Played In My First Official Magic Event

[Luke Jaconetti]

On Friday I headed over to the local game shop, Boardwalk, to play some Magic: The Gathering because one of the owners had mentioned to me that they were going to be playing some Pauper Magic.  Pauper is a format where the only cards you can use are Commons, no Uncommon or Rare cards allowed.  So I built up a deck, got permission from my wife, and headed over.

 

Things didn't start well.  When I went to check in and get my DCI card, the guy doing check in said that Pauper was going to be Draft, which means that everyone ends up buying a certain number of booster packs and "drafting" a deck that way.  To that I said, pffff, no.  So I ended up signing up for Standard, which is the "normal" format (as the name implies) and is typically played Constructed, which means you build you deck beforehand like I had done.  The problem is that Standard allows any kind of card from the current sets; playing with my Pauper style deck I knew I would be in trouble.

 

Turns out the guy doing check in was wrong; Pauper was Constructed after all.  So bleah on him.

 

Anyway, I got creamed pretty badly.  Went 0-2 in the first round, 0-2 in the second round, and 1-2 in the third.  I honestly believe that I won a game in the first round but the kid was acting cagey with his life total D20... I hit him with a big strike after all his blockers were tapped out, and I am certain I did just enough to kill him, but he claimed he had 1 left.  I didn't want to raise a stink since I was the New Guy and he was a regular.

 

In any event I did have fun.  I think I would have had more fun if I had the right deck with me.  considering going in maybe once a month or so just to play and justify the money I spend on these cards.

 

Any other Magic or other CCG players here?  Hmmm?

[Jason Service]

Never played crack for gamers, but Jon and Shag used to play. So i suppose next time you go you will have to have some different decks made up just as a precaution?

 

Glad you had some fun!

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[Luke Jaconetti]

The dumb thing is that I had my Standard deck IN MY HANDS and said "Nah, I'm playing Pauper tonight, no need to bring anything else!"  Grah!

 

Next time I go I will bring a couple of Standard decks fer sure... I don't think they play Legacy or Vintage for Friday Night Magic. 

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[Race]

A friend of mine started a business a while ago where he hand paints whatever image you'd like over an existing card's art.  

I thought of him when you mentioned this, so I'm sticking a link to his facebook page here.  At the very least its fun to see some of the stuff people ask him to paint!

http://www.facebook.com/BlackWingAlters?ref=stream

[Luke Jaconetti]

I will definitely be checking out that link when I get home!  That's a great idea because there are some great cards which, for whatever reason, have some really lousy artwork!

[Jenn]

Via The Mary Sue:  http://www.themarysue.com/friendship-is-magic-the-gathering/#0 

[Luke Jaconetti]

Alright, 20 Percent Cooler is a very nice upgrade to the classic Holy Strength, a personal favorite of mine.

 

Great find Jenn!  :)