Poll of the Day > Took the plunge-- bought a Magic TCG Ixalan booster box, decks, binder, and case

(+) Yeah! (+)

I am amazed at how therapeutic this has been for me, sorting cards and building a database on my computer with pictures and stuff. Contemplating using MS Access versus LibreOffice Base for extra satisfaction and organization. Either, really.

At first I was a bit hesitant (to say the least) at jumping into buying Magic anything again for financial reasons. I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford these things, but is still the nagging "adult" feeling that I am completely wasting my money. And in a huge way, I am.

That said, I loved this stuff back in the day. Collecting them, playing with friends, and then it hit me all over again-- the art.

Oh my god, the art is still amazing. Battling with art, the numbers, the nostalgia, the vibrant W/U/B/R/G colors, the strategy... everything came rushing back. I never had the money to afford a booster box as a kid. Opening these up with my wife and getting excited over collecting dinosaurs, merfolk, pirates, and vampires gave me the same feeling that a kid has on Christmas morning.

(Oh, and we opened up a Carnage Tyrant... For those who might play Magic here.)

As of right now, we're going to get into Standard rotation beginning with this set only. We're at a disadvantage by only using this set, but in the long run to me it makes sense not to pour money into stuff rotating out sooner.

Our local comic store does Two-Headed Giant (2v2) games. I figured my wife and I could divide our collection up and play separate colors for maximum efficiency in our limited collection. She wants to make a dinosaur deck and I'm thinking of using merfolk. May personally switch to vampires when more sets are released.

I missed this. Anyone here play or used to play?
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I used to play a lot. Eventually it got too expensive for my taste and I moved on to other games.
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funkyfritter posted...

I used to play a lot. Eventually it got too expensive for my taste and I moved on to other games.

Same. Stopped playing for 10+ years.
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I used deckbox.org when I made a database of my collection.
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dragon504 posted...

I used deckbox.org when I made a database of my collection.

Awesome website! Thanks for sharing! I may end up using this one instead if I get lazy. I enjoy building databases myself a lot of the time.
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