I just got into when my college friends had a revival of their old habits about 6 months ago. I play a Black/Blue deck mostly. I mainly use vampires for their ability to get on the field quick, damage while healing me, and sacrifice themselves for defense or further healing. On top of that, I use a bunch of black's inta-kill spells or (my personal favorite) blue's Mind Control to instantly neutralize high-mana creatures that my opponent spent so much time to get.
It's a perfect deck if you want to be hated.
revenge6000 said:
The thing I love most about magic is how pervasive it is. I'm an unapologetic nerd, so I make no secret of my past love of that game. I'm always surprised, though, when I find people outside of traditional nerd-dom that love it too.
True Story. I was at a frat party a year or so ago and wandered into a conversation these guys were having about Magic. We were telling stories about our old favorite decks, and one of the guys said he still had a box of random cards back at his apartment. Five of us literally left the fucking party, which was filled with chicks and booze, to go scrape together some decks and play Magic for like three hours.
Good Times.
Actually, the college friends I mentioned are all members of my fraternity. Not only do we take a liking to the occasional game of magic, but have about 3 RPG groups (Pathfinder, mostly) that play on a semi-regular basis.
It's become this really weird trend that I can't explain. We started with one group of about 6 people and it's grown ever since (hence the need for 3 groups). Even members of the sorority next door have rolled up characters. In fact, the popularity of table-top RPGs is what led to the revival of Magic at our house. A core group from the RPG campaigns were looking for a less popular nerd release and started Magic back up. Of course, within the week, they had sparked interest and 3 new players joined them(including myself).
We usually don't ditch out on parties, though, as we're expected to be helping keep a lid on things (running security, watching the door, acting as sober cab, etc.). Also, I can't imagine trying to keep a game on track with all that ruckus going on.
Take that stereotypes! Although we still do love to drink and play Call of Duty.
Black and white decks are usually my best ones^^ Well, if you do not count my faeries of doom...A very fast deck...
