Fuck yeah, Yellowjacket!
When I saw the pawnshop in the background I was like "Oh thats interes-EHWHAAAAT?!"
When I saw the pawnshop in the background I was like "Oh thats interes-EHWHAAAAT?!"
In theory, if they went first, you might be able to mill them by normal drawing, in which case, you'd win. If they had cards that caused them to draw more, you'd win quicker.Tree709 said:lol, I'm the same way. i have a deck thats ALL CANCELS. I can't actually win, but it take a hell of a long time to beat me.Onyx Oblivion said:I prefer to use Blue Decks...Even if I lose, I've pissed you off canceling your shit.
I will sooner lose than break theme.Agent Monocle said:Ah... Magic. It wasn't about winning. It was about building themes! My rabid wombat deck wasn't meant to win, but to feed him as many enchantments before I died... Or role playing with my pure wall deck. Saying, "Scruvy scum, you'll break my walls with your pathetic killer bees, for I have... FLYING WALLS! I will outlast your kind for the next century or end of lunch!"
No, that happened to me after my friends who taught me went to different schools after 6th grade (it closed).AdmiralMemo said:Am I strange for loving Magic, but never actually playing it with anyone? (I'd like to, but no one in the area plays it.)
Two problems. Closest cousins are 20 miles away and not interested. (They'd rather play RuneScape.) I'm an only child.Double A said:No, that happened to me after my friends who taught me went to different schools after 6th grade (it closed).AdmiralMemo said:Am I strange for loving Magic, but never actually playing it with anyone? (I'd like to, but no one in the area plays it.)
Just teach your cousin (or sibling). That's what I did.
You sure they're not interested? Have you shown them an Eldrazi yet? Cthulhu gets most people interested in games they otherwise wouldn't play.AdmiralMemo said:Two problems. Closest cousins are 20 miles away and not interested. (They'd rather play RuneScape.) I'm an only child.Double A said:No, that happened to me after my friends who taught me went to different schools after 6th grade (it closed).AdmiralMemo said:Am I strange for loving Magic, but never actually playing it with anyone? (I'd like to, but no one in the area plays it.)
Just teach your cousin (or sibling). That's what I did.
So there go those options.
First, I haven't been able to find any Eldrazi anymore. They've all changed to the new Mirrodin Rust or whatever it's called at the places I shop at. (Not that the new Mirrodin stuff is bad. I like it. Some of my biggest section of Magic cards is the original Mirrodin packs. This stuff looks cool. I've already bought 4 boosters of it.) I lost my job in April. I got a new job a month ago and just started to get some free cash to spend after paying for what I needed to pay for. So if I can find these Eldrazi, I'll buy them.Double A said:You sure they're not interested? Have you shown them an Eldrazi yet? Cthulhu gets most people interested in games they otherwise wouldn't play.AdmiralMemo said:Two problems. Closest cousins are 20 miles away and not interested. (They'd rather play RuneScape.) I'm an only child.Double A said:No, that happened to me after my friends who taught me went to different schools after 6th grade (it closed).AdmiralMemo said:Am I strange for loving Magic, but never actually playing it with anyone? (I'd like to, but no one in the area plays it.)
Just teach your cousin (or sibling). That's what I did.
So there go those options.
Anyway, try for your nerdiest friends first. After there are two players, it gets a whole lot easier to convert the lost to the Holy Pentagon.
Sheesh, that is kind of depressing, reading all that at once. Especially about the no friends part. Are you sure your uncle wouldn't let them? That just doesn't make sense. How is magic evil? Maybe you could play with white cards? And whoever gets to 40 life first wins?AdmiralMemo said:First, I haven't been able to find any Eldrazi anymore. They've all changed to the new Mirrodin Rust or whatever it's called at the places I shop at. (Not that the new Mirrodin stuff is bad. I like it. Some of my biggest section of Magic cards is the original Mirrodin packs. This stuff looks cool. I've already bought 4 boosters of it.) I lost my job in April. I got a new job a month ago and just started to get some free cash to spend after paying for what I needed to pay for. So if I can find these Eldrazi, I'll buy them.Double A said:You sure they're not interested? Have you shown them an Eldrazi yet? Cthulhu gets most people interested in games they otherwise wouldn't play.AdmiralMemo said:Two problems. Closest cousins are 20 miles away and not interested. (They'd rather play RuneScape.) I'm an only child.Double A said:No, that happened to me after my friends who taught me went to different schools after 6th grade (it closed).AdmiralMemo said:Am I strange for loving Magic, but never actually playing it with anyone? (I'd like to, but no one in the area plays it.)
Just teach your cousin (or sibling). That's what I did.
So there go those options.
Anyway, try for your nerdiest friends first. After there are two players, it gets a whole lot easier to convert the lost to the Holy Pentagon.
Second, I'm sure they're not interested. They are absolute Star Wars freaks and collect and play everything related to that. Not that that's a bad thing, but Magic is not their type of thing.
Also, I'm not sure the younger ones would be allowed. My uncle is pretty strictly against that type of stuff. Religious sensibilities and all that. Heck, I share most of his beliefs, and can see part of his point, but I'm more on the "law of liberty" from the Bible than he is. Just like I can see the point of those who don't like Harry Potter for the witchcraft and such, but I still don't agree with them. Just because they can't understand a healthy respect for the difference between reality and fiction should not influence my enjoyment of a good book/game/whatever. Harry Potter and Magic influence people with sorcery the same way that Doom (I think that was the game) influenced the Columbine shootings: These people had mental issues to begin with, and the fiction simply gave them a specific theme to use when they went nuts. If Doom did not exist, something still would have happened. It would simply have been influenced by a different game/book/TV show/etc. The personal issues are like a black-and-white drawing, and the fictional media are the colors. The result may be a different-looking thing, but it's basically the same, for all intents and purposes.
Third, friends? I have no real-life friends. All my friends are on the Internet. Ever since 11 years ago, when I graduated high school and left Boy Scouts, I've had no players for Magic.