Magic: The Gathering

[EddieRuckus]

Just checking to see if there is anyone else who plays Magic: The Gathering around here on EWB. For those of you who don't know, MTG is a collectible card game that's been going strong for 10 years and involves mythical creatures along with artifacts and spells as you test out your strategies in duels.

Also, does anyone play it online? If so I am usually on everyday and my username is Kreblon.

[Zaz]

Bah. If there's one thing I don't like, it's Magic Cards. They're pretty much the running joke of our grade/ school, as all the "nerds" (I use the term loosely, as I go to a Selective School, thus we're all technically "smart") play it. And they all play it in one part of the school as well, which is pretty much void of any other human life form.

So, no, I don't like it. I'm not into "tapping mana".

[G-O-D]

I use to play it. But I've lost interest in it already, and I've pretty much sold most of the cards I have collected.

[DMN in the House]

I played it like... 8 years ago... when I was 13, and it was semi cool to hang out at a comic book store and play it.

Then I found alcohol. And titties.

The rest, as they say, is history.

[Herr Matzat]

midget dos midget dos *points finger*

[DMN in the House]

*plays Wrath of God, destroying everything*

BI-YATCH!

[Gongsun Zan]

I used to, but I quit after they changed the card design.

[PkmnTrainerJ]

I played it for about a year, spent a little fortune on it, grew bored of it.

[Hellfire]

nope, i never got into that stuff. A couple people I know do play, and they showed me how to play, but i still wasnt interested.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

I used to play it. Then, one day I put my deck down next to my computer, and downloaded EW 9000. My deck is still sitting there.

[Dan]

Meh, i play some cool games which are like MTG, but never played with cards or anything.

[cauti0n]

I played it about 5 years ago. Then I realised how much of a waste of time and money it was.

[kale]

bah you people suck. MTG is the best trading card game ever developed. There is a reason why it has been around for over a decade.

[Cactus Drags]

Because idiots will continue to pay the absolutely ludicrous prices for the cards?

[kale]

Because idiots will continue to pay the absolutely ludicrous prices for the cards?

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[Cactus Drags]

I don't care how good it is, the prices are outrageous.

[kale]

Are you talking about packs or singles?

[Cactus Drags]

Just in general. I've seen packs (booster pack size, no idea how many cards), going for over a fiver in some plces (think it was Smiths).

[kale]

$5 a pack? That's insane. Most places I see packs about $3.50.

[Cactus Drags]

Five pounds. I'm english. And that's upwards of five pounds in some cases.

[kale]

and I have no idea how much 5 pounds is in dollars but if I remember correctly, a pound is worth more then a dollar so that's even more expensive.

[Grimlock]

Here packs are cheaper than what you guys say. $4.25 - $4.95 for a booster, depending on which set it is. And theme decks and tournament packs are $12.95 each. This is all in Canadian dollar.

I played about 5 years ago, then quit, and lost all my cards. I'm getting back into it though, currently working on building a new blue deck. I'm also thinking of making a Samurai deck using the new Champions of Kamigawa set. Man those shrine cards in that set are nasty. But of course making new decks will be hard as I spend almost all my money on Warhammer.

Edited October 3, 2004 by Grimlock

[Guest Mr McFarlane]

I used to play, I'd like to play online but there's no free ways to do it =P

[Your Mom]

I played it a few times when I was hanging out at Christopher's a few years ago. It was ok. Kind of neat

[EddieRuckus]

I always like the idea of trying to find new strategies in the game and it's something that all my friends and I can get together and enjoy. Mind you there are some heated debates between us if there is a rule disagreement, but it's all in fun and games.

Champions of Kamigawa is pretty cool I think, I made a Snake Shaman deck that gets out a lot of mana by turn 3(about 8 available) and the samurai deck which has a lot of beefy powerful creatures.

Kou-There may be a way for you to play for free. All it involves is you downloading the software and me "trading" you a lot of my cards