The magic of old
December 7th, 2008
Now, it is quite a while since Magic: the Gathering 4th Edition were released. That was when I started playing, a long time ago. At the time of writing, 10th Edition is the current base edition, it seems. I am suddenly feeling old.
I rediscovered MtG while having lunch at my favorite coffee bar one weekend. The next weekend I was bold enough to approach them, and soon I was playing a bit again. At the start I was content with letting the local master (I guess), Rune, create my decks. Or rather; it was a necessity. My poor deck constructing skills were worse than before - a major feat in itself. He created a black and white deck out of some of my remaining cards of old, and tuned a 40 card deck out of what I made for a sealed tournament.
I’ve bought a few extra cards, and tried my hand at construction myself in the last month, and though no great result has come from this… I’m improving. Next weekend will show if I have improved enough.
A related discovery, coincidence I guess, is related to this latest craze of mine. It seems that Richard Garfield, creator of many games including MtG, has been working with Skaff Elias (as Three Donkeys LLC) and Apus Software to create an online card game called Spectromancer.
I’ve played the demo of Spectromancer a bit - it is intriguing, but currently undergoing my indie game test; I’ve uninstalled it. If I install it to play some more - I’ll buy it.
