Zardnaar
Legend
This is far from clear. The DaVinci Editrice S.R.L. v. ZiKo Games, LLC ruling suggests the only things copyrightable are art, logos and narratives. If you made an exact copy of MtG with different art the outcome would be far from certain.
Is perfectly safe, since you could simply point to KotOR as the source.
And potentially, visa versa. Which is what WotC want to protect themselves from.
The big companies that WotC care about. They don't care what little guys do. It doesn't matter if WotC win, they have still made a net loss fighting the case. The only way to make money off law suits is if you are a little guy and successfully sue (or force an out of court settlement on) a big guy.
There is a big difference between "conceivably" and "likely". And even if they did win, it would still be money down the toilet.
I agree it's unclear. Numerous lawyers here and elsewhere have said WotC have a viable case.
They're a lot less clear if WotC can win. In a lit of cases they don't need to the threat alone is enough. Or being blocked from 6E.