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Prospero

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At the risk of revealing the depths of my nerdom, I pose the following: Anyone here play MTG?

I first played from '95-'03 and then quit for several years. Reluctantly, I picked it up again like a bad habit while in the military as a way to pass time and...I'm hooked.
 
I played for years from about gr 7 till 2nd year of university ... stopped playing cause I was a poor grad student
 
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But... no. For some reason I despise collectible card games, poetry, and scrap-booking. I'm not sure why I listed just those three things but I'm just going to roll with it.
 
Haha, well I didn't have any money growing up so I bartered my way into a small collection. Was surprised to find years later that it is now worth thousands. Once you have the cards it begins to generate income, or at least break even in my case.

Anyhow, just throwing this out there in case anyone played. There are a lot of free to play, albeit illegal (I assume), online platforms now.
 
I was just busting your chops. I'm not sure how it compares but I know there are some Magic card Steam games. Maybe that would be up your alley.
 
haven't played too much lately, as i don't have anyone to play with. I do have some decks however :)
 
This wacky generation, continuing a cross-cultural pastime dating back at least 1,200 years! :D
 
Well I played and its quite fun, although imo it really isnt worth the money, unless ur loaded and don't care about money xD.

And yeah kamikaze, at least with poker u got chance to win some dough :p
 
Magic is a wonderful game, it's just difficult in general. You must be able to understand English to play. Maybe that's why it's gotten so many negative reviews. It's also pretty inexpensive. Twenty bucks will get you a ready to play deck. If you can't afford that, you shouldn't look for new hobbies.
Strategy is key. If you were to mix chess and poker together without the chips. Overall, I'd say anyone should play at least five games to understand Magic. Then you can be as biased as you like.
 
eachdraidh said:
Magic is a wonderful game, it's just difficult in general. You must be able to understand English to play. Maybe that's why it's gotten so many negative reviews. It's also pretty inexpensive. Twenty bucks will get you a ready to play deck. If you can't afford that, you shouldn't look for new hobbies.
Strategy is key. If you were to mix chess and poker together without the chips. Overall, I'd say anyone should play at least five games to understand Magic. Then you can be as biased as you like.
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Well I reached a pretty good lvl. it's just a big bummer when u need to update everything all over again after a couple of months (because of new sets) to stay competitive. Although I guess if u play casual u can keep it pretty cheap, but that just isn't me :)
 
It can definitely be expensive. There is a certain degree of value resiliency in most formats (Modern, Legacy, Vintage) that help earn back or exceed the initial investment. Of course it pays to win. I mostly stick to EDH lately as I don't have the time to travel to qualifiers.
 
Mobilizer said:
Well I reached a pretty good lvl. it's just a big bummer when u need to update everything all over again after a couple of months (because of new sets) to stay competitive. Although I guess if u play casual u can keep it pretty cheap, but that just isn't me :)
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If you'd like to compete I suppose you'd have to spend some cash. Overall, there are so many variations of sets, cards, and play styles you could take the same thousand card and make and remake many many decks for play. That's the best thing about it. You'll get out what you put into it.
 
Wish I had the money on hand to scoop this up. If you end up piecing out your collection I am always in the market for unhinged lands.
 
Well, my foil unhinged island is 66 bucks, the non foils are 30 each x 3, ... hence why the 500 for the collection is great value haha
 
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