Magic the Gathering?

[Nomarga]

My friends and I recently got in to Magic pretty heavy. Do any of you play? Any cool deck builds to share?

For now, I mostly play a red burn deck (based around lightning and instant damage spells, haste + trample creatures and such).

 

[tapi]

I used to play in my early/mid-teen years Still have my deck lying around somewhere, would be cool to test it after such a long time.

 

[Verve]

I haven't played since the 5th grade.

 

[Edwards1984]

My friends and I recently got in to Magic pretty heavy. Do any of you play? Any cool deck builds to share?

Oh man that brings back memories. I tried getting into that in high school, and tried again in college, but never did. Mostly because I couldn't afford to buy new packs every now and then.

I had a friend in college who had LOADS of unique decks. He had a bug deck that grew and grew and became more powerful unless you took him out early, he had a deck of just sheer destruction, etc. You need to be acquainted with the mechanics of the game and the various cards in order to really get that detailed (and he tended to be a little obsessive).

 

[Nomarga]

I haven't played since the 5th grade.

Ha! Well, my mom wouldn't let me play back then because it was magic, so perhaps I'm getting into it later than most of you. That being said, it's still pretty awesome!

Oh man that brings back memories. I tried getting into that in high school, and tried again in college, but never did. Mostly because I couldn't afford to buy new packs every now and then.

I had a friend in college who had LOADS of unique decks. He had a bug deck that grew and grew and became more powerful unless you took him out early, he had a deck of just sheer destruction, etc. You need to be acquainted with the mechanics of the game and the various cards in order to really get that detailed (and he tended to be a little obsessive).

That's kind of funny that you talk about the Sliver deck (if that's what it is, it sure sounds like it!) - my brother-in-law just picked it up and kicked me all over the place with it last night.

 

[Verve]

Ha! Well, my mom wouldn't let me play back then because it was magic, so perhaps I'm getting into it later than most of you. That being said, it's still pretty awesome!

Neither did my mom, she made me burn my deck.

 

[Nomarga]

Neither did my mom, she made me burn my deck.

Very Punny!

 

[Edwards1984]

That's kind of funny that you talk about the Sliver deck (if that's what it is, it sure sounds like it!) - my brother-in-law just picked it up and kicked me all over the place with it last night.

My friend, another friend and I played a three-way game with his customized decks. I got the bug deck, he got some great neutralizer deck, and our friend got some fairly normal deck. We eventually quit because the whole game was just me getting a bigger army and my friend - with some "Great Arbiter" card or something like that - continually cancelling any attack given by our other friend. It was just a giant quagmire.

 

[Verve]

Very Punny!

I hadn't meant it that way.
Literally, the cards my friend gave me went into our fireplace...

 

[Nomarga]

I hadn't meant it that way.
Literally, the cards my friend gave me went into our fireplace...

I believe you! I'm sure mine would have ended up in the trash as well!

 

[Edwards1984]

This isn't Magic the Gathering, but it's a nice representations of "the evils" of a certain other game.

‪Where are the cheetos‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Verve]

This isn't Magic the Gathering, but it's a nice representations of "the evils" of a certain other game.

‪Where are the cheetos‬‏ - YouTube

That's a classic!

This story still makes me laugh, every time.

‪Eric and the Dread Gazebo‬‏ - YouTube

If you enjoy the D&D, you may have seen this...

Warning: Mild language and excessive geekdom is in this movie.

‪The Gamers (Part 1 of 5)‬‏ - YouTube

 

[GQ Chris]

I would probably need to get buzzed to play this game and find it entertaining.

 

[Edwards1984]

This story still makes me laugh, every time.

‪Eric and the Dread Gazebo‬‏ - YouTube

"It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you."

Lawl.

 

[Beccafly]

I played a lot in college (lets not discuss the 2am magic playing and still do when I get the chance.

 

[Joshua J. Daigle]

I used to play, but haven't in years. The environment isn't as casual as it once was; now you have a lot of people who are heavily focused on the tournament scene, and they play to win.

 

[trentlogain2]

I recently checked the prices of some MTG cards, and realized I had over 500 bucks worth of rares I could have easily sold on e-bay. Then I went to look for my collection, and remembered that I had thrown away all MTG items I had after God prompted me that MTG has occultic influence. Oh well..counting everything as dung, I suppose.

 

[Nomarga]

Did/do you guys have any favorite trick decks you like/d to play? I'm still getting used to all the shenanigans you can pull, so any tips would be nice!

 

[SplendidTree]

I used to play. Haven't in a few years. Sliver decks used to frustrate me! lol

 

[Perhaps Today]

I used to play. Haven't in a few years. Sliver decks used to frustrate me! lol

I never even heard of a Sliver deck until today. I think Ice Age was one of if not the newest expansion, the last time I played. I started during the Revised and Fallen Empires era. I do miss it at times. It was a lot of fun.