Slow week

[Reijin]

Just a quick notice guys, Sorry if I'm not around much this week. I'm in a bit of a nailbiter at the moment that I have to focus on, plus I'm trying to squeeze in the time somewhere to manage to get a deck ready for the State Champs tournament this weekend in Atlanta, which means after work I have to try to go find people to borrow stuff from and then Friday I work, so I'll get about four/five hours sleep before going to Atlanta for the tourney, and then working Sunday as a result of it. Finances are still sucking too (I believe it was this similar situation last year as well. This time of year is REALLY shitty tipwise which means that I have to work a lot more just to make it by, and still have to watch out). So just letting you guys have a heads up in the event of "where the hell is Reijin and why is he neglecting the site?"

[Old Pigero]

It's all cool. What do you mean by... deck? o.O

[Spencinator]

Originally posted by Pigero
It's all cool. What do you mean by... deck? o.O

I'm guessing he means Magic: The Gathering. I'm not sure though.

[Toshiro]

Originally posted by Reijin
"where the hell is Reijin and why is he neglecting the site?"

Kinda like wheres Wally, no one actully notices where he isn't till you focus >.>

[Reijin]

Originally posted by Kollifum
I've....never heard Waldo called Wally.

Also, screw Magic! I HAVE DRAGONBALL Z TEH CARD GAME CARDS! I challenge you all!

*locks account*

I have DBZ cards too, screw you. And Naruto. I just keep loving Magic, especially since this new set is probably the best set I've ever seen in my 12 or so years of playing. They changed the way they do design and development, so the quality is going up, in my opinion.

[Tapion]

I collected the dbz cards a while back, but I never had anyone to play with so I stopped, but Pokemon was the freakin bomb! Everyone and their mother had atleast one deck.

[Saz]

Oh man, I loved pokemon cards. The funny thing was that we never actually battled, only collected them.... good times.

[Hellfighter 17]

Back in my day we have the rock cards, where we built decks out of differently shaped rocks.

True story.

[Dantes]

Originally posted by Hell Fighter 17
Back in my day we have the rock cards, where we built decks out of differently shaped rocks.

True story.

haha, a magnificent story HF i loved every second of it.

EDIT: I've missed you Reij, but take your time in coming back.

[Reijin]

Magic was probably the first collectable card game to come out. YGO didn't come out until many years later. I actually think it came after Pokemon. I've played a lot of different card games because I love strategy, but I still feel that Magic is the deepest and most strategical card game out right now. Not saying it was the best ever (I prefered Netrunner) but it is the best currently.

What originally got me into it was the fantasy flavor. It was like "Wow, this is like that card game Milesbornes but collectable... Chess on cards..." I felt like I was actually the whole wizard dueling someone thing, based on how great the original game felt. Its nostalgic. And now they are going back to that feeling with the newest set, bringing back old ancient abilities and stuff from back in the day.

It has a cost, obviously, but nothing like YGO. YGO is like to even play casual you MUST own as many copies of every 30-50 dollar card allowed, and they are required if you plan on getting anywhere. In magic, most casual type decks have cards that are about 2-5 avg (rares) and as far as any stronger stuff, if you want them, maybe 10-15, depending on what you are going for. Tournament wise, you aren't required to have all the stuff from the beginning that costs you up to 300$, like YGO. You only have to have those expensive power cards if you play Type I, which is pretty much every card available and so powerful it feels like a broken format. It isn't officially sanctioned much, but there is a strong following. Its hard to get into, due to cost, but they've been good about making efficient cards lately to where you can go in with a cheap deck and still be competitive. Also, most Type I tournaments will allow you 9 proxies to keep you from having to by those cards that may cost 500-1000+ each, and in those, if you play well, you can WIN those power cards instead of buying them.

Type II is the most common, which is pretty much decks built on the newest few sets. It has a cost due to always updating your stuff, but if you enjoy playing hardcore like me, the rotations keep things fresh and help stagnation stay minimal.

There are also Extended, and about four other formats that are sanctioned of varying power levels (Legacy is really cool. Its like Type I, minus the most expensive stuff) along with numerous casual formats. They are now sanctioning a few multiplayer formats now like Two Headed Giant, teams, and other things.

Then there is Limited formats. All the above are Constructed. Limited is where you can play Sealed (make decks out of exactly what you open) or Draft (pick a card from a pack, pass the rest to person at left. Pick a card from pack that gets passed to you, repeat. Build your deck based on what you grab and cut the others off on colors you may want or prevent them from getting something that could cripple you. My favorite sanctioned format).

[Hellfighter 17]

Rei, get your hands out of your pants.

[Reijin]

Originally posted by Hell Fighter 17
Rei, get your hands out of your pants.

When I win States, trust me, my hands won't have to be anywhere near me to experience the love. I think the excitement of winning alone will do it for me.

[Vegeta]

I was hardcore in Magic like 6 years ago. :(