So, I think it's fair to say that MTG has had a pretty shitty week.
From insufficient handling of bans in a broken format to unprecedented money grabbing tie-ins, a lot of people are understandably feeling disenfranchised with Magic.
As someone who gives zero fucks about either of these things, I thought it'd be nice to give people a place to
reminisce about what it is that made them fall in love with MTG in the first place.
I'm a flavour and lore man myself. I think it's wonderful to play a game and have those game pieces be indicative of a part in a corresponding, usually brilliant but sometimes a bit shit, story. I prime example of what I mean is
Tragic Lesson. The last time I really loved the MTG story was Amonkhet block (I'm a bit of an ancient Egypt nerd anyway from loving it as a kid). I lapped up the story and thought it was brilliant world building. I loved playing
Tragic Lesson and being taken back to the story, where Kefnet gets his dome opened up by
the Scorpion God. I've always loved how a functional card that is playable in the game can have art and themes and motifs that are representative of a wider world. It's what sets MTG apart from a lot of other games in my opinion.
I also love jank combos. I've recently fallen in love with
Time Sieve. Getting a
Time Sieve lock in my Breya deck without using
Thopter Assembly is my new favourite thing. Doing it the hard way. Having to create enough tokens or have enough recursion to have 5 new artifacts the next turn is so much fun. Bonus points for the game where I had
Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient out too so I was getting TWO extra turns. So much janky fun.
So, I want to hear from you wonderful lot. Let's remember why we fell in love with this game in the first place.
Do you like playing hyper competitively, trying to find the most efficient way to kill your opponent in your preferred format?
Do you like the challenge of brewing decks using lesser known cards?
Was there a moment or a game that sticks out to you as your "I love this game" moment?
Are you like me and just like having an excuse to hang out with your friends, drink beer and eat pizza?
For all of its problems, there's a lot to love about this game, and I'd love to hear what it is that you love about it.