Magic the Gathering

[Ermaximus]

As long as I've been here, I can only remember one other person ever saying they play or have played MtG and that was RtD. Does anyone else here play, or am I the only member of TPWW who plays? What do you play if you do? Have you won any major tournaments? Are you looking forward to the return of the Eldrazi?

[Blonde Moment]

I use to play when it fist came out but quit around 97 or so, lost most of my cards since then and am kicking myself for it.

[Tom Guycott]

Only ever played on a game console, which I know doesn't really count. I didn't have any geeky friends whomwould hqve been down to try it out with me when that started getting big, so while it was on my radar, I never got into it. Hindight, however, I'm kinda glad I didn't... the commercials made it sound pretty simple with the whole "A deck, some friends, and your imagination" they advertised, but playing was actually a bit more complicated than that, and I wouldn't have had the patience for counters and shit.

Always dug the artwork, though. That was pretty true for pretty much any TCG.

[road doggy dogg]

I never got big on it, I do enjoy dabbling in Hearthstone now and then now though as far as card games go

[Nark Order]

I have a couple of legacy decks that I use to play with my other nerd friends occasionally

[parkmania]

I owned a game store from '06-'11 and had weekly MtG tourneys there. I played in one prerelease since then (can't remember which set). Honestly haven't missed it much. Tournament level Magic is generally filled with asshats.

[Ruien]

Use to play a lot. I remember a 7 logo being on the bottom of the cards if that helps with a timeline. I came in second in a couple tournaments that had around 20 to 30 players. Could never beat one fucker that was easily in his 20s while I was 15 with a 10 dollar allowance.

[road doggy dogg]

You knew Kane Knight before you posted on TPWW?

[Sixx]

My friend is 31, broke as fuck, got a missing front tooth that he supposedly can't afford to replace. His cards are easily worth over 10k, but he just won't sell them. He'd rather buy a new deck than a new pair of pants.

[Bobholly138]

I played from around the time beta came out until 2000. Mostly tournaments. Then got tired of every 4 months having to drop between 100 and 200 to stay competitive in the tournament scene.

Kept 10 decks and a box of cards. But locally have no one to play with.

[Jura]

It's all about Yu-gi-oh and the heart of the cards.

[parkmania]

I played from around the time beta came out until 2000. Mostly tournaments. Then got tired of every 4 months having to drop between 100 and 200 to stay competitive in the tournament scene.

Kept 10 decks and a box of cards. But locally have no one to play with.

You think you had it bad, try:

It's all about Yu-gi-oh and the heart of the cards.

In order to be competitive, you have to drop > $400 in that same time frame. Most of the power cards are harder to get than Mythic rares in Magic.

I still remember going to a World of Warcraft TCG tournament that was held the same weekend as a SJC (Shonen Jump Championship, YGO's high level events) and the kid that won the event was later found hiding in the back seat of a car with 20-30 backpacks that had "disappeared" from the tournament hall.