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RE: "King of the Assholes" in Magic: The Gathering EDH/Commander format!
I used to play Magic back when I was 12, during the 4th Ed and Ice Age time. It was then Mirage, Visions and Weatherlight came forth.
Curious though, how is it today? How does it compete with online games like Hearth Stone?
It is on an alltime high. Never it has sold better, had wider acceptence or more players. Just try to go to a local store on prerelease. In my town you have to reserve seats so you can participate... :) MTG-Online is a different thing. It looks very outdated and old, but still is good fun to play. I always draft new upcoming editions. The things is, most cards from your aera are pretty much worthless nowadays (beside some exceptions), when it comes to value and playability. Still they have great artwork and i love them.(Specially Stronghold, weatherlight, Mirage and Iceage) I kept all my cards since i was a child and i still meet old freinds every 4 weeks for some rounds of EDH.
Oh I thought they'd all appreciate in value over time.
I remember owning two Shivan Dragons (4th ed), Hammer of Bogarden and Crimson Kite and Phyrexian Dreadnought.
Honestly, we didn't play that much or was competitive. It just felt AWESOME owning all the rare, valuable cards.
yeah it's pretty sad. Most of them are worth not much more than the paper they are printed on. I buy/sell my cards at https://www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic, you can easily check the prices. Shivan Dragon from 4th edition is around 0,19€ in excellent condition. Phyrexian Dreadnaught though still sees some play in certain decks and is worth around 12€ in a good condition. Hammer of Bogadan is practically worthless (0,02 €). (Crimson Hellkite 0,12€)
Did you see the game play footage of the upcoming Magic: The Gathering Arena, @icountedzero? Its replacing Duels and it looks really good for an online game.
yes, i am looking forward to a slick, nice polished version of MTG-Online, so i will definitely give it a try!
It's great @aldentan! I've never played Hearth Stone so I can't compare, but I played MTG in the late 90's and then fell out for 20 years. The new formats are really fun. There are a ton of crazy mechanics, like energy. I have an entire deck that has NO creatures and wins all the time. It's just a counter spell deck, but it builds energy and then you can blast opponents, creatures and planeswalkers with an artifact called the Dynavolt Tower.
Lol. I have no idea man. I stopped ages ago.
And being kids, we were just happy to get the rare cards, especially creatures with high dmg and HP.
I got Kjedoran Outpost one day in my first pack and I fucking flipped out!