Magic the Gathering

[Drake Moonslayer]

For Commander I run a 5 color Scarecrow King

[M.P.C]

I would have to say that was my favorite aspect, seeing just how clever you can make a deck then trying it and refining it

[Alexiel03]

Hey guys and girls just got bored and messing with some decks for this fun card game and just curious if anyone else is into it as well. Iv played this game for a very long time and have had a lot of fun doing so. So to start us off just have the following questions.

How many of you play MTG?

1.) What style decks do you play?
2.) What color decks do you play?
3.) How long have been playing?
4.) What state do you live in?

1. counter/control decks and defensive life gaining decks too

2. ill play with any color but my 3 favs currently are my blue and white counter and life gain deck, black and green scavenge deck and red and black deck which is a lot of direct damage and destroys creatures to clear a path lol

3. i used to watch my friends play at the public library after school back in 2005-06 i started playing in 2008, so almost 8 years
4. im in SC

[AllThatInThemGenes]

1. Control or ramp normally
2. Green and blue are probly fav
3. I've been playing since 2003
4. I currently live in Nevada

When I was young my older sister was dating a guy who had played magic basically since its release. When he left to the United States for university he gifted me his entire collection (worth A LOT of money because of how long he had played for and how many older cards he had). Great guy, got me into the game and every time i move to an area it always takes a little while...but I find someone who plays and will bust out the cards again.

I did not read through all the post that closely but I did not see any mention of Hearthstone. Blizzard produced a card game few years ago....free to play. Takes some time to get into at first because you have to play and get better cards but really a great game.

[Drake Moonslayer]

To put a correct date on when I started playing magic is was with the release of Exodus way back in 1998. The set was released on the day I played my first tournament. I came in first place with a white weenie life gain and damage prevention deck that used circle of protections, Warmth and mother of runes main deck. This was at a time that Sly decks were the most popular decks to play in tournament. Sly decks were nothing but mono red decks where the whole object was to kill your opponent with direct damage and fast creatures. You generally paid less cost for maximum damage. Sly decks primarily used cards like ball lightning, lightning bolt and shock. The big deal at the time was that the first set that color coded the rarity of the cards was released the same day and that was what you would win by winning the tournament. I have been playing the game on and off since then in tournaments.

Post some deck lists so we check out each others decks for some ideas to try or possibly even suggestions that you did not think about.

[Drake Moonslayer]

To start this off this is a mass life gain deck that I constructed. You do not loose to life lose.

1 Akroma's Memorial
4 Howling Mine
2 Mirari
4 Martyr of Sands
2 Serra Avatar
2 Imperial Mask
4 Story Circle
4 Beacon of Immortality
4 Holy Day
4 Pollen Lullaby
3 Proclamation of Rebirth
2 Storm Herd
4 Wrath of God
4 Emeria, The Sky Ruin
16 Plains

[ajmreptiles]

I have been playing off and on for 16 years. I generally preferred playing control or some combo.
Now a days, I just play EDH and have 2 5 color edh decks.

[Drake Moonslayer]

Nice. Did you play in tournaments or just for fun? What control or combo decks were you playing? What was your favorite combo? Has anyone seen the turn 0 kill god combo?

[ajmreptiles]

I quit playing standard a few times, the first time was before kamigawa block came out. the deck I played then was a red black control deck called machine head.
then Time spiral block brought me back with reprinting my favorite creatures-slivers. during that time I played the rack and then korlash control. I later quit during Lorwyn block and I played fairies. The combo decks I played were vintage and extended oriented. Turbo lands and Alluren tricks were in extended and I played the World Gorger Dragon infinite mana combo, which I did have a few games where I went off on turn 1.

how that went was
gemstone mine, dark rit, entomb(putting the dragon in grave) animate dead the dragon(that's the combo) and then casting Ghitu fire as an instant or stroke of genius for about a billion.

[AllThatInThemGenes]

the most fun i get out of magic these days is doing booster tournaments or 'booster drafts'. You guys familiar with the style of play? everyone has to pitch in a few bucks but its soooooooo fun because you get all the best parts of magic; opening new packs, building a deck from scratch, playing tournament style where you count wins while still having it be somewhat casual. Let me know if you guys have ever done a booster tourney.