My MTG is a game played in a basement
Psst - this was posted 2 years ago
Every two weeks I get together with three to five friends at my cousin’s place 30 minutes away to play Magic: the Gathering.
My MTG is a fun game, one where the rules are tight but mistakes are very easily forgiven. Players are permitted to go back multiple actions and reply actions. Players share dice, counters, and whenever we get token cards, we bring them to my cousin’s house, leave them there and add them to the pile for future use.
The games are never for a prize, nor is there direct competition, although we sometimes will do a booster draft for fun. I never win.
We protect each other, counter spells intended for one another, and if Nicol Bolas is one counter away from going ultimate, even if it’s under someone else’s control, we want to see what happens and will chastise the person who targets it (although I have Into the Roil’ed a six-counter Chandra Ablaze before).
Everyone starts showing up around 8pm and games begin around 8:30. Depending on how quickly or slowly talk is over - which is usually about either new, crazy land cards (my cousin collects lands) or about insane card prices - we get down to business.
I always lose the roll and almost always go second or second last.
Decks are always interesting. Some people play with whatever uncommons they dredge up from their collection, while others play decks designed to punish multiplayer environments. One of my decks (which I’ll post about in the future) is one of those decks. It has no name, but it doesn’t need one. It often kills all opponents on the same turn. And we all love it. Other people’s decks are pretty incredible and they’ve been playing for so long that you never know what they’re going to play next.
The only thing you do know is that white is out. No one there likes white. Black is the white. I’m often the only person playing white and having four Wall of Denials and a couple of Windborn Muses is enough to Protect Ya Neck for a few turns. Until someone casts Damnation.
That’s not to say that I’m the best player at the table. I am far from it. I am the newest player, but maybe the oldest player. Whenever a card is played from between Urza’s Saga and M10 I always have to read it or ask what it does. I am a total noob.
The atmosphere is friendly and inviting. Despite constantly trying to remember, I almost always forget snacks.
I just wanted to make a quick post about my Magic: the Gathering. I plan to write some more fun articles about my style of play and some fun nights we have in the future. For now,
