I was visiting some friends this weekend who are all into Magic and after playing a couple games with their spare decks I was hooked. I got the red/black core 2015 pre-made and a few boosters. Probably going to be a long time, if ever, before I will be interested in playing at local tourneys or anything but I'm pretty psyched about this hobby and trying to get my wife into it.
Draft in particular is a great way to get more into magic as soon as you have the basic rules down. I'd recommend the podcast limited resources, along with watching pros like Louis Scott Vargas draft on channelfireball.com.
Draft is great because its a level playing field. Everyone drafts a deck from scratch from booster packs, so you don't have to spend a lot of money on singles to be competitive. Its a good way to build your collection at the same time as learning to play,
There's also DotP 2015, but people have claimed they dislike it for various reasons (more pay-to-win if you're doing multiplayer, UI is harder to navigate, card acquisition issues...). As a heads-up.
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So I haven't played Magic since a bit after BotG came out (minus the JOU prerelease), but Khans looks interesting. Wedge set, interesting draft format (AAA // BAA // CCB), 8 promos per wedge for the prerelease... Not that excited about Morph though.
If you don't know how to lie, then how do you know when you're being lied to?
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
How dare the just-announced set be light on lore so far!
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It's bottom up. Mechanics came first, the flavor came later.
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Opened a Mox Jet and a foil Force of Will last night in a Vintage Masters draft; I don't play legacy or vintage so I cashed out on them immediately and my drafting for the next month or so online is now covered.
Probably, I was just looking to move them and my last VMA pack (ironically Mox + Force was my worst performance in a VMA draft) and rack up tickets for M15/Khans.
Probably, I was just looking to move them and my last VMA pack (ironically Mox + Force was my worst performance in a VMA draft) and rack up tickets for M15/Khans.
I probably would have sat on them for a while yet. I don't think those can do anything except go up once VMA leaves. I'm hanging onto all my duals for that reason.
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Played a couple draft games with my older brother today. Its the first time we played/bought cards in years. I opened the first pack and got Ajani Mentor of Heroes! Its too bad my main deck is RW though <_<
I went 3-0-1 in my first FNM in a LOOOOONG time(and probably less than half a dozen all time). Missed out on a top 2 slot and a promo on tiebreakers, unfortunately.
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