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Greetings! Let's share how we got into MTG?

Might as well get to know each other and share how we all got into this wonderful and horrible game. I got into it when I was real young, just as Lorwyn block was coming out, and my friend had taught me at his place. I was hooked instantly playing elves and fairies and it became a lifelong thing. The art obviously caught me but I also love to actually sit and imagine the physical battlefield, the players, the creatures in play, and the spells going off as we play. I'd say that is my absolute favorite part of the game. Favorite format is Commander, and I play on Arena and Cockatrice if anyone ever wants to play! Feel free to add me on here and shoot a message


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Reply by Hooterbby

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My sister got into it when she met her boyfriend, then they told me to start trying to learn it so we could all play together. That was a little over a year ago and needless to say I got hooked. I got pretty deep into it. I play on arena, but when they do visit I play commander with them. My first deck was vampires with bloodtokens. I have quite a few more commander decks now though (:


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Reply by sudofry

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I started around 5th Edition / Ice Age and mostly played multiplayer in groups of 3-5 with others from our childhood friend group. Very casual play, usually with some type of house rules depending on where we were at. We used to have to call the Wizards of the Coast hotline number on the side of the box to settle disputes about new mechanics and whatnot. lol. Yeah, it was that long ago.

I've built several large collections of cards over the years but always seemed to find a need to sell them due to some unexpected bill or my car breaking down or whatever. Then I'd build a whole new collection from the ground up and the cycle would continue all over again. So many times I've spent extremely large amounts of money on these collections and had to sell them for a fraction of their value.

The last time I sold my collection, the whole friend group just kind of stopped playing and most of them sold their cards as well. About 3 years or so ago, I discovered Arena and have been actively playing on there ever since.

In many ways, I find Arena to be more enjoyable. For example: No more arguments over rules or mechanics. I do miss actually getting together with real people and I miss all the old cards that aren't available on Arena, but I'm glad there's a way I can still play without going broke.

I mostly play historic (occasionally timeless) because I like having access to all the cards available, though I have been kicking around the idea of trying some other formats just to mix things up a bit and try something new.

So yeah... that's my story.


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