Magic: The Gathering
polycounter lvl 14
Have any of you heard of this card game? Apparently some people like it so I decided to buy a deck and see what was up.
Maybe we should talk about it and be friends.
Who likes Magic? Why? What do you do? What's your favorite deck build right now? What's your favorite card? Favorite art?
DISCUSS!
Maybe we should talk about it and be friends.
Who likes Magic? Why? What do you do? What's your favorite deck build right now? What's your favorite card? Favorite art?
DISCUSS!
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its really fun if you have equal opponents you can play with
thing is, the cards that are rare are often good, so you need to buy alot of cards to have a good deck
even if you trade you have to have good cards that you can trade for the ones you need..
and the cards cost alot of money
damn, i wish i hadnt been that stupid to sell all the stuff i had back then, it would propably be worth alot of money now
For frame of reference, I played Pokemon cards when I was a teen and everything was 100% constructed, so it was essentially pay to win. I think it's cooler when everyone is given lost of booster packs and they have to make their deck on the spot.
EDH is pretty cool (100 card deck, only 1 of each card allowed excluding land.)
now i hate my younger self...
the old cards are worth like a gazillion of money
stupid me.. stupid me
If you like Magic, you should definitely check out the one on Steam. It's on sale now too. Real fun game.
This only applies if you play standard me and some buddies play every friday at his house drink some hornsby's and play some casual magic either that or risk.
I have 2 decks i usually use one being an infect deck with 1-3 cost infect creatures and then all 1-3 cost +1-4/+1-4 buffs as long as i can punp out more creatures then them i can usually win turn 3.
The other deck i have is kinda the same but designed to kill everyone at once in a multiplayer match
It is centered around 3 cards
I originally thought it was super nerdy, and it is, but the strategy that goes into making combos and things work is what drew me in. Also, pretty much all of the art is bad ass. If you ever get a chance to go to a tournament or convention or something, do it--a lot of times the artists who draw the pics for the cards are there. You can get some signed works, limited prints etc...
I like constructing a deck from the ground up from whatever cards I want. Honestly that's why I havn't bought the more recent games. They are alright but really it's mostly pre-made decks with just a bit of card swapping here and there.
Although it's super old and most of the cards are probably illegal now, I actually had a lot of fun with the 1997 DOS game. If you search for it there are some legit downloads on google.
Some favs: (I enjoy green/white decks mostly for all the buffs)
Great, now I want to play...
little boosterpack tournaments are fun though. I wouldn't mind doin another one of those some time...
For a while I was building a blue artifact deck that was a lot of fun to play, but I'm by no means very good at the game, so it wasn't anything that could be used competitively.
Among the cards in that deck:
I once played this deck against a white deck that would convert damage dealt into life. By the time we finally decided to call it quits, my friend's life total was over 1000 and the only way the game could end is with one of us decking ourselves. Many laughs were had.
Wow this brings back memories. I played this a lot back in the day, bout 7-9 years ago.
I still have my cards in really great condition - Maybe I should pick it up again : p
We play lots of 2-headed-giant at work during lunch (2v2 with shared phases) with custom deck rules to avoid too much pay-2-win and allow people with less cards to still make competitive decks (40 card decks instead of 60, only 2 of the same cards instead of 4, limited to 4 rare cards, 8 uncommon, the rest lands and commons cards).
We also started playing Duel Commander (like EDH 100 singleton decks, but with changed banlist to make it more balanced for 1v1) which is pretty fun.
I play on Cockatrice a bit (free alternative) as Bal, or on steam ( http://steamcommunity.com/id/balbafu/ ) with the DOTP games also.
my cards are mostly from the Urza Saga, i have a green/white deck, and a white angel deck, both of which are pretty brutal.
the green/white deck focuses on using elves to generate fast mana, then spawning lots of 1/1 critters, and using congregate to gain +2 life for every creature in play. then stomp the enemy with Serra Avatar (power/toughness is equal to controllers life total, when placed into the graveyard from play, shuffle into owners deck instead) combined with Serra's Embrace (enchant creature - +2/+2, grants flying, and doesn't tap to attack). i also use Ivory Mask a lot.
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]When next year roled around I stuck around the area and decided to buy myself a deck since I was still going to be around and since my mates are really into it they had a load of spares so they were just giving me cards that they thought would help.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]I now have one average deck that is nothing like the starter XD. The deck I play with is a white/blue and focuses on cheep creatures with abilities that I can stack with auras and protect with a fair few counter and to top it of, a little life gain in for kicks.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri, sans-serif]It anyone interested in online game I have 2012 and 2013 and my steam user name is the same as my polycount tag crestas69[/FONT]
Sadly decided to sell most of my cards to pay my rent..
Still love it - i played highlander decks alot
(each card, includeding landcards are unique in this deck).
Also love dredge and BlueControl Decks.. Miss the times sitting with my friends on table - smoke and drink and play mtg the whole night-..
Here a few cards i really loved playing - especially in combination
but i really hate how restrictive it is. i got the 2012 game, and was absolutely appalled by how little you can customize your decks. i understand limiting the cards to the 201X standard sets, but why can't i create a deck from any card within that set? even if i have to purchase or unlock the cards through gameplay, i should be able to.
you should get 2013 editon, it basicly fixed all thoose issues.
It's a good entry way to the game, but no proper deck building is pretty limiting (fortunately there are some other online solutions where that's not an issue).
I would recommend it solely for the killer art some of the cards have, lots of inspiration there! also the lore and game mechanics are quite fun. I think the game is much more fun to play IRL with the physical cards but the PC games are rad also
it's a fantastic game and a great way to meet like-minded people - all my best friends are magic players i've met playing the game, and if you put some time and effort in, it can be a great way to travel.