Greetings. Long time lurker, first time poster - have finally got around to registering!
I'm Ryan, from Christchurch, New Zealand. I started playing Magic back in Revised edition - I was only a kid though, so I had no idea what I was doing. I played with my friends and dabbled with Homelands (eugh), Ice Age, and 4th edition, before going off to high school, losing touch with Magic playing friends, and getting rid of all my cards (not very many at that stage). As years passed I never forgot about Magic, randomly buying boosters of 7th, 8th, and 9th editions, opening them, but never doing anything with the cards.
Then eventually I found out about Friday Night Magic and thought great, I can play Magic regularly without needing Magic playing friends! I entered my first FNM in Rise of the Eldrazi, a tough set to learn to draft in. I went to FNMs regularly(ish) through M11 and then Scars of Mirrodin, but a dislike of Scars of Mirrodin, a big earthquake in Christchurch, employment upheaval, and the breakdown of my 8 year relationship saw me put Magic on the backburner again.
A couple of years later I saw on a post on Facebook from my local store that the M13 prerelease was on that weekend. I had my first spare weekend for months, so I went along. Some of the players there remembered me from a couple of years earlier, and I had a great time. I've been a regular at the store ever since.
My favourite format is Limited (booster draft especially but sealed as well). I've played some Standard and had some success, but when I started traveling to a couple of more serious events I found there were just too many ********s, guys who were super serious and competitive, and would do absolutely anything it took to win. I found this was very detrimental to my enjoyment of the game, so I play less Standard lately. I've recently started getting into Modern, I've tried a couple of decks, but found I have the most fun with mono green Stompy - actually, it's the Stompy primer thread on here that has finally got me to register and post. Anyway I'm still learning the format, but I love bang for buck builds (same goes for Standard actually, maybe it's my tendency to support the underdog?) and this deck fits the bill nicely. When you own none of the expensive cards in Modern (Goyf, Bob etc) and have to be sensible with how much you spend on Magic, going back for buck is good. Reasons why I don't play Legacy at all!
I'm Ryan, from Christchurch, New Zealand. I started playing Magic back in Revised edition - I was only a kid though, so I had no idea what I was doing. I played with my friends and dabbled with Homelands (eugh), Ice Age, and 4th edition, before going off to high school, losing touch with Magic playing friends, and getting rid of all my cards (not very many at that stage). As years passed I never forgot about Magic, randomly buying boosters of 7th, 8th, and 9th editions, opening them, but never doing anything with the cards.
Then eventually I found out about Friday Night Magic and thought great, I can play Magic regularly without needing Magic playing friends! I entered my first FNM in Rise of the Eldrazi, a tough set to learn to draft in. I went to FNMs regularly(ish) through M11 and then Scars of Mirrodin, but a dislike of Scars of Mirrodin, a big earthquake in Christchurch, employment upheaval, and the breakdown of my 8 year relationship saw me put Magic on the backburner again.
A couple of years later I saw on a post on Facebook from my local store that the M13 prerelease was on that weekend. I had my first spare weekend for months, so I went along. Some of the players there remembered me from a couple of years earlier, and I had a great time. I've been a regular at the store ever since.
My favourite format is Limited (booster draft especially but sealed as well). I've played some Standard and had some success, but when I started traveling to a couple of more serious events I found there were just too many ********s, guys who were super serious and competitive, and would do absolutely anything it took to win. I found this was very detrimental to my enjoyment of the game, so I play less Standard lately. I've recently started getting into Modern, I've tried a couple of decks, but found I have the most fun with mono green Stompy - actually, it's the Stompy primer thread on here that has finally got me to register and post. Anyway I'm still learning the format, but I love bang for buck builds (same goes for Standard actually, maybe it's my tendency to support the underdog?) and this deck fits the bill nicely. When you own none of the expensive cards in Modern (Goyf, Bob etc) and have to be sensible with how much you spend on Magic, going back for buck is good. Reasons why I don't play Legacy at all!
Anyway...
TL;DR: Hi, I'm Ryan.
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