MTG (magic) NERDS!

[dkspftw]

Saw like 5 responses to a totally unrelated thread (about selling commodities) where people started talking about Magic: the Gathering.

So who here plays? My MTGO name is Look_Ma_No_Lands, and I'd probably start streaming on Twitch soon if the Journey prerelease hadn't kill my rating so hard.

It's hard enough finding other herp nerds, but herp and MTG nerds are a rare, dare I say magical, breed.

If any of y'all play online, feel free to post your online name below or hit me up in game. Look forward to playing (and mulliganning against) some of you people!

[Krynn]

I really miss playing MTG. I used to play a hell of alot until about 9th edition. I dont really know anyone who plays anymore so I stopped.

[dkspftw]

I really miss playing MTG. I used to play a hell of alot until about 9th edition. I dont really know anyone who plays anymore so I stopped.

You should get back into it! As of a couple of years ago, Wizards claimed that there were over 12 million active, unique players online worldwide.

[KING JAMES]

I will admit I used to play, then the people I played with stopped playing and started selling their decks so I did as well. Did not realize how much some of my card were worth till I sold them LOL

[MasonC2K]

I never used to play till last year when Magic 2013 was a freebie on XBL. Then I learned some friends play the actual game. So one of my friends once a month runs a Magic Cube game so I just show up make a draft deck and go. I have no cards of my own and don't plan to. But I like to play though.

[dkspftw]

I never used to play till last year when Magic 2013 was a freebie on XBL. Then I learned some friends play the actual game. So one of my friends once a month runs a Magic Cube game so I just show up make a draft deck and go. I have no cards of my own and don't plan to. But I like to play though.

Cube is super fun. My friend keeps a fairly powerful one that has a beta Black Lotus in it. When I drafted it, everybody knew I had that card simply because I was terrified to handle it normally and held it by the very corner of the sleeve, haha.

[Pyrate81]

Been wanting to get back into it for a few years. Found out my neighbors play and pulled out all my cards. I played between 4th edition and 7th edition. Been playing again for about a month or 2 now. Currently killing time at work searching cardkingdom for cards. I'm building a demon deck.


It's funny my neighbors don't favor small cretures at all nor do they see a use for them. I will be a concocting a deck filled with smaller creatures which can overpower them. Until then, I wipe the floor with my newly created trample deck filled with giant, monstrous, and explosive growths. Played a 3-way game and knocked out one player by doing 23 damage to him while he had 22 life. Wiped the other player out 3 turns later almost doing the same thing. In another game I got a Force of Nature out 3 turns in and it was all I needed. So far none of them understand the concept of ramping or finding land producing creatures/artifacts to get their big creatures out faster.

If I get the demon deck right, I'll start bringing the smaller ones out on turn 2-3 and the bigger ones on turns 3-4. Wait until they see me bring a 7/7 flying trample out on them between turns 3-4 while I already have 1-2 slightly smaller demons already on the board. If i get a Spririt of the Night and Liege of the Pit both out on turn 4, it'll be all over.

Working on a counter deck as well. I'm all about angering them while playing.

I wanna get a B.F.M.(big furry monster) too. Show them a super huge creature.


I do not play online. Never cared to nor have the urge.

[dkspftw]

You should build a goblin deck if you really want to show them the power of small creatures.

I try to play on a semi-professional level of competition, so I keep up with the way the standard meta-game changes week to week, and in order to really do that online play, for at least testing, is kind of a must, haha.

Almost all of my play is limited, though, as I'm obsessed with drafting.

[Pyrate81]

You should build a goblin deck if you really want to show them the power of small creatures.

I try to play on a semi-professional level of competition, so I keep up with the way the standard meta-game changes week to week, and in order to really do that online play, for at least testing, is kind of a must, haha.

Almost all of my play is limited, though, as I'm obsessed with drafting.

Or an elf deck...some type of weanie deck. Throw in a meekstone with it. My black and white deck will probably suffice, it doesn't really ahve anything over 2/2 in it. Or my blue deck which is a bunch of 1/1 flyers and a couple air elementals.


Draft tourneys are a good challenge, it can really show how creative you can get with decks.

[dkspftw]

I like elves mostly for ramping up to cast bigger things. Rofellos and Joraga Treespeaker come to mind. Then you use them to hard cast an Emrakul, or something insane like that.

And yeah, drafting is where it's at. Nothing is more challenging than a good draft.

They've been doing all these flashback drafts to old formats online (like, Urza's Saga, Mirage, etc) and I really enjoy drafting sets that were designed before drafting was invented. They're incredibly unbalanced for the format and often very fun.