My question is, what next? I got a gift card to Amazon and was debating picking up a booster box of something but am unsure of what. I don't want to waste it, it is a $50 credit. I'd put the rest on my card, I know boosters are more than $50. I am not sure what the next best move would be at this point. I want a midrange deck but they are way too pricey up front for me right now. My favorite deck is Golgari midrange. I would almost prefer more of a midrange-y deck, then pretty evenly aggro and control.
If you want to play competitive paper magic, Id suggest selling the gift card for cash value and then using the return to buy singles. It's the best way to build a deck. Otherwise you'll just be wasting money on random cards you don't want/need.
If you cant unload the gift card, then I'd suggest buying a case (not a box) and putting the gift card towards that. You still end up with the problem I described above, but you should pull enough value where you can sell/trade to get what you need if you're patient enough
I really do not want to sell the gift card for cash. That comes off as just being a bad friend. It was a Christmas gift from a friend.
I just started playing Magic about 2 weeks ago. I played extremely casually back in 2013, meaning I did one draft and quit because I said it'd be too much money and I didn't understand any of it. Fast forward to today, I started playing Arena a few months ago. I built a number of tier 1 decks and got into it big. Then my brother recommended I try paper. I say no, no thanks. I ended up going to my LGS and bought him a bunch of packs and some singles for his Commander deck for his birthday in early December. The shop owner tells me I should come out and draft and learn paper. I refute citing a hard work/life balance. Then Ultimate Masters came out and I was hyped for it without any real good reason. So I finally caved and went, which was very hard for me to do as I did not know anyone and get nervous in a large group of people I don't know.
I did the draft for Ultimate Masters and went 0-3 but I got a good learning experience out of it. Everyone was very nice and it was a lot of fun. I got some good cards even though I am only playing standard right now. I have bought a number of boosters. A vast majority of my collection is made up of GRN and Dominaria. I would say I have probably close to 600 cards now spanning Ulimate Masters, M19, Dominaria, and GRN. I bought a mono blue deck off Card Kingdom to play before draft too. I have not gotten to play it yet, Friday was my first opportunity but draft was canceled due to not enough people and no one was playing Magic anyway, so I left.
My question is, what next? I got a gift card to Amazon and was debating picking up a booster box of something but am unsure of what. I don't want to waste it, it is a $50 credit. I'd put the rest on my card, I know boosters are more than $50. I am not sure what the next best move would be at this point. I want a midrange deck but they are way too pricey up front for me right now. My favorite deck is Golgari midrange. I would almost prefer more of a midrange-y deck, then pretty evenly aggro and control.
I really do not want to sell the gift card for cash. That comes off as just being a bad friend. It was a Christmas gift from a friend.
I did the draft for Ultimate Masters and went 0-3 but I got a good learning experience out of it. Everyone was very nice and it was a lot of fun. I got some good cards even though I am only playing standard right now. I have bought a number of boosters. A vast majority of my collection is made up of GRN and Dominaria. I would say I have probably close to 600 cards now spanning Ulimate Masters, M19, Dominaria, and GRN. I bought a mono blue deck off Card Kingdom to play before draft too. I have not gotten to play it yet, Friday was my first opportunity but draft was canceled due to not enough people and no one was playing Magic anyway, so I left.
My question is, what next? I got a gift card to Amazon and was debating picking up a booster box of something but am unsure of what. I don't want to waste it, it is a $50 credit. I'd put the rest on my card, I know boosters are more than $50. I am not sure what the next best move would be at this point. I want a midrange deck but they are way too pricey up front for me right now. My favorite deck is Golgari midrange. I would almost prefer more of a midrange-y deck, then pretty evenly aggro and control.