: Magic was never meant to be fair or balanced, at least not that way. That's boring. If the "balance" people had their way, Magic would consist of nothing but basic land and one creature (a 1/1 for four mana reprinted with a slightly different name in five different colors). At the very least, we'd all be playing decks like Eager Cadet Beatdown and Dwarven Pony Sligh.

Magic is supposed to feature cards that represent the greatest and most awesome manifestations of wizardry. Cards like Timetwister, Black Lotus, and Mind Twist. These cards are intended to be the best of the best. Legends in their own time. They're supposed to make opponents shake with fear and be spoken of among newbies with a tone of hushed awe and disbelief. That's their role. And ask any old-school player. That was a very exciting part of the general atmosphere (the "soul") of Magic in the old days.

At the same time, Magic is also supposed to have some cards that are clearly junk, like Thoughtlace, Hill Giant, and Tunnel. It's all part of the original, brilliant master plan that has been corrupted by the current WotC regime (collectively the worst disaster to ever befall the game).

The ideal balance of Magic is not a bland mish-mash where every card is "equally good." It's a balance between terrible, poor, average, good, and great cards. A full spectrum with either side and everything in-between fully represented.

Is it perfectly "fair?" Hell, no! However, it's wild, crazy, exciting, cool, and, most of all, FUN!

Now, WotC works to undermine and unbalance the game in a much more important way. Specifically, they expect us to keep buying cards when they eliminate the greatness and keep the clunkers!

Sets filled with chaff like Vizzerdrix, and, at the same time, suffering from a total lack of great cards like Black Lotus are "unbalanced" in a much more fundamental way that Alpha ever was.