I've been a kitchen table casual since Ice Age. Have about 50 decks of jank. Left the game for a few years in early college, but found a group near the end of school. Still play monthly or twice monthly with a smaller group. Never played competitive and usually don't do releases or drafts. My most expensive card is probably my foil Damnation or foil Stifle. My favorite card is probably Oblivion Ring or Shared Fate for completely different reasons! Or maybe even Last Stand... I like to build around themes, blocks, and cards and have some weird decks. My secret to casual is try to have a wide variety of decks with different power levels to help foster an even playing field. I have everything from really terrible Donate decks, to lots of mid-tier stuff, to hardcore UR counterburn, reanimator, and ramp (usually nothing breaking the bank though). You can see a really old list in my signature, sorry, haven't fixed the smiley formatting or updated it in a few years, but maybe I should.
I've been in the Magic community for a while, back when MTGNews was a thing. I don't post a ton, but I'm usually in the Casual forum or Card Creation forum, and sometimes check in on "competitor" Reddit.
I'm not celebrating today, but will probably be playing next weekend. I did order a bunch of cards last week through Star City Games. I hope MTG has a bright future.
I've got a lot of good memories with Magic and the people playing it. Do you want to share any?
I have an amusing early memory: trying to learn a new TCG by treating it like an older one I used to play. I treated Yu-Gi-Oh as Pokemon as a crutch when trying to teach myself to play it, then treating Magic like Yu=Gi-Oh at first. I would even lay down instant and sorcery cards face-down like trap cards! Once I went to a game store, though, the players kindly taught me the real rules, and off we went!
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UBR Sedris RG Omnath, Locus of Rage UB The Scarab God RUG Maelstrom Wanderer WU Dragonlord Ojutai
I used to read the magic cards my friends had when they played it at LANs we had. I found the art on Windwright Mage and vectis agents hauntingly beautiful and the flavor text on many cards are amusing and interesting.
Eventually my friends got sick of my looking over their shoulders and bought me a deck... Jund Dragons.
Once I had the deck I managed to join a group of magic players at uni and through that into standard and draft.... first FNM was a draft during RTR... then of course commander became the normal at the university physical games social club.
While I've been aware of Magic for a long time, having seen the game played at a chess camp that I attended, 2018 marks my tenth year playing the game, after a friend of mine formally introduced me after we graduated middle school. My first purchase was a Shadowmoor fat pack, and that setting remains one of my favorites due to its haunting melancholy. The story writers have messed up lots of planes over the years, but something about Shadowmoor's dark (or not so dark) inversions just gets me. My first rare was Wheel of Sun and Moon, but the standout of the box, for me, was a foil Woodfall Primus.
I also got a lot of people into the game, with varying levels of success. I taught my sister, whose enthusiasm was hampered by my, ah, undeveloped sense of sportsmanship. I converted my entire high school friend group from staunch Yugioh players to MTG fans. Actually, they shifted over before I was really done with YGO, until a brief foray into that game's competitive environment killed my interest. I taught my cousin how to play, and his love of the game (and monetary investment) surpassed mine in no time flat. The game might be compared to drugs, but it spreads like a virus.
After a period of playing twice a week while unemployed (store credit let me play for free for a while), I've settled into a more comfortable rhythm, one that involves less dumping money into questionable brews. I've never played in a competitive event above local store championship levels, and I have no higher ambitions. Currently, the crown jewel of my collection is a masterpiece Engineered Explosives that I pulled in the prize packs of an Aether Revolt prerelease.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_Edition_(Magic:_The_Gathering)
Etc...
Is there a celebration thread?
I've been a kitchen table casual since Ice Age. Have about 50 decks of jank. Left the game for a few years in early college, but found a group near the end of school. Still play monthly or twice monthly with a smaller group. Never played competitive and usually don't do releases or drafts. My most expensive card is probably my foil Damnation or foil Stifle. My favorite card is probably Oblivion Ring or Shared Fate for completely different reasons! Or maybe even Last Stand... I like to build around themes, blocks, and cards and have some weird decks. My secret to casual is try to have a wide variety of decks with different power levels to help foster an even playing field. I have everything from really terrible Donate decks, to lots of mid-tier stuff, to hardcore UR counterburn, reanimator, and ramp (usually nothing breaking the bank though). You can see a really old list in my signature, sorry, haven't fixed the smiley formatting or updated it in a few years, but maybe I should.
I've been in the Magic community for a while, back when MTGNews was a thing. I don't post a ton, but I'm usually in the Casual forum or Card Creation forum, and sometimes check in on "competitor" Reddit.
I'm not celebrating today, but will probably be playing next weekend. I did order a bunch of cards last week through Star City Games. I hope MTG has a bright future.
I've got a lot of good memories with Magic and the people playing it. Do you want to share any?
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=4557651&postcount=1
TheWarden's Creative Commons Music Pick Project (Retired):
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=336498
UBR Sedris
RG Omnath, Locus of Rage
UB The Scarab God
RUG Maelstrom Wanderer
WU Dragonlord Ojutai
Eventually my friends got sick of my looking over their shoulders and bought me a deck... Jund Dragons.
Once I had the deck I managed to join a group of magic players at uni and through that into standard and draft.... first FNM was a draft during RTR... then of course commander became the normal at the university physical games social club.
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
Peasant cube: Cards I own
I also got a lot of people into the game, with varying levels of success. I taught my sister, whose enthusiasm was hampered by my, ah, undeveloped sense of sportsmanship. I converted my entire high school friend group from staunch Yugioh players to MTG fans. Actually, they shifted over before I was really done with YGO, until a brief foray into that game's competitive environment killed my interest. I taught my cousin how to play, and his love of the game (and monetary investment) surpassed mine in no time flat. The game might be compared to drugs, but it spreads like a virus.
After a period of playing twice a week while unemployed (store credit let me play for free for a while), I've settled into a more comfortable rhythm, one that involves less dumping money into questionable brews. I've never played in a competitive event above local store championship levels, and I have no higher ambitions. Currently, the crown jewel of my collection is a masterpiece Engineered Explosives that I pulled in the prize packs of an Aether Revolt prerelease.